A number of papers and some reports read at the Society or referred by title do not appear, as they were not sent to the Editor or Secretary. Most of the papers and discussions have been already published in local State journals, but these appear as a permanent record in the Transactions. In the past they have been frequently employed in the preparation of papers reflecting the histories of American medicine and the part borne by Indiana in the progress of the last half century. Of the charter members of the Association we are glad to report the good health and well being of the three members still living, Drs. P. H. Jameson and W. H. Wishard, of Indianapolis, and Dr. Thomas W. Florer, of Waxahachie, Texas. Each of these was a surgeon in the late Civil War, and for nearly sixty years these have borne the part of the highest citizenship. They have fought the good fight of life and are still in practice, meeting the old definition of the physician given by Hippocrates, "a good man skilled in healing." The next meeting of the Association will be held June 7, 8 and 9 at the West Baden-French Lick Springs and Health Resorts. The members of the House of Delegates will meet Tuesday evening at 8:00 o'clock, at the West Baden Hotel, and the regular sessions will begin on Wednesday morning. There are 92 counties in the State of Indiana, of which 89 are organized as affiliated Societies of the Indiana State Medical Association. Only Brown, Ohio and Warren counties are unorganized; these are now in relation with adjacent counties, and will, no doubt, be organized before the June meeting. The officers of the State Association earnestly request the Secretaries of the various counties to make it their personal pleasure, as it is their personal duty, to see that each member of the county societies receives his volume of the Transactions promptly, so that they may accomplish the result for which they are printed, and that is to be in the libraries of every member of the State Society, as a means of knowledge, pleasure and necessary reference. Each member has paid for his volume and is entitled to it immediately. Dr. A. E. Bulson, the efficient Secretary of the Council of the State Society, announces that Dr. J. N. McCormack, of Kentucky, the Official Organizer of the National Association, will work in Indiana to secure a still larger membership of the State Society. It is earnestly hoped that the various officers of the county societies will give this work all the assistance in their power, so that the beneficence of professional organization and mutual helpfulness may permeate and affect every physician in Indiana. Indiana has over two and one-half millions of people under the medical care of some 5,000 physicians. We have two-fifths of this number, over 2,000, in our State Society membership. It is believed by the friends of medical organization, that by the exercise of a fraternal spirit and the use of kindly persuasion that the list may easily be increased to 3,000 members. Those physicians outside of the Society need the Society more than the Society needs them. Our cause is just and beneficent; let us all work to the end of unity and helpfulness. CONTENTS. PAGE. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 414 ASTHENOPIA AND A FEW FACTS THAT OUGHT TO BE GENERALLY KNOWN 196 A PLEA FOR A MORE EXTENDED USE OF THE ACTIVE PRINCIPLES OF son....... 192 CANCER OF LARYNX-W. H. Williams, Lebanon CLINICAL CONSIDERATION OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS-Dr. A. C. Kimberlin, CLUB-FOOT-Dr. J. H. Oliver, Indianapolis.. 295 DIAGNOSIS OF SUPRA AND SUBDIAPHRAGMATIC SUPPURATION-Dr. Joseph 279 DISCUSSION ON TUBERCULOSIS PAPERS-The Society at Large.... HERNIA IN THE VERY OLD-Dr. David C. Peyton, Jeffersonville INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION, WITH REPORT OF CASES-Dr. L. G. Bowers, PARETIC DEMENTIA-Dr. Ernest C. Reyer, Indianapolis PAGE. PATENT MEDICINES-Dr. H. J. Hall, Franklin... 186 PRESENT TREATMENT OF FRACTURE OF FOREARM-Dr. J. E. King, Rich mond..... 239 PRESERVATION OF THE PERINEUM IN OCCIPITO-POSTERIOR PRESENTA- REPORT UPON TUBERCULOSIS-Dr. Theodore Potter, Indianapolis.. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY-Dr. G. W. H. Kemper, Muncie..... 350 REPORT OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 365 SOME PHASES OF TUBERCULOSIS-Dr. B. Van Sweringen, Ft. Wayne.. 38 SOME LATER-DAY TENDENCIES IN MEDICAL EDUCATION-Professor Stan ley Coulter, of Purdue University, Lafayette 62 .... 22 SOME POINTS ON MODERN PRINCIPLES IN TREATING FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS-Dr. J. B. Fattic, Anderson.... SYPHILIS CONSIDERED AS A NONVENEREAL DISEASE-Dr. Nelson D. 230 Brayton, Indianapolis..... 104 TUBERCULOSIS-Dr. Wm. A. M'Coy, Madison.... 43 TUBERCULAR LARYNGITIS-Dr. L. C. Cline, Indianapolis . 48 THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE X-RAY IN THERAPEUTICS-Dr. A. M. Cole, Indianapolis..... 130 TREATMENT OF DRUG ADDICTIONS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS-Dr. Martha J. Smith, Indianapolis. 159 TREATMENT OF TYPHOID FEVER-Dr. C. P. Runyan, Elwood... TORSION OF THE PEDICLE IN OVARIAN CYSTS-Dr. Miles F. Porter, Fort Wayne. 204 270 THE TYPHOID ULCER-ITS SURGICAL ASPECT-Dr. Thomas B. Noble, Indianapolis..... 307 TREASURER'S REPORT.. 369 WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS DOING AND CAN DO AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS -Dr. W. A. Evans, Chicago.... 17 PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. THE ORGANIZED MEDICAL PROFESSION, AND ITS RELATION TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE. BY JONAS STEWART, M.D., OF ANDERSON. Fellow Members and Guests of the Indiana State Medical Association: Our By-Laws require that the president shall deliver an address at such time as the Committee on Arrangements may designate. I assume that the object of this requirement is not to exploit the president, but to give him an opportunity to report on the condition and needs of the association, or to endeavor, in some other way to promote its interests. I shall therefore, call you attention, for a short time, to one phase of the subject which has been most prominent during the past year. The great work committed to our hands by your action at the last annual meeting was organization. The subject of medical organization has been discussed by many others, and in an especially able manner by Drs. McCormack and Simmons of our National Committee on Organization. They have fully presented its importance, its objects, and benefits, and I shall therefore confine my remarks to the expression of a few thoughts on organization and the relation of the organized medical profession to the public welfare. Let the organized medical profession be judged by what would result from the attainment of its avowed objects. What then, are the aims and purposes of our organization? These are all fully set forth in the constitutions of the American Medical Association, and the various State and county societies. But there is a more concise, and sufficiently comprehensive statement of them, in the third section of the second chapter of the Principles of Ethics, . when it is declared that the county societies, the units of the organi zation, "Should be made the instruments for cultivation of fellowship, for the exchange of professional experience, for the advancement of medical knowledge, for the maintenance of ethical standards, and for the promotion in general of the interests of the profession and the welfare of the public." In their ultimate analysis, these brief statements will be found to embrace all that is expressed in the more elaborate verbiage of the constitutions, and, therefore, they shall serve as the text for a brief review of the objects of the organized medical profession as it now exists. 1. The Cultivation of Fellowship. At first glance, an organization for this purpose seems selfish, and for the sole benefit of its members. It will be found, however, on closer study, that companionship, and the mutual interests of the individuals of an organized body, may result in the promotion of the welfare of others. Charles Lamb was once asked if he did not hate a certain person who was named by the querist. The great essayist answered, "How can I hate him? I know him." In the medical profession, as in other walks of life, much trouble would often be avoided, if we knew each other better. A popular Southern lecturer, in one of his public addresses, expresses the opinion, that if the great railroads of our country had been built north and south, instead of east and west, the great Civil War would not have been fought. His argument is that if the railroads had run as suggested, "The people of the sections would have mingled with each other; and people who mingle with each other, come to know each other; and people who know each other, learn to respect each other; and people who respect each other, soon love each other; and people who love each other, never fight each other." This principle is found to apply in the medical profession, and "fights" among doctors may be prevented in the same way. Those who habitually attend the medical societies, become acquainted and learn to respect each other. Such association and respect will eventually end the jealousies and animosities which are apt to arise between competitors, and instead of enmity, a spirit of fraternity will prevail. Intimate association will tend to soften the asperities of professional life and beget mutual respect and confidence. This will always |