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CALIFORNIASTATEJOURNALOFMEDICINE.MINUTESOFTHEPROCEEDINGSOFTHEMEDICALSOCIETYOFTHESTATEOFCALIFORNIAATITSTHIRTY-SECONDANNUALSESSIONHELDINGOLDENGATEHALL,625SUTTERSTREET,SANFRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA,APRIL,1902.Themeetingwascalledtoorderbythepresident,membersofourprofession.TherewillbemoreWilliamJ.G.DawsonofSt.Helena,onTuesdayharmonyamongtiSmoretendencytoassumemorning,April15,1902,at10:30A.M.,andwas-asupenedwithaprayerbyRev.Wm.C.Pond,D.D.thateachofusiShonestlydoinghisbest,moreWm.PitchCheney,ChairmanoftheCommitteewillingnesstobelievethateveryphysicianiscom-onArrangements,.deliveredtheaddressofwelcome,petentandupright,indirectproportionasweanditwasmoved,secondedandcarriedthattheknoweachotherbetter.ToomanytimesweaddreesbereferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.criticizetheotherman,wespeakslightinglyofhiswork,weassumethathehasnotactedwiselyMr.President,MembersoftheMedicalSo-simplybecausewedonotknowhimpersonallycietyoftheStateofCalifornia,LadiesandandhavenotlearnedbyfacetofacetalkwithGentlemen:himthathispreparationforhiswork,thathisNumeroustimesbeforethisourSocietyhasaims,hisambitions,hisideals,arethesameasmetinSanFrancisco,butneverbeforehasitourown.Thesemeetingsaffordtheopportunityfoundheresuchaconditionofprosperityasex-forsuchpersonalacquaintanceandlaytheistsnow.Weareinthemidstofagreat-busi-fouindationforsuchmutualrespect.nessrevival;newbuildingsareevervwherebeingImaybetooenthusiastic,butIhavetheerected;newenterprisesareonallsidesspring-utmost.faithinthegoodthatistocometousasingintolife;vigor-andenergyareintheair;medicalmenfromorganization,fromexchangeandinwelcomingyouatthistime,itiswiththeofknowledge,frompersonalacquaintancewithhopethatourproceedingsmaybecharacterizedeachother,suchasthesemeetingsafford.Andbythespiritoftheday.withthesethoughtsinmind,withallthevigorAsindividuals,physiciansareasarulementhatthetimesinspire,andwithalltheheartinessofthebesteducation,progressive,wideawake,thatthepresentprosperityprompts,Ibidyou-energetic.Yettherearemanythingsforustowelcometothismeeting.May-itbecharacter-dothatw.ecanneverdoasindividuals.Organ-izedbytheprogressivenessandtheenergvthatizationisrequiredbeforewecanmakeourin-nowdominatesthepeopleofthis,themetropolisfluencemostwidelyfelt.HencetheexistenceofnotonlyofCaliforniaandofthePacificCoast,thisSociety.Butitisamatterfordeepregrethutofthewesternhalfofthisgreatcountry.thatsofewintheranksofregularmedicineareTheannualaddresswasdeliveredbythepresident,foundwithinthisorganizationWilliamJ.G.Dawson,ofSt.Helena.ItwasmovedNexttobusinessquestionscomesthescientificbyDr.Davis,secondedandcarried,thatavoteofsideofourmeeting.Itisundoubtedlygoodforthanksbetenderedtothepresidentforhisablead-Idres,adtaitbrecrrdtthExctv.Cmustomeettogetherandexchangeviews.Noss,andthatitbereferredtotheEtecutiveCoin-manknowsitall.EachoneisabletoleariiItwasmoved.byPhilipMillsJones,'secondedandsomethingfromhis'neighbor.Intherushofcarried,thatthereportoftheCommitteeontheRe-actualworkwithourpatientsduringtheyear,visionoftheConstitutionandBy-Lawsbereadbywehavenotimetotalkovercaseswitheach-titleintheafternoon,.andthatitbebroughtuponwehaveno.Thursdaymorning,April17,asaspecialorderofotherandsotofindouthowtheothermandoesbusiness,tobediscussedinfull.hiswork.ItisonlybysuchmeetingsasthisthatTheminutesofthemorningsessionwerethenreadopportiunityisaffordedformutualexchangeofandapproved,andthemeetingadjournedat.11:15experiencesinourprofession.WewhobelongAMtomeetagainat2P.M.tothisSocietyandattenditsmeetings,feelthatAfternoonSession,Tuesday,April15,1902.wearehelpedbythemtoincreasedusefulnessThemeetingwascalledtoorderat2:15P.M.byButstillmorehelpfulnesswillcometousfromthePresident.Dudley,TaitandH.B.A.Kugelerwerewiderinterchanigeofopinions;andsomewayappointedontheBoardofCensors,andPhilipMillsmustgaboutanincreasedJonesandPhilipKingBrownontheExeoutiveCom-mustbedeviseto'bring'bunraemittee,protem..membershipinourSociety,anincreasedattend--Thereportof,thespecialcommitteeontherevisionanceatthesemeetingsandanincreasedinterestofConstitutionandBy-Lawswasreadbythechair-inthesublectswemeetto-discuss.-man,-C.G.Kenyon.Itwasmoved,secondedand'Thereisstillanotherreasonforthesemeet-carried,thatthereportofthecommitteeonrevisionof.Constitutionandfly-Lawsbereceivedandre-ings,andthatistheacquaintanceandgoodfel-ferredtotheExec.utiveCommittee,tobeconsideredlowshiptobepromotedbythemamnongsttheThursday.,morning,specialorderofbusines8s.'25 CALIFORNIASTATEJOURNALOFMEDICINE.TheBoardofCensorsreportedfavorablyonthefollowingfifty-sixnamesofapplicantsformember-ship:0.D.Hamlin,D.Stapler,J.H.Hawkins,W.G.Beattie,F.P.Canac-Marquis,P.K.Watters,A.Schloss,F.Zelinsky,F.0.Chamberlain,R.T.Strat-ton,G.H.Liliencrantz,M.B.Ritter,H.G.Thomas,W.J.Barlow,A.H.Tickell,J.L.Bond,I.E.Cohn,F.W.Harris,G.L.Sanders,G.Brady,A.D.McLean,T.J.Clark,ShingoHashimoto,C.M.Cooper,A.A.O'Neill,L.P.Dorais,H.C.Mills,E.W.King,R.M.Higgins,T.F.Brennan,J.L.McLaren,J.T.Watkins,C.F.Millar,H.G.Brainerd,H.G.Burton,F.F.Neff,W.W.Beckett,NormanBridge,S.P.Black,H.E.Southworth,J.D.Hill,C.S.Downes,F.W.Morse,P.G.Burrows,C.M.Tinsman,A.M.Winegar,T.D.Ross,E.vonAdelung,H.C.Whiting,J.W.Key;H.L.Parish,A.M.Loper,0.Stansbury,T.C.Edwards,L.L.Meininger,G.C.MacDonald.Moved,secondedandcarriedthatthereportbere-ceivedandthesecretarycasttheballotoftheSocietyfortheentirenumber,whichhavingbeendone,theyweredeclaredelectedbythepresident.ReportoftheCommitteeonClinicalMedicineandTherapeutics,Geo.A.HareofFresno,chairman,whor-eadapaperentitled"Hydrotherapy,aShortSketchoftheHistoryofitsDevelopment,aBriefDiscussionofitsPhysiologicalTherapeuticsandaReportofSomeExperimentalWork."ThepaperwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.ThediscussionwasopenedbyGeo.L.ColeofLosAngeles.Moved,secondedandcarriedthatthediscussiononthepapersofHydrotherapybelaidoveruntilallthepapersonthesubjectwereread.F.L.AdamsofOaklandreadapaper,"Hydro-therapyinTyphoidFever."ThispaperwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.A.J.SandersonofSanFranciscoreadapaper,"HydrotherapyinPneumonia."Thispaperwasre-ferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.ThesepaperswerediscussedbyH.N.RuckerofOakland.PhilipKingBrownofSanFranciscoreadapaperentitled"LobarPneumonia,FollowedbyPneumono-coccusInfectionoftheRightAntrum,LachrymalDuct,andaPsuedo-MembranousAffectionoftheThroat,andSixDaysLaterbyaTypicalDiphtheria."ThispaperwasreferredtotheCommitteonPublica-tion.GeorgeA.HareofFresnoofferedthefollowingresolution:"Resolved,ThatweareinfavorofintroducingintotheMedicalSchoolsoftheUnitedStatesthepracticalteachingofHydrotherapy."ThisresolutionwasreferredtotheExecutiveCommittee.AlfredEichlerreadapaperentitled"TheEtiologyandDiagnosisofAppendicitis,"whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.C.F.GriffinofSanFranciscoread-apaperentitled"X-RayTubeVacua,CommercialNotationof,"whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.ThePresidentappointedA.J.SandersonasAs-sistantSecretary;alsoH.BertEllisontheExecutiveCommittee,viceP.K.Brown,resigned.TheBoardofCensorsmadeareportandrecom-mendedthefollowingsixnamesformembership:W.B.Sawyer,A.B.Grosse,J.vonWerthern,L.P.Adams,A.S.Adler,S.B.Gordon.TheSecretarycasttheballotfortheentirenumber,andtheyweredeclaredelected.-ReportoftheCommitteeonNeurology,A.M.Gard-nerofBelmont,chairman,whoread-apaperentitled":StateHospitalCareandTreatmentoftheAcuteandConvalescingInsane,"whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication,andwasdiscussedbyE.W.King,H.N.RuckerandH.G.Brainerd.LeoNewmarkofSanFranciscoreadapaperen-titled"ObservationsonConvulsiveSeizures,"-whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication,.Minuteswerereadandapproved,andthemeetingadjournedat6P.M.EveningSession,Tuesday,April15,1902.Themeetingwascalledtoorderbythepresidentat8:15P.M.ReportoftheCommitteeonOphthalmo-logy,Geo.H.PowersofSanFrancisco,chairman,whoreadapaperentitled"ErrorsofRefraction."W.A.MartinofSanFranciscoreadapaperentitled"ErrorsofRefractionasaCauseofDiseasesoftheEye."RosamondL.CoxofSanFranciscoreadapaperentitled"ErrorsofRefractionasaCausativeFactorinHeadaches."W.S.FowlerofBakersfieldread4paperentitled"CorrectionofErrorsofRefraction."ThesepaperswerereferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.ThediscussionwasopenedbyA.B.McKeeofSanFrancisco,andcontinuedbyF.B.EatonofSanFran-cisco,W.E.BriggsofSacramento,andK.PischelofSanFrancisco,andclosedbyGeo.H.PowersofSanFrancisco.W.F.SouthardofSanFranciscoreadapaperen-titled"RetinalAnaesthesia,"whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.ReportoftheCommitteeonLaryngology,RhinologyandOtology,W.F.SouthardofSanFrancisco,chair-man.K.PischelofSanFranciscodemonstratedacaseof"FrogFace,"whichwasdiscussedbyR.D.CohnofSanFrancisco.W.F.SouthardofSanFranciscoreadapaperen-titled"TheTurbinates,TheirPathologyandTreat-ment."ThiswasdiscussedbyR.W.Payne,K.Pischel,W.A.MartinandJ.D.ArnoldofSanFran-cisco.H.L.Wagner'spaperentitled"TraumaticParesisoftheSoftPalate,"wasreadbytitle,andreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication;alsoM.W.Fred-erick'spaperonthe"TreatmentofSolerosisoftheMiddleEar."W.A.MartinofSanFranciscoreadapaperon"ANewAdenoidCuretteForcepswithPresentationofInstruments,"whichwasreferredtotheCom-mitteeonPublication.Theminutesofthefirsteveningsessionwerereadandapprovedandthemeetingadjournedat11P.M.SecondMorningSession,Wednesday,April16,1902.Themeetingwascalledtoorderat9:25A.M.bythePresident.ReportoftheCommittee-onObstetricsandPueperalDiseases.H.M.PondofAlameda,chair-man,whoreadapaperon"PuerperalEclampsia,"anditwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.ThepaperwasdiscussedbyG.GrossandM.StrunskyofSanFrancisco,andclosedbyH.M.PondofAla-meda.ThepaperofH.D.LawheadofWoodlandentitled"ACaseofExtra-UterinePregnancy"wasreadbytitle,andreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.ThepaperofChas.D.BallofSantaAnaonthe"SurgicalTreatmentofPuerperalFever,"wasreadbytitleandreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.AdelaideBrownofSanFranciscoreadapaperentitled"ACaseofCesarean=SectionNecessitatedbyVentroSuspension."ThepaperwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.TheBoardofCensorsreportedfavorably-uponthefollowingfivenames:J.H;McLeod,-H.A.Hess,E.R.Sill,C.W.Knowles,C.W.Pierceandrecom-mendodthemformembership;theSecretarycasttheballotoftheSocietyandtheywere-declaredelectedbythepresident.ReportoftheCommitteeonPediatrics,-E.0.Fria-bieofSanFrancisco,chairman."SymposiumonPott'sDiseaseoftheSpinein-Children".;EmmaS.MerrittofSanFrancisco,"HistoryoftheDisease";LucyM.F.WanzerofSanFrancisco,"Etiologyand:Pathologyr";E.G.FrisbieofSa;nFrancisco,"Symp-tomsandDiagostis";3.JU.Tebbetts-ofWHlister,26 CALIFORNIASTATEJOURNALOFMEDICINE."Complications";S.J.HunkinofSanFrancisco,"Treatment."ThesepaperswerereferredtotheCommitteeonPublicationandwerediscussedbyA.W.MortonofSanFrancisco,F.L.AdamsofOaklandandJ.T.WatkinsofSanFrancisco.Theminutesofthesecondmorningsessionwerereadandapproved,andthemeetingadjournedat11:55A.M.SecondAfternoonSession,Wednesday,April16,1902.Meetingcalledtoorderbythepresidentat2:10P.M.ReportoftheCommitteeonGynecology,WalterLindleyofLosAngeles,chairman,whoreadapaperentitled"Oophorectomy-ItsEffectontheNervousSystem,"whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.ThediscussionwasopenedbyC.A.VonHoffmanofSanFrancisco,andcontinuedbyGeorgeL.ColeofLosAngelesandW.W.KerrofSanFrancisco.ThepaperofF.W.Vowinckelon"FibromyomataoftheUterus,"wasreadbytitleandreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication,afteramotiontogranttheauthoronehour'stimeinwhichtoappearandtoreadhispaper,waslost.TheSecretaryreadacommunicationfromtheSanFranciscoDepartmentofPublicHealth,containingaletterfromthePresidentoftheNationalConference,StateBoardsofHealth;alsoacopyofresolutionsadoptedatthelastmeetingoftheSanFranciscoCountyMedicalSociety.ThiscommunicationwasreferredtotheExecutiveCommittee.A.M.TaylorofSanFranciscoreadapaperon"TreatmentoftheUterusandAppendagesperVa-ginam,"whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPub-lication,andwasdiscussedbyJ.HenryBarbat,Bev-erlyMacMonagle,F.B.CarpenterandJ.C.StinsonofSanFrancisco.TheBoardofCensorspresentedareportandre-commendedthefollowingthirteenapplicants:J.L.Carson,C.J.McChesney,W.K.Lindsay,M.F.Mc-Taggart,W.M.Wightman,J.G.Sharp,A.M.McIn-tosh,H.G.Wyckoff,R.W.O'Bannon,T.G.Russell,W.J,Bauer,M.L.Loomis,C.H.Roese.TheSecre-tarycasttheballotandtheyweredeclaredelectedbythepresident.W.F.B.WakfleldofOakland,readapaperentitled"ConservatisminGynecology,"whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublicationandwasdiscussedbyJ.HenryBarbatofSanFrancisco.DudleyTaitofSanFranciscoreadapaperonthe"TechniqueandAdvantagesofBisectionoftheUte-rusbytheAbdominalRoute,"whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication,andwasdiscussedbyJ.HenryBarbat,BeverleyMacMonagle,A.MilesTay-lorandD.StaplerofSanFrancisco.J.HenryBarbatreadapaperentitled"ThePre-ventionofPost-OperativeAdhesionsInPelvicSur-gery,"whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPub-lication.Theminutesofthesessionwerereadandapproved.Themeetingadjournedat5P.M.SecondEveningSession,Wednesday,April16,1902.ThemeetingwascalledtoorderbythePresidentat8:10P.M.ReportoftheCommitteeonSurgeryandSurgicalAnatomy,D.D.CrowleyofOakland,chairman,whoreadapaperonthe"SutureofTendonsandMus;cles."ThispaperwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication,andwasdiscussedbyH.M.Sherman,T.W.Huntington,K.Pischel,S.J.Hunkin,G.F.ShieldsandE.G.FrisbieofSanFrancisco.ThomasW.HuntingtonofSanFranciscoreadapaperentitled""SomeObservationsRelativetoNon-MalignantPyloricStenosis,withaReportofTwoCasesTreatedbytheHeinek6&MikuliczMethod,"whichwaxreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.ThispaperwasdiscussedbyDudleyTaitofSanFrancisco.EmmetRixfordofSanFranciscoreadapaperon"FractureofthePelvis,"whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.MovedbyJ.HenryBarbat,secondedandcarried,thatthepresidentbeempoweredtoappointacommit-teeoflivetobecalledtheNominatingCommittee,tofacilitatetheannualelectionofofficers,bypresentingalistofnominees.ThePresidentappojitedthefollowing:DudleyTait,P.K.Brown,D.A.Hodghead,H.BertEllis,andJ.HenryBarbat.A.W.MortonofSanFranciscoreadapaperen-titled"'BoneGrafting,withtheReportofaCase."ThispaperwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPubli-cationandwasdiscussedbyS.J.HunkinofSanFrancisco.J.HenryBarbatofSanFranciscoreadapaperen-titled"Appendicitis,ShowingtheDifficultiesthatSometimesConfusetheDiagnostician,withaReportofSeveralCases."ThispaperwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication,anddiscussedbyDudleyTait,A.W.MortonandF.B.CarpenterofSanFran-cisco,D.D.CrowleyandW.F.B.WakefieldofOak-landandG.A.HareofFresno.CharlesG.LevisonofSanFranciscoreadapaperentitled"SurgeryoftheSpleen,withEspecialRefer-encetoBanti'sDiseaseandSplenicAnemia;NatureofBanti'sDisease;DescriptionoftheBloodFind-ings;IndicationsfortheRemovaloftheSpleen;Re-portofaCaseofBanti'sDisease;Statistics."ThispaperwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication.DudleyTaitofSanFranciscoreadapaperonthe"TechniqueofLouget'sOperationforRadicalCureofIHydrocele."ThispaperwasreferredtotheCom-mitteeonPuiblicationanddiscussedbyM.Krotoszy-nerofSanFrancisco.OscarJ.Mayerreadapaperentitled"Angiotripsy,ReplacingtheLigatureinRoutineWorkofGeneralSurgery,"whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonPublication,andwasdiscussedbyDudleyTait,E.M.Paterson,A.W.Morton,J.HenryBarbatandF.B.CarpenterofSanFrancisco.Theminutesofthesecondeveningsessionwerereadandapprovedandthemeetingadjournedat12P.M.ThirdMorningSession,Thursday,April17,1902.Themeetingwascalledtoorderat9:15A.M.bythePresident.ReportoftheCommitteeonDermatology,andGenito-UrinaryDiseases,J.C.SpencerofSanPranmcisco,chairman,whoreadapaperon"*TheProphy-laxisofVenerealDiseases."ThediscussionwasopenedbyGeorgeChismoreofSanFranciscoandparticipatedinbyM.KrotoszynerandD.W.Mont-gomeryofSanFrancisco.Specialorderofbusinesswascalled.TheExecu-tiveCommitteepresentedtheReportoftheCom-mitteeonRevisionoftheConstitutionandBy-Laws,andonmotionofJ.H.Parkinson,itwasorderedthatthereportbereadandadopted.sectionbysection.PhilipMillsJonesfortheExecutiveCommitteethenmadetheirreport.(TheConstitutionandBy-Laws,asadoptedfoltowonnextp..ge;)ItwasmovedthatavoteofthanksbetenderedtotheCommitteeonRevisionfortheworktheyhaddone,whichmotionwassecondedandcarrie-dunani-mously.Itwasmoved,secondedandcarried,that3o'clockbesetasideasaspecial.orderofbusiness,forthepurposeofelectingofficersfortheensuingyear,andtransactionofbusinessforthissession.CommitteeonRevisionpresentedsomebillswhichwerereferredtotheExecutiveCommittee.Theminuteswerereadandapproved.Adjourn-ment12:15P.M.-(MinutesofproceedingswillbecontinuedintheDecember�JouRNAL.27