The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18
CARROLL MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Members Discuss Tuberculosis and
Care of Insane.

The Carroll County Medical Society
held a meeting at the Westminster
Hotel, this city, on Wednesday, De-
cember 16. President DR.. Clotworthy
B.rnie, Of Taneytown, called the So
ciety to order at II O'Clock, a. m. The
following members were present: .
DR.. Clotworthy Birnie, president; DR..
Lewis K. Woodward, vice president;
DR.. Charles R. Foutz, secretary and
treasurer; Dr.. NJ. D. Norris, delegate;
DR.. H. M. Fitzhugh, alternate; DR..
Jas. H. Billingslea, DR.. w. E. Gaver,
DR.. C. H Diller, DR.. j. Zeigler, DR.. D.
B. Sprecher, DR.. George H. Brown, DR..
James Watt, DR.. S. L. Bare, DE-. E.
M. Sullivan and DR.. J. Sterling Geatty.
From II to u o'clock the business
before the society was transacted. At
II O'Clock the nleetiEs was adjourned
for dinner.
The following resolution was adopt
ed:
Resolved, That. the Carroll County
Medical Society heartily endorse the
act of the legislature in committing
the State of Maryland from and after
the first day of January, 1911, to
the maintenance, care, control and
tTGdlu1CuI VI oil dCpOIuCAI lhoeihS
persons, who are at that time resi-
dents of the State of Maryland, and
as soon as practicable, after the said
first day of January, 1911, the said
Board of Lunacy shall transfer from
the several county almshouses and
county and city asylums to one OF the
state hospitals for the insane, such
dependent insane persons who are
residents of the State of Maryland, as
in the Judgment of the said Board OF
Lunacy should be removed; and all
such dependent insane persons, after
their removal to one of the State hos
pitals for the insane, shall be main
tanned therein at the expense OF the
State. In furtherance of the purposes
of this act a commission shall be ap-
pointed by the Governor, of which he
shall be a member ex-officio, consist
ing of the Lunacy Commission, who
shall report to the legislature on or
before the 18th day of January, 1910,
such amendments to the present law
regulating the care and treatment OF
the insane, and such other measures,
including plans for the enlargement
of the present State hospitals or the
erection of other State hospitals, as
may to such commission seem neces-
sary.
And be it further Resolved, That a
copy of this resolution be spread upon
the minutes of this Society, and also
copy of said resolution be printed
in at least two of the county papers
and be sent to each member of the
Legislature from Carroll county.
After dinner the following program
was rendered:
A paper on the Early Diagnosis of
tuberculosis, by DR.. Lewis K. Wood
ward, Westminster, Md.
A paper on the Sanitary and Hy-
gienic Treatment of tuberculosis, by
DR.. Henry M. Fitzhugh, Westminster,
Md.
A paper on the Medical Treatment
of tuberculosis, by DR.. George H.
Brown, New Windsor, Md.
After the papers had been read, a
number of the members entered into
a general discussion of the subject.
DR.. A. P. Herring, of Baltimore, Md,
secretary of the State Lunacy Com
mission, was present and delivered
an address on estate Care Of the In
sane"
While DIR. Herring was in Westmin-
ster he examined the almshouse and
Jail and reports both OF these insti-
tutions in first-class condition in
every respect.
Ex-Judge Jas. A. G. Bond and DIR.
Frank T. Shaw, both of Westminster
attended the meeting.