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IN the KANSAS MEDICAL JOURNAL, Stew

which he gave prompt relief by injecting half a drachm of chloroform into the gall-bladder. -Times and Register.

FROM the experiences of modern and other officers of State prisons throughout the coun- art relates two cases of gall-stone colic, in try, it seems that professional criminals have not the disposition nor the ability to reform their conduct. Therefore they ought to be regarded as moral imbeciles with hereditary traits or acquired physical or mental disease which in them have become organic and transmissible. Cannot society protect itself from the professional?

To preserve your instruments from rusting, a writer says, immerse them in a solution of carbonate of potash for a few minutes, and they will not rust for years; not even when exposed to a damp atmosphere.

THE saliva in sickness, especially in long continued debilitating fevers, is very much.

THE Times and Register of New York and Philadelphia comes loaded every week with a savory dish. The number for March 22, is weakened. Cooking increases the digestibiliequally succulent. We have read as yet but the editorials, annotations and the medical digest of this number, and say truly if there was no more we would be more than satisfied

ty of starchy food. Starchy food should be cooked a long time for an invalid.

THE next session of the Northern Kansas

with it. It is one of the best medical journals Medical Society will be held at Seneca on May published.

THE Republican Valley District Medical Society is coming to the front. The last meeting held April 30, was well attended and the papers and discussions were all good. The visiting brethren, Drs. Cullimore, Wall, Munn McClintock and Minney, were treated royally.

SUICIDES are most frequent at the middle period of life. The nervous energy is ex

hausted in the accumulation of wealth or social attainments which too often result in

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The program will be a report of a case from the personal practice of each member. The annual election of officers occurs at this meeting.

ASSOCIATE editor of the JOURNAL, stockholder and director, Dr. W. D. Bidwell of Leavenworth, favored us with his presence and advice at the stockholders meeting in March, as will be seen by referring to the notes of the meeting.

DURING the progress of the Hyderabad ex

disappointment. Happiness is the result of periments, female monkeys were fitted with

perfect physical and mental health.

DR. L. Y. GRUBB has returned from his winter home at San Diego, Cal. We hope the doctor will be able to remain with us. He

has associated with him in practice Dr. M. Cazier formerly of Burlingame, Kas.

THE city of Truro, in Cornwall, England, with a population of 11,000, has only three doctors. O happy people. We have in mind a western city or two which would be glad to supply the aching void.

OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.-Swan M. Burnett, M. D. (New York Medical Times) says that statistics show that at least thirty per cent. of the blindness in Europe is traceable to this cause.

CAWTINE says that where olive oil is used for food, gall-stones are infrequent.

apparatus to resemble the feminine corset, and chloroform administered. Two died promptly, and the others were saved with difficulty.Hospital Gazette.

SCHULTZ says it is far better to use two fingers for a vaginal examination than one. The middle finger is longer than the index, and in addition there are two sensitive surfaces, the relative position of which can be varied and more can be determined than with one.

DR. J. H. BRIERLY of Glasco, reports three cases of diphtheria in which he used bi-chloride of mercury, gr. 20 every hour for three days and sprayed the throat with sulpho-calcine, with excellent results. All of these cases presented grave symptoms.

PUMPING the liver or massage in the treatment of gall-stones, is advocated and has been

THE death rate from pneumonia in the successfully carried out in a case, related by

aged ranges from 60 to 75 per cent.

a physician in the Virginia Medical Monthly.

The Kansas Medical Society.

noblest work man can engage in. But when we come back to Kansas again and re-visit her medical societies, and come in contact with her physicians in their every-day work, and see what they are doing and the success

This society will hold its annual session in Salina, May 13 and 14, 1890. In looking over the transactions of the various State societies we are pleased to note that the Kansas Medi- attending their efforts, and the display of cal Society stands well up toward the head of the class. The sessions of 1888 and 1889, en rolled a larger membership than in any other two years of its history-except the Atchison meeting in 1879. The inducements to attend that meeting we do not care to mention.

We have been over the State during the past few months and the indications are that the Salina meeting will be well attended. The prospect is that the attendance will be larger than that of 1889.

The railroads named in this number of the JOURNAL will give reduced rates, one and one third fare for the round trip. Hotel rates will be reduced as seen in the reports of the committee of arrangements, page 479. There will be some visiting physicians from other States, in fact a cordial invitation is extended to them. In former years Kansas depended in a measure on her sister States for help, and we will ever remember the favor extended by our neighbors, and will be pleased to have them with us at our meetings.

We have no doubt that the older physicians, now non-residents of the State, and who have labored for the upbuilding of the medical profession in Kansas, are as proud as we are of the profession in Kansas to-day. We have itinerated from Wichita to Concordia, and from Seneca to Columbus, for the past five years and have attended city, county and district medical societies in these and various other towns and cities in the State. We have been a member of the State society since '81, and attended the last five meetings without receiving a tardy mark. We have been a member of the American Medical Association since '86 and attended each meeting, having the honor to be placed on the nominating committee each year. We have met the representative physicians of America in such council assembled and have obtained what Kansas asked for every time, and we are proud of having had the opportunity of seeing such a grand body of men, who are engaged in the

judgment in deciding vital questions and the methods and ingenious home-made devices to meet surgical emergencies, in the number of good, all round men found in every hamlet and cross roads as well as large towns in the State, our pride is well founded and our enthusiasm for the Kansas doctor increases daily.

Those who attend the State Medical Society meeting at Salina, May 13 and 14, 1890, will see a large number of these physicians and it will amply repay us all to attend.

Disagreeing Doctors.

The St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons is having trouble. Seven of the professors have resigned. when elected they were not aware of the following amendment which accompanied the notice of their election in due time after the college year opened: "The appointment of all members of the faculty shall be made annually at the meeting of the board of trustees. The Dean, with the concurrence of the executive committee, shall nominate for approval by the board all those who are to compose the faculty for the ensuing year."

The executive committee of the college is composed of Dr. Louis Bauer, Dean; Drs. Joseph L. Bauer and Algernon S. Barnes.

Some of St. Louis' best men were of the faculty and while their course is commended, we are sorry for the necessity of such action.

FOR removing powder stains on the faceR. Ammon. biniodid. aquæ destillatæ aa3j. M. Sig. Apply to stains. This will make them turn red, then if painted with dilute hydrochloric acid, they will disappear.

THE late Sir William Gull, the famous court physician, it is said left a fortune of $1,750,000. Thirty years ago he was an unknown hospital physician, and penniless.

American Medical Association.

The Forty-first Annual Session will be held in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, May 20, 21, 22 and 23, commencing on Tuesday, at II a. m.

the Secretaries are, by special resolution, requested to send him, annually, a corrected list of the membership of their respective Societies.

For railroad rates see daily papers.

AMENDMENTS TO THE BY-LAWS.

Offered by Dr. A. L. Gihon, United States

That the first day of the meeting of this

"The delegates shall receive their appointment from permanently organized State Med-Navy: ical Societies, and such county and district medical societies as arc recognized by repre- Association shall be on the first Wednesday sentation in their respective State societies, and from the Medical Department of the Army and Navy, and the Marine-Hospital Service of the United States.

Each State, County and District Medical Society entitled to representation, shall have the privilege of sending to the Association one delegate for every ten of its regular resi dent members, and one for every additional fraction of more than half that number; Provided, however, that the number of delegates for any particular State, county, city or town shall not exceed the ratio of one in ten of the resident physicians who may have signed the Code of Ethics of the Association."

Members by Application.-Members by application shall consist of such members of the State, County and District Medical Societies entitled to representation in this Association. as shall make application in writing to the Treasurer, and accompany said application with a certificate of good standing, signed by the President and Secretary of the Society of which they are members, and the amount of the annual membership fee, five dollars. They shall have their names upon the roll, and have all the rights and privileges accorded to permanent members, and shall retain their membership upon the same terms.

of May or June respectively, instead of Tuesday.

By Dr. X. C. Scott, Ohio:

That the Committee on State Medicine bę abolished, inasmuch as the Section on State Medicine occupies the entire ground.

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Practice of Medicine, Materia Medica and Physiology-Dr. J. Musser, Chairman, PhilaThe following Resolution was adopted at the delphia, Pa.; Dr. H. McColl, Secretary, LaSession of 1888:

That in future, each delegate or permanent member shall, when he registers, also record the name of the Section, if any, in which he will cast his vote for Section officers.

Secretaries of Medical Societies, as above designated, are earnestly requested to forward, at once, lists of their delegates.

Also, that the Permanent Secretary may be enabled to erase from the roll the names of those who have forfeited their membership,

peer, Mich.

Obstetrics and Diseases of Women-Dr. W. W. Potter, Chairman, Buffalo, N. Y.; Dr. J. Hoffman, Secretary, Philadelphia, Pa.

Surgery and Anatomy-Dr. B. A. Watson, Chairman, Jersey City, N. J.; Dr. J. B. Deaver, Secretary, Philadelphia, Pa.

State Medicine-Dr. J. B. Hamilton, Chairman, Washington, D. C.; Dr. F. S. Bascum, Secretary, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Ophthamology-Dr. S. C. Ayres, Chairman

Cincinnati, Ohio; Dr. E. J. Gardner, Secreta- ment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the April

ry, Chicago, Ill.

Laryngology and Otology-Dr. J. O. Roe, Chairman, New York; Dr. F. H. Potter, Secretary, New York.

Diseases of Children-Dr. Isaac N. Love, Chairman, St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. E. F. Brush, Secretary, New York.

Oral and Dental Surgery-Dr. J. L. Williams, Chairman, Boston, Mass.; Dr. E. S. Talbot, Secretary, Chicago, Ill.

Medical Jurisprudence-Dr. T. B. Evans, Chairman, Baltimore, Md.; Dr. T. D. Crothers, Secretary, Hartford, Ct.

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number of The Brooklyn Medical Journal:

First-Comparative pathology and the natural history of pulmonary tuberculosis in man indicate that the most favorable temperature for the intra-pulmonary development of its bacillus is much higher than 99.5° F.

Second-Tubercular bacilli, in a favorable soil within an animal organism, are not attenuated nor their development arrested by temperatures which are inimical to them in artificial or non-vitalized culture-media, but even rendered more virulent and more rapidly productive.

Third-Temperatures demanded for effective disinfection or discontinuous sterilization by dry heat are impracticable and injurious to the animal organism.

Fourth-It would appear that Dr. Weigert is mistaken in supposing that the residual air is heated much above 113° F.; and that, in fact, there is but very slight, if any, elevation of the intra-pulmonary temperature. Recent advices from Germany inform us that accurate measurement of the actual elevation of the lung temperature is but 1° F.

Fifth-If it were possible to produce and maintain, even for a short time, an intrapulmonary temperature approaching 113°, there would be produced, independent of the effect upon the lung-tissue, grave degenerative changes in the blood and entire cellular elements of the body.

WE are proud of the Topeka Academy of Medicine and Surgery. It meets the first Tuesday in every month. The membership is about thirty. Twenty-two members were present at the last meeting. The attendance is gradually increasing. The reports at the last meeting, one by Dr. McClintock on a recent case of ovariotomy, and one by Dr. Wall on Stephen's operation on the eye were up to the times-clear, concise, pointed, interesting Sixth-At temperatures far short of those and instructive. The physicians of the city claimed, there would be produced an auto-inrealize the importance of a good society, fection and accumulation of excrementitious and are doing good work. A great deal products, by diminished respiratory capacity, depends on the officers of a society. This directly deleterious to the organism at large, society has been particularly fortunate this and indirectly embarrassing to those nutritive year in its selection. The officers should com- activities upon whose integrity all hope of mand the respect of the profession as men and permanent benefit to the consumptive must as physicians. To Drs. Munn the president rest. and Rodgers the secretary, in a great measure do we attribute the success of the society so far in 1890. Dr. D. C. Jones was one of the founders of this society, and he was evidently highly gratified at the last meeting to see his labors bearing such fruit.

FOLLOWING We give the conclusions of Dr. Wales L. Cary, on the Weigert Hot Air Treat

Seventh-The factor productive of the benefit arising from the Weigert method is the dryness, rather than the heat, of the inspired air; and this desiccating action cannot be obtained except the temperature of the inspired air be as low at the upper as in the deeper parts of the lung. Of further benefit are pulmonary gymnastics, the psychological effect, and possibly in cases a favorable action upon the bacteria in the larger bronchi.

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Printing and Supplies-Dr. A. S. M. Anderson, Chairman.

Reception and Correspondence-Dr. N. D. Tobey, Chairman.

Finance-Dr. G. W. Newman, Chairman. Inquiry or correspondence should be directed to chairman of proper committee.

On motion it was decided that an effort should be made to encourage more interest in

in the State by the Union Pacific, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Rock Island and Missouri Pacific railroads, main lines and branches. For rates of fare for the meeting, see article elsewhere. All day trains arrive in time for the evening session on May 13. A more complete schedule can be procured by addressing WM. A. PHILLIPS, JR., Chairman Com. Rates & Transportation.

THE KANSAS MEDICAL JOURNAL is a monthly medical of merit, published at Topeka, in our neighboring Western State, by an editorial committee, consisting of W. L. Schenck, M. D., Osage City, Kas.; J. E. Minney, M. D., Topeka, Kas.; S. G. Stewart, M. D., Topeka, Kas. Besides an interesting number of original papers the editorial department contains an editorial on insane asylums, which indicates that the writer is advancing with the advanced men of the age in psychiatric observation and neurological thought.--Alienist and Neurologist.

microscopical research, and to this end it was Dr. Jarvis' tables, the average of the lives of THE DOCTOR'S EARNINGS.-According to

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suggested that decided steps should be taken If you begin to interest practical microscopists. It is to physicians is fifty-six years. be hoped that there will be a hearty response. practice at twenty-four, your active-life prosThose having microscopes that they are will-pect will be thirty-two years, and from ing to bring, as well as those having interest- thousand to fifteen hundred dollars will repreing specimens to exhibit, will please commu- sent your average yearly income. Now, were nicate with Dr. J. R. Crawford, Assaria, Saline Co., Kansas. who will have charge of arrange

ments for exhibit.

HOTEL RATES.

you (through God's mercy) to practice these and collect (say) eight dollars every day of the thirty-two years without losing a single day, time, you would receive but $93,440. Deduct from that amount your expenses for yourself National Hotel, centrally located, all modern and your family, your horses, carriages, books, conveniences, 140 rooms. Rates $2.50 per periodicals, and instruments; your taxes, inday. Special rate for State meeting, $2.00 surance, and a multitude of other items for per day. Ed. Wittman, Prop.

rooms.

Brunswick House, centrally located, 60 Rate $2.00 per day. Special rate, $1.50 per day. E. J. Mints, proprietor.

Pacific House, corner 9th and Park streets. 60 rooms. Rate, $2.00 per day. Special rate, $1.50 per day. G. W. Green, proprietor.

Monteur House, opposite Union Pacific depot. 34 rooms. Rate $1.00 per day. Special efforts will be made to provide entertainment for delegates. A. Jennings, proprietor.

RAILROADS AND CONNECTIONS.

the whole thirty-two years (11,680 days), and then, so far from being rich-you would have but little, very little, left to support you after you naturally reach the down-hill of life, or are broken down in health, and faculties deteriorated, and in need of a physician yourself, through worry, anxiety, and fatigue, in the discharge of your duty.

AMONG the happy callers at the JOURNAL office last month were Dr. R. J. C. Dodds, of Denison, Kas., and Dr. C. C. Seabrook, of

Salina can readily be reached from any point Burlingame, Kas.

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