Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-21
MARSH LEADS, BOAEOPATBS
Physicians Elect Officers and Con
clude Meeting.
PAwNEE MAN HITS AT SCHOOLS
Too Much study, Too Little Rest,
Asserts DIR. w. r.. Boyer, Who Has
Theory why Women Have
Nervous Prostitution.

President-Dr. F. A. Marsh OF Seward
First Vice President-Dr. F. F. Teal of
Omaha.
Second Vice President-Dr. w X. Foote
OF Omaha.
Corresponding secretary-Dr., F. S. Whit
Recotding secretary-Dr p4Fs' c. Bowie of
Table Rock. -
4. Treasurer-Dr o. s. Wood Of Omaha
Board of Censors-Drs Laura j. Brown
of Lincoln, w. X. Foote of Omaha and L.
c. Voss of Columbus.
Legislative Commlttee--Drs d. a. Foote
of Omaha, ]. B. Hawk of Grand Island
and r. A. Marsh of Sewaro.
Drs. Twyman of North Platte, II. r.
Miner of Falls City. delegates, and o. s.
Wood of Omaha, alternate, to the Ameri-
can Institute of Homeopathy.
These were elected officers of the Ne
braska State Homeopathic Medical society
at the close of It's thirty-fifth annual meet
ing Thursday evening
The place for the next annual meeting
is left to the decision of the officers Of
the association, but it is likely that Lin
coin will be selected.
The meeting just closed has been one Of
the most profitable and interesting yet
held by the society. More old members
paid up their annual dues and greater
number of new members Joined at this
meeting than for any within twenty years.
The care of infants, children and youth
was the essential subject discussed Thurs
day morning. being a symposium held un-
der the head of the bureau Of pediatrics,
with DR.. F. F. Teal as chairman,
Overstudy Alleged.
An important paper was that Of DR.. w.
r. Boyer of Pawnee City, upon the Head
aches of Childhood" His text related
chiefly to the headaches of young girls in
the public schools caused by overstudy
and worry at an age when they should
have every recourse to. outside exercise,
with congenial companions, suitable diet,
and should be given every relief from
worry.
1.-The public school system Is running the
motherhood of this country" was the trite
observation of DR.. Boyer. through the
overwork entailed upon the young girls. ''
The remedy urged was rest and recrea-
tion, even at the sacrifice of a year or
two before reaching the graduation stage.
THE Old Story of Feeding the Infants"
was the subject of a paper by DIR. F. F.
Teal of Omaha, which concluded the papers
and discussions in the bureau of pediatrics.
The bureau of mental and nervous
| diseases then had its inning with DIR. r.
c. Bowie as chairman. The first paper
was by Or. Boyer of Pawnee City, who
discussed the subject Of overwrought
women.
Women worry Too Muen.
1.-The causes of most cases. % nervous
prostration originated in the home" he
said. Women as a rule are too prone
to permit themselves to be wrought uT
over their family troubles and anXieties
and consequently lapse into a state OF
| hypochondria and the proneness to tell OF
their troubles aggravated the complaint. II
I is one of the most difficult problems with
which the physician has to contend. The
only remedy is absolute rest and change
OF environment. Medicine is useless In
such cases. Common sense and candoi
on the part of the physician would ac
compish what medicine could not"
Other papers read during the morning
session were upon various phases Of ner
vous disorders and eccentricities and con
cuded with a paper on "Chorea" by DR.
r. c. Bowie of Table Rock.
| The bureau of surgery, with Dr. ID. A
Foote as chairman. occupied the earlier
part Of the afternoon. the most importan
paper Of which will be when 10 Remove
the Appendix" by Dr. S. stodds of Siou,
City.
The session closed with the bureau O
obstetrics. with Dr, S. w. Stodds as chair
man. Papers we've read on obstetrica
subjects by Drs Seeman, Haskins DaviI
and Stodds of Sioux City. DR.. Young o
Ponea and DTs. Carr and Shoemaker o
Lincoln.