CONTENTS. Minutes of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Medical Society of the Annual Address: by Washington Ayer, M. D., President... Recent Advances in Surgery: by L. C. Lane, M. D., of San Francisco Report on Medical Education: by H. S. Orme, M. D., of Los Angeles Supplemental Report on Medical Education: by J. Bradford Cox, M. D., of San Jose............. Report on Public Hygiene and State Medicine: by F. W. Hatch, 52- 60 61-107 Report of Committee on Ophthalmology: by Geo. H. Powers, M. D., Fibroid Tumor of the Uterus: by John Scott, M. D., of San Francisco 114-122 Excisional Surgery of the Ankle Joint: by James Murphy, M. D., of 123-128 Embryology: by C. Annette Buckel, M. D., of Oakland On Mental Influences: by G. W. Davis, M. D., of Chico.......... Hygienic Education for the People: by M. M. Chipman, M. D., of San Jose. 176-179 Mushroom Poisoning: by J. A. Dawson, M. D., of Chico.............. 199-201 Three Cases of Paracentesis Thoracis: by W. S. Thorne, M. D., and On Feticide: by H. Gibbons, Sr., M. D., of San Francisco....... Remarks on the Theory and Treatment of Diphtheria: by J. T. Wells, Doctors and Law-Makers: by Q. C. Smith, M. D., of Cloverdale....... 232-237 THE Eighth Annual Session of the California State Medical Society was convened at Music Hall, San Jose, April 17th, 1878, at 11:45 A. M., President Washington Ayer in the chair. The society having been called to order, Dr. A. W. Saxe, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, read an address of welcome to the members and delegates, as follows: MR. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY: The Committee of Arrangements for the Eighth Annual Meeting of your society take pleasure in bidding you a cordial welcome to the City of San Jose, and invite your attention to the various important matters of business which will come before you, and which will claim your most earnest and well considered action. The hall chosen by your committee for the uses of the convention is every way convenient, and sufficiently spacious for all your needs. The invitations issued by your committee to all the members of the State Medical Society, have elicited numerous responses, and give promise of an exceedingly interesting session, which we hope may be full of profit to the profession and to the community. One of the most important uses of the convention is the opportunity afforded for the formation of mutual aquaintance, and renewing of old ones among the members of the society; and it is earnestly hoped that harmony, good will, and fraternity may characterize its deliberations. To those members of the society who occupy positions of distinction well earned by arduous labors in early life, who shed glory upon the profession, we bid you welcome. To those who, by careful research in the dissecting room, and by the bedside, by microscopic and spectroscopic examinations and chemical analyses have added much to our knowledge of the minute structures and functions of the human body, and given to pathology those wonderfully accurate means of diagnosis, we bid you a double welcome. To the rank and file of the profession who are bearing the burden and heat of the day, toiling, at the call of distress, through bogs and ferns, over mountain trails, on snowshoes and on horseback, regardless of the lurking malaria, torrid heat or arctic cold, and inadequate pecuniary recompense, only caring that human life is in jeopardy, and that human suffering is to be alleviated—you are thrice welcome; and being all members of one body, each should enjoy his due proportion of the most excellent glory of the medical profession-one of the most palpable manifestations of divine beneficence, through human agency, that has survived the fall. Your committee earnestly hope that the present session may be characterized by great profit, cordial fraternity, and enjoyment. On motion, the address was referred to the Committee on Publication. The committee reported the following members present: G. H. Powers, San Francisco; R. Beverly Cole, San Francisco; G. G. Tyrrell, Sacramento; W. Ayer, San Francisco; W. T. Wythe, San Francisco; Benj. Cory, San Jose; W. S. Thorne, San Jose; A. W. Saxe, Santa Clara; P. M. Lusson, San Jose; J. B. Cox, San Jose; C. K. Farley, Gilroy; Q. C. Smith, Cloverdale; S. Holmes, Santa Cruz; A. Fine, Watsonville; F. W. Hatch, Jr., Sacramento; M. M. Chipman, San Francisco; H. Gibbons, San Francisco; Mrs. C. B. Brown, San Francisco; C. A. Kirkpatrick, Redwood City; Benj. D. Dean, San Francisco; W. A. Grover, San Francisco; S. J. S. Rogers, Marysville; H. J. Crumpton, Lakeport; J. M. Briceland, Shasta; J. F. Montgomery, Sacramento; N. Williams, Richland; Thos. Ross, Yolo; G. W. Davis, Chico; H. S. Orme, Los Angeles; H. Neal, Hollister; Mrs. E. P. Stone, Oakland; Mrs. E. A. Follansbee, San Francisco; Mrs. E. A. V. Brownell, San Francisco. Delegates from Santa Clara Medical Society-Drs. R. Caldwell, T. J. Jenkins, J. W. Brown, M. S. McMahon, H. D. Robertson. Visitors-J. H.Carothers, Martinez; A. H. Cochrane, John McMahon, N. J. Cory, Thos. Kelly, P. N. Snyder, C. N. Worthington, J. D. Scott, Jared Turner, J. T. Malone, J. S. Potts, Rev. Dr. Bucknell, San Jose; H. N. Rucker, Merced; A. Kesseler, Volcano. The Board of Censors reported the following named gentlemen eligible for membership: The report was received, and on motion adopted, and the Secretary ordered to cast the vote of the society for those named. The President then delivered the annual address. The Secretary read a communication from Dr. Cox, inviting members to visit City and County Hospital. On motion of Dr. R. Beverly Cole, the invitation was accepted with the thanks of the society. The resignation of Dr. W. H. Mays was read and accepted. A communication from Dr. E. J. Martin was also read and referred to the Board of Censors. An invitation to the members to visit the San Jose Library was received, and thanks of the society returned to the Librarian. A communication from the Secretary of the Alameda Medical Society was received, and referred to the Committee on Necrology. The Secretary read a petition from Dr. J. Hastings. Dr. Powers moved that the petition be referred to the Board of Censors, with authority to publish for one week the petition and the reasons therein asked for. Dr. Gibbons moved an amendment, that the whole matter be referred to the Board of Censors. The amendment was carried, and the subject matter so referred. The Secretary also presented the petitions of Drs. Mintie and Czapkay, which were also referred to the Board of Censors. The minutes of the session having been read and approved, on motion, the society adjourned until 2 P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION, APRIL 17TH, 1878. The society was called to order by the President, at 2 P. M. The President announced that he had appointed Drs. Saxe and Cox members of the Board of Censors, to fill the vacancies occasioned by the deaths of Drs. Chamberlain and Van Wyck. On motion, the society confirmed the appointments made by the President. |