(3) Report of the Chairman of the Council, Dr. William H. Carmalt (New Haven): REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL. Mr. President and Members of the House of Delegates: The Council met on May 24, 1917, immediately after the adjournment of the Society for organization. Dr. W. H. Carmalt was elected Chairman and Drs. W. R. Steiner and C. J. Bartlett, with the Secretary, to the Publication Committee, and Dr. Steiner and Dr. T. F. Rockwell were reëlected Auditors. The salary of the Secretary was continued at $150. Another meeting of the Council was held at Hartford on Saturday, April 27, 1918, at which Drs. Carmalt (Chairman), Steiner, Lawson, Rockwell, Gildersleeve, and Barnes were elected Councilors; and Drs. Root (President), and Lane (Secretary), ex-officio, were present. In the report of the Chairman of the Council for last year the following appears on page 21: "The following vote was passed, viz.: That members enlisted in public service by the Government be exempt from dues during their term of service." For some reason, unexplained, no action was taken by the House of Delegates and the Council reported its recommendation and asks its adoption at this meeting. About 250 have been recommended for commissions. A letter from the Treasurer, Dr. Ingalls, to the Secretary was read, relating to the finances of the Society. Therefore, after free discussion, and in view of the probable adoption by the House of Delegates of the above resolution, and of the very narrow margin in the Treasurer's hands, it was voted to recommend to the House of Delegates, 1st, That they authorize the use of the income of the Gurdon Russell Fund for current expenses and, 2d, That they authorize the Council, after consulting with the Treasurer, to levy an assessment not to exceed $2.00 on the members of the Society during the coming year whenever it may be necessary. It was recommended on account of the inaccessibility of Tol land County as a place of meeting and of the probability that important business would come up, making it necessary for the attendance of a large number of members, that the semi-annual meeting be held in New London County. It was voted to recommend that the next Annual Meeting be held in Bridgeport on Wednesday and Thursday, May 21 and 22, 1919. The following nominations were made: President. CHARLES J. BARTLETT, M.D., New Haven. Vice-Presidents. FRANK E. GUILD, M.D., Windham. Secretary. JOHN E. LANE, M.D., New Haven. Treasurer. PHINEAS H. INGALLS, M.D., Hartford. Committee on Scientific Work. Chairman, ELI B. IVES, M.D., Bridgeport. Committee on Medical Examinations and Medical Education. ROBERT L. ROWLEY, M.D., Hartford (to succeed J. FRANCIS CALEF, M.D.). Committee on Public Policy and Legislation. Chairman, P. H. INGALLS, M.D., Hartford County. W. H. DONALDSON, M.D., Fairfield County. R. S. GOODWIN, M.D., Litchfield County. C. C. GILDERSLEEVE, M.D., New London County. Committee on Honorary Members and Degrees. Delegates to the American Medical Association. Respectfully submitted, W. H. CARMALT, Chairman. (4) Reports of the Councilors from the different County Societies of the State: REPORTS OF THE COUNCILORS. (a) Fairfield County, by Dr. F. H. Barnes: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates: Since the last report of our councilor we have admitted eight new members to our organization. We have lost two members by death, leaving a net gain of six. The total membership is 215. The Society had a special meeting May 1, 1917, which was largely attended. Matters pertaining to the war were taken up at that time. It is not my purpose in this report to say much about the war work of the Association as we have with us Captain Brown, Chairman of the State Committee of National Defense, Medical Section. It is my understanding that he will give you definite information relative to the activities of that body in Fairfield County during the past year. The usual hospital activities have been kept up but the war activities have been the prominent feature of the medical work during this period. November, 1917, the new Greenwich Hospital was opened for service at Greenwich, Conn. This institution replaced the two older hospitals. It was presented to the city by Commodore E. C. Benedict, one of its oldest and best known residents. At the opening exercises many physicians from neighboring cities were present. They were extended every courtesy by the medical staff and gave the hospital a thorough inspection. It is a beautiful building of fire-proof construction, concrete and terra cotta. The present accommodation is for about eighty beds; later on the accommodation will be increased to 100 beds. The hospital has every convenience, both medical and surgical. At Norwalk, Conn., a new hospital is being erected which will be opened on or about June 1, this year. It is a handsome brick building of fire-proof construction. It was erected by popular subscription, also an appropriation by the State of $25,000. It has accommodations for sixty patients, with every convenience. These two hospitals will help materially to give the medical profession of Norwalk and Greenwich better facilities for their work. The said cities are to be congratulated on these splendid additions to their medical equipment. The contract for the new Bridgeport Isolation Hospital, to cost $200,000, was to be let on April 1. It is to have a fine location in the northern part of the city, on high ground. October 9, 1917, the fall meeting of the Society was held at Danbury, Conn. We were guests of the Danbury Medical Society. The meeting was a very interesting one and there was a good attendance. We had a very fine lunch at the Hotel Green. The spring meeting was held at the Stratford Hotel, Bridgeport, Conn., on Tuesday, April 9, 1918. A good programme was provided and the meeting was a very enjoyable one. Nearly sixty members of the Society were present during the session. It would seem to your acting councilor that the opportunities for active work by our profession in this county were never better and the year shows marked progress in the hospital line. Respectfully submitted, F. H. BARNES, M.D. (b) Hartford County, by Dr. Walter R. Steiner : Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates: The past year has seen a falling off in the attendance of the two County medical meetings. This has been due to the advent of a number of our members into the Medical Officers' Reserve Corps, and to the fact that their absence has placed additional obligations upon the members who have been left behind. Consequently, it is difficult for many of them to attend the meetings as regularly as formerly. Two very interesting meetings, however, have been held. At our fall meeting Dr. L. F. Barker, Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, gave a very interesting talk on "Main Clinical Syndromes Due to Disturbances of the Glands of Internal Secretions"; while at our spring gathering at the Hartford County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, we were made better acquainted with the "Treatment of Haemoptysis by Quinine," by Dr. Strobel's paper, and with the work of the other State Sanatoria for Tuberculosis by Dr. Dineen's paper on "Blood Pressure in Tuberculosis." The following thirty-one men have entered their Country's service in the Medical Officers' Reserve Corps: Doctors Julian L. Birdsong, Charles C. Burlingame, R. B. Cox, John B. Griggs, Roger Griswold, LeVerne Holmes, Arthur B. Landry, James R. Miller, Walter G. Murphy, William R. Miller, John B. McCook, James F. O'Brien, William R. Owens, Frank J. Ronayne, William Reardon, James F. Rooney, John C. Rowley, Alfred M. Rowley, Ansel G. Cook, Philip D. Bunce, William Levy, Frank L. Lawton, Henry F. Hall, John F. Sagarino, Robert S. Starr, Edward Truex, Otto G. Wiedman, Paul Waterman, James C. Wilson, Donald Wells, and Robert Yergason. Besides the above names there are twenty-seven more of those who are doing their bit in the United States Selective Service. Doctors Phineas H. Ingalls, Thomas F. Welch, James H. Naylor, Charles C. Beach, George N. Bell, Frederick T. Simpson, Thomas N. Hepburn, Henry C. Russ, Arthur C. Heublein, E. Terry Smith, Thomas H. Gallivan, James Murphy, H. Gildersleeve |