The Washington herald., 1907-05-09
MEETINGSENDTO- O-DAY
Medical Societies to Close
Successful Convention.
MANY TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED
smoker at the Arlington Tonight
VIII he Last Function of Seventh
TFiennfaI Congress - Programme
Includes Reading OF Many Papers
ON Subjects of Interest TO Members.

After the most successful meeting in
the history Of the organization. the sew
enth triennial congress of the American
Physicians and Surgeons, and component
associations and societies. viii come TO
close tonight with smoker at the
Arlington Hotel.
'The comparative value of the medical
and surgical treatment of the immediate
and remote results OF ulcer Of the stom-
ach," was the subject under discussion
yesterday at a joint session. Papers were
read during the afternoon by Or. John
II. Musser, Of Philadelphia. and Charles
d. Stockton, OF Buffalo, on The indica-
tions for, the methods of, and the results
to be expected in the medicinal treat
ment" DR.. William J. Mayo, of Roches-
ter, spoke on the contributions OF sur
gerry to a better understanding Of gastric
and duodenal ulcer5 Another speaker
was Dr. John c. Munro. Of Boston, on
chronic ulcers and the Indications for sur
gical treatment.
The programme for to-day is az follows;
SESSION OF THE ASSOCIATION. $50 A. NJ.
Papers read by II. A. Christian. for i. Van Nuys,
Boston: James Tyson Philadelphia; Herbert c.
Mofftt, San Francisco james J. Putnam. Boston :
+. 6. NoEy, Ann Arbnri Richard c. Cabot Boston; ;
joseph 4. Capps Chicago, Dean d. Lewis Chicago;
W s. Thayer NJ Fahyau Baltimore. Alfred Sten-
GEL Philadelphia; Aldred 5. Warthen. Ann AFboF
/. Adler, o. Hense New York; Oscar klotz, Mon
treal Frank Billings Joseph Saiier. Philadelphia
s. w Lambert New York: p. X Brown, san
Francisco; concluding business.
PAPERS TO BE READ BY TITLE.
Experimental Liver Necroses: III Enzymes.
Richard NJ Pearos, II. c, Jackson, Albany A-Ray
Examinations in Pulmonary tuberculosis" Francis
H. Williams Boston. Observations on the Failure
Of the Radial Pulse When the Arms Are Elevated
Above the Head" Henry SewaI. Ann Arbor-
JOINT SESSION WITH THE AMERICAN
PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. L. N.
tal Aeidoss T. T. Joslin Tor the physicians
Otto Folin. for the physiologsts TO be followed
by general discussion; tbl some memoranda IL
regard TO William Harvey. Weir Mitchell
Many Papers Read.
Yesterday morning the American Oph-
thalmOlogical Society was in session.
Papers were read by Dr. C. A. Oliver,
Dr. G. I. De Sehweinitz. DR.. S. D. Risley
Dr. c. A. Veasey, Or. A. A Rubbell Dr
W. E. Lambert, DR.. c. 5. Bull. Or. Brown
Pusey. DR.. w. Zentmayer. DIT. William T.
Shoemaker, Dr. c. NJ Hcsmer DR.. A
Knapp, and Dr. Edward Jackson.
The American Pathological Society, an
other branch Of the American Physicians
and Surgeons, also met. al the Arlington.
The subjects discussed were: "A new
theory of bone PERCEPTION" introduced by
Dr. George Shambaugh, OF Chicago. Two
recent cases Of lateral sinus thrombosis
presenting some unusual features" by
Dr. J. E. Sheppard. of Brooklyn. y. Y,
and a case Of chronic suppurative otitis
media. hemorrhage into the external audi
tory canal perforation Of the wall Of the
pharynx, with fatal hemorrhage from the
internal jugular vein" by Drs. Frederick
l. Jack and f. II Verhoeff. of Boston.
DR.. Cleveland Makes Address.
The American genealogical Association
held its sessions in the lecture room Of
the George Washington University The
feature Of the morning session was the
annual address of DR.. Clement Cleveland,
Of New York, who is president of the
branch. The general subject under dis
Cussion was the care Of the wound and
the after-treatment OF laparot0mies.
Those who took part were DR. Seth G.
Gordon, Of Portland; Dr. lie Roy Brown,
Of New York: DIT. c. \. Kirkiey. Of To-
ledo; Dr. Hunter Robb, OF Cleveland: DR..
Henry T. Byford, of Chicago; DR.. Hiram
NJ. Vimburg, of New York; Dr. I.apthorn
Smith. Of Montreal; w. Gill Wyle. of
New York; DR. Henry c. Coe. Of New
York; Dr Herman J. Boldt. Of New York.
and DR.. J. Montgomery Baldy, OF Phila-
delphia.
Meeting at Cosmos Club.
At the Cosmos Club the American
LaryngologicaI Association held its meet
ings. consisting Of scientific discussions.
The subjects considered were: Problems
and Modern Methods Of Surgery Of the
Organs of the Throat" by Prof. Tn.
Gluck, of Berlin; Modern Procedure. in
Excision of Intrinsic Malignant Growths
Of the Larynx, DR.. J. Solis-Cohen. of
Philadelphia; 'Nonrecurrent Carcinoma
of the Larynx Removed Through the Nat
ural Passages over One Year Ago" Dr.
F. Fletcher Ingalls, of Chicago; Report
Of Removal of Epithelioma Of the Larynx
by ThyrotOmy Three and One-half Years
Ago Dr. Henry /. Swain, of New
Haven. Conn, Case reports: (a) Epithe-
lioma of the larynx; total laryngotomy,
including removal of a part of the
trachea; death from pneumonia on the
thirteenth day, Cb) Fibro-sarcoma of the
pharynx IN a child Of eight years. with
autopsy findings and microscopical re-
port" DR.. Clemene F. Thelsen, of Al
bany, y. Y.
Discuss Carcinoma.
The American Surgical Association met
at the Shoreham, discussing END Results
Following Operations for Carcinoma of
the Breast" Those who took part were
Dr. William S Halstead. of Baltimore.
Md; Dr. J. Collins Warren, OF Boston,
Mass; DR.. Maurice H. Richardson, OF
Boston, Mass; Dr. Arthur T. Cabot, of
Boston. Mass Dr. John c. Munro. OF
Boston. Mass; DR.. Frederic S. Dennis, Of
New York City; DR.. Wiley Meyer. Of New
York City; DIT. Lewis S. Pitcher. Of
Brooklyn, n. Y; Or. Albert Wander Veer,
of Albany. n. Y; DR.. Albert J. Ochsner.
OF Chicago ILL.,; DR.. August F. Jonas, of
Omaha, Nebr.; Dr. Nathan Jacobson. Of
Syracuse. n. Y; Dr. John c. Oliver, of
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tuberculosis Treatment.
tuberculosis and its treatment" was
considered by the American Climatologi-
cal Association at the New Willard.
Papers were read by Drs. F. NJ. Pot
finger, of Monrovia, Cal. ", Jarvis Bar
low, Of Los Angeles, Cal; Vincent Y.
Bowditch and Walter A. Griffin, Of Bos-
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