OF THE

STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

OF TEXAS

THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION

HELD AT

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS,

APRIL 28TH, 29TH, 30TH, AND MAY 1ST, 1903.

731

1.35

NOTE.

The Association does not hold itself responsible for opinions enunciated in papers and discussions herein published. Minutes reported by Dr. Ella Devlin, of Galveston.

H. A. WEST,

Secretary.

Articles of Incorporation.

Officers for 1903-1904..

CONTENTS.

Constitution and By-Laws...

Minutes of Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting..

SECTION ON GENERAL MEDICINE:-

Chairman's Address. By John T. Moore, M. D., Galveston Texas. 115-127

Malta Fever. By Chas. F. Mason, M. D., U. S. A., San Antonio,

Texas.

Some Remarks on the Subjective Symptomatology of Heart Dis-

ease. By H. A. West, M. D., Galveston, Texas..

Sporadic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. By Malone Duggan, M. D.,

Eagle Pass, Texas.

Pneumonia. By James H. Evans, M. D., Palestine, Texas...

Some Observations on the Treatment of Pulmonary Phthisis in

Private Practice. By H. J. Chapman, M. D., San Antonio,

Texas.

A Complicated Case of Typhoid Fever. By F. B. Shields, M. D.,

Victoria, Texas

Scarlet Fever. By G. T. Thomas, M. D., Rogers, Texas.

PAGE

iv

v-vii

1-15

17-112

Circular Laceration of the Cervix Uteri. By Hugh Crouse, M.

D., Victoria, Texas.....

When is it Justifiable to Prevent Conception? By T. J. Bell, M.

D., Tyler, Texas...

Otitis Media from the Standpoint of the General Practitioner.

By E. E. Guinn, M. D., Jacksonville, Texas...

Cow's Milk; Its Use and Care in Infant Feeding. By James

House Bute, M. D., Houston, Texas..

Some Thoughts on the First Stage of Labor. By C. E. Cantrell,

M. D., Greenville, Texas..

128-132

131-149

150-153

154-171

172-178

SECTION ON OBSTETRICS AND DISEASES OF CHILDREN:-

Chairman's Address. By J. C. Anderson, M. D., Granger, Texas. 191-200

Management of Breech Presentations. By E. M. Thomas, M. D.,

Georgetown, Texas

179-182

183-190

201-207

208-210

211-221

222-226

227-237

238-242

SECTION ON SURGERY:-

PAGE.

The Gross and Microscopic Anatomy of the Vermiform Appendix

and Their Bearing on Appendicitis. By H. B. Decherd, M.

D., Galveston, Texas....

256-264

265-272

273-285

286-296

Chairman's Address. By Wm. Keiller, M. D., Galveston, Texas. 243-247

A Case of Intra-Abdominal Suppuration of Obscure Origin. By

A. L. Hathcock, M. D., Palestine, Texas.

The Glycerite of Boroglycerine as a Surgical Dressing. By R.

W. Knox, M. D., Houston, Texas....

Farabeuf's Amputation at the Seat of Election. By James E.

Thompson, M. D., Galveston, Texas....

Appendicitis A Discussion of Its Treatment, with Report of

Cases. By Felix P. Miller, M. D., Midland, Texas..

Appendicitis, with Report of Cases. By H. A. Barr, M. D.,

Beaumont, Texas

248-253

254-255

Rubber in Windowing Plaster Casts in Compound Fractures. By

Hugh Crouse, M. D., Victoria, Texas....

Extra-Uterine Pregnancy. By J. S. McCelvey, M. D., Temple,

Texas

297-301

302-309

SECTION ON MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE:-

Chairman's Address. By J. R. Nichols, M. D., Terrell, Texas... 310-320

Cerebral Palsy of Childhood. By M. L. Graves, M. D., San An-

tonio, Texas

321-330

Degenerative Stigmata. By G. H. Moody, M. D., San Antonio,

Texas.

331-341

The Plea of Insanity Before Our Courts. By R. B. Sellers, M.

D., Comanche, Texas...

342-347

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SECTION ON STATE MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HYGIENE:-

Chairman's Address. By F. Paschal, M. D., San Antonio, Texas. 348-352

The Significance of the Recently Recognized Hookworm Disease

for the Texas Practitioner. By Ch. Wardell Stiles, Ph. D.,

Washington, D. C...

353-445

The Tuberculin Test in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Man.

By Boyd Cornick, M. D., San Angelo, Texas..

The Climate of Fort Davis, Texas.

446-457

By W. T. Jones, M. D.,

Fort Davis, Texas..

458-462

The Public Control of Tuberculosis.

Galveston, Texas

By W. S. Carter, M. D.,

463-472