The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-20
n. DIS AIT ST. MATTHEWS
THIRTY PHYSICIANS FROM FOUR
COUNTIES PRESENT.
Several Interesting Discussions and
Officers Elected
Net Meeting at Orangeburg.


The st. Matthews correspondent of
the News and Courier says as follows
res arding the, medical meeting held In
that place:
st. Matthews, July 1S. Special: st.
Matthews promised the District Med
icsl Association, comprised of Lex
inl,ton, Baniberg, Orangeburg, and
Calhoun, the best meeting 1t has ever
had, and the general opinion is that
she made good Tuesday. Fully thirty
physicians from all parts Of the dis
trict were on hand, and all seemed
greatly interested in the proceedings.
DR.. ]. J. Cleckley, of Bamberg, pre-
si,led. Dr.. T. H. Dreher, ST St. Mat
thews, made brief speech of wee
COTE. :
DR.. C. W. Kollock, Of Charleston,
reilde am ost interesting talk upon
Opthalmia Moratorium. He made
the interesting assertion that rs per
cent of the blind people in the coun-
frT is due to a preventable disease.
: It was useless, he said, to blink the
fact that physicians are largely to
blame. A medical teacher is crlm1-
nslly negligent who fails to ground
his students thoroughly in this mat
ter. He was amazed to- find that
among the questions asked the grad
uate nurses before the ate medical
beard there was nothing bearing up
on this important matter. He scored
the midwives for their dirty, filthy
methods and their total ignorance
about the simple preventable remedy
in child birth, which could so easily
stop this deploreble percentage OF
blind people. Boards Of health should
take these old midwives in charge
and force them to do their duty, he
said. They should be licensed and
examined once each year. In the
second place the laity should be rous-
ed to a sense of their duty and told
tie Importance of looking after these
cases.
The obstetrician, it is presmed,
knows his business in preventing this
horrible malady in childbirth, and
subjects himself to the charge OF
criminal negligence if he fails to do
his duty, he said. He urged, in un-
nistakable terms, that every physf-
clan should use the stadard remedy
,a1l every case no matter how inno-
cent it may seem.
DR.. A. B. Knowlton read a most
thorough and instructive paper on
asVaginal Caesarean Section" AS is
we'll kown the classical operation has
mas been by the abdominal route,
which Julius Caesar is said to- have
travelled on his entrance into the
world and from whom the opera
ton took its name. DR.. Knowlton
gave statistics from eminent special
lists to prove that the more recent
operation is more successful. There
was a time, the speaker, said, when
the hope was limited to saving the
mother, mainly, but the rule now IS
u, save both mother and child.
DR.. NJ. J. D. Dantzler, Of Elloree,
who is 70 odd years Of agee, but Is
10 possessed OF undiminished hental
force, and who is one Of the most ac-
tive members of the association, read
an exhaustive and scholarly paper up
cn sThe Functions of the Ductless
Glands" Many interesting clinical
gases were on had for the. benefit OF
the visiting doctors.
DR.. Price Zimmerman, the district
counsilor, made few appropriate re-
marks, congrltulating the members
upon their splendid meeting.
officers were elected as follows:
y)r. T. H. Dreher, OF St. Matthews,
president; DR.. J. S. Matthews, OF
Denmark, vice president; DR.. Sophia
,3runson secretary and treasurer. EE-
ecutive committee: Drs. Ceckley, OF
Iaamberg; D. D. Salley, of Orange
burg; Fairey, of Calhoun; and Tim
1nerman, Of Lexington.
A splendid dinner was served at
Gains Hotel, where appropriate toasts
were rendered. Orangeburg was
chosen as the next place of meeting.
Three Blown to Atoms.