The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-11-19
DOCTORS HOLD
FIFTEtNT III ANNUAL


The fifteenth annual session of the
Hawaiian Territory Medical Associa-
ton was held Saturday afternoon on
the the lanai of the University Club.
DR.. James Y. Waysou, the president of
the Association presided and called the
meeting to order at 2 p. m.
Drs O'Neiu, Holman and Ross APP
piled for membership in the Association
and were admitted.
After completing a few of the routine
business matters the Association listen
ed to addresses by the different MEM
bers present and also to one by DR.. A.
w. Morton, guest of the Association
from san Francisco.
DR. Morton spoke on appendicitis and
among other things he said:
appendicitis is of special interest to
all physicians and while this Territory
is practically free from many diseases
this one appears in all localities and
is no respecter of persons. No one is
immune except by treatement by the
scalpel. Appendicitis produces more
deaths than anything else, unless it
be some of the contagious diseases,
and is frequently alluded to among
the surgeons as dynamite. It's history
is interesting and it was not until 1887
that the profession was informed of it's
true pathology Before that time little
was known of the disease For ten
years it passed under various names
Autopsies showed that in cases of
abdominal troubles the right side show
ed assesses and then Fritz of Boston
i 4 r.
ity were due to appendicitis. The most
that has been done in the successful
treatment of the disease has been at
the hands of American surgeons. The
first successful operation for the disease
was by DR.. F. G. Morton of Boston but
today we find men every where, in the
smallest burgs even, who are capable
of coping with the disease"
The doctor then gave an exhaustive
account of the method he had adopted
in the treatment of a great many cases
and in but two instances was it a fail
ure There were two treatments: the
Beaver and the Ochsner but he had
found the latter the most successful for
in the most severe cases it favored the
rest treatment He touched upon the
treatment of gangrenous appendicitis
and explained his course of treatment
there.
DR.. L. E. Golfer read paper upon
the subject ,of Quarantine and explain
ed fully all of its workings and benefits.
DR.. Wood reported for the committee
on filtration and told of the work he
had done i'm ragar to having a filtration
/ plant built, He told of having seen the
| Governor and other government officials
| and what had been accomplished, moth
| ing to any great extent aside from the
promise of support.
The evening session of the Associa-
, ton was opened by Dr. Emerson with
! a report on lunacy. He dwelt on the
! law and its changes.
Dr. Waterhouse read paper on "A
! Case of Nephrolithiasis" DR. Hodgins,
Herbert and Baldwin read interesting
papers.
Sunday morning the association visit
| ed the hospital where two operations
were performed by DR.. A. w. Morton
Twenty three physicians attended the
clinic.
Dr Morton performed two operations
/ under the medullary narcosis method
| when consists OF injecting lIOpd-
cocaine into the space surrounding the
spinal cord between the third and
fourth lumber vertebrate. In a few
minutes all sense of pain was lost in
the patients. Both subjects were per-
fectly conscious throughout the Oper-
actions. They answered questions, and
one even drank something, this being
done to demonstrate the ability of the
patient to swallow
The first case was one of double
hernia. The patient was operated or
i'm the latest method and the steps OF
the operation were explained in detail
by DR.. Morton as he proceeded. The
patient laughed and talked and was
perfectly happy throughout the entire
operation. The patient experienced nC
pain whatever.
After the clinic the Association ad'
journed to Quarantine Island where
they were the guests of Dr. l.. +. Cofel
A splendid time was spent on the
island the entire station being investi
gated. A light collation. was served
and all enjoyed themselves very much
This afternoon the reading of papers
will be continued at the University
Club and this evening the banquet vii
be spread at the club