Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-29
Presidents Address Contains
important Recommendations.
Kennebec Assn. Gives Visitors
Clam Bake al Island Park.
Convention Concludes Thursday
With Election and Banquet.

An important action taken by the
Maine Medical Association at its 59th
annual meeting which opened Wednes-
day at City han was the passage OF
resolutions of confidence in Drs. Henry
W. Miller and +. l.. Hills, the superin-
teudents respectively Of the Maine and
Eastern Maine Insane hospitals. The
resolutions did not take as strong
form as those recently adopted by the
Kennebec County Medical Association
endorsing DR.. Miller, but il was stated
by member of the Kennebec County
Association that they were entirely
satisfactory TO DR.. Miller's friends
Following are the resolutions adopted
Wednesday forenoon by unanimous
vote of the Maine Medical Association:
Tho members of the Maine Medical
Association hereby wish to express
their hearty approval Of the advanced
scientific medical work now being car
ried on in the State Insane hospitals
as reported To us by the visiting COM
mittee of the association. We reeog
4 nize the importance of this work from
medical and humanitarian stand
point and through these resolutions
We desire to express our confidence in
our two superintendent. Drs. Miller
and Hills. through whose efforts the
institutions are being developed along
truly modern and scientific lines.
Both of these men come to us from
long and successful experience in the
care of the insane and institution
work. and we wish them To know that
as physicians we appreciate the thor
ough and scientific work they are do
ing and that they have the confidence
and the hearty cooperation of every
member of the profession"
These resolutions were introduced
By DR.. b. l.. Bryant of Bangor and
passed without a dissenting vote in
the early part of the afternoon ses-
sion. They were led up to by the re-
port OF Or. Bryant in behalf of the
visiting committee of the association
to the Insane hospitals. DR.. Bryant in
his report spoke in the highest terms
of praise of the work of the two super
intendents
DR.. Bryants report stated that on
Nov 80, 1870 there were 1341 patients
in the two hospitals. 902 in Augusta
and i39 in Bangor. During the pIevi-
Gus year there were admitted 544
300 at Augusta and 235 in Bangor. Dur
ing that year there We're discharged
from Augusta, 41 recovered, q much
improved, a improved, 3S not improv-
ed. while lis died. During the same
year from Bangor were discharged
q recovered, much improved. "a i'm
proved and Is not improved. while %
died At the close of the year there
has been an increase in the institutions
Of 1903
The appropria atoms for the mainten-
ance of the hospitals during the year
l9Ii-12 were materially reduced by the
last Legislature so that there Is less
money available for the maintenance
of the hospitals than last year in spite
of the large increase in the number or
patients There has been a steady re-
duetion in the per capita cost OF main
tanning patients with the growth OF
the hospitals. but it will be mpossi-
BILE to maintain the present number of
patients without exceeding the appro-
priation during the next two years
providing the present standard OF care
and treatment is maintained.
The repor: expresses regret that the
bill for the voluntary commitment OF
patients, although PASSED by the last
LEGISLATURE was vetoed by the Gov
ernor A considerable portion Of the
report Is devoted to a detailed descrip-
ton of work at the Insane hospitals
Dr. Bryant was followed by DIR. Setf
c. Gordon OF the Insane hospital trus
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