The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-11-20

,neright side showed abscesscs ana thcr
rfitz OF Boston declared that Ali ais
cases OF that locality were due to an
pehoicitiA The most that has been
uone In the successful treatment nj tbc
uiSease mas been at the hands OF
american surgeons. The first succeas-
iul operation for the disease was NV
Ut r. q. Morton OF Boston but TO-DAY
we md men everywhere, in the smalIest
purgs even, who are capable of coming
with the disease.
Inc doctor then gave an exhaustive
| account OF the method he had adontet,
In the treatment OF a great MANY oase,
ana In but two instances was II N fail
ure' There were two treatments. tho
beaver and the Ochsner but he bad
round the latter the more successfuf for
IN the most severe cases It favored the
rest treatment. He touched upon the
treatment OF gangrenous appendicitis
ana explained his course of treatment
there.
Al the close DR.. Morton was asked
questions by Drs. Herbert, Judd.
Waterhouse and Armitage and in each
ms replies were explanatory In the
highest degree. Dr. Morton was loudly
appiauded at the close and warmly con-
graduated upon the clearness with
which he explained the cases and treat
ment.
Ut. r.. ~. Cofer read an address on
the subject OF quarantine going into
details of the system, dwelling upon the
efficacy OF the service.
At the close of his remarks he was
h,,
present relative to quarantinins pas
carried out in each instance.
This. with papers by Drs. Smith, Sin
clair, Cooper and Cofer will be pub
lished in this paper.
WOOD ON FILTRATION.
Dr. Wood, from the committee on fl
tration reported that his committee had
ned no meeting during the year until
snort time ago. He saw the Cover
nor personally and the Civic Federation
had taken up the matter relative To
contamination of the water by the
camp located in the vicinity OF the dam.
Holloway had given
MS opinion that filtered water was not
necessary but his objection to the plant
was overruled. Acting Governor At
kinson did not oppose the matter and
as a private citizen did not act az
though he was against it. Then came
the trouble about the dam SO Operations
toward a filter plant were dropped I'M
til water sprinklers got plurged up with
land shells and. when the doctor called
upon the Governor with hand full
pr them the latter seemed to take m
m L.,
assured me-" said Dr. Wood. that he
vas heartily In favor of the plan and
would not oppose 1t. There seems to
De no prospect of completing the dam
or year but this is the time for this
organization to get to work for an ap-
Dr. Wood made n motion that the
committee on Legislation be augment
ID. DIR. Humphris,' he said, WHO is
better lawyer than he is a doctor, is
! good man but they needed more"
After this recess was taken until 8
!. m.
EVENING SESSION.
DR.. Armitage acted as Chairman dur
ng the absence of DR.. Wayson in the
'vening session.
DR.. Emerson read n report AS one Of
he committee on lunacy. He explain
I'd the law and it's changes during the
'ast fifteen years. He admitted il is
N imperfect system but added that an
imperfect law well enforced is better
han a more complete law imperfectly
DIR. Emerson SAID he was usually the
MUSICIAN examining the patients and
rom the side of the physician he could
go no fault. What there might be
rom the patient s viewpoint is another
latter. What is needed is n compre-
ensive rather than minute and spe-
fc law.
DIR. WAREHOUSES; PAPER.
DIR. Ernest C. Warehouse was the
ext speaker, his article being in the
Irm OF written address on the SUBJ
'ct or "A Case Of Nephrolithiasis."
The patient is man 43 years of
ge, portly and a resident of Honolulu
nd the case is the only one on record
the removal of stone from the
dney.
Or. Judd said the point taken by DR..
aterhouse relative to cases of renal
-lculi Is a good one as the cases
e rare. He bad seen an operation
Berlin where the same treatment as
at used by Warehouse was followed.
Asked by DR.. Rogers why tie cases
e rare, DIR. Waterhouse said it was
obably because the stone is usually
ssed INTO the bladder when small and
EN- through the urethra. He explain
to DR.. Smith why, in his opinion,
. pain suffered by the patient was
riodic rather than constant. He be-
we'd the pain was caused by pressure
her than by the stone cutting into
, kidney.
DIR. HODGINS' ON CHILDREN
DISEASES.
DR.. ii. Il. Hodgins spoke of the dis
'es of children in Hawaii and the
III mortality. His paper was highly
eresting.
N the discussion which followed the
ding, DR.. Wayson said the absence
chidren's hospital was responsible
certain unpleasant conditions. If
re was such an institution the NOR.
lty would be reduced probably IS
cent. He spoke of the Mckinley
ID which might be used as a nucleus.
DR.. Wood said I1r IJnJ,in, bnJ -.