Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-09
THE H0ME0PATHS
Hold Their Annual Meet
ing at Augusta.
very Favorable Report Upon
Homeopathic Hospital.
Professional Topics Discussed, Fol.
lowed BY a Banquet.

Inc 45q annual meeting of the Maine
Homeopathic Medical Society was held
Tuesday at the Augusta House with
ABOUT 40 delegates in attendance, The
forenoon was given over to a business
session, papers of a professional ma
ture were read and discussed during
the afternoon and in the evening
banquet was enjoyed with informal
speech making.
The morning session was called to or
der at 10 A. NJ. by William S. Thomp-
son, NJ. D., of this city, chairman of
the committee on arrangements. In
vocation was offered by Rev. w. F.
Livingston of Augusta and reports
from the various officers and commit
tees read. William H. Armstrong Of
Rockland was chosen member of the
society.
An interesting communication was
presented by DIR. w. v. Hanscom of
Rockland in regard to the newly in
corporated Maine Homeopathic Hos
pital Association. DIR. Hanscom ex-
planned that there was in the State
about 1925 Homeopathic physicians.
Those physicians represent in their
clientele a relatively large proportion
of the population and an amount of
real estate. estimated conservatively
at upwards of s3O,OOO.OOO These peo-
pie, he explained, We're practically
without representation on the boards
of the public or semi public hospitals
or sanitOriums of the State.
A committee was appointed at the last
annual meeting of the Maine Homeo-
pathic Medical Society for the purpose
of ascertaining the sentiment in regard
to General Homeopathic Hospital
and DIR. HanscOm reported that the
sentiment had been found to be over
Whelmingly in favor of the establish
| ment of such a hospital and that a
charter had been secured and cor
| poration legally organized for that pur-
pose, composed of 200 prominent men
| of the State, representing every cOun-
| ty and all the professions 1t is pro-
| posed by the corporation to commence
| the erection during the summer of a
centrally located General Homeopathic
Hospital in Portland.
The president of the corpora
ton is DR.. John T. Palmer of
Portland, vice president, Dr. ]. W.
Whidden of Bath, clerk, Judge B. F.
|
Fred c. Tolman of Portland. Among
land; Thomas c. Eaton, Portland Z;
Judge Henry c. Peabody, Portland;
William H. Looney, Portland; L. A.
Brown, M. D., Portland; j. Frank
Trull, M. d. Biddeford; c. E. Atwood,
Biddeford; Hon. Maynard S. Bird,
Roclsland; George w. Walker, Warren;
w. V. Hanscom. Rockland: F. A. Fer
guson, M. D., Bath; Frank L. Staples.
Bath; Charles P. Barnes, Norway;
Rev. M. ]. Twomey, Portland; John
T. Palmer, M. D., Portland; e. S.
Abbott, NJ. D., Bridgton.
The following officers and delegates
We're chosen:
| President.-John T. Palmer NJ D.,
Portland.
Vice Presidents.-Wm.H II. Kennison,
M. D.. Madison; George H. Rand, M.
D., Livermore Falls.
Recording Secretary.-Luther A.
| Brown, M. D., Portland.
| Corresponding Secretary.-Carrie f..
Newton, M. D., Brewer.
Treasurer S. Thompson, M.
D., Augusta.
| Board of Censors-C. NJ. Foss, M.
D., Dexter; A. S. Harvey, M. d.. Ban
gor; NJ. S. Holmes, M. D., Oakland !;
Annette Bennett, M. D., Augusta; T..
S. Hawkes., M. D., Swans Island.
Committee on Legislation.--F. A.
Ferguson, NJ D., Bath: ]. r. Palmer.
NJ. D., Portland: j. F. Trull, M. D..
Biddeford; w. V. Hanscom, M. d..
Rockland; L. A. Brown, NJ. D., Port
land
Delegates to meeting of American
Institute of Homeopathy at Detroit
C. A. Paul, NJ. D., of Scion and J. T..
Palmer, NJ. D., of Portland.
Delegates to Massachusetts HOmeo-