OHIO STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY

At the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Medical Society, the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That the publication of any address, prize essay, or other paper, by this Society, is no evidence of its endorsement of the sentiments therein contained.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

The Minutes, including reports of officers and committees.... 9

CHAPTER II-ADDRESSES.

Address of the President-Edmund C. Brush, M. D., Zanes-

ville

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Malpractice-Smith W. Bennett, Esq., Columbus.

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The Effects of Rest Upon the Progress of Septic Infections-

A. J. Ochsner, B. S., F. R., M. S., M. D., Chicago.............

The Present State of Our Knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus—

James Tyson, M. D., Philadelphia.....

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CHAPTER III-MEDICINE.

Injection Treatment of Syphilis by Means of a New Mercurial

Formula-M. L. Heidingsfeld, Ph. B., M. D., Cincinnati... 64

Diphtheria-Its Symptomatology and Clinical Diagnosis-F.

D. Case, M. D., Ashtabula..

The Medical Treatment of Diphtheria-Jefferson C. Crossland,

A. M., M. D., Zanesville...

The Surgical Treatment of Laryngeal Diphtheria-C. L. Pat-

terson, M. D., Dayton.

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Diphtheriana, A Review-Park L. Myers, M. D., Toledo..... 97

Practical Deductions from Experiences in a Hospital for Pul-

monary Tuberculosis-B. F. Lyle, M. D., Cincinnati..... 113

The Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis-Starling Loving,

M. D., Columbus..

124

CHAPTER IV-SURGERY.

A Case of Acute Tuberculosis of the Peritoneum-Dudley P.

Allen, M. D., Cleveland......

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The Treatment of Suppurative Inflammation of the Kidneys—

Frank Warner, M. D., Columbus.....

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Report of Cases of Surgery of the Thyroid Body-John Chad-

wick Oliver, M. D., Cincinnati..

Surgery of the Thyroid Gland, with Lantern Illustrations,

(Abstract)—B. Merrill Ricketts, M. D., Cincinnati...................... 154

Some Observations on Appendicitis Based on 372 Operations-

George W. Crile, M. D., Cleveland...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Injuries to the Spine-W. J.

Means, A. M., M. D., Columbus..

Emphysematous Gangrene-Martin Stamm, M. D., Fremont.. 193

A Simple Method for the Removal of External Hemorrhoids

Under Local Anesthesia-Thomas Charles Martin, M. D.,

Cleveland

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CHAPTER V-OBSTETRICS.

Management of Pregnancy-W. S. Philips, M. D., Belle

Center

205

The Management of and Preparation for the First Stage of

Labor-William W. Pennell, M. D., Fredericktown...... 210

Anesthetics in Labor-Frank D. Bain, M. D., Kenton...

When to Use the Forceps-Frank S. Clark, M. D., Cleveland.. 217

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CHAPTER VI-OPHTHALMOLOGY.

Neuroparalytic Keratitis-Thomas F. Keller, M. S., M. D.,

Toledo

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CHAPTER VII-NEUROLOGY.

Puerperal and Gestational Paralyses-Charles J. Aldrich, M. D.,

Cleveland

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Six Cases of Right Hemiplegia with Aphasia-George A. Col-

lamore, M. D., Toledo..

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CHAPTER VIII-RHINOLOGY.

Acute Suppurative Ethmoiditis-John A. Thompson, M. D.,

Cincinnati

CHAPTER IX.

Natural Selection as Applied to Medicine and Medical Special-

ism-Charles H. Higgins, A. M., M. D., Sonora..........

CHAPTER X.

Membership and Delegates....

CHAPTER XI.

List of the Members of the Local Medical Societies Auxiliary

to the Ohio State Medical Society.

Constitution and By-Laws..

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