24. The Toxemia of Pregnancy. A. P. Taylor, M.D., Thomasville. 25. Prevention and Treatment of Puerperal Infection. L. C. Fischer, M.D., Atlanta. 26. The Physician's Duty to the Pregnant Woman. Jno. W. Daniel, M.D., Savannah. 27. Prompt Repair of Lacerations of the Female Generative Organs After Labor. E. C. Davis, M.D., Atlanta. 28. Report of Cases of Tuberculosis Treated with Bacillus X (Maher). T. E. Oertel, M.D., Augusta. 29. The True Value of Drugs in the Treatment of Consumption. M. M. Saliba, M.D., Savannah. 30. Medical and Surgical Hodge-Podge. W. B. Hardman, M.D., Commerce. 31. Treatment of Pneumonia. J. E. Sommerfield, M.D., Atlanta. 32. Pneumonia, its Etiology, Pathology and Treatment. A. C. Davidson, M.D., Sharon. 33. Lobar Pneumonia in Children. M. McH. Hull, M.D., Atlanta. 34. Albuminuria. E. B. Block, M.D., Atlanta. AFTERNOON SESSION, 2.30 O'CLOCK. 35. Purpura Hemorrhagica; its Pathology and Treatment. A. B. Matthews, M.D., Elberton. 36. The Suture as a Factor in Primary Union. J. B. Morgan, M.D., Augusta. 37. Appendicitis, Medical and Surgical. R. R. Kime, M.D., Atlanta. 38. The Treatment of Hernia. W. C. DeLamar, M.D., Mountain Hill. 39. Some Remarks on the Results of Hernia Operations. W. S. Elkin, M.D., Atlanta. 40. Report of a Case of Abscess of the Lung; Operation with Recovery. W. D. Travis, M.D., Covington. 41. Surgical Treatment of Rectocele, also Exhibition of Pathological Specimen of Enterolith with Spontaneous Anastomosis of Intestines. Geo. H. Noble, M.D., Atlanta. 42. Celiac Parotitis, Two Cases, Remarks. Howard J. Williams, M.D., Macon. 43. Nephrectomy for Gun-shot Wound of the Kidney; Report of a Case. J. McF. Gaston, M.D., Atlanta. 44. The Clinical Consideration of Tumors. W. F. Westmoreland, M.D., Atlanta. 45. Conditions Found in Knee Joints Disabled by Chronic Rheumatism, and their Treatment. Michael Hoke, M.D., Atlanta. THURSDAY, 8.30 P. M. Special session to consider the new Constitution. FRIDAY, APRIL 21. MORNING SESSION, 9 O'CLOCK. Reading of minutes. Report of Board of Censors. Report of Executive Committee. Application for membership. 46. A Simple and Efficient Management of Emphysema of the Chest. J. H. Hammond, M.D., LaFayette. 47. Corneal Abscission; a Report of Forty Operations. J. M. Crawford, M.D., Atlanta. 48. Some Points Out of My Own Experience in Refraction and the Fitting of Glasses. Ross P. Cox, M.D., Rome. 49. Is Bilateral Operation for Cataract ever Justifiable; if Not, How Soon After Operation on the First Eye is it Safe to Extract the Second Cataract? A. W. Calhoun, M.D., Atlanta. 50. Auto-Toxemia in Ocular Diseases. W. J. Cox, M.D., Barnesville. 51. The Cause and Treatment of Lachrymal Stenosis in Infants. Dunbar Roy, M.D., Atlanta. 52. Some of the Modern Uses of the Galvano-Cautery, with a Suggestion of its Past and Present Abuses. A. G. Hobbs, M.D., Atlanta. 53. Recurrent Ocular Paralysis with Pain. A. W. Stirling, M.D., Atlanta. 54. Refraction. C. H. Peete, M.D., Macon. 55. Complications of Chronic Suppuration of the Middle Ear, with Special Reference to Thrombosis of the Lateral Sinus; its Symptoms and Treatment. F. M. Cunningham, M.D., Macon. Election of officers, I p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION, 3 O'CLOCK. 56. Prostatic Massage. W. L. Champion, M.D., Atlanta. 57. Report of Some Interesting Cases of Hysterectomy. Cooper, M.D., Atlanta. H. P. 58. Intravenous versus Subcutaneous Infusion, with their Respective Indications. Monroe Smith, M.D., Atlanta. 59. The Use of Rubber Bag Cervical Dilators in Obstetrics. F. G. Hodgson, M.D., Atlanta. 60. The Origin of Tuberculosis in Children. R. W. Hynds, M.D., Atlanta. 61. Sprue. St. J. B. Graham, M.D., Savannah. 62. Etiology, and Prevention of Perineal Lacerations, with Special Reference to the Shoulders. Archibald Smith, M.D., Atlanta. 63. Four Interesting Cases of Kidney Surgery. Thos. R. Wright, M.D., Augusta. 64. Methods of Intestinal Anatomosis. Geo. R. White, M.D., Sa vannah. 65. A Case of Ovariotomy for the Relief of Extreme Dysmenorrhea. O. B. Bush, M.D., Pelham. 66. Typhoid Fever. F. M. Brantly, M.D., Senoia. GENERAL INFORMATION. The meetings of the Association will be held in the ballroom of the Kimball House. On Wednesday night at nine o'clock, the members will be tendered a Dutch supper at the Piedmont Hotel. On Thursday night at 8.30, there will be a special meeting of the Association to consider the question of the adoption of the new Constitution. On Thursday, from 5.30 to 7.00 p.m., Dr. L. Amster will tender the members a buffet supper at his residence, 267 Capitol avenue. Take Capitol avenue car at intersection of Peachtree and Marietta streets. The railroads will give the usual rate of a fare and a third for the round trip, on the certificate plan. Members, when purchasing ticket at starting point should get a certificate from the ticket agent. This certificate must be signed by the secretary and vised by Mr. Jos. Richardson at room 729 Equitable Building. This then entitles holder to purchase return ticket for one-third fare. The Capitol City and the Piedmont Driving Clubs will extend the privileges of the clubs to all visiting members. The hotels have agreed to make special rates to the members. N. B.-No paper will appear in the Transactions unless handed to the Secretary before the adjournment of the meeting. The President appointed Dr. H. McHatton and Dr. W. B. Tate to serve on the Board of Censors in place of absent members, and appointed Dr. Alexander Mack as Chairman, and Dr. T. E. Oertel as Secretary of the Board of Censors. The reading of papers was then taken up. Dr. Theo. Toepel, of Atlanta, presented a paper on "The Doctor and the Public Schools." This paper was discussed by Drs. J. McFadden Gaston, J. W. Duncan, R. R. Kime. Dr. Jas. B. Baird, as Chairman of the Committee on Medical Legislation, read the report as follows: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL To the Medical Association of Georgia. GENTLEMEN: The Committee on Medical Legislation begs leave to report that since the last meeting of the Association the only measure affecting the special interests of the medical profession and requiring the attention of your Committee, was a bill before the Legislature, at its last session, amending the statute establishing the several boards of medical examiners in this State and prescribing their powers and duties. Your Committee cooperated with the friends of the bill, and advocated its passage before the committee of the General Assembly to whom it was referred. The Act was passed, and is now the law of the State. The amendment provides that the examining boards shall have the authority to recognize licenses issued by other States having the same standard as this State, upon the payment of the required fee, without further examination, provided that other States shall grant a similar courtesy and in like manner recognize licenses issued by the examining boards of Georgia, and provided further, that physicians. who were lawfully engaged in the practice of medicine in this State prior to the establishment of the several examining boards shall be allowed to practice in other States without undergoing any preliminary examination. The statute seeks to establish reciprocity, in this particular, between the various States, but it is inoperative in this State toward the license of any other State which fails or refuses to reciprocate. Respectfully submitted. JAS. B. BAIRD, J. C. OLMSTED, Committee. Atlanta, April 19, 1905. The President called for the report of the committee appointed to investigate the method of Dr. Maury M. Stapler, of Macon, for treating deaf-mutism, and the report of that committee was presented by Dr. A. W. Stirling, as follows: Mr. President and Gentlemen: The committee appointed in 1904, consisting of Drs. Calhoun, Oertel and Stirling to inquire into certain claims brought forward at various times by Dr. M. M. Stapler, of Macon, Ga., relative to the successful treatment of certain cases of deafness and deafmutism, begs to report as follows, after having seen and examined Dr. Stapler's instruments, after having discussed the matter with him either personally or by letter, and after having considered the criticisms which have been brought against his method: 1. We find that Dr. Stapler's contention is that by inserting tubes into the nose, or into the nose and external ears, and by then using a pump attached to the main tube from which the others branch, he is able to move the stapes along with the membrane covering the oval window to which it is attached, and thereby to produce a hyperemia within the labyrinth. 2. Dr. Stapler believes that deafness is frequently caused by the results of inflammatory action in the neighborhood of the stapes (in which he is borne out by modern authorities), and that by the strong suction, adhesions may be broken, and mobility of the bone increased, while the labyrinthine congestion he considers may be of benefit in retaining a more normal position. 3. While this action upon the stapes is Dr. Stapler's main desire, he contends that other beneficial results ensue, such as the cleansing of the eustachian tubes and middle ear. 4. We see no reason to doubt that the rarefication of the air produced by the suction so applied may reach the whole interior of the middle ear; that when the nasal tubes alone are used all movable parts within the middle ear must be drawn in, supposing the eustachian tubes to be patent, and that when the ear-tubes are also used, while the other parts within the middle ear may move, the intact drum-head, receiving equal suction upon either side remains therefore unmoved. 5. We are of opinion that the evidence brought forward by Dr. Stapler, while suggestive, is quite inadequate to scientifically prove that his method is superior to those others which have hitherto been used for the cure of deafness. At the same time we have no reason to state that his claims may not have a perfectly reasonable basis, though our opportunity of judging of the practical effects of his |