Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-19
Of the kennebec County
Medical Association.
Successful Session Held al City
Hall, Thursday Forenoon.
Officers Chosen for Year..Next
Meeting at WaterviIle, In October.

The annual meeting of the Kennebec
County Medical Association was held
at City hail Thursday. The session
was called to order in the Council
chamber at 10 a. NJ, with DR.. II. =.
Milliken of Iiallowell presiding, and IA
very interesting program carried out.
The records of the In It meeting were
read by the Secretary, DR.. johnson,
and were approved by the association.
Then came the opening address by
the President. II. A. Milliken NJ. ID. Of
Hallowell. He chose for his subject,
The Result of Preventive Medicine ON
the Future Practitioner" DR.. Milliken
spoke about twenty minutes on the
work accomplished in the last twenty
years by physicians i'm discovering new
methods with which to cope with some
of the most fatal diseases. F.spe cial
stress was put on the use of the
remedies for rendering a person i'm
mune to such diseases as diphtheria,
malaria, the yellow fever and smallpox
He showed in his paper that the use of
these remedies did not narrow the field
of practice, but rather that the expert
knowledge of the scientific use of the
same brOadened it.
Next on the program came paper
entitled, Real or Artificial" read by W.
=. Gildings. NJ. d., of Gardiner DR..
Gidding's paper followed closely along
the same line as the previous paper
and was very interesting. The discus
sion was opened by DIR. Bunker Of
Waterville, followed by DIR. Campbell
of Augusta. Between this and the
ba
mating officers was appointed by the
Chair consisting of Drs Bunker of
Watcrviile. Harris of Augusta, and ST.
monds of Gardiner.
The third article on the program was
a paper entitled, Epilepsy Resulting
from Traumatism," delivered by NJ s.
Goodrich of Waterville. The speaker
took up the greater part of the time in
giving detailed account of the out
line and methods of examination Of
such cases. leaving special details to
I he discussion, which was opened by
DIR. Harris of Augusta, followed by DR..
Giddings and DIR. Johnson.
After ten-minute recess the meet
ing was again called to order and the
report of the nominating committee
listened to, and the following officers
elected for the ensuing year:
President, G. r. Campbell of Angus
ia; vice president. f. f. Hardy, North
VaSsalboro; secretary and treasurer,
DIR. w. Johnson of Augusta: executive
committee, DIR. Milliken of HalloweIl,
DIR. Merrill of Waterville and DR..
Sawyer of Gardiner.
The last paper to be read was by p.
S. Merrill, NJ. ID. Of Waterville on the
subject of Rational Therapeutics. ;"
Following the reading came the usual
discussion opened by DIR. SfmOnds and
followed by Drs. Campbell, Harris ana
Gi,ldings.
The next article was business and
here it was voted to hold the next
meeting sometime in October, at Wat
erville. A vote Of thanks was extend
ed to the committee for preparing the
program, and to those who so kindly
read tn" papers. A vote of thanks was
also extended to the city government
for the use of the rooms. The session
| adjourned at o'clock to Hotel North
where dinner was served.
Following is a list of those present:
Drs Bunker, Goodrich, Millikcn and
Merrill of Watervlle; Drs. Mabry and
Hardy of North Vas ;alboro; Dr. Fish
| of Sidney. Drs. Millikcn and Walsh of
flallowell; Drs. Giddings, Sawyer
Donnell and SimOnds of Gardiner and
Drs. Harris, Johnson. Campbell, Lin
coin. Davis, Frederick and Rrickett of
Augusta.
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