New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-04-18
DOCTORS AND EDITORS MEET
Medical Association Proves Inter.
esting Event.
Papers of Unusual Excellence En-
terrain M LENDERS.

Papers of Unusual Excellence En-
terrain Ne mbers.
Professional Etiquet and Frater-
nifty Point to Success.
If there ever existed any jealousy or.
strangemisshappen contention between
any of the members of the medical pro-
fession of Brown and Redwood coun-
ties it was apparently forgotten in the
fraternal spirit which dominated the
meeting held in this city Friday eve
ming. The profession of both Of the
counties was we'll represented there
being nineteen practicing physicians
present, three of whom were not mem
bers of the association
The meeting was opened by presi
dent DR.. O. G.. Stricken and a sort Of
informal discussion was started while
those who were present were waiting
for the arrival of the trains from the
east and west, both Of which were quite
late.
Upon the arrival of the train which
brought the members from Redwood
county an adjournment was taken to
Wd. Eibners restaurant where q ban
quet was in waiting which occupied the
attention Of all for a time sufficient to
allow them all to satisfy the inner man
when they returned to Gebser's hall
and re-opened the meeting.
Taking up the question of the reduc-
ton of rates by the insurance compa-
MES for making examination it was
decided to instruct delegates to the
state meeting to work through that or
ganization to the national association
to hold out for the higher rate of SIS
for each examination
It appears that the insurance COM
panies have been in the habit of fixing
the price Of examination basing them
in a manner on the amount Of the poll
cy of the insured and since the inves-
LEGATIONS they have made the rate at
one price and that the lowest, which it
is contended is not sufficient one.
The regular program was then taken
up and the leading paper of the eve
ming, ''The Treatment of Gastric Di-
seases" by DR.. Head of Minneapolis,
was taken up. In point of language
and literary merit the paper was ex-
cellent and the physicians all said from
a professional side it was of much
more than ordinary merit.
DR.. Fritsche of this city followed in
an excellent paper on some Of the legal
aspects of the profession, and this
paper being of a character that would
appeal to all was better understood by
those who did not know the signs and
password of the profession. It was
excellently written and seemed tocoyer
all the points in question, making a
decided hit with all, in fact it elected
more comment than any of the Others
Two short papers, one by DR.. f. D.
Gray of Vesta, on Appendicitis and
one by DR.. Z. o. Clements of LANDER
ton on Rectal Symptoms as we'll as
the paper Of DR.. Bayley on the work
of tho profession in general attracted
the closest attention of all and were
interesting even to the visitors.
One case report by DR.. Gosslee of
Wabasso in which he had successfully
saved the finger of a young boy by
practically severing the member and
then re-uniting it, showed skill in the
line of surgery. He had the boy with
him as a practical illustration of his
work and all we're interested in the
case. His was the only report.
He was followed by DR.. W. A.
Brand of Redwood Falls the topic of
whose paper was '.Prescri bing Pro-
prietaries.' This, subject included
patent medicine, and it did not take
the reading Of the entire paper to let
the audience know just where he stood
in the matter. He condemned them in
terms that made Golfers Weekly look
like the Walnut Grove Tribune and
maintained the doctor who prescribed
them was but little better than the
medicine itself. He condemned the
advertising of them and even went so
far as to say that they were as bad as
SO much poison. When he had fin
ished, Andrew j. Eckstein, who was
present was called upon as druggist.
to say something in the matter, and he
was free to say that if the doctors
would work toward the abolition of
the patent medicine the druggists
would work with them.
All of the papers we're open for dis
cussion and some of them were taken
up but as the meeting was late in start
ing and the program was long this
part of the program was undoubtedly
hindered. At the finishing of the read
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