Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-07
Maine MEETING
OF HOMEOPATHS
TUESDAY IN CITY

IUIOUAI IN UIII
Officers Elected and Reports
Presented at seth Annual
Session Held at Y. M. C. A.
Building-Dr. J. A. Hayward
of Portland Chosen Presi-
dent, and DR.. Lathbury of
Augusta, Treasurer - Inter-
esting Sessions with Many
Papers Presented
The fifty-sixth annual meeting of
the Maine homeopathic Medical
Society was held Tuesday at the Y,
M. C. A. building, with an attendance
OF about 20. The morning session
was taken up with the regular bust
ness, including the balloting on new
members and the election of officers.
one new member was voted in a;
the meeting.
Inc following doctors were elected
to office: President, DR.. Hayward Of
Portland; vice president, DR.. Charles
5. .Philbrick of Bangor; recording
secretary, DR.. c. L. Clarke Of Port
land; corresponding secretary, DR..
II. II. Plummer of Union; treasurer,
Dr. Vincent Lathbury Of Augusta.
&ne BOARD OF cenSorS and the COM
mittee on legislation were reelected.
Inc members Of the board of censors
are: Drs. E. S. Abbott of Bridgton;
II. f. NORM Of Bath; George II.
Rand Of Livermore Falls; NJ. S.
Holmes Of Oakland, and r. r. Was
gait, of Rockland. The committee
on legislation is made up Of the fol-
lowing: Drs. John T. Palmer of
Portland; w. 8. Thompson Of Au-
gusta; +. A. Ferguson Of Portland;
L.. A. Brown of Portland and J. f.
Trull Of Biddeford.
The order of business Tuesday
forenoon was: Call to order, reading
or the minutes. appointment of com
mlttees, report of treasurer, report
or board of censors, balloting for new
members, report OF committee on
legislation. report of necroiogist, re-
port OF nominating committee, cleo
ton of officers, appointment of dele
gates to State and National societies
and congress of states. unfinished
business, new business.
AT II o'clock the meeting adjourn
ed to the Augusta House where
luncheon was served.
Papers Presented in Afternoon
In the afternoon papers were read
on different subjects of interest to
the medical profession, but too tech
nical to be of interest to the layman.
These papers We're: The Real Posi-
ton of Homeopathy Among the
Medical Arts" by John P. Sutherland,
NJ. D.. dean b. L. S. NJ; Some OBJ
servations on Bells Paralysis" by
Franklin A. Ferguson, NJ. D., of
Portland. read by j. A. Hayward of
Portland; THE Schick Test" by
Luther A. Brown, NJ. D., of Portland,
and "The Caesarian Section" by E.
b. Selsbee, NJ. D., of Rockland.
The evening session was held at
the Augusta House, being preceded
by banquet. After the banquet an
address on Accomplishments and
Ideals Of the American Institute of
homeopathy" was given by Roy
Cpman, NJ. D.. of Brooklyn, n. Y.
The meeting was very productive
and interesting and was well attend
ed.
Among those present at the meet
ing We're Drs. T. J. O'Sullivan, ]. A.
Hayward, G. l.. Clarke, John T. Pal
mer, l.. A. Brown, of Portland;
Charles S. Philbrick of Bangor; Vim
cent Lathbury and w. S. Thomas of
Augusta; w. Fl. Walters and Ethel
IL. Walters of Fairfield; f. S. Abbott
OF Bridgton; George Fl. Rand of
Livermore Falls; M. S. Holmes of
Oakland; r. I. Wasgatt and E. L.
Silsbee of Rockland; II. II. Plumme.
of Union and j. H. Knox Of Orono.
The next meeting of this society
will be held in this city on the first
Tuesday in June, 1923.