CHAPTER I-THE MINUTES

INCLUDING

REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

The Minutes of the Fifty-Seventh Annual Session of the Ohio State Medical Society

The fifty-seventh annual session of the Ohio State Medical Society was called to order in Zenobia Hall, Toledo, by President Brush, a 2 p. m., May 28, 1902. The invocation was delivered by Rev R. S. Young.

Hon Samuel M. Jones, Mayor of Toledo, made the address of welcome, and a short response was made by the President.

On motion of John S. Beck, M. D., of Dayton, the Secretary was authorized to employ a stenographer for the session. The report of the Committee of Arrangements was made by the chairman, W. C. Chapman, M. D., of Toledo.

The President appointed as the Committee on Nominations, Park L. Myers, M. D., of Toledo; B. Merrill Ricketts, M. D., of Cincinnati; Frank Warner, M. D., of Columbus; John S. Beck, M. D., of Dayton, and Frank D. Bain, of Kenton.

A paper, "Management of Pregnacy," was read by W. S. Phillips, M. D., of Belle Center.

A paper, "Management and Preparation for the First Stage of Labor," was read by William W. Pennell, M. D., of Fredericktown.

A paper, "Anesthetics," (in obstetrics) was read by Frank D. Bain, M. D., of Kenton.

A paper, "When to Use the Forceps," was read by Frank S. Clark, M. D., of Cleveland,

The foregoing papers upon obstetrics were then discussed by John A. Wright, M. D., of Toledo.

A paper, "A Case of Acute Tuberculosis of the Peritoneum," was read by Dudley P. Allen, M. D., of Cleveland.

A paper, "Report of Some Cases of Thyroid Surgery," was read by J. C. Oliver, M. D., of Cincinnati. It was discussed by John B. Alcorn, M. D., of Gallipolis; Dudley P. Allen, M. D., of Cleveland; W. J. Means, M. D., of Columbus; Martin Stamm, M. D., of Fremont; John North, M. D., of Toledo; James F. Baldwin, M. D., of Columbus, and the discussion was closed by Dr Oliver.

A paper, "An Analysis of 350 Operations for Appendicitis," was read by George W. Crile, M. D., of Cleveland. It was discussed by James F. Baldwin, M. D., of Columbus; Thad. A. Reamy, M. D., of Cincinnati; F. F. Lawrence, M. D., of Columbus; Dudley P. Allen, M. D., of Cleveland; W. J. Means, M. D., of Columbus; Rufus B. Hall, M. D., of Cincinnati; O. T. Maynard, M. D., of Elyria; B. E. Sager, M. D., of Cleveland; Charles L. Bonifield, M. D., of Cincinnati; F. D. Case, M. D., of Ashtabula, and the discussion was closed by Dr Crile.

The Society then adjourned to meet at 8 p. m.

Evening Meeting, Wednesday, May 28

An announcement by the Committee of Arrangements was made by W. C. Chapman, M. D., of Toledo.

A paper, "The Treatment of Suppurative Inflammation of the Kidneys," was read by Frank Warner, M. D., of Columbus.

A paper, "The Surgery of the Thyroid Gland," was read by B. Merrill Ricketts, M. D., of Cincinnati, and was illustrated by lantern-slide views.

A paper, "Neuroparalytic Keratitis," was read by Thomas F. Kellar, M. D., of Toledo. It was discussed by J. H. McCassy, M. D., of Dayton.

The report of the Committee on Organization was presented by P. Maxwell Foshay, M. D., of Cleveland. With the exception of a few introductory remarks the report consisted of a new Constitution and By-Laws. [As the draft of the new Constitution and By-Laws was subsequently adopted with only a few minor changes that will be noted, and as the complete instrument as finally adopted is published in full at the end of this volume, it is omitted from the published minutes.] Charles L. Bonifield, M. D., of Cincinnati, moved that the report be received. Charles A. L. Reed, M. D., of Cincinnati, moved that the report be adopted, and this motion was seconded by F. F. Lawrence, M. D., of Columbus. After some scattering remarks and proffered amendments, Dr Reed's motion was amended to mean that the report should be received and referred to the Committee again with instructions to give an immediate hearing to all who wished to discuss the report or to propose amendments to the same. Dudley P. Allen, M. D., of Cleveland, said that the amendments were so involved as to obscure the intent of the motion, and he moved that the original motion with all amendments be laid on the table. This motion was lost. The motion to refer to the Committee was then put and carried, after some discussion by E. J. Wilson, M. D., of Columbus, and Thad. A. Reamy, M. D., of Cincinnati. It was also agreed that the report of the Committee should be made the special order of business for 10 o'clock the next morning.

The meeting then adjourned.

A large number of the members remained in the hall and the proposed Constitution and By-Laws was then read section by section and freely discussed. The following amendments were agreed to:

Section 1, of Article VIII of the Constitution, was amended so that the Vicepresidents should be arranged in order as first, second, third or fourth.

Section 2, of Chapter IV of the By-Laws, was amended so that any fraction of members of a county society above

100 should entitle that society to an additional delegate, instead of a "major fraction."

Section 11 of the same chapter was amended so as to make it obligatory for the new House of Delegates to divide the State into 10 Councilor Districts, instead of permissive.

Section 13 of the same chapter had the following proviso appended: "providing it shall not render void the verdict of a referendum."

Section 2 of Chapter VI was amended by striking out the words "the Council shall elect one of the Vicepresidents to succeed him" and inserting in their stead "the Vicepresidents shall succeed him in the order of their election."

Section 1 of Chapter IX was so amended as to make the annual dues one dollar ($1.00), instead of two ($2.00), as proposed.

Chapter X, which in the draft read: "The principles set forth in the Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association shall govern the conduct of members in their relation to each other and the public," was, on motion of John S. Beck, M. D., of Dayton, amended to read as follows: "The ethical principles governing the members of the American Medical Association shall govern the conduct of the members of this Association in their relation to each other and to the public." The conference then voted unanimously to recommend that the Society on the following morning adopt the amended report.

Thursday, May 29, Morning Session

The Society was called to order by the President at 9:15 a. m. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.

The President announced that only members in good standing were entitled to the privileges of the floor.

A paper, "Puerperal Neuritis," was read by Charles J. Aldrich, M. D., of Cleveland,

A paper, "Acute Suppurative Ethmoiditis," was read by John A. Thompson, M. D., of Cincinnati. It was discussed by J. H. McCassy, M. D., of Dayton.

It then being 10 o'clock, the report of the Committee on Organization by the agreement made at the previous meeting, became the special order of business. The report, as amended at the conference on the previous evening, was then presented by P. Maxwell Foshay, M. D., of Cleveland, Chairman of the Committee on Organization. On motion of Frank D. Bain, M. D., of Kenton, the report of the Committee, consisting of the new Constitution and By-Laws, was unanimously adopted along with the following provisos:

"Because it is the earnest desire of this Society to retain within its membership every present permanent member, as well as to bring within its fold every physician who is in good professional standing, it is hereby agreed and ordered that the House of Delegates of the reorganized Ohio State Medical Association shall at its first meeting carefully consider the situation of those present permanent members who happen to live in an unorganized county, or who are not at present members of their county society. Every effort shall be made to care for the rights of these members in the reorganized Association by assisting them in the organization of county societies in the unorganized counties and in case a county society already exists in affiliation with this body, by insisting that such society shall receive into membership every such permanent member, unless there exist the most cogent reasons to the contrary, and unless the appeal of such member has been rejected by the Council of the Association."

"It is further ordered and agreed that the new Constitution and By-Laws shall go into force and become effective immediately upon adjournment of this annual session of 1902, provided that the collection of annual dues from the present permanent members, and other routine business not otherwise provided for, shall proceed as heretofore until the annual session of 1903, when the assembling of delegates