Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-19
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In it's beginnings eclectic practice was
a reform movement in opposition to
heroic medication existent in those days.
The school fought the administration OF
mercury and antimony as medicines ana
did much to make blood-letting unpopu-
Since then heroic medication. as it was
praeticed when Dr. Beach began ms MS
schools of medical practitioners, and TO-
day the eclectic pharmocopia consists
largely of plant remedies. in which re-
spect it resembles the. homeopathic
school, though differing widely from the
homeopathists in the form in which
remedies are administered and In meth
DDS of diagnosis.
Today there are in the United States
about $500 eclectic practitioners. There
are thirtyfour state societies, numerous
local societies, twelve Journals and and nine me
instance. there are members of the Cali
fornia State association, the Southern
the Southern California Eclectic Medical
association and the Los Angeles County
association, all of them being members
of the national organization now in ses-
sion here DR.. ]. Park Dougall of the
state examining board is practitioner
of this school.
Yesterday mornings session nver er fe bV ReV Se1
Robert Mcintyre, following which Rev.
Edward Harper, city forester, ana
brother. of Mayor Harper. forma1Iiy Mtl. Tho
mayor himself had expected to perform
this courtesy, but was unable to attend,
and hence sent his brother ,f TO repfestehhe pr EN-
association. was made by. DR.. e. G..
Sharp of Guthrie. Okla. The remainder
of the session was taken up with routine
mittees and miscellaneous matters. Fol-
lowing the general session departmental
work was taken up.
Meetings Open to All
This work is done under several sec
tions, and while the papers and discus
sions onan are W wh9gHy Whoever % desires to attend
The several sections and their officers
are as follows: .
cific medication-F M. Beals, M D,
Mattoon. ILL.,, chairman; MARQUIS h
Daniel NJ. D. Honey yr,(i1, Groye % Tex; NasS! ylSe
vilie Tenn. secretary. :, =,
Section on practice of medicine-.H. II
Broekman, NJ D. Eld3n' Mo- 9oston chairman Maas
vice chairman E. B. Sherman, M. d.
Waymansville, Ind. secretary.
Section. of materia. medica anf 1f fheTa naI;a
Mo, chairman: Herbert 7. Webster; M
D., Oakland, Cal. vice chairman; Pitts
Edwin Howes, NJ D., Boston. Mass.
svsct, Section of pediatrics-w: N. Mpndy
Duvall NJ. D., Atlanta, Ca, vice chair
man, OCOtL VI iSi, |'A. 80
mona, Cal, secretary
r5e%as SsS5i2n NJ 0p Tt!snf% e., shairmsa
J. M. Mulholland, M. D.. Pittston:. Pa.
vice chairman; Carl G.. Winter; M. ID.
indianapolis, Ind, secretary.
Congress of Observation-Disclosures wat
kins, M. D.. Blanchester, Ohio. chair
man; j. M. Mulholland. M. D., Pittston
Pa; G. G. Gere,- M. d, San Francisco
Cal; Mary E.. Morey. M; D., Smiley
Tex; W. II. Gage. M. D.: Colorado
Springs. Colo; j. F. Taylor. M. D., Sail
Lake City, Utah.
Section of ophthalmology, rhynology
otology and laryngology--M. b, Ketchum
M. D.. Los Angeles, Cal. chairman; w
s. May. M. D., Little Rock, Ark. vice
chairman; J. P. Harbert, M. D., Belle
fontaine Ohio secretary.
Section of acknowledgements and vi
bratory massage--G. Adolphus. M D.
Atlanta, Ca. chairman; David M. Stew
ems. M. d. Chicago, ILL.,, vice chairman
j. B. Davis, M. D., Pontiac, Ill, secre
Section of surgery-Pearl Hale-Taut
man. M. D., Eureka Springs, Ark, chair
man: o. C. Melbourne, M. D.. Los An
geles, Cal. vice chairman; John Per
Fins, NJ D.. Boston, Mass, secretary.
Section of genito-urinary diseases-J
d. Robertson, M. D., Chicago, ILL.,, chair
man; w N. Holmes, M. D.. Nashville
Tenn. vice chairman; S. j. Stewart, M
D. Lincoln Neb., secretary.
Yesterday afternoon the delegates tool
special street cars for the Seeing Lo
Angeles" trip. This afternoon they will