The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-09

! being In the council chamber in the city
and county building. After the transac-
! tion of routine business DR. Root, presl-
dent, in the chair. the following features
were decided on: Mrs, Dr. Root VIII en-
| tertain the ladies OF the party at her
home and the session VIII end Wednesday
| evening with a banquet at the CONNER
| cal club.
Report of President.
The morning session was given TO the
Presidents report. when Or. Root said'
among other things Ihe sparse tSe,fe ss'tie tbs
| dealer in nostrums. In our day the law
| hedges them about with its terIors, hence
! tho professional standard OF practiSihs
! physicians in Utah is as hight ms DISC
| where in tho country 1t Is pleasure 10
say that professional jealousy is not
known or countenanced among US,
The younger men, with new mctnooS
! that have been tested, are welcomed TOT
the good they can DO salt Lake Sty rs
well equipped with hospitals ana an az
sick This excellent condition EXTENDS
hero to the mining camps all over the
| Stale. As result OF sucn eohul'lohs
| logically we must have State Medlcal
| college the seed OF which Is now In the
| State university.
Too Many Doctors.
while l believe we have In the United
| States too many doctors, the number VIII
| not be materially increased by college
as the entrance standard Is too hlgh Tor
The specialist who has no training In
| n general practice Is liable to be naIro"
| and unable to grasp the case as a Whoie
| He Is, therefore, In sense an unsale
| man
Attorney Z. Wilson has framed a
| law with these provisions that would WoTk
| great good and no hardships If In force
| IL brings within its scope all who prac,
tlce medicine legally. 1t defines Illegal
duct, and leaves the enforcement of pen
eltes therefor solely In the hands Oh our
As to Revocation.
Section s Revocation OF certificates
or licenses by the District court, pro
cedure in the matter OF said revocation
Powers of the board Decree, Defaults
Record OF revocation. Whenever any
licensed practitioner of medicine ano
surgery In this State is guilty OF unpro-
fcsSonal conduct, then the license or ger,
tlncate OF such person shall be revoked
or cancelled in the manner hereinafter
oil divided by the District court or tho
county where the holder of such certli.
cate or license practiced at tho time OF
such unprofessonal conduct. Procecdings
for such revocation or cancellation snail
be conducted In the manner provided by
law for proceedings In civil cases, except
as In this act provided.
THE Board OF Medical Examiners OF
the State OF Utah shall be plalntiff and
the person charged defendant, In any
such proceeding No certificate shall be
revoked for unprofesslonal eona1e. S. uhoe1 noe,
guilty thereof subsequently TO the pas
sage OF this act. and unless he has been
guilty thereof within @ Two years mex next ,lIe, pre-,
charging him with such unproiessiohai
conduct
Measure Is Favored.
I have read all OF section OF the
medical bill presented by Judge hinney
Of a .H0
for it seems TO embody all that Is neces-
sary for the proper regulation OF those
disposed to violate the medical act, rms
would bring vlolators before the courts
and the cases would mostly be treated as
civil cases are. Very few would wlsn
to be In contempt OF court, ana surfer
"As it now stands the law can be sue
cessfully eyadcd But with such a change
evasion would be almost impossible.
"Once in the hands OF the court tho
decree would be carried out Such a law
would work no hardship on those non
cstiy wishing to practice the healing art,
but quac6S sGS nenoG ana cha5I5ahIs dids eIseWhere
The following papers were read In the
afternoon and evening meetings. all OF
them of a strictly professional cas.e ana
Judging from the frequent ana nearly
applause they were very we'll received.
They were as follows;
Medicine a-.s...r...r-..ae--s
NH A. Castle. Pocatello; Ida.
Mature and Treatment of Severe
Na'''o,'u '''''..li.g, ny r critchlow, salt Lake
Tho Active Principle Therapy. or the
Need Of a Eeyinai aD3i,b h IN su'tbee1d Thera
"The Value OF Absolute and Relative
Leucocyte Counts as an Aid In
Medical and Surgical Diagnosis.
...... Ross Anderson Salt Lake
"Rehex Neuroses in Eye-strain'' 49,,
-, D. c. Bryant, Omaha. Nob.
Methods and Principles in the Dlag. 5
nosis of Diseases OF the Stomach
,.,..,....W. R Tyndale. Salt Lake
MY Experience in the Treetment OF
Chronic Dyspepsia and the Symp-
tom-CompleX Associated of the
Upper Abdomen. In the Past Three
Years" ,,. L. p. CcCalln. Boise. Ida.
"Perforating Gastric Ulcer" ,....,....,.
Today's Programme.
Report of correspondence.
Report of delegates.
Report of house OF delegates.
Report of standing committees,
Resolutions introducing new members
Unfinished and miscellaneous business
state Medicine" -. t,...,..-...-........
.........-........T. B. Beatty. Salt Lake
Herman Harms. CITY and State
Chemist, Salt Lake.
Epilepsy in Legal Medicine '.;,:-...
Should the Doctor Be Interested in
Politics. j E. Scallon. Salt Lake
Report OF house delegates
Some Factors in the Production of
Obstetric Morbldty and Morality
.......,...W. X Calderwood. Salt Lake
Prevention and Treatment of Puer-
pcral Fever ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
,,- ........;. ;..,,::.;;..... ]; NJ. Henry Psyson
"Pucrperal Eclampsia' ..................
,..'.....,....,;.'...G. F, Tison Pa ayson
Treatment Of Pneumonia ............,
......-......,..,.....J f. Hosmer, Provo
Time--ReadInG of papers limited to hf-
teen minutes discussions TO ive minutes.
Who Are in Attendance.
There were present at Tuesday even
ing's meeting the following named phvsi-
clans and surgeons: f. L. Dickinson of
c; Rub OF Ogden Frederick Gift, j. ".
Ard and Leo e. Robinson OF Provo. R ]
Smith OF Smithhcld and F. F. Root W
s. Ellerbeck; w 3. Ewing, Samuel II.
preph, r w Fisher. S. Ewing. e. Y
Silver: Henry LaMotte. j; f. soallon. 4.
and D. calderwood of Salt Lake.