Dr. J. H. Taylor was able to go to his office for the first time since he underwent an operation at Mayo Brothers' Sanitarium at Rochester, Minn., some three months ago. He is feeling much stronger now and hopes to be able to resume active practice again soon.

Sam W. Booker has sold his farm containing 280 acres, seven miles north of Shelbyville, to Dr. J. P. Lapsley, of Mercer county for $120 per acre. Mr. Booker takes in part payment Dr. Lapsley's residence and nine acres of land near McAfee, Mercer county, at $15,000. Possession will be given March 1.

Dr. C. R. Martin died at his home in Sulphur after having suffered a stroke of paralysis. Dr. Martin had been a practicing physician at that place for many years. He was prominent in his profession and was widely known. He was president of the Sulphur Deposit Bank.

Physicians who divide fees and those who sell morphine and cocaine in violation of law will lose the right to practice in Kentucky, according to rules laid down by the State Board of Health at Louisville. The rule against dividing fees will be enforced against both the physician accepting the fee and the person who gives it.

The office building belonging to Dr. J. B. Smith in McKinney caught fire and burned to the ground. The building was a small structure, located on the corner of Main and Stanford streets in the little city, and it is a mystery how it managed to become ignited. The loss is not large but is complete as it is understoor that Dr. Smith carried no insurance.

Governor Stanley has appointed Dr. J. A. Amon, of Lancaster, to be a trustee of the State University. Dr. Amon is a prominent Lancaster physician, and, while a Republican, is a personal friend of the governor. He was appointed to succeed Judge Lewis L. Walker, who recently resigned. Judge Walker was the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in the last general election.

The Christian County Medical Society met and the following officers were elected for the year 1916: J. Paul Keith, President; J. W. Harned, Secretary and Treasurer; W. W. Durham, Vice President; E. L. Gates, Censor; W. S. Sandbach, State Delegate. The next meeting will be held the third Tuesday in January, and the members of the society will be the guests of Mr. T. L. Metcalfe.

The Henry County Medical Society, at its regular monthly meeting held at New Castle, elected

The Grant County Medical Society held its regular monthly meeting at the Carlsbad Hotel in December. Being the regular election day the following doctors were elected for the ensuing year: J. G. Renaker, President; J. G. Marshall, of Crittenden, Vice President; C. M. Eckler, of Williamstown, Secretary and Treasurer; Chas Felix Dale, Representative to State Society; A. V. Menefee, of Williamstown, Critis. Dr. Dale on behalf of the Carlsbad Hotel invited them to make this hotel their permanent meeting place, which was accepted.

At a meeting of the Muldraugh Hill Medical Society, which met at Elizabethtown, Dr. S. H. Ridgway, of Shepherdsville, was elected president for the ensuing year.

Dr. Ridgway is one of Shepherdsville's leading physicians, and the Muldraugh Hill Medical Society made no mistake in electing him president. He began the practice of his profession ot Brooks, in 1894, and his rise has been constant and steady.

He is a public spirited man and takes great interest in all that will help the county and community, and his legion of friends will rejoice at any honor which may come to him. Here's looking at you Doctor.

The McCracken County Medical Society met at the Board of Trade rooms and elected officers for 1916. Dr. Allen H. Shemwell was chosen president to succeed Dr. E. B. Willingham; Dr. J. B. Acree was elected to succeed Dr. E. W. Jackson as vice-president; Dr. C. E. Kidd suc

ceeded Dr. J. T. Reddick as secretary and Dr. H. P. Linn was re-elected treasurer. Dr. J. Q. Taylor was chosen censor, while Dr. Horace Rivers was named as delegate to the State Medical Association, with Dr. J. T. Reddick the hold-over delegate. Last year Dr. H. G. Reynolds was delegate to the state convention.

Plans were discussed for the annual banquet to be given the first meeting in January which will be the second Wednesday of that month.

Co-operation between the people and the health authorities of Kentucky has reduced the death rate from 45 per 100,000 five years ago to 26.9 during the past year and reduced the death rate from tuberculosis from 225 for each 100,000 popualtion five years ago to 201.6 the past year.

So states Dr. A. T. McCormack in his annual report as secretary of the State Board of Health. The improvement will be still greater, he says, upon a successful conclusion of the movement for the appointment of full-time health officers in each county.

Among the many benefits from the board's work cited is a saving to the people of $106,800 through the board's attention to persons bitten by dogs or other animals, and who have been given the Pasteur treatment to prevent rabies.

After a lingering illness of tuberculosis, Dr. Marshall A. Stilley, aged 22 years, son of Dr. V. A. Stilley, died at his home at Benton.

Dr. Stilley was a widely known young physician wit ha promising career. He was a graduate of Vanderbilt University at Nashville, where he won second to the highest honors in his class. It was while studying medicine there that he is said to have contracted the white plague from his roommate. During the summer of 1914 Dr. Stilley served as an interne at the Illinois Central railroad hospital at Paducah. He was a member of the Benton Lodge No. 101, Masons, and also held membership in the Paducah Chapter, No. 30, and the Paducah Commandery, No. 111, Knights Templar of Paducah. The burial was held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternon with burial at Benton.

Dr. John McMullen, Government specialist on trachoma in the Public Health Service; Dr. J. N. McCormack of the State Board of Health; Dr. Liggett Bailey, of Madisonville, and Miss Linda Neville, of Lexington, together with Miss Edith Hickey and trained nurses and physicians conducted a free clinic for persons suffering from trachoma at Greenville.

Dr. McMullen gave a lecture on "Trachoma" and Dr. J. N. McCormack lectured on "The New Gospel of Health or Disease Prevention." Mrs. Hickey, visiting nurse for Muhlenburg county examined 4,000 school children in the county and

found 800 cases of trachoma recently. She has also incidentally as many as 200 cases of trachoma of adults. The local club women and business men have provided free hospital accommodations for all who are treated at the clinic and interest in the work is great.

In company with two patrolmen, Dr. W. O. Bullock, of the Board of Health, last night went to the home of Mrs. Mary Craig, a negress, at 190 Adams street, and secured a nine-day-old baby, which was suffering from incipient eye trouble and took it to St. Joseph's Hospital. The mother of the child offered no resistance and accompanied it to the institution.

Last night's act was the outgrowth of the failure of Eliza Smith, a negro midwife, to report the child as a sufferer with ophthalmia-neonatorum. Tests on Tuesday afternoon revealed the child to have the disease which, unless taken hold of immediately, will lead to issuing a warrant for the arrest of the midwife will be reached at a conference of the health officials to-day.

A warrant was issued Tuesday for the arrest of Belle Baker, another negro midwife, who failed to report a case of the disease, and the case will be tried in the court of Magistrate Charles W. Parish Tuesday.

Almost the entire membership of the Bourbon County Medical Society was present at the annual meeting of the society, held in the county court room at the court house.

The meeting was president over by Dr. J. T. Brown, the president of the society. After the reading of the minutes of the last meeting, and the transaction of the routine business, Dr. Granville S. Haynes, of Louisville, read a paper on the subject of "Methods of Rectal Examination, Diagnosis and Treatment." which he illustrated with a large number of lantern slides.

A discussion of the subject followed in which the following well-known physicians took part: Dr. W. O. Bullock, Dr. Woolfolk Barrow, Dr. A. H. Barkley and Dr. Benj. VanMeter, of Lexington; Dr. McDowell. Dr. Moore, Dr. Reese and Dr. Wells, of Cynthiana; Dr. Henry, Dr. Brown and Dr. Ishmael, of Winchester, and Dr. Knox, of Georgetown.

Preceding the meeting at the court house the physicians and a number of invited guests were the guests of the Ardrey Drug Company at a sumptuous banquet given in the dining room of the Hotel Windsor. The party did "ample justice" to the viands, and were well calculated to be in a cheerful frame of mind when the serious business of the meeting was to be carried out.

The physicians of Owensboro were hosts at a luncheon at the Palace of Sweets tendered to the visiting members of the Daviess County Medical

society, which held its regular quarterly meeting in the county court room.

The meeting was called to order with Dr. C. DeWeese, of Beaver Dam, presiding, and with about thirty members of the society present.

The principal paper of the meeting was that of Dr. W. F. Stirman on "The Necessity for an Early Diagnosis of Cancer." After the reading of the paper the subject was presented to the meeting for a general discussion.

An election of officers followed which resulted as follows: Dr. G. L. Barr, of Owensboro, as president; Dr. J. J. Rodman, Owensboro, secretary.

J. M. Stuart of Owensboro, was selected as delegate to represent the society at the State Association meeting at Hopkinsville during September, 1916.

W. L. Taylor, of Curdsville, was selected to act as censor, and R. W. Connor, recently moved to Owensboro from Derby, Ind., was elected a member of the society.

The next meeting will be held on the third Tuesday in March, 1916.

The Russell County Medical Society met in regular session at the Holt Hotel, Jamestown, July 31, 1915, with President L. D. Hamomnd in the chair. Prayer was offered by Judge J. H. Stone. J. D. Combest was re-elected to membership. This only leaves one non-membership in Russell county who is a retired physician.

The roll was called and the following answered present: L. D. Hammond, J. S. Rowe, J. I. MeClendon, J. B. Tarter, J. D. Combest, J. B. Scholl. J. B. Tarter read a paper on "Tuberculosis." J. B. Scholl read a paper on "How the Doctors and Laity Should Treat Each Other."

J. D. Combest, Rowe, Hammond and McClendon discussed the papers.

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The interesting clinic material presented by L. D. Hammond kept the society busy until well into the afternoon session, consequently had to continue Dr. Hammond's elaborate "Puerperal Infection" until the next meeting. If the clinic still continues to increase the society will have to devote the entire day to clinic and hold a two day's session, the second day devoted to the reading of essays. Am glad that the very best people are taking advantage of the free clinic. They seem to just now begin to know or find out the benefit of our society is and has been offering the sick for twenty-three years or more, so my judgment is that if all the doctors would furnish clinical material it would be as much or more beneficial to the society and laity than too many essays. Our assembly hall, the parlors of the Holt Hotel, was fairly well filled, most of the time, with the laity seemingly interested with good attention and behaviour. The hall, with the clinical material abundant, made me think of the clinic at the old university in

our younger days. So upon the whole I will say that our society is progressing in every respect.

On motion and second, it was carried to give the President. Dr. Hammond, power to appoint a physician to visit the public schools in Russell county during the first part of August and make a talk on "Prevention of Disease," all the doctors present sanctioned the resolution and offered his service to any district or precinct the President directed. The following was the assignments made:

Creelsboro and Rowena precinct, J. S. Rowe; West Jamestown and Rowe's Cross Roads, W. G. Flanagan; Wolf Cerek, J. B. Scholl; East Jamestown, J. B. Tarter; Russell Springs, J. D. Combest; Webb's Cross Roads, L. D. Hammond.

The doctors are supposed to begin at once and visit every school as indicated above.

Upon inquiry of the society report of only one case of typhoid in the county, no measles, no pertussis, no scarlet fever, no small-pox, no mumps; in fact none of the contagious diseases and but very little sickness of any kind. However, the dread tuberculosis still stays in our county. In fact it has killed more people so far as I can learn than all else. The society is and has been doing all it can to inform people about how to handle tuberculosis and the people are beginning to get alarmed and are assisting the doctors in preventing the spread of tuberculosis and other diseases as a great many begin to believe in preventive treatment.

By invitation, or rather suggestion, the society. will meet with the teachers' association at Sunshine, within the next few weeks, the time not having been decided upon as yet. An elaborate program will be offered consisting of teachers, preachers, laity, lawyers and doctors, which will be known as Public Health Day for Wolf Creek precinct. Everybody is earnestly requested and urged to assist in this great public health day.

The Committee on Program and Arrangement, Dr. L. D. Hammond, chairman; Hon. D. C. Hopper, Prof. Claud Haron, Wolford Edmonds, Ben Edmonds, Andrew Stephens and J. S. Stephens. With this committee on program and arrangements will sure leave nothing undone. Dinner and refreshments on the ground. Everybody bring little "snack" and some for visitors.

The hour getting late for those of us who lived some distance, the society adjourned to meet again shortly as indicated above.

J. B. SCHOLL, Secretary.

At a meeting of the Rowan County Medical Society, which was held at the office of Dr. J. Wilson in Morehead, on the 4th day of November, 1915, the object of which was stated to the meeting by Dr. A. L. Blair, Dr. G. C. Nickell, seconded by Dr. F. Carter, offered the following resolutions which were read and adopted:

Whereas, the State of Kentucky has for many years had upon its Statutes a law forbidding anyone from practicing medicine in any of its branches without first securing a license from the State Board of Health and having the same duly registered in the Clerk's office of the county where the proposed practitioner resides and intends to practice, and

Whereas, a number of men are professing and attempting to practice medicine and holding themselves out to the public as physicians, and have been for the past few years, without in any way complying with the law, and,

Whereas, the State Board of Health has issued positive orders to the local medical societies in each county to ascertain the names of all such persons and to report the same promptly for prosecution, and to that end have offered a reward for the arrest and conviction of all such persons in each case who are practicing or pretending to practice medicine in violation of the law, and,

Whereas, the Judge of the Rowan Circuit Court at the last term of said court held in Rowan county gave to the grand jury a vigorous charge and positive instruction to indict all such persons, now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the undersigned members of the Medical Profession in Rowan County, constituting this Society,

1st. That in order to prevent further violations of the law in this respect we will use our best efforts and influence to bring about the arrest and conviction of any and all persons of whom we learn or have information of trying to practice or of practicing medicine in Rowan county without first having fully complied with the law, and will report all such knowledge and information promptly to this society for the purpose of securing warrants or indictments and prompt prosecution and punishment of all such persons, whether such persons reside in Rowan county or whether they reside elsewhere and attempt to do any practice in this county.

2nd. That we jointly and severally agree to make diligent inquiry among those for whom we practice and of those to whom we are called or who calls upon us in a professional way, and to make inquiry in all other legitimate directions for information asto any persons violating the medical laws of the State, and to promptly lay all such information before this Board and through it before the State Board of Health for immediate and effective action until the unlawful practice is finally broken up.

3rd. That we agree not to prosecute any person who has violated this law in the past who will within 10 days after the receipt of a copy of these resolutions notify in writing Dr. G. C. Nickell, Secretary, of Morehead, Ky.,

that they have ceased to violate the medical law and will not in the future undertake either directly or indirectly to practice medicine without first procuring a license to do so and having same recorded in the Clerk's office as required by law.

4th. That we vigorously and diligently investigate to learn who of any such unlawful practitioners have falsely registered under the Harrison Narcotic Law, and to cause prosecutions to be instituted against all such in the State and Federal Court for false swearing; and that as to all such outlaw practitioners who have failed to register under the said Harrison law, and who have violated same, we procure their indictment in the Federal Court, if possible, for violating the said law.

5th. That a full and complete report be compiled for the use and benefit of the next grand jury with names of all registered physicians and of all outlaw practitioners, and with the names of any and all persons for whom such outlaw practitioner have pacticed with information as to the cases, the persons treated, dates and amounts collected in each

case.

6th. That a copy of these resolutions be mailed to all persons reported to have been practicing medicine in Rowan county in violation of law within the past 12 months, and a copy also to each registered and licensed physician for use in aiding this society in carrying out its objects in the respect of eliminating outlaw practice of medicine in the county.

Signed: A. L. Blair, Pres.; G. C. Nickell, Sec.; F. M. Carter, A. Scaggs, Thos. A. E. Evans, J. Wilson, S. J. Porter, F. K. Blair, A. J. Davis, F. M. Thomas, Allen W. McCleese.

Detection of Tendency to Epilepsy.-Jellinek lists the points which differentiate a true epileptic seizure from a hysteric spasm. Among them he notes that in true epilepsy the face muscles twitch predominantly while in hysteria the muscles of the trunk or limbs are most affected. With epilepsy the spasmodic movements are synchronous on one side of the body. In hysteria it is the whole of the upper part of the body or the legs alone that are mainly affected. After an epileptic seizure the individual feels prostrated and takes long to recover, while recuperation is rapid and complete after a hysteric attack. He adds that the Babinski toe sign, plantar flexion of the big toe, seems to be a reliable sign of true epilepsy. He found it constant in all Eis cases of epilepsy while the sign could never be elicited in any of his numerous hysteria

cases.

COUNTY SOCIETY REPORTS

Bell The Bell County Medical Society held its annual meeting at Pineville and the following officers were elected.

F. D. Haston, President; S. J. Jones, Vice President; O. P. Nuckols, Secretary and Treasurer; J. G. Moss, Censor.

A full report will be sent in later.

O. P. NUCKOLS, Secretary.

Breckinridge The Breckinridge County Medical Society met in the office of John E. Kincheloe. December 9th, 1915, with the following members present: S. P. Parks, L. B. Moreman, E. O. Ferguson, J. W. Meador, R. W. Meador, A. M. Kincheloe and John E. Kincheloe. The essayist was absent.

S. P. Parks read a most interesting paper on "Typhoid Fever."

The following officers were elected:

L. B. Moremen, Irving, President; J. H. Sandbach, Garfield, Vice President; Geo. E. Shively, Stephenport, Delegate; John E. Kincheloe, Secretary and Treasurer.

The society adjourned to meet on the regular meeting day, March, 1916.

JOHN E. KINCHELOE, Secretary.

Boyle The December meeting of the Boyle County Medical Society was held in the parlors of the Elks Club at Danville, December the 14th. with the following members present:

Geo. Cowan, J. R. Cowan, D. M. Godbey, J. E. Caldwell, Fayette Dunlap, J. R. Steele, Vance Rawson, F. H. Montgomery and T. R. Griffin.

Several communications from the Secretary of the State Society were read and freely discussed by the society.

A committee of three was appointed by the President to study and report to the society on the proposed Full Time Health Officers Bill. On this committee were appointed Dr. Montgomery, the present County Health Officer, with Drs. Caldwell and Dunlap.

The officers of last year were unanimously reclected. The secretary was ordered to send a congratulatory letter to W. O. Hopper, of Perryville, on his return from Rochester, Minn., where he was operated for duodenal ulcer and appendicitis.

All members present paid their dues for the year 1916.

THOS. R. GRIFFIN, Secretary.

Clay-The Clay County Medical Society met on the third Wednesday in December, 1915. There were eight members present and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:

President, P. J. Keith; Vice President, C. B. Marcum; Secretary and Treasurer, J. L. Anderson: Delegate, J. L. Anderson.