SOCIETY MEETINGS.

The fourth annual meeting of the State Eclectic Medical and Surgical Society, of Michigan, will be held at Detroit, on the last Wednesday in May, 1880, (the 26th), commencing at 10 o'clock a. m., and will continue in session two days.

Dowagiac, Michigan, February, 1880.

H. S. MCMASTER,

Secretary.

MEETING OF THE CENTRAL OHIO ECLECTIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. The Central Ohio Eclectic Medical Association convened in Springfield, yesterday (Tuesday, February 3, 1880), at the St. James Hotel parlors, at 11 o'clock a. m., in their monthly medical association.

After the morning congratulations and some preliminary business, the following new members were elected: Dr. W. P. Madden, of Cedarville, Greene County; Dr. J. P. Dice, of Xenia; Dr. J. C. Butcher, of Urbana, and Dr. D. H. Welling, of Columbus.

A resolution of thanks of the society was ordered to Prof. R. S. Newton, of New York City, editor of the New York MEDICAL ECLECTIC, for his unsolicited and complimentary notice of our association in his journal, one of the leading medical journals of New York, in which he concludes with the following remarks: "The above named association is the beginning of a good work, and one that was really a necessity, and, no doubt, will be fully sustained by the Eclectic physicians in that part of the State."

At this point the society adjourned for dinner, at the St. James. On reassembling, at one o'clock, it was found that there were upward of twenty physicians present, and the very best of feeling predominating with each member.

In the clinic room had assembled something like a dozen patients, their rooms being directly opposite the door of the association rooms. The first case called was by Dr. W. P. Madden, a young lady from Greene County. This was a case of dysmenorrhoea, which had resisted all treatment of at least a dozen physicians, and the young lady was reaching that stage in which her health was becoming permanently impaired, and she must go down to death in a few months if some medical or surgical relief was

not soon brought to her rescue. The pain which she had to undergo each month had told sadly on her life and health.

Drs. Dice, of Xenia, McLaughlin and Russel, of this city, Butcher, of Urbana, and Madden, of Cedarville, gave this case a lively review, the young lady, in the meantime, throwing what light she could on the case. It was advised that in these extreme paroxysms of pain, they be controlled by inhalations of chloroform. Other treatments were ordered, and the case set aside for that of a Mrs. Williams, a lady who has been suffering for three months past with jaundice. This lady presented a pitiable sight; she was as yellow as an orange. Every spot on her body, even the white of the eyes, had taken on this peculiar jaundice. This case was presented by Dr. Russel, who, after giving a statement of the same, and the mode of treatment, gave the case up to the association for a free discussion, which, after a careful personal examination, was freely done by Drs. Milton Hunter and Blowyer, of Catawba, Riceard, of Moorefield, Austin, of Northampton, Welling, of Columbus, and Drs. McLaughlin, Butcher, Reynolds, Madden and Dice.

The prognosis in this case was considered unfavorable, although some of the physicians thought they had had similar cases with recovery-giving their mode of treatment.

The next case was a compound fracture of both bones of the forearm. The accident happened to young Stauburg. Some five days since, he was before the class for a final plaster of Paris dressing, which was applied in the presence of the class, with a discussion pro and con for that mode of treatment.

A beautiful little girl, about four years of age, was next called. She was suffering with a disease of the eyelids, which had nearly destroyed the eyelashes, and was doing irreparable damage, which, in after years, would quite mar her beauty.

This case was freely discussed by the members present, and the treatment which was now adopted, with a degree of success, was sanctioned. The little girl, on leaving the room, was very friendly, and said, "Dood day, doctors."

A case of necrosis of the bones of the hand, on which some of the physicians present had operated some three weeks since, was presented for discussion. A case of hip joint disease, a little boy, Johnny Hawthorne, was next considered. A case of erysipelas of

the eye, with entire destruction of vision, which had now assumed the stage known as styphaloma, with all the pain attendant on that condition, was up for relief; as were also many other cases, some of which had to be turned away until the next regular meeting, on the first Tuesday in March.-Springfield, Ohio, Republican, January 4, 1880.

THE KANSAS ECLECTIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

The eighth annual session of the Kansas State Eclectic Medical Association convened at the senate chamber, February 10, at two p. m. The society was called to order by the first vice-president, Noah Simmons, M. D., of Lawrence, in the chair. The convention was opened with prayer, and after a brief address by the presiding officer, the roll was called by the secretary, Dr. Eidson, and was responded to by a greater number of members present than at any previous session, there being about one hundred or more doctors in attendance. Minutes of the previous annual session were read and approved. The committee on revision of the constitution, by-laws and code of ethics then reported, followed by other reports. The treasurer's report showed the society was free of any indebtedness, with a balance of something over $400 in the treasurer's hands. The board of censors then reported favorably on the following named applicants to become members of the State association, who were duly elected: Wm. Jacobs, Hanover; E. L. Wilson, Marysville; John McClintock, Topeka; Jacob L. Lewis, Howard City; S. B. Hewitt, Cedar Junction; W. White, Stockdale; A. W. Bixby, McPherson; H. G. Kernodle, Marion Centre; W. A. Cormack, Fredonia; J. A. Willey, Lyndon; S. L. Ayers, Grantville; W. C. Sweezy, Olivet; W. J. Winner, Great Bend; J. L. Crow, Emporia; J. A. Hall, Topeka; G. C. Chaney, Independence; Chas. Williams, Washington; W. H. Stillman, Manhattan ; C. O. Gause, Hesper; B. R. Moscher, Kinsley; L. Eckhart, Baumville; J. L. Furber, Michigan Vale; W. T. Harrel, Leroy; J. B. Jones, Florence; V. Tustison, Montana; J. B. Taylor, Jacksonville; P. C. Armstrong, Leavenworth; W. R. Cohn, Kansas City; R. G. Carter, Ottawa; S. Hewitt, Minneapolis; D. B. McKee, Hutchison; J. H. Griffith, Arkansas City; J. S. Hidden, Centralia; J. W. Alford, Erie; J. L. Brown, May Day; E. W. Waugh, Clinton; Cal

vin Rice, Havana; E. S. Leonard, Wichita; J. M. Rockhold, Scandia; Walter Crew, Jewel Centre; R. S. Craft, Blue Rapids; G. H. Brown, Chanute; Geo. Scoonover, Garnett; Geo. E. Irwin, Sabetha; J. M. Gamble, Elk Falls; H. Patrick, Belleville; C. M. Hughey, Eldorado; J. O. Ullrich, Paola; J. R. Doig, Ellsworth; H. S. Slavens, Burlington; J. H. Bonebrake, Lecompton; J. J. Thompson, Humboldt; A. Stanley, Paradise; J. P. Easter, Burlingame; A. M. Conway, Toledo; C. T. Stanber, Erie; Geo. E. Ewing, Cincinnati, Neb.; T. B. Woodard, Neosha, Kan.; B. Smith, Alma; W. B. Beebe, Garfield; L. J. Upshaw, Enterprise; H. M. Solomon, Joplin, Mo.; J. T. Campbell, Pleasanton, Kan. ; A. P. Fosser, Fort Scott; R. Dobbins, Lawrence.

After the new members were elected and paid their annual dues, the following were elected to various offices to serve the ensuing year: H. Owens, M. D., Wichita, president; T. H. Phillips, Olathe, first vice president; H. G. Kernodle, Marion Centre, second vice president; David Surber, Perry, third vice president; Noah Simmons, Lawrence, treasurer; A. M. Eidson, Topeka, recording secretary; J. M. Welsh, La Cygne, corresponding secretary. After which the association adjourned until 7 p. m., when the president elect, Dr. Owens, took the chair, thanking the association in a few appropriate remarks for the honors thus conferred upon him. After which the various reports were listened to and numerous committees appointed, consuming the entire evening session to a late hour, when the meeting adjourned until 8 a. m., on the 11th, when the remaining business was transacted, and then two or three hours devoted to the reading of essays, addresses, etc.

At 12 m. the meeting was adjourned until 2 p. m. The entire afternoon was consumed in reports of cases and general discussions, which were very pleasant and profitable to all, every one feeling that they could not have missed being present, and would certainly not stay away from any future meetings of the society. In regard to the present State medical law, the sense of the meeting was that the Eclectic medical profession of Kansas did not ask for the present medical law, as they did not desire or need a State law to protect them in their profession, being able to stand on their merits alone for their business, but as there was a law passed (a very lame one), that they had, and would quietly submit to it until it could be repealed or improved.

There were fifteen delegates elected from this society to attend and represent Kansas Eclecticism at the National Eclectic Medical Convention, which meets in Chicago next June. The delegates were: Drs. McMullen, Bixby, Easter, Simmons, Mulvane, Jacobs, Owens, Phillips, Furber, Reed, Armstrong, Martin, Williamson, Sweezy and Cormack.

The following physicians have promised to have essays on the following medical subjects, to be read at the next session :

J. L. Furber, Nervous Fever; J. L. Lewis, Hemorrhoids; Dr. Sibley, Sciatica; P. I. Mulvane, Strabismus; Wm. Jacobs, Diphtheria; W. J. Winans, Malarial Fever; H. G. Kernodle, Nasal Catarrh; E. A. Guttle, Scarlatina; W. H. Stillman, Pneumonia; Dr. Hamilton, Mineral Waters; Wm. McMullen, Ovarian Disease; J. C. Chaney, Hernia; P. C. Armstrong, Duties of the Profession to each other; Chas. Williams, Epidemics of our State; J. A. Reed, Menstrual Suppression; E. L. Wilson, Scorbutis; M. A. Reed, Dyspepsia; R. M. Moscher, Anasarca; C. N. Bishoff, Hypodermic Medication; D. A. White, Parturition; S. E. Martin, Uterine Hemorrhage; J. M. Welch, Specific Medicine; A. M. Bixby, Specific Diagnosis; E. Gratigny, Cancerous Ulcers; A. M. Eidson, Eclecticism in Kansas and the West.

The association extended a vote of thanks for the liberality of our Kansas railroad officials for the general reduction of fares to delegates in attendance, and especially to W. F. White, who so kindly assisted the secretary in securing reduced rates. Also to the generosity of Topeka hotels, who kept all delegates at one half rates. The association was much pleased by the exhibition of new remedies and publications from the drug manufacturing house of Messrs. Parke, Davis & Co., of Detroit, Mich., which were so gentlemanly shown by their agent, Dr. Roe.

At 6 p. m. the association's interesting session was closed, all being delighted with the general interest and success of this meeting, feeling that none could afford to miss the privilege of such occasions, pledging faithful attendance hereafter. The meeting was closed with prayer to our all wise and good Physician and Ruler, by Dr. Phillips, to meet at Topeka, on the second Tuesday in February, 1881, at 2 p. m.

Topeka, Kansas.

Respectfully,

A. M. EIDSON, M. D.,
Secretary.