OF THE

CONNECTICUT

STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY

1917

125th ANNUAL CONVENTION

HELD AT

NEW HAVEN, MAY 23d and 24th, 1917

EDITOR

JOHN E. LANE

PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY

PRINTED, JULY, 1917

USTON MEDIC

AUG 2
LIBRARY

AUG - 2 1918
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The Connecticut State Medical Society does not hold itself responsible for the opinions contained in any article unless such opinions are indorsed by special vote. All communications intended for the Connecticut State Medical Society should be addressed to John E. Lane, M.D., 59 College Street, New Haven, Conn.

The next annual meeting of the Connecticut State Medical Society will be held in Hartford, May 15th and 16th, 1918.

The next semi-annual meeting of the Connecticut State Medical Society will be held in conjunction with that of the Windham County Medical Association at Willimantic, October 18, 1917.

THE T. M. & T. PRESS

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 1917-18,

COMMITTEES OF THE SOCIETY, 1917-18,

MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF Delegates,

COMMITTEES OF THE SOCIETY, 1916-17,

MINUTES OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES,

(1) Report of the President,

(2) Report of the Secretary,

(3) Report of the Chairman of the Council,

(4) Reports of the Councilors,

(a) Hartford County,

(b) New Haven County,

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(6) Report of the Committee on Public Policy and Legislation,

(7) Report of the Committee on Medical Examination and

(8) Report of the Committee on Scientific Work,

(9) Report of the Committee on Honorary Members and

Degrees,

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(16) Report of the Committee on Hospitals,

(17) Report of the Committee on Industrial Insurance,

(12) Report of the Committee on a State Farm for Inebriates,

(13) Report of the Committee on Medical Inspection of Schools,

(14) Report of the Committee on Public Health Education,

(15) Report of the Delegates to the American Medical Associa-

tion,

(10) Report of the Committee on Arrangements,

(11) Report of the Committee on a Sanatorium for the Nervous

Poor, .

(18) Report of the Committee on the President's Report,

(19) Report of the Committee on Medical Defense,

Minutes of Business Transacted in the Scientific Sessions, .

The Smoker and the Banquet,

President's Address,

Scientific Papers.

Some Problems of State Health Organization. Kate C. Mead, M.D.,

Middletown,

DISCUSSION,

Treatment of Congenital Club Foot. Ansel G. Cook, M.D., Hartford,

DISCUSSION,

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Early Diagnosis of General Paresis. C. Floyd Haviland, M.D.,

Middletown,

DISCUSSION,

The Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Some of the Rarer

Urological Conditions. Thomas N. Hepburn, M.D., Hartford,

DISCUSSION,

The Treatment of Ectopic Gestation based on Results Obtained on

the Gynecological Service of the Hartford Hospital. Calvin H.

Elliott, M.D., Hartford,

DISCUSSION,

Skull Fractures and Their Treatment. William Sharpe, M.D., New

York City,

The Distribution of Fat in the Appendix and its Relation to Inflam-

matory Processes. George M. Smith, M.D., Waterbury,

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Clinical Sessions.

Report of a Case of Paramyoclonus Multiplex (Myokimia). George

Blumer, M.D., New Haven,

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Three Cases of Exophthalmic Goiter. Drs. W. E. Butler and T. H.

Russell (New Haven),

A Case of Tubercular Spondylitis and a Case of Hip Joint Disease.

E. H. Arnold, M.D., New Haven,

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PAPERS READ AT COUNTY MEETINGS,

Papers Read at Semi-Annual Meeting,

Obituaries.

Jean Dumortier of South Norwalk, by Samuel H. Huntington

of Norwalk,