The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15
PHYSICIANS OF
7RI-STA7ES MEET
Number Of Practitioners Took Part in
Big Meeting Held Yesterday
at ouincy-Dr. Dor
sey Present.
TALK ON APPENDICITIS
Discussion of Above Subject Followed
Address by Or. J. M. Bacon,
Prominent Macomb
Man.

LIT. r. d. dorsey, secretary of the or
ganization, was present in Quincy yes
terday when the tri-state medical
meeting was called to order. The
principal topic of the day of interest
to physicians was appendicitis. Re-
porting tn : meeting in detail the Wing
contains the following:
The Tri-State Medical society, en-
bracing the states of Illinois, Iowa,
and Missouri, met in this city yester-
day, with an attendance Of peraaps
fifty, which was augmented by the ar
rival of last nights trains. Append
citis" was the principal subject under
discussion. 1t was offered by DR.. ].
M. Bacon of Macomb and was dis
cussed by number of physicians
from a number of states. His main
plea was that there was chance to
avoid an operation by the use of med
icines before the operation was per-
formed. Generally, he was agreed
with.
Most of tae members met here yes
terday morning at the lodge rooms Of
the Quincy Elks. There was some
disappointment in the attendance, as
it was expected there would be be-
tween $50 and 200 present. Several
sent their regrets and announced that
under the circumstances tn " would
be unable to be present. Their pa
tients, they said, were in such condi-
tion they could not come
1t was about 10 o'clock when DIR.
, Emil Refs, president of the society,
| called the meeting to order. DIR. Refs
is from Chicago. He announced that
there would be little delay in the way
| OF preliminaries and that the meeting
, would proceed at once to hear the pa.
pers on the program.
? The first member called was DR..
\ Bacon of Macomb, who spoke on the
, New Aid for the Diagnosis of Chron.
ic Appendicitis" The doctor from
Macomb said he took it for granted
that all of those present had sufficient
cases of this kind to make correct
diagnosis. He said that after many
years of experience in abdominal dis
eases he had finally discovered that
there was such a thing as crippled
appendix. He told how he had dis
covered it, and then made the propo-
sition that there We're opportunities,
when by the use of medicines. an op-
Grafton might be avoided.
This was discussed by number Of
physicians, including DIR. Barrett of
Chicago, Dr. Asa Crockett of Mason,
DR.. Stormer of Chicago, and num-
Der of others.
The paper of DR.. Bacon was follow
ed by another on Uterine Displace-
ments by DR.. Walter Urban Kenne.
, dy, of ST. Louis 1t was so late in the
} day that it was not thoroughly dis.
cussed during the afternoon.
What They Had to Say.
The meeting is undoubtedly of in.
, terest to the physicians and surgeons
gathered here. DR.. Emil Refs, the
president was of the opinion that it
would prove productive of much good
to the profession What we need is
|
as come up before the doctors at all
times. / think from what I heard to-
day such purpose is being fulfilled .
Emery P. Lanphear, treasurer of the
organization said that the meetings OF
the Tri-State association were of the
greatest Importance to medical men
1T gives us doctors a chance to in
terchange our views. One man may
know more than another, and here is
where we have a chance to find out
: what the other man knows
DR.. Joseph B. Baoch's paper on
Appendicitis" attracted the most at.
tention for tle day He not only gave
his personal experiences, but com
pared them with others who have had
many cases of this kind.
DR. Flave B. Tiffany. of Kansas
City, was one of the conspicuous del
egates who took part in the delibera-
tons yesterday He endorsed the re-
marks of the Macomb man regarding
appendicitis.
A number of Quincy physicians and
surgeons were present yesterday af-
ternoon and evening to hear what
the visiting doctors had to say.
The Night Session.
Last nights session was probably,