Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-21
PHYSIC |AMS END MEETING
Clinic at Hospital a Feature of
the Last Day.
state Medical society Elects DR.. T., II.
Ross of 81. Johnsbury President
and VIII 90 10 Scale Town
Next Year.

The l53 members of the Vermont state
Medical society who were present at the
second and last day Of the ,02nd annual
meeting of the society We're busy Fri.
daV' working from $50 in the morning
until final adjournment was taken late
IN the afternoon The forenoon was oc-
rup!"d with a clinical session at the
Mary Fletcher hospital, where interesting
lectures and demonstrations were given
ny Professor Joseph Colt Bloodgood Of
JOINS Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Md, on Operation for Cancer" nv
| Professor Walter y. James 5s Columbia
University on The IRREGULARITIES Of tho
| Pulse by Professor Smith Ely Jelline
of New York on "Neurology," and by
| Professor Joseph II. Abraham of New
| York Polytechnic hospital on Nose and
| Throat"
The afternoon session was called to
| order at two o'clock in the Medical Col
lege by President Townsend DR. Ben
jamin Dyer Adams secretary Of the house
| Of delegates. read the report Of the meet
ing Of that body, held Mt five o'clock
Thursday evening and their adjourned
| meeting which was held at eight o'clock
Friday morning. Among the most I'm
portant items of business transacted ut
these meetings was The pro rating Of
the dues Of members joining on or after
October of each year, the decision to
establish a medical Journal Of the society
during the coming year and the estab-
fishing of n permanent medco-legal fund
to which shall be devoted S. of the annual
'ues Of each member There has been
IN existence a mcdico-legal fund for
delegates had not established it on a
permanent basis. 1t was decided to hold
the next annual meeting in ST Johns
, bury.
, The following officers of the society
were elected by the house of delegates:
; President Z. H. Ross of St Johnsbury:
vice-president. G. w Bartlett. BenninE-
: ton; secretary, ]. NJ. Hamilton. Rutland:
treasurer, C. F. Dalton. Burlington;
auditor, W. r. Hazelton, Bellows Falls.
} 1t was voted to have the treasurer fur
nish a suitable bond for the faithful
performance OF the duties of his office.
The officers elected for the house OF
delegates are as follows: President. s
h G. Little. Bennington; first vice-president
= p e insolvency. Burlington second
g vice-president. u. A. Shea, Burlington
c secretary. b. D. Adams Burlington. The
n members Of the various committees were
S also elected at this time follows:
@ Executive committee. j. NJ. Hamilton.
s Rutland; G.. W. Kicker St Johnsbuiy;
# ]. a. Stevenson, Chester; publicity COM
d mittee, ]. NJ. Hamilton. Rutland; G. r.
S Dalton. burlington; 5. S. Eddy, Middle
d bury; legislative committee. F. w. Sears,
Burlington: W. y. Bryant. Ludlow: II.
e H. Swift. Pittsford: member of the
X medical education committee to serve for
d three years. j. C. Rublee, Hardwick:
Is member Of the medico-ceal committee to
20 serve for three years. w. y. Bryant,
l. Ludlow; neurology committee. F. r.
= Kidder. Woodstock H. L. Manchester,
l. Pawlet o. V Greene, Bethel; health
IS and public instruction, G.. G. Marshall.
If Rutland: L. H. Ross. Bennington; Grace
g. Sherwood. St. Adams: George l. Forbes,
- Burlington; T. w. Hartman. Montpelier.
re The following delegates to the meet
IT ings of various medical associations
'e were elected: Connecticut River Medical
IS association. G. +. Ball Rutland; Maine
TT state Medical association. NJ, p Stanley.
White River Junction; New Hampshire
Medical society. j NJ. Gibson, McIndoes
: Falls: Massachusetts Medical society. c.
, w. Bartlett, Bennington, Connecticut
I State MEDICAL society, c, W. Howard,
shoreham: Rhode Island Medical society.
w. II. Lane. Brattleboro; Medical society
of the State of New York, l.. NJ. Kelley,
Manchester; American Medical associa-
| ton. Alan Davidson. St. Adams.
PRESIDENTS ANNUAL ADDRESS.
At the close of the reading of the re-
port, Dr. William Warren Townsend,
| president OF the Vermont State Medical
society, read the presidents annual adj
| dress Dr. Townsends long service as
a member of the society has given nm
a through knowledge of its strong and
weak points and his capable handling
| of the problems confronting the society
showed many ways in which its activities
| might be stimulated In order TO make II
more useful to the state, He mentioned
the early struggles of Vermont prac'
,itioneers and the limitations Of the early
county and State societies. Strlcter
| Qualifications for membership in these
societies and the serving of probationary
term for candidates for membership
were advocated as we'll as less modesty
on the part of many members in giving
| light TO their original methods of treating
| diseases so that the meetings of the So
ojetv might prove more entertaining anc
| beneficial The establishment of a medica
| journal which had been decided upon BY
the house of delegates at their meeting
was advocated as we'll as some sort O.
a censorship of the reports of new dis
he coveries in medical science, which arr
ais published In lay papers,
lid Dr. John l. Cochran of East Dorse
ng read n paper on cause and Treatmen
Is of Hcresy" and Professor Joseph c
I'll Bloodgood of Baltimore gave an addres
In on The obstacles to be overcome in III
lot educational propaganda for control o
ed cancer. with suggestions as to how to d
ng It," After some informal discussion o
he these interesting paper, the society tool
We its final adjournment until October. 1916