The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-11-20
DOCTORS IN
C0NCLAVE

OF the University Club were occupiet
yesterday afternoon and evening n,
representatives of the medical profess
sion In Hawaii to the number of tw,nt,
ODD, the occasion being the first day'.
session OF the fifteenth annual meetins
or the Hawaiian Territory Medical AS.
ISOLATION. The president OF the society
Dr' James I. Wayson, occupied tn,
chair and called the meeting to orde,
Few minutes after two o'clock.
AS an invited guest DR.. A. w. Nor.
ton, one of San Francisco's LEADING
surgeons was present and spoke enter.
tainingly on the treatment of appen.
| dicitis.
When the chair called the meeting tc
order the names of the physicians con.
shutting the various committees were
announced as follows:
Executive-The President. Vice Presi-
dent and Secretary lex ofiicio) and DR..
Geo. l.. Herbert.
Arrangements for Annual Meeting
Drs. Judd, Hodglns, Cofer and Cooper.
Legislatlon-Drs. Cooper, Sincla r
and Humphris.
Resolutions-Drs. Moore and Nc
Donald.
DIR. Sinclair read the report of the
treasurer showing receipts s434.50 and
disbursements about forty dollars less
DR.. Cofer from one of the commit
tees reported on the advantages of a
tropical school of medicine in Honolulu.
In part he said the islands are well
situated for such an institution. he be-
lieved better so than San Francisco
hn hat a.
tain diseases at all times and with the
completion of the Panama Canal there
would be others to contend with and
study.
The balance of the committee agreed
with him in the opinion that there
should be agitation toward getting n
school established.
DIR. Judd one of the members OF the
committee on Insane Patients was
called upon and said the committee had
held no meeting and there was no re-
port.
The secretary read applications for
from Drs O'Neill, Holman
and Ross and on motion of DR.. Wal
ters, seconded ~ DR.. Cooper, they were
duly elected.
- "osSoIl IL was GUS |
----ary for the president of the society
10 deliver an address at the annual !,
meeting but he would forego that
at this time and confine HIM
self to few remarks on matters which |
ne considered of great Importance and |
which should be acted upon by the
society within the next few months. /
one of these Is a new medical law. An
,ther Is a committee on insane persons
He expected DR.. Judd to have reported I
deliberately on this subject but he had
lot done so and 1t would be necessary
lie thought. to get another committee.
me handling and treatment of insane
PERSONS here in the committals is dis
trace and would be frowned down in
my community. the question of their
'anity being left to the judgment Of
me physician and one judge. This is a
natter that should have prompt atten-
ion at the hands of the committee on
egislation. To DR.. Peterson belongs
he credit of bringing the asylum I'D
0 high standard of excellence and
he contentment of the unfortunate
atients is due to his efforts.
President Wayson believed the sala--
les of the Government physicians
Mould be increased and they be given
lore than the present rate of compen- ,
ition or the position done away with.
DR.. Mcdonald Is the only one who
cts anything like salary and he re-
Uses to divide. The Legislature should ,
e asked to appropriate sufficient to
low better pay. Honolulu he said, is
tn
ospital with an ambulance and ply ;
clan In attendance and the money for ,
lie maintenance should be appropriat- \
by the Legislature. The appropria-
on for the Board of Health is small Y
Id should be Increased. He believed C
ere should be something done toward a
gulating the fee for examining appli- II
-nts for life insurance. He did not {
'lieve any physician should examine
lie for less than five dollars. In the a
sc OF fraternal organizations the fee p
isht be fixed on the plan OF a sliding p
ale. Speaking of the condition of the Il
ciety he said the new officers would e'
I'd small balance to begin work on II
d they would no doubt feel In better pr
lrits than the retiring officers when III
ey took charge year ago. RI
DIR. MORTON. u
rhe president than introduced DR.. A.
Morton, chief surgeon of the Santa
r. r. in San Francisco and director
several medical institutions at the ~.
asst. ~
n prefacing his remarks DR.. Morton ~
,ke of the enthusiasm he had been -.
eived by the hackman who brought 80
n from the steamer and charged him ~
dollar, to the estimable physicians ~
o had introduced him to every thing 70
IN operations on patients to opera no
rs In sugar stocks, He had not COM IN
nd OF the necessary language to ex-
IS himself as he would like and as mn
said this he was reminded of his liv
lessor in the class in rhetoric who mi
avs instructed his pupils never to
&c an excuse. He told of his visit mil
he Pail and compared that place to
Paradise OF which Milton spoke and wit
thinking of the Paradise he found voi
} all thoughts OF medicine had been cas-
elled. But he would try and recall roli
e. con
appendicitis" he said, sis OF special spo
rest to all physicians and while
Territory Is practically free from dis'
" diseases this ona nDDenra In all clnl