Publication.— R. Gundry, Dayton, W. W. Dawson, Cincinnati, Robert Thompson, Columbus, John H. Rogers, Springfield, T. B. Williams, Dela ware. Finance.-E. B. Stevens, Cincinnati, A. Metz, Massillon, R. G. McLean, Lockbourne, J. G. Rodgers, New Richmond, A. Wilson, Sidney. Medical Ethics.-W. Morehead, Zanesville, A. C. McLaughlin, Fremont, T. S. Wright, Bellefontaine, A. Dunlap, Springfield, F. T. Hurxthal, Massillon. Medical Societies.-G. F. Mitchel, Mansfield, Wm. Judkins, Cincinnati, T. J. Mullen, New Richmond, W. Morehead, Zanesville, W. F. Wilson, Ironton. SPECIAL COMMITTEES. Surgery.-G. C. Blackman, Cincinnati, W. L. McMillan, Columbus, C. McDermott, Dayton. Obstetrics.-J. D. Cotton, Marietta, G. W. Borstler, Lancaster, P. Allen, Kinsman. Obituaries.-L. Firestone, Wooster, J. Crane, Ashland, John Delamater, Cleveland. Practice. John A. Murphy, Cincinnati, C. P. Landon, Westerville, E. Gaston, Morristown. Literature.-S. G. Armor, Dayton, E. L. Hill, Oxford, M. Effinger, Lan caster. Diphtheria.-W. W. Dawson, Cincinnati, David Noble, Sugar-tree Ridge, Samuel Hart, Marietta. Laryngeal Phthisis.-R. R. McMeens, Sandusky. Uterine Diseases.--G. W. Borstler, Lancaster. Diseases of the Eye.-A. Metz, Massillon. Scarlatina.-T. L. Wright, Bellefontaine. Insanity.-R. Gundry, Dayton. Microscope.-G. C. E. Weber, Cleveland. Delegates to the Indiana S. M. Society.-S. G. Armor, Dayton, H. G. Carey, Dayton. Delegate to the Kentucky S. M. Society.-W. P. Kincaid, Neville. Resolved, That the Secretary be authorized to issue a certificate as delegate of this Society to the Indiana, Kentucky, or Illinois State Medical Society to any member of this Society who may be within either of those States during the meeting of such Society, and may desire such appointment. Dr. Landon moved Resolved, That the thanks of this Society be given to the presiding and other officers of this Society, for the care and impartiality with which they have discharged their duties during the present meeting. Which, being put to vote by the mover, was carried. On motion of Dr. McDermott a vote of thanks was passed to the officers of the various railroads, who transmitted delegates to this meeting at half-fare. Dr. Landon gave notice of an amendment to the by-laws, so that the annual assessment may, if necessary, be made more than one dollar, which is the present limit. Laid over until next meeting. A letter was received by the Secretary from Dr. Mitchell, chairman of Committee on Medical Societies, regretting his inability to be present with the Society, and transmitting his report from that committee; also, extending an invitation to the Society to hold its next meeting at Mansfield. On motion of Dr. Kincaid, the report was referred to Publication Committee, with discretionary powers as to publishing same. On motion of W. W. Dawson, the Society adjourned. Proceedings of Clermont County Medical Association. Held at Batavia, Ohio, May 9th, 1860. The Association met pursuant to adjournment, in the courthouse. On motion of Dr. D. S. Lyman, Dr. Wm. Ellsberry was appointed President pro tem., and Dr. Mendenhall Secretary. The Association was called to order, when Drs. L. T. Pease, D. S. Lyman, and S. S. Scoville were appointed a committee to present the names of candidates for the various offices of the Association for the ensuing year. The committee reported as follows For President, Dr. L. T. Pease; for Vice Presidents, Drs. D. A. McLain and J. S. Combs; for Recording Secretary, Dr. S. S. Scoville; for Corresponding Secretary, Dr. J. C. Kennedy; for Treasurer, Dr. T. J. Mullen; for Censors, Drs. D. S. Lyman, P. Kennedy, and E. C. Sharp, Jr. On motion, the above named gentlemen were duly elected to their respective offices. A brief discussion was now had in relation to veratrum, as used in conjunction with opium. Dr. Lyman contended that opium and its preparations counteracted the sedative effects of the veratrum. Dr. J. C. Kennedy asked if the veratrum could not be increased in quantity where opiates were used, and thus keep up the sedation. Dr. Lyman answered in the negative. Dr. Scoville gave a case of typhoid pneumonia, in a child, where full doses of Dover's powder were given in connection with veratrum, and the latter remedy had its full effect. On motion, the Association adjourned to meet at 1 o'clock P. M. Afternoon Session. The minutes of the previous meeting not being present in the forenoon, were now read and adopted. The censors reported the names of Drs. Wm. Aberle Thompson, A. McChesney, and W. S. Anderson, for membership. On motion, they were duly elected. Dr. Lyman reported a case of dropsy of knee-joint. Iodine used locally proved highly beneficial. Dr. Coombs reported a case of traumatic tetanus successfully treated with sulph. morphine, chloroform, brandy, and sulph. quinine. The last two remedies named proved highly efficacious. Dr. Scoville reported a fatal case of tetanus. The treatment was principally chloroform and opium. Dr. Pease gave an instance of his delivering a woman of twins. The first-born was a healthy, well developed, and living child; the other was not half as heavy, and from appearance had been dead a number of weeks-decomposition had progressed extensively. Dr. J. C. Kennedy presented to the Association for inspection a hypodermic syringe. On motion, Drs. J. C. Kennedy and A. McChesney were appointed a committee to report upon the utility of said syringe, at the next meeting. A brief discussion now took place upon diphtheria, Drs. Lyman, Ellsberry, Kennedy, and Hopkins participating. Drs. J. S. Coombs, D. S. Lyman, P. Kennedy, and L. T. Pease were appointed delegates to the State Medical Society. Dr. A. McChesney was appointed essayist for the next meeting, and Dr. Mendenhall alternate. The following members were in attendance: A. V. Hopkins, D. A. McLain, D. S. Lyman, S. S. Scoville, P. Kennedy, Wm. Ellsberry, J. S. Coombs, L. T. Pease, J. C. Kennedy, S. B. Crew, Q. W. Mendenhall, J. B. Collins, Wm. E. Thompson, A. C. McChesney, and W. S. Anderson. On motion, it was ordered that a synopsis of the proceedings of the meeting be sent to the Cincinnati Lancet and Observer for publication. On motion, the Association adjourned to meet at Batavia the third Wednesday in October next. L. T. PEASE, President. S. S. SCOVILLE, Secretary. Remarks. MESSRS. EDITORS: The Clermont County Medical Association was organized May 11th, 1853. It meets twice yearly: on the second Wednesday of May, and third Wednesday of October. The Association is growing more useful and interesting every year, and numbers about forty-five members. One of the bylaws reads as follows: " The members of this Association shall not advise in a professional way with irregular practitioners of medicine, nor counsel with a physician who counsels with such." There are a number of regular physicians in the county who will not unite with the Association. We have thought that perhaps they choose to stay out for the privilege of being a little irregular. S. Proceedings of the New-Castle Medical Society, April 9th, 1860. Reported by Dr. JOHN REA, Secretary. The President in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The constitution requires of each member at the regular meeting.in April to report to the Society the cases of disease treated during the preceding year. Members all present but one; and the aggregate report of cases of diseases treated, 2067; obstetrical, number of labors, 136— three twins, two cases of convulsions, one of which occurred after labor, and the other before. Dr. S. Ferris was appointed delegate to State Medical Society. Dr. John Rea was appointed essayist for next regular meeting. Adjourned to meet the second Monday in June. June 11th, 1860. President in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Members all present but one. Dr. John Rea, appointed at last meeting, read a paper on scrofula; after which the election of officers for the ensuing year. For President, Dr. Samuel Ferris; Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. John Rea; Censors, Drs. J. Mendenhall, W. E. Millikan, and W. F. Boor. The retiring president delivered his valedictory; the subject, milk sickness, the treatment of which elicited some discussion. The point on which the discussion arose was the use of calomel. The Doctor said, in speaking of the treatment, that he used calomel in 30 or 40 gr. doses, and it was the only reliable cathartic; that he had separately tried other cathartics, and had uniformly failed. Dr. Millikan said he used calomel in smaller doses -in 10 or 15 grs. and found them as efficient, as a cathartic, as the large doses; and, further, the mercurial had to act on the secretions before it made its impression on the bowels as a cathartic. Dr. Reed said he had treated the difficulty over thirty years in this vicinity, and his experience justified the doses spoken of by Dr. Mendenhall in his paper; and he said he recollected that in some few cases of great severity he had administered at one dose a large tablespoonful-to make use of his own language, a "heaping tablespoonful,"-uniformly, to arrest the vomiting and mitigate all the symptoms, and ensure a speedy convalescence. Dr. Boor said that his experience was quite different in the use of calomel in this disease. In the early part of his treatment he also used calomel, but he thought that other cathartics were as good as calomel to evacuate the bowels, and convalescence was more rapid than if calomel had been used. Ptyalism, he said, frequently followed the use of the mercurial. These considerations had induced him to entirely discard the use of calomel in the treatment. Dr. Millikan was appointed essayist for next meeting. Leniceps, meaning the easy catcher, (in opposition to fortiter capiens, the supposed root of forceps,) is the name of a new instrument invented by Mattei (Rev. de Thér. Méd.-Chir., 3, 1859), and intended as a substitute for the obstetrical forceps, with the right use of which the inventor seems to be very little acquainted. The new instrument seems to be the result of a very unhappy idea, and deserves no notice.-Schmidt's Jahrb. VOL. III., No. 7.-28. |