MINUTES OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. The first meeting of the House of Delegates was called to order on Wednesday, May 21st, at eleven o'clock, at the Hunt Memorial Building, 38 Prospect Street, Hartford, by the President, Dr. Edward T. Bradstreet of Meriden. There were present Dr. Oliver C. Smith, Dr. William H. Carmalt, Dr. Patrick J. Cassidy, Dr. Samuel M. Garlick, Dr. Geo. M. Burroughs, Dr. Elias Pratt, Dr. Geo. N. Lawson (councilors), and Dr. Paul P. Swett, Dr. Erastus P. Swasey, Dr. Chas. D. Alton, Dr. Frank L. Waite, Dr. Frederick B. Willard, Dr. Ralph A. McDonnell, Dr. Frank H. Wheeler, Dr. Gustavus Eliot, Dr. Oliver T. Osborne, Dr. Chas S. Rodman, Dr. George Thompson, Dr. Chas. B. Graves, Dr. Geo. W. Osborn, Dr. Eli B. Ives, Dr. David B. Wason, Dr. John B. Kent, Dr. George Barnes, Dr. Ralph S. Goodwin, Dr. William L. Higgins (delegates), the President, Dr. Edw. T. Bradstreet, and Dr. Marvin McR. Scarbrough, Secretary pro tem. The following reports were then read and accepted. (1) Report of the President, Dr. Edward T. Bradstreet (Meriden): REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. Gentlemen of the House of Delegates: It is the custom to open the first session of the House of Delegates of the Connecticut State Medical Society with the Report of the President. Our Society is so well organized, the Board of Councilors so capable and watchful, the various committees so efficient and faithful, that the review of the year and the plans for the future can be better given by these reports than in any other way. I am pleased to say that the past year has been one of progress. In my visits to the County meetings, I have noted earnestness of purpose along scientific and humanitarian lines, and many evidences of the stability of the State Society and proofs of its wise plan of organization. You elected Dr. Tileston as Secretary, to succeed Dr. Steiner, who had served us so loyally and efficiently, and whom we had to allow to leave his office as our Secretary for a higher field. Dr. Tileston entered upon his duties with earnestness and enthusiasm, but was seized with an illness so severe, and of such a nature, that it necessitated a long convalescence and the avoidance, for some time, of any duty outside of his strictly professional life. Our regret in losing his services is more than compensated for by the satisfaction that we feel in knowing that his life was preserved. Dr. Scarbrough kindly consented, at the request of the Board of Councilors, to act as Secretary pro tempore, and has already given evidence of an ability to fill the position. That our plans have been so well carried out, is due, in a very large measure, to the valuable and apparently untiring efforts of Dr. Steiner. I now have the honor to suggest that we proceed to the regular order of business of this, the One Hundred and Twenty-first Annual Meeting. I will now call for the Report of the Secretary. (2) Report of the Secretary, Dr. Marvin McR. Scarbrough (New Haven): REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates: It was very unfortunate that Dr. Wilder Tileston was obliged to give up the work as secretary of our Society. Early last fall, following a severe mental and physical strain while attending the fatal illness of a sister, Dr. Tileston returned to New Haven in an exhausted condition. With his usual enthusiasm he took up his duties at the Medical School but was soon obliged to give them up. He was stricken with a severe attack of pneumonia, the effects of which have kept him from his duties until the present time. His absence at this meeting is due to the advice of his physicians, who recommend that he be relieved of all duties until the fall. However, next year I am sure you will have with you Dr. Tileston as an active and enthusiastic member. The fifth semi-annual meeting of the Connecticut State Medical Society was held at the Town Hall, Willimantic, on October 17, 1912, under the auspices of the Windham County Medical Association. Fifty-six members of the State Society were present. Next October there is planned the sixth semiannual meeting under the auspices of the Tolland County Medical Association. The membership of the Society is now eight hundred and ninety-eight members. This includes fourteen honorary members, four having died during the past year. This is a net increase of twenty-four members. During the year there has been added by the County Associations thirty-four new members. New Haven County leads with the largest number, thirteen; Hartford County comes next with nine; Fairfield County with four; Litchfield County with three; New London County with two; and Windham, Middlesex and Tolland counties, each with one. The following is a list of the new members in the County Associations: George Goldman, Yale, 1910, New Haven. Walter Irving Russell, Yale, 1909, New Haven. James Matthew Kiernan, Yale, 1908, West Haven. James B. Dinnan, Yale, 1904, Meriden. Alexander Louis Prince, Yale, 1910, New Haven. John T. O'Brien, Yale, 1908, Meriden. William C. McGuire, Yale, 1909, New Haven. Ralph DeBallard Clarke, A.B., Univ. of New York, 1904; Johns Hopkins, 1908, West Haven. David Parker Smith, A.B., Yale, 1910; Yale, 1912, Meriden. William John Henry Fischer, Yale, 1911, Milford. Wilda Edwin Butler, Hahnemann Med. Coll., Phila., 1897, New Haven. Edgar Fauver, A.B., Oberlin; P. & S., Columbia, 1909, Middletown. Howard Wheaton Brayton, Ph.B., Brown Univ., 1906; Harvard, 1910, Hartford. Henry Gildersleeve Jarvis, A.B., Yale, 1906; Johns Hopkins, 1910, Hartford. Philip Thomas Kennedy, B.A., Trinity, 1905; Harvard, 1909, Hartford. Stuart E. Phelps, McGill Coll., 1899, Farmington. Richard W. Rice, P. & S., Balt., 1909, South Manchester. Robert M. Yergason, P. & S., New York, 1909, Hartford. Leon Irving Madden, A.B., Clark Univ., Worcester, Mass.; Harvard, 1910, Hartford. Amos Thomson Harrington, A.B., Yale, '94; S.T.B., Yale, '97; Harvard, 1910, Hartford. Julius Lee Birdsong, B.S., Nashville, 1899; Johns Hopkins, 1907, Hartford. Edward Joseph Howland, Univ. Vermont, 1911, Colchester. Frank E. Wilson, Univ. Vermont, 1911, Montville. Chas. Albert Jenkins, Balt. Med., 1911, Willimantic. Edw. Alfred Brace, Univ. Vermont, 1911, Ellington. Comparing the membership of the different County Associations in 1912 with the present year, New Haven County shows a net increase of sixteen; Hartford County, eight; New London County, three; Middlesex County, two; Fairfield County, one. Windham and Litchfield counties have a loss of one each. The Society has lost during the year fifty-six members; ten have died, including four honorary members (Sir Joseph Lister, London, England; Dr. Maurice H. Richardson, Boston, Mass.; Dr. James W. McLane, New York City, and Dr. John Shaw Billings, New York City); fourteen have removed; two have resigned; twenty-seven have been suspended; and two are dropped for non-payment of dues. The usual table showing the distribution of members follows: (3) Report of the Chairman of the Council, Dr. Oliver C. Smith (Hartford): REPORT OF CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates: The Board of Councilors held their first meeting directly after the adjournment of the general sessions at New Haven, May 23, 1912. Organization was effected, the present incumbent being elected Chairman, Dr. Wilder Tileston, Secretary, and Dr. George N. Lawson, Secretary pro tem. On motion of Dr. William H. Carmalt of New Haven that the Chairman should appoint a committee of three, of which committee the Chairman is to be a member, to see that the names of desirable candidates for the State Board of Health be presented to the Governor, the Chairman appointed Dr. W. H. Carmalt of New Haven and Dr. Thomas H. Rockwell of Rockville members of this committee. Following discussion by Dr. Frank K. Hallock of Cromwell on the advisability of the Connecticut State Medical Society acting in coöperation with the Connecticut State Bar |