Ohio State MEDICAL SOCIETY

At the Eighteenth 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-ADDRESSES

The Significance of Jaundice as a Symptom in Disease of the

Biliary Tracts—John B. Deaver, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa. 9

President's Address—W. C. Chapman, M. D., Toledo...... 24

Medical Organization-Brooks F. Beebe, M. D., Cincinnati.. 32

CHAPTER II-MEDICINE

....

The Septic Infections-George E. Malsbary, M. D., Cin-

cinnati

37

The Importance of a Correct Diagnosis in Gastric Disorders

-C. L. Mueller, M. D., Wapakoneta....

61

Absence of Gastric Juice, Its Significance and Treatment-

Henry Wald Bettman, M. D., Cincinnati....

66

Rheumatism in Childhood-Alfred Friedlander, M. D., Cin-

cinnati

My Experience With Large Doses of Creosote in Tubercu-

losis, A Report of Cases—E. S. Ray, Hamden Junction 89

Local Treatment in Common Diseases of the Lungs—John

A. Thompson, M. D., Cincinnati.....

.99

The Relative Value of Diagnosis–F. C. Gray, M. D.,

Dayton

110

The Status of Psychologic Medicine-Charles S. McDougall,

Athens

115

Sporadic Critinism, with Report of Cases-J. P. Dewitt,

Canton

122

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CHAPTER III-SURGERY

Wound Infection and its Treatment, With Report of Cases-

Sherman Leach, M. D., Columbus...

127

Ureterointestinal Anastomosis, With Report of a Case-

Julius H. Jacobson, M. D......

142

On the Value of Ureteral Catheterization and Urine Separa-

tion with Hemo- and Urino-Cryoscopy in Surgical

Diseases of the Kidney-William E. Lower, M. D.,

Cleveland

153

Prostatic Surgery (Abstract)—B. Merrill Ricketts, M. D.,

Cincinnati

161

A Simple Method for the Control of Anal Hemorrhage-

Thomas Charles Martin, M. D., Cleveland.....

171

One Thousand Abdominal Closures by a New Method With-

out a Known Hernia-J. F. Baldwin, M. D., Columbus.. 172

The Conservatitve Treatment of Knee-Joint Infections-

Horace J. Whitacre, M. D., Cincinnati.....

184

Simple Cyst of the Kidney, Diagnosis and Treatment, With

Report of Two Cases-Joseph F. Fox, M. D., Toledo.... 193

CHAPTER IV-LEGAL MEDICINE

The Malpractice Laws of Ohio-William J. Gillette, M. D.,

Toledo

200

CHAPTER V-EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT

The Effect of Mastoid Operation in Recent Middle-Ear

Suppuration–J. E. Brown, M. D., Columbus

. 215

The Snellen Wet Dressing in the After-Treatment of

Cataract-F. C. Clark, M. D., Columbus.

225

The Nose and Throat in the History of Medicine-J. M.

Ingersoll, M. D., Cleveland....

229

What Can We Do to Relieve Deafness Due to Chronic

Middle-Ear Catarrh-C. P. Linhart, M. D., Columbus.. 239

CHAPTER VI-PATHOLOGY

A Case of Diaphragmatic Hernia, Death from Acute Disten-

sion-T. L. Chadbourne, M. D., Gallipolis.....

246

UNCLASSIFIED. The Laboratory Movement in Ohio State Hospitals—A. P. Ohlmacher, M. D., Gallipolis..

232 The Control of Prostitution and the Prevention of the Spread

of Venereal Diseases-M. L. Heidingsfeld, Ph. B., M. D.,
Cincinnati

256

CHAPTER VII.

The Minutes—Including Reports of Officers and Committees..... 276

CHAPTER VIII.

Members and Delegates...

293

Constitution

338