Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-11
Marshall County Medical So
ciety Holds an Enthusiastic
Meeting Tuesday Night
DECLARES BIDDING uNETHIcAL
Adopt Resolution in Which it Is De-
clared UnethicaI to Bid on County
Doctoring - Committee Appointed
to Meet Supervisors = Banquet lat
Stoddart Precedes Meeting.

Members of the Marshall County
Medical Society, TO the number ol
twenty three, met in the quarterly ses-
sion of the society Tuesday night al
the Stoddart Hotel, enjoyed banquet
at $3.50, listened to fine program III
which out town medical men partic-
ipated, and adopted resolution de-
claring unethical the practice OF DID
ding for county doctoring. The meet
ing was by far the best and most sat
isfactory the society has ever held.
The principal objects of the quarter
ly meeting were the efforts TO get the
society on harmonious working pas
is, and create among the DOCTORS VI
the county a better and more PROBES
sonal feeling. The betterment OF local
conditions is another feature, and leg
islative action for which the society
will work, is still another object. Inc
adoption of uniform fee bill is one OF
the principal matters that is consider
ed in the legislative branch OF the Or
ganization.
For some time, almost ever since the
society was reorganized under the ar
filiation of the state and natlonal SO
cetes, the organization has been max
ing preliminary efforts to deal WITH
what is termed an evil in the county
practice of letting the county doctorlhS
by competitive bids. The claim is made
that Marshall county cares for lts
poor for cost of about $40O per year,
when the work is in reality worth at
least $4,000 The county contract IN
cludes all medical and surgical treat
ment, and all medicines except anti
toxin, consultation and medical april
ances necessary in treatment
A resolution was unanimously adopt
ed. declaring it unethical for any ply
stefan to bid on county work. 1t is
hoped in this way to get the matter
out of bidding, and place In vogue some
other system The president was en-
powered to appoint a committee 70
consult with the board of supervisors
relative to the conditions. The society
will have several different plans TO
suggest In an effort to change the pres
ent system. ,
A delegate to the state convention,
which will be held in Des Moines May
1916, was elected in the person OF Or.
Theodore Engle, of State Center, with
DR.. w. S. Devine, of this city, as alter
nate. The sum of $40 was voted to
the Iowa association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis.
Banquet and Program.
The banquet was spread in the Stod-
dart dining room at $3.50, ard the sos
ciety was called to order by President
Duffield. The society had4as guests
DR.. G. e, Crawford, of Cedar Rapids,
chairman Of the organization commit
tee of the state society; DIR. E. e. Dorr,
of Des Moines editor Of the Iowa State
Medical journal; and DR.. L. w. Littig,
of Iowa City, professor in the medical
department of the State University Of
Iowa.
After the banquet and the preliminary
business of the society, also the pres
address on "Aseptic Obstetrics" He
was followed by an address on "Obser-
vations Of Diseases of the Bile Ducts"
by DIR. Dorr. DR.. Dorr was followed
by DR.. Littig, with an address on
"Some Clinical VS.. Some Laboratory
Diagnoses
The members of the society present
aside from the guests of honor We're
Drs. Devine, ;MighelL Jay, Nichols,
Getz Burroughs, Duffield, Morton
Merrill, Wood, Townsend, Boucher,
Lierle, Chesire and Kierulff:
Evans and Mills, of LeGrand; Noble
of Clemens; Mershon, of Liscomb;
Kaufman and Engle, Of State Center;
Rowland, Of Melbourne; and Allen, of
ST. Anthony.
The next meeting will be held at the
Soldiers Home on July 10.
In the District Court.
The probate case of the estate of b..