The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-02
CITY HALL CROWDED WITH
DOCTORS UNDRESSING
PAPERS PRESENTED
AND DISCUSSED.
AT SOUTH BEND NEXT TIME
Splendid Banquet Served, Good
Speeches Made = Instrumental
and Vocal Music and Social
Hour Ends Meeting.

The Thirteenth District Medical
meeting was held at the City Hall
In Plymouth, on Wednesday, April
"a, 1912, and was not behind the
meetings of other years. Last year
the meeting was held at Lake
Wawasee, and the attendance was
counted as extra large, the attrac-
tion of the resort being drawing
card. However. the meeting this
year was equal to that of last,
there being seventy-seyen names on
the register, exactly the same num-
Der as at the meeting a year ago.
Promptly at las, President DIR.
S. c. Loring called the meeting to
order, and a paper was presented
by DIR. r. Clarence Stephens of
Plymouth on the subject of Pneu-
monia Only a phesician could full
" appreciate the discussion of this
subject, as can be said of all the
purely medical subjects presented
at this meeting. To attempt TO
give even an outline of them would
be impossible. Enough to say that
DIR. Stephens gave paper that
was approved by the men who are
practicing physicians of this dis
trict, and was greeted with APP
plause In the discussion that fol-
lowed many facts were brought out
and the ripe experience of some
and the deep study of others. made
the presentation of this subject
profitable to every physician in at
tendance.
DIR. C. A. Daugherty of South
Bend, read a paper on Fractures
of the Patella." To save looking
into the dictionary, we state that
this means what is commonly known
as the kneecap, and the paper pres
ented gave evidence of a wide ex-
perience and thorough knowledge
of the treatment of this most COM
mon injury to the human organism
There was a spirited discussion fol
lowing, and while there was some
differences of opinion in minor de-
tails, use of kinds of threads to
sew n wounds, etc. the general
treatment was in accord with the
paper read.
The hour assigned to the subject
of Constipation was shortened, as
others questions were deemed of
more consequence. and DR.. |. j.
Becknell of Goshen presented the
subject of "Modern Obstetrics.
The doctor has had a long and sue
cessful practice in this branch oi
the profession, and was well able
to give the question in all its de-
tails, with all the most advanced
methods of treatment, including the
surgical aspect of the subject il
extreme eases. DIR. c. c. Terry OF
South Bend added his experience t.
this discussion. giving much of the
latest thought of scientific medicin,
and surgery applicable to the ques
ton.
The President stated that it wa!
a rule of the society to have tn,
subjects that were discussed at thes,
meetings, handled by men insid,
the district, but that the program
committee had deemed it wise t,
call on DIR. w. F. Howat of Ham
mond, who is President of tn
Indiana State Medical Association
to present his paper on 9Th
Medical Society, It's Duties an
Privileges" This was a splendi
paper presenting the subject in it
professional, social. fraternal an
civic phases, and was lecture we
worth the coming of every docto
there, even had there been nothin
else SAID DIR. Howat was con
PEELED to leave on a convention
train for Chicago, where he Is I
read the same paper before
medical association meeting 9
Evanston Friday, and the pape
has been approved by the editor
of a prominent medical journal, an
will be printed entire for the benz
fit of a wider circle than can
gathered in many meetings such {
this. 1t was scholarly, well wri
ten, and presented in a manner tn;
won for its author merited prai:
from his fellows
There are two meetings of til
society each year, and at the fla
meeting comes the election of of
GERS. However, at the meeting
the State Association, what
called a Councillor for each distri
has been selected, who holds f
three years, and for some nil
wears, DIR. C. A. Daugherty