Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-04
The Doctors and
Their Discussions.


American Medical Association was to-
day given over in the forenoon to de-
partment meetings. In the afternoon
general session Of delegates and al
ternates was held at which DR.. George
w. Grille of Cleveland read a paper on
'Cancer."
The department meeting most large
ly attended in the morning was de-
voted to discussion of diseases of chill
dren. DR.. Edwin f. Graham of Phila-
delphia lectured on buttermilk in the
feeding of infants. DR.. D. F. English
of Milburn, n. j., discussed THE De-
velopment of the Infantile Stomach"
and several other papers of similar
character were also read.
DR. David l.. Edsall read paper on
r'Contagous Diseases at the meeting
of the department of hygiene and sani-
starry science. He placed the respon-
sbility for the prevention of epidemics
of contagious diseases rather upon the
general practitioner than upon the
health officials
He said while the former is in a po-
siton to make observations and order
representatives. before an epidemic be-
comes menace to the public, the lat
ter is not appraised of its presence I'M
til it has taken a strong hold.
"Tuberculosis can be controlled' said
DIR. Edsal, IF the public is properly
educated"
A revision of the present patent lawst
so as to prevent the patentinS of pro-
cesses for making medicines and to
stop the registering of names of ren,t.
dies as trade marks, was advocated by
the house of delegates of the associa-
ton this afternoon. The committee
of legislation was instructed to work
for such a revision if it had returned
a report declaring that patenting medi-
cines fostcred monopoly in drugs and
kindred progress in the science of
medicine.
The governing body recorded it's APP
prevail Of bill to put the dental corps
of both the army and navy on the
same footing with the medical corps
and to give dentists connected with
the two departments commissions as
officers.
1t recommended that efforts be made
to procure adoption of all states of
standards for medical practitioners
through revision of medical prac-
tce acts. A resolution was passed
calling on the several political parties
to declare in their platforms their at
titude on the creation of national
department of health.
In the meeting devoted to the prac-
tce Of medicine, Dr. NJ. J. Rosenau of
Washington read report of his OBJ
servations of typhoid fever made
while a member of a public health
board at Washington. He named as
three principal channels of infection,
water, milk and contact with infected
persons. DR.. w. H. Parks of New York
declared that many persons, while
seemingly not affected with the dis
ease may go about for years, spread
ing the fever germs and causing con-
tagion.
"Wives who from choice foster race
suicide should Be held criminally re-
Sponsible."
This was the declaration made by
numerous woman physicians after DR..
Walter 3. Dorset of ST. Louis had de-
livered an address denouncing the at
ttude of women who oppose the
Roosevelt theory. Several speakers
who followed Dr. Dornett declared that
the laws should be SO amended as to
permit the punishment of these wo-
men.
The sectional meeting which was
held yesterday by feminine practition-
ers in attendance upon the American
Medical Association convention final
ly adopted resolutions providing that
a propaganda of education be launch
ed. A committee will agree upon some
method of reaching the lay mind either
by popular lectures or by a legitimate
publication