# : sº º: -? 6 tº * -: P3 3- TWENTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES OF THE PORTLAND MEDICAL CLUB 1876–19 O2 HISTORY AND STATISTICS EY ERASTUS EUGENE HOLT, A. M., M. D. . . . fº ORT fl AN ID, NM E. : 18 O3. REPRINTED FROM THE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE. E RA STU S E U G E N E H O LT- - 147777 TWENTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES of the PORTLAND medical club. - The Portland Medical Club, at its annual meeting, held at Riverton, December 4, 1902, took note of its twenty-fifth anniversary. It was the twenty-sixth year of the existence of the club. Dr. A. S. Gilson, the retiring president, took for his subject “The Progress in Medicine for the Past Quarter of a Century.” Dr. F. W. Searle gave an oration; Dr. B. F. Dunn gave a poem, and Dr. E. E. Holt gave the history and statistics of the club. Following is Dr. Holt's paper, to which is appended that part of Dr. Dunn's poem which was written for this special occasion. THE PORTLAND NMEDICAL . CLUB. 1876 and 19 O2. E observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of any organization marks an important period in its existence, for those who have par- ticipated in its active work for that period of time will seldom or never have the opportunity of participating in the observance of the close of another such period of time. In the observance of the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Portland Medical Club there is much to engage our attention, for it embraces a period of time which has wit- nessed the changes in medicine from a condi- tion but little remote from where it had re- mained for ages to one whose achievements are the wonder and the admiration of the world. It, therefore, necessarily follows that the papers read and discussed and the cases reported and discussed in the meetings of this club form a connective history of the remarkable changes that have occurred during this important period in the history of medi- CID 6. In December, 1876, I drew up the follow- ing article: “We, the undersigned members of the Medical Profession of the City of Portland, County of Cumberland and State of Maine, hereby agree to meet Tuesday evening, December 19th, 1876, at 8 o’clock, for the purpose of forming and organizing a Society to better acquaint ourselves in the duties which the constant advancement in medicine demands of us.” - This was signed by Charles W. Bray, Charles A. Ring, E. W. Brooks, Charles (). Files, Erastus E. Holt, George H. Cum- mlngs. We met at my office, which was in a house located on Brown street, near the entrance to the store of Eastman Brothers & Bancroft, all being present but Dr. Cummings. It was agreed that the original members should serve in alphabetical order as host and presi- dent. I was elected secretary, and as such was instructed to write the Constitution and By-Laws for the club, an outline of which I presented at that meeting. At the second meeting of the club, on December 26, all the original members were present, and the Constitution and By-Laws were adopted and signed by all of the mem- bers—an example, I am sorry to learn by an inspection of the records, which has not been followed by all who have obtained member- ship in the club. At this meeting Dr. Cummings was elected treasurer. Like all new beings that come into the world, the organization must have a name, and I remember there was considerable difficulty in deciding upon a name. Finally it was agreed that the name should be “The Amstie Medical Society of Portland.” This name was not satisfactory to some of the members, for it was thought that it was rather imposing for the organization, and that Dr. Anstie, of London, or his friends, would not feel very highly gratified by such a use of his name. This sentiment grew, and in September, 1877, the name was changed to the Portland Medi- cal Club. At each of these early meetings the next member in the alphabetical list would announce the title of his subject for the next meeting, of which he became host, president and essayist, so that we had as many presi- dents during the year as we had meetings of the club. The meetings were held on the first and third Thursday evenings of each month, ex- cept June, July and August. In May, 1877, the following were elected members: Drs. T. A. Foster, H. P. Mer- rill, B. B. Foster, James A. Spalding, C. W. Foster, William Rynne, and during the year Drs. F. A. Stanley, I. W. Starbird, N. A. Hersom, John Buzzell and Charles Hutchin- son, so that the club numbered seventeen members at the close of the first year. During the second year the following were elected members of the club : Nathaniel Shannon, D. M. Tolford, D. H. Dole, D. W. Fellows, D. A. Kincaid, A. P. Dudley, C. H. Witham, C. E. Banks, and the club num- bered twenty-four at the close of the second €8.I’. y During the third year Drs. Sarah W. Devoll and Wm. Cammett were elected mem- bers, and the club numbered twenty-six at the close of the third year. During the fourth year Drs. S. P. Warren, W. Alden, H. N. Small and W. Stephenson were elected members, and the club num- bered thirty at the close of the fourth year. During the fifth year Drs. I. E. Kimball, C. G. Adams and Sarah Ellen Palmer were elected members, and the club would have numbered thirty-three- at the close of that year if none had lost their membership by non- attendance, on account of a salutary By-Law which was adopted at the beginning of the club, that any member being absent for five consecutive meetings without valid excuse would be dropped from the roll of membership. In consequence of this By-Law some lost their membership, but they were re-elected when- ever they expressed a desire to again become a member. For the first seven years of the club, or until the close of 1883, the president was elected for a less time than a year. At the annual meeting of that year, Dr. T. A. Fos- ter was elected president for the year, and he had the honor of being the first president to serve a year. It was at this time that the annual meeting assumed more importance, and it was under the secretaryship of Dr. S. P. Warren that the present method of mak- ing out a program for the whole year was instituted. In 1884, when Dr. T. A. Foster was president, a poem was added to the program, and Dr. Sarah W. Devoll was the first to give a poem. It was at this time that the semi-annual review of the different departments of medi- cine first appeared in the program. In 1885, an oration was added to the program, and Dr. James A. Spalding served first as orator. The first printed program that I can find was for the year 1886. In 1888, conversa- zione appears in the program, and the first one was held at Dr. John Buzzell’s. In January, 1893, the plan of holding meetings on the first and third Thursday evenings of the month was changed to the holding of one meeting a month on the first Thursday evening. In 1896, an amendment to the By-Laws was made, establishing the board of censors, thus we see that it took twenty years and all the combined wisdom of its members to bring the club to its present efficient basis for car- rying on its work. It became a custom for the retiring presi- ident to give an address and a banquet at the close of his term of service, but in 1898 the club had become so large that it was difficult to give a banquet in any private house, so the club voted to assume the expense of the annual banquet after that year and to hold it at some public place. In the early years of the club, individual members entertained the members as they saw fit, but it was stipulated that the expense should not exceed two dollars, so that it could not have been very elaborate and was in keeping with the democratic principles of the club. The policy of the club has been democratic from its beginning, always ready to admit any earnest worker of the medical profession who expressed a desire to join it. There may have been exceptions to this rule, but it has been followed so closely that the exceptions would prove the rule. I have devised a plan for collecting statis- tics of the club for the twenty-six years of its existence, which shows at a glance the name of each member, when membership began, when it ceased, if it has, length of membership, the offices held, the number of meetings attended, the per cent. of meetings attended, the number and title of papers read by each member of the club, the number that each member should have read as per average of the whole number of papers read during the existence of the club by its one hundred and ten members, and finally, when another paper was or is due from each one who belongs to the club. : 3 || 3 || || |St. 3 º ‘s ‘5 Q) 2 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || # |# # 3 || | | | | | | | | # à || 3 # £g | #3 ALPHABETICAL § 5 ă şe's & s : ‘5 O 24- § | 3 | | | | ##|| 3: List of NAMEs | 3 || 3 || 3 ||3: = | * 33 # § 8 33 5 3 || 3 | g : | tº OF THE 8 E > 3 * = . . ; ; &B cº • 3.6 § +2 ā; 3r; §: GD ; : s 2. TITLE OF THE PAPERS READ. PoRTLAND MEDICAL & $2 || 3 |####| #3 $5 #3 $2 p O § > * §§ #3 || 3 | #3 | * g CLUB. E a Fº A+, E of: ſº º (D do 5- tº CD º 2- O O 33 § c ſh- oë H & 5 - $ - % 5 3 O.3 : C * - C O ~.6 - d. ſº *H i) g 5 Cºnſ Q4 2 º - oſ) ºr cº §3. § 53 & § 5 Sºs a do § 0 35 p. * r-, § 3 ; © HP §2 º © q- P. 3.2 as 23 º ºr |3}º 3 || 3: $º 3: 33 || 3: 35 | 3: 3 || 3 || 3: . . . Gº || 3's sº § #5 5%. 5533' 35 | #3 #5 55 | #3 #3 55% 53 ||33 || 3 ||33 || 583 1876 to 1902. B-T | < * | * * > : 5t B: B: : : : 2, ºn- 24 || 2 || 2: Abbott, E. G. . . . . . . . . . 1900 . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 61.4 1 1. 1903 |The Conservative Treatment of Tuberculous Joints. Adams, C. G. . . . . . . . . . 1881 1896 14 | 1883 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1892 1889 |........ 77 38.5 9 5 |........|Typhoid Fever; Nephritis; Amenorrhea; Diphthe- ria; Theory and Practice; Bronchitis; Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis; The Non-Contagious- ness of Phthisis. - Alden, William . . . . . . 1880 | 1882 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e e s s e e º e s a e s : s , s a s a s e º e º e º ºs s : * * * * * * * * | * * * a s e s e 3 || 7.5 ! . . . . . . 1 | . . . . . . . . Baker, C. A. . . . . . . . . . . 1882 | 1894 13 | . . . . . . . . 1887 | . . . . . . . * I e º ºs e º ºs e e 1884 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 30.2 6 4. . Acute Peritonitis; The Treatment of Scarlatina; Some of the Therapeutic and Physiological Actions of Digitalis; Herpes Zoster; Remarks on *...º. sis—Its Causes, . Results and Treatment; Medical Treatment. Banks, C. E. . . . . . . . . . . 1878 1890 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e & m . * * * * * e s e i = * * * * * * i e i t t is e º 'º e a e º e º 'º e 7 38.8 1 1 |. . . . . . . . Cholera Infantum. . Bodge, J. P... . . . . . . . . . 1901 | . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * *. e s ] = * * * * * * * : e. e. e s = * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * 3 9.0 1 1 1904 Analysis of the Contents of the Stomach. Bowers, J. W. . . . . . . . . 1891 | . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . © º tº * : * * * * g º e s e s is e = * * * * * * * * * * * | * * e º e s is e 1894 | . . . . . . . . 56 || 49.1 3 3 1903 |Ophthalmia Neonatorum; Some Odd Things in Oph- thalmology; Some New Instruments. Bradford, W. H. . . . . , 1893 | . . . . . . 9 | 1897 1896 1895 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . © º º 1902 58 55.0 2 3 1902 |Diphtheria; Treatment of Morphine Habit. Bray, C. W. . . . . . . . . . . . 1876 . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * } e º is e s s = * : * * * * * * * * tº e º e a e s is e e s - a £ e i = a s a s e s sº 1899 22 22.5 1 3 1898 |Hysterical Diseases of the Joints. Brown, F. I. . . . . . . . . . . 1893 . . . . . . 9 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1899 17 | 22.3 4 3 1905 |Advance in the Practice of Medicine; Myxedema; Whooping Cough. Brooks, E. W. . . . . . . . . 1876 | 1883 7 1877 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº e i e s is a s is ºf f * * * * * * e e & e º ſº e s s a # s a s s = * * * : * ~ * * e s a s 47 45.6 3 3 .... Sleeplessness; Epilepsy; Post-Partum Hemorrhage; Alcohol in Disease. Brock, H. H... . . . . . . . . 1891 . . . . . . 11 | 1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '93–’97 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1898 41 || 36.3 3 3 1903 Appendicitis; Uterine Fibroid; Puerperal Eclampsia. Bucknam, R. W... .... 1899 |...... 3 | . . . . . . . . * : * * tº s º e º & I e g º ºs e º e º sº tº & & s s e e * * * * * * e s , s g c e s e º 'º s a e º e is e e 12 || 31.4 1 || 1 1903 |Placenta Previa and Accidental Hemorrhage. Buzzell, John... . . . . . . 1877 1890 12 1885 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gº º e is 75 27.7 5 5 . . . . . . . . Early Diagnosis of Pregnancy; Venesection; Treat- - ment of Eczema ; Hope as a Remedy in Disease; Chronic Prieumonia. Burr, C. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1902 . . . . . . 1 ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº º ſº I s & sº e s e s a e º sº tº a s e º tº dº & ſº tº tº * * * * * * * * * * * } e º e º a º ºs e 4 | 66.6 | . . . . . . © tº tº º ſº tº 1903 Cummings, G. H. . . . . . 1876 | 1888 10 | *77–278 ’77–278 . . . . . . . . ’76–’78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * : * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * 45 22.0 5 4 I. . . . . . . . Chronic Ulcer; Purpura. Hemorrhagica; Hemor- 13 rhoids; Treatment of Phthisis; Induction of Pre- mature Labor. - Cammett, William...] 1879 1888 9 1881 1885 1879 |........ ’80-'82 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 || 53.5 10 4tl . . . . . . . . Alcohol in Acute Asthenia, ; The Obstetric Use of Er- - got; Gout; Treatment of Pneumonia; Erysipelas; Treatment of Insomnia; Puerperal Septicemia; Stricture of the Urethra; Diagnosis of Foetal Posi- tion; Protection of the Perineum. Carter, F. H... . . . . . . . . 1882 | 1887 5 . . . . . . . . 1883 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº e º e I & e º º e º ºs e i e º e º is e a tº a e g º e º & 10 | 12.8 1 2 . . . . . . . .[Dyspepsia. Clark, F. C. . . . . . . . . . . . ; 1886 1892 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº @ ºf a s a º ºs e º 'º e º ºs I e g º e < * * * 12 9.0 1 2. . . . . . . . . Migraine. Connellan, J. W...... 1896 | . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 | 18.1 1 2 1903 Adenoids. - Cousins, W. L......... 1895 |. . . . . . 7 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1901 31 | 40.0 2 3 1902 |Appendicitis; A Review of Surgery. Clough, H. T. ......... 1896 | 1899 3 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * - º ºs º e s is e º 'º & e 19 57.5 1 2 . . . . . . . . . The Eye as an Index to General Health. Clymer, Ernest....... 1896 || 1897 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * g g tº £ tº ſº tº e ] e g º G tº & © tº e e º us e e s st tº º º 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * Chellis, E. O.......... 1901 | . . . . . . 1 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * @ is is I is º sº tº e º a 4 || < e s e s is s e I e s º e º 'º º ſº I s = º $ tº gº º e i e s e e s s e e 3 | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1903 Caswell, C. O. . . . . . . . . 1902 . . . . . . . 1 e tº e g = e i is a e º e º s = e s is e º is a s : * * * * g tº E & I e g is e º e º a e º is ſº e º & # 1 s is sº tº * & & e i e º ºs e a t < * 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1903 Crandall, C. R......... 1882 1887 5 . . . . . . . . * & © e º a s a º e s a se sº e º 'º e s e s : * * * * * * * * 1886 | . . . . . . . . gº tº a tº 30 || 38.4." 6 2 . . . . . . . . Ominous Symptoms in Typhoid Fever; Obscure Kid- ney Diseases; Dangers in Operative Surgery; Re- view of Surgery; Reflex Disturbances of the Heart ; & Diagnosis of Consumption in the First Stages. Davis, Freeman...... 1902 |...... 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * : * * * * * is e s ] e s is tº g tº ſº º 3 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1903 Devoii, Sarah W. . . . . 1879 1888 9 | 1881 | . . . . . . . . © º e s s e s = º º is as s e i º e g º a s g º is sº * • .... 1884 . . . . . . . . 95 || 61.6 6 4 . . . . . . . . Hygienic Value of Labor; Food for Infants; Preven- tion of Diseases of Women; Symptoms of Typhoid Fever; Study of the Therapeutic Value of Calomel; The Management of Pregnancy. 1904 Scarlatina; Typhoid Fever; Neuralgia; Chloral as an 2. 24 l &l= | * * > : Dudley, A. P.......... 1878 1882 4 | . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . Dana, W. L.... . . . . . . . . 1889 1897 8 1892 1891 Dyson, W. W.......... 1901 | . . . . . . 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davis, P. W. . . . . . . . . . . 1902 . . . . . . . 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dunn, B. F. . . . . . . . . . . . 1887 | . . . . . . 15 1891 1890 Driscoll, Daniel...... 1897 . . . . . . 5 i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emery, H. S........... 1898 | . . . . . . 4 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EWing, Maj. C. B. . . . . 1902 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fessenden, E. A...... 1893 1896 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foster, Thos. A....... 1877 | 1894 17 | 1884 | . . . . . . . . Foster, B. B... … 1877 . . . . . . 25 | 1889 . . . . . . . . Foster, C. W...... . . . . ; 1877 . . . . . . 25 ’81–’93 | 1880 Fellows, D. W........ 1878 .... . . 23 1882 ’80–’81 Files, Chas. O. . . . . . . . . 1876 1880 4 | 1876 . . . . . . . . . Fowler, E. W. . . . . . . . . 1901 i. . . . . . 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goodhue, R. F........ 1895 . . . . . . 7 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & Gilson, A. S. .......... 1896 | . . . . . . 6 1902 1902 Gardner, F. H. ....... 1895 | . . . . . . 7 | . . . . . . . . [- - - - - - - - Gehring, N. I. . . . . . . ...] 1902 . . . . . . . 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gilbert, F. H.......... 1902 . . . . . . . 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harris, H. S. T........ 1895 1899 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houston, J. A. . . . . . . . 1889 | 1889 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holt, C. L. ............ 1881 | 1889 9 |. . . . . . . . 1886 Holt, E. E. . . . . ........ 1876 . . . . . . . 26 | 1886 |........ Hersom, N. A......... 1877 1878 1 | . . . . . . .l. e tº e º sº e 4 *==| $ºº,: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * g - - - - - - - - * * * * * * * * 6 s is a g & s & 4 g e º gº º * * * * * * * * $ tº e º 'º º º e * * * * * * * g. tº dº e º e º ºs * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * § | 8 || 3 || 3 || 8 || # |#. ## H **, * > : .3 § | #g ; : 5 +2 © -: .C. c. P. © 45 &O §§ Q: 92 ū) (i) O 8 •- . © ; # 35 2. & . * . * ro 3rd 9 : G.) §: $ GD, C, $2.6 (i) cº GD F- 33 86; à || 3.3 || A4 p H = 3'- O H > * $3.3 3rº oš Q4 p E- ºf U2,-, A4 . O . C E = | #3 ſh- § 3 || 3:3 O CD - C ,2 £º . § 3 tº 94 Sp U} - 39 35 & $2,- £5 335 25 | # & 35 | E. g. 35 35 Fº 5& #33 || 6-3 || 5-d o & 5 || 5 § 3; §: ;: 5: ;: B: 24 || A z 2, | 3: * * * * * * * * : * * * * * * * * | * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 | 30.3 2 2 |........ s s a e s w = e º ºs e e s = < * * * * * * is s e s a H . & a e º e a sº e º sº e < * * * 54 || 46.9 5 8 . . . . . . ... p • e º e s a - a | * * * * * * * * | * * * * e = e s ] = • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 3 | . . . . . . 1 1. 1904 • e s - e. e. e. e. • * * * * * * * : * * * * e s a s e s a s s e s • e s s a " " * * 3 |:. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1903 e e is a s e º e 1889 i... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 | 57.7 3 5 1896 ’98–'91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * : *, * * * * * * * 40 || 70.9 2 2 1903 is º gº tº e º & © . * * * * * * * * 1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 || 41.8 1 2 1900 • * * * * * * * : * ~ * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * * s sº a sº a e : * * * * * * * * : * * tº ſº tº * * * * * * | * * * * * * i s e a s s a 1903 • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I e s is a e s e s & sº º ºs e a s a * * * * * * * * 1. * * * * * * : * * e s a e 1 * * * * * * * * • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1887 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 || 44.4 8 6 |........ * & a • & s º & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '93–’95 | . . . . . . . . . 150 47.3 5 9 1891 a a e e s s : * * * * * * * * | * g e s = e º e # * * * * * * * * | * * 151 || 38.3 9 9 '83-'92 |........ 1885 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 24.8 6 8 1898 • e s e = e e < 1 is e s s = e s a j e s a e s = • * j e s e s • * * * * * * * * * * * * 27 | 40.2 2 2 . . . . . . . . • * g a e s = < * * e º e s a s e i s sº e º a s a g : * * * g º º e s i e º º ºs s tº s & 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1903 * = c s s a s a = * * * * g e is s = e = e, e is a a e º 'º e = < e : * * * * * * * 18 || 25.6 2 2 1903 & e º 'º e g º & 1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 59.7 1 2 1902 s a s e a gº e a s = * * * * * * * * * * * * e s s j = e s e s a e i º ºs e º 'º & & 8 14 || 17.8 1’ 2 Ά * * * * * * s ſº i º e s is a e e e i s = e º 'º e is e I e g g is a sº e = . * * * * * * * * 3 |.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1903 ... ...|........| 1396 ||................|'' '' 7"| 29.1 |......' ' ' 'i' |...... . * * * * * * * * tº e º 'º e º º sº s sº e s e º sº gº is a g º e s is e . * * * * * * > * 6 || 30.0 [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº e º º sº e º 'º º º & s • * * * * * * * g º & e e e º 'º e a s a & & © tº e º 'º e 91 84.2 5 4 g tº e º ºs * * * * * * * * ’76–’80 | 1890 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 42.1 12 9 1911 * @ e e º 'º º e i s = e º º is is tº 2 |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * g. * * g e < * * * . |Apparent Hepatic Disease, TITLE OF THE PAPERS READ. Sick Headache; Erysipelas. Treatment of Abortion; Tubercular Arthritis: Ure- thral Stricture; Advances of Medicine; Anaesthet- iCS in Labor. •. . - Asthma. Acute Bright's Disease; Gastric Ulcer and Its Effect; Empyema and Diphtheria. Carbuncle; Jaundice. The Clinical Features of Croupous Pneumonia. Convulsions; Modus Operandi of Blood-Letting; Treatment of the Os in Labor; Pregnancy; The Standard of Health; Questions upon Prevéntive Medicines; Influenza; Medical Profession as Seen in London. Physician's Duties in Regard to Care of Children; Epileptic Mania; The Treatment of Syphilis; Ure: thral Instrumentation. - Anaesthetic ; Injury of the Heart and Treatment; Tonsilitis;. The Eliminative Treatment of Typhoid : ; After Death, What? Reported Case of Neu- raigia. Affections of the Fifth Nerve; Diseases of the Teeth; Chemistry of the Mouth; Fracture of the Jaws and their Treatment; The Present Status of Dental Sur- gery; Dental Caries in Children. - . Inflammation; Some of the Duties of Medical Wit- Il eSSéS. - Hysteria; Dyspepsia. Writer's Cramp. Chloroform in Labor, Normal or Abnormal. with Gastritis; Synovitis of the Knee Joint; Acute Bronchitis of Children; Reflex Influence; Aneurism of the Aorta. Diseases of the Ear, Cases I and II; Suppuration of the Middle Ear; Acute Disease of the Middle Ear; Practical Points in Eye Diseases; Catarrh and Its Results; Refraction of the Eye; Glass and Glasses; The Adjustment of the Eye in the Act of Vision; Muscles and Refraction of the Eye; Orbital Celluli. tis; Asepsis in Ophthalmology. * © g e t º 8 || 3 || || ||3: 's A4 's 5 * * § 3. § # 3; #: # 3 # * A. > H Þ +2 : -č § £g | * : ALPHABETICAL | 5 || 5 || 3 |5:33 º re: g & $5 O § § | 3 | | 3 | ##| 3: LIST OF N A M E S º º § 3 ; ; ; *. 3.3 ; § 5 3S 5 . 3 3 || 2 || || $g - - HE # # = ##5, #3 #3 #3 # 3 | # --> ăg | #; &# || 3 | ## | ** TITLE OF THE PAPERS READ. PoRTLAND MEDICAL & $3 5 #33 & #3 | #3 | #3 | #3 | # § #3 | #3 | #3 || 3 | #: *g . CLUB. E = | E3 ñº D.5 3: | dº o H = | dº | P: . & . § E? | #2 & & 5 s.3 cº wº * * a O.E. ** O º O O - C .d £º . Q- © gº GD 04 P. * gº 80 3 & £3. : Dºs 3 ºf p 3's § 5 ; , 3 : #5 §o g; © tº Q & 5 8– 8.3 d5 2 & 23 3 ||3: ºi 33 $23– 3.3 q2 : SD rº 92, º 23: 3 || 5 || 3: . Qrd $2; 80 53. 5ö 5; 5:53: 53 gs tºº tº 5 tº dº 5& 55 3 || 6 || || 3-d © 6 : is 3 & 1876 to 1902. ET || > | | * * > : ;: : 5t §: T | > 24 pi || 2 || 2 | : Hutchinson, Chas.... 1877 |...... 25 | 1879 . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . º e º 'º e e º f * * * * * * * * : * * * * * * * * I e e s is e s s a 179 52.8 9 9 1904 |Softening of the Spinal Cord; Fracture; Treatment of Pneumonia; Epistaxis; Diphtheria; The Use and Abuse of Forceps; Hemoptysis; Influenza; Results of the La Grippe. Kimball, I. E. ........ 1881 | 1888 7 | 1882 1882 1881 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 23.4 2 2 . . . . . . . . Cholera Infantum; Reported a Case of Burning. Kimball, W. H........ 1897 |...... 5 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1902 1899 tº º sº tº º e º 'º º e º a 27 37.8 - 2 2 1902 Headache; Cough. Kincaid, David....... 1878 || 1885 8 . . . . . . . . . tº tº tº dº is tº e º e º 'º e º º sº e i s º is a s a s a 1880 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 26.5 2 3 1. . . . . . . . Bronchitis; Gastric Ulcer. King, Alfred...... . . . . 1886 1893 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 1888 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1891 | . . . . . . . . 63 || 48.0 5 3 |... . . . . . Puerperal Septicemia; Inflated Pessary; Bacteria and Their Treatment; Thoracic Aneurism and Its Diagnosis; Four Days' Visit to Johns Hopkins Hos- pital. Keating, J. E. ........ 1897 . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . e ſº e s tº e e i s e e g º is a e 1902 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 32.1 2 2 1902 |Diabetes Mellitus; Burns. Kennison, W. B... .... 1900 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * tº e g º & gº & º & a tº tº e º & I º e = * * * * * 1901 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ** Libby, G. F. . . . . . . . . . . 1896 || 1900 6 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1900 | . . . . . . . . 1899 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * tº e º 'º º e g 34 | 68.0 1 2 . . . . . . . . Pupillary Action. rd, C. Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1896 || 1902 5 1902 1900 1899 . . . . . . . . ’97-’98 |... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº e tº e º 'º' 31 || 93.9 1 2 . . . . . . . . Lymphadenoma. Largerson, V. E....... 1899 || 1901 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g º º tº sº º $ tº & º is s & H is gº tº e s tº º º 5 41.6 1 1 1. . . . . . . Pernicious Anemia. Leighton, C. M.. . . . . . . 1899 | . . . . . . 4 tº e º 'º w is e º s ºr e ] tº e º ºs e º a gº i s m e is tº ſº º - || * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * | * s a s = * * * 14 || 29.5 1. 2 1902 |Smallpox. Little. A. H. .......... 899 | . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº º e º ºs e e º sº e º e I & e º e º e < e I e < * * * * * * 21 55.8 |...... 2 1902 merriiſ, H. P. . . . . . . . . . 1877 1899 12 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1877 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * - || $ tº a tº e º & g ſº tº e º g g g g º º is a 58 27.6 6 5 1. . . . . . . . Puerperal Disease; Reported a Case; Puerperal Con- vulsions; Management of Retained Placenta; Puer- peral Convulsions; Intussusception. Meserve, A. K. P. .... 1884 || 1900 6 1888 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tº e º ºs ºs e º e I e º e º e s a s & © tº 1886 . . . . . . . . 57 56.4 2 2 . . . . . . . . Surgical Dressing and Treatment of Wounds; Embol- | ISDOl. McDonough, E. J..... 1893 . . . . . . 9 1901 | . . . . . . . * | * * * * * * * s tº gº e º ºs º º | * * * * * * * * 1898 1896 | . . . . . . . . 46 51.7 2 3 1902 |Delirium Tremense; Coma. Malone, F. P. . . . . . . . . . 1899 . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • I • * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * - I - - - - - - - - | * * * * * * tº e s = < * g e º & 9 || 15.3 1 2 1902 Smallpox. Moulton, W. B. . . . . . . . 1885 | 1899 14 . . . . . . . . 1892 1891 | . . . . . . . . 1886 |... * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * g. b8 . 28.8 5 5 1. . . . . . . . tºº of the Eye; Ophthalmia Neonatorum; Orbital. - jellulitis; Abscess of the Lachrymal Sac ; Astheno- - Pla. - Marshall, N. M........ 1889 |...... 14 | 1896 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1891 l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [........ 95 58.7 2 5 1894 *; and Antisepsis in General Practice; Appen- CITGIS, McAleney, J. L. . . . . . . 1899 . . . . . . 3 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9.0 1 2 1902 [Chorea. Merrill, H. P., Jr......| 1902 |...... 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 | 1903 Mitchell, Alfred, jr. ișoi |...... 1 |.......|........|........|........|........|........|........|........ 3 |... . . . . . . . . . . 1 || 1903 Nickerson. H. M. ..... 1890 | . . . . . . 12 | . . . . . . . . 1894 1893 | . . . . . . . . 1892 |'91-'3–’5| 1899 | . . . . . . . . 57 | 40.0 2 4. 1903 Tonsilitis; Cerebral Paralysis. O'Neil, J. B. . . . . . . . . . 1887 | . . . . . . 15 ! . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * g º e º is a e s e º a º 1888 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 || 32.7 5 6 1902 |Diagnosis of Diseases of the Kidneys; Pneumonia; * Prolapse of the Funis; Cardiac Diseases in Preg- lº nancy; Differentiation of Sex. Palmer, Sarah E...... 1881 1886 6 | . . . . . . . . 1882 1882 | . . . . . . . . 1883 I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 3 3 . . . . . . . . Re º a Case; Anatomy of the Mammary Gland; OOCS. - Pudor, G. A. . . . . . . . . . . 1892 |. . . . . 10 ! . . . . . tº e º tº tº e º s = e s : s is e s = e º s i e i s m e º a s 1893 1894 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 39.1 1 4 1894 |Acne. - Patterson, H. J. ...... 1891 | . . . . . . 11 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * e e º 'º a s & sº s & e º ºs e s & tº sº g º e s a s , s e º s sº e s s º * * * * * * * 1902 46 || 36.0 2 4 1896 |Ovarian Displacement; Empyema. Pond, Arlington...... 1900 1901 1 . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * s e º is a e : * * * * * * * * tº gº dº ſº e º 'º º 1 |......l......l......l........ Pond, E. A. . . . . . . . . . . . 1895 1897 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s & e g º e s a e º 'º º s e s s tº º e º 'º tº 2 |...... • * * * * * | * * * * * * | * * * . . . . . Pingree, H. A. s sº * * * * * g ſº 1902 e s ºf e & 1. e is a e s e º e I e e s tº e e º e ] = • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * s e s = • , s \ , e. e. e. e. e s a * * * * * * * * | * * e s e º 'º a 1 e tº a * * * & ſº tº a tº º 1903 - Rogers, O. P. . . . . . . ... 1894 | 1895 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . . tº ſº e º e º gº tº s e º º e º e g º º º & * 6 s º e º ºs e I e º 'º e s = e s ] e a e º 'º e s p e º e s e < e s 3 |...... © tº y º gº º 3 |... . . . . . Rogers, J. K. 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Post-Partum Hemorrhage; Diseases of the Liver. 1896. 7 . . . . . . . . 1893 1892 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " * I w e s e s - e. e. 40 || 54.0 3 3 | . . . . . . . . Ureters; Uterine Fistula; Extra Uterine Pregnancy. 1883 3 |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * I • * * * * * * * : * * * * * * * * 1882 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 56.7 1. 1 | . . . . . . . . Sexual Debility. f 1894 8 1890 1889 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * 1889 . . . . . . . . 97 || 69.7 2 3 . . . . . . . . Cremation; History, Causation, Symptoms and Diag- nosis of Typhoid ever. * * * * * e 4 . . . . . . . . . 1901 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 29.6 1. 2 1902 |Appendicitis. e e º - w tº 8 1899 1898 1897 |........ 1896 |... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 i 50.5 2 3 1902 |Stricture; Surgical Treatment of Nasal Catarrh. 1891 7 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e i e < * * * * * v i º e º a s a • ‘º H = * * * * * e e i e º e s e ... 1890 . . . . . . . 58 44.9 4 3 |........ Perforating Ulcer of the Intestines; Aortic Aneurism; Labor; Precipitate Labor. -- - 1896 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 | . . . . . . e tº a e º e 1 | . . . . . . . . - tº ºr - - - - 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1901 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 | 60.4 1. 2 1902 |The Treatment of Asthma. • * * * * * 9 1898 1897 1896 |........ 1895 | . . . . . . . . . 1902 . . . . . . . . . . 60 | 60.8 3 3 1903 º Catarrh of Infancy; Pie and Progress; Life ſ\SUllºa DC6, - * * * ~ * > 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1885 | . . . . . . . . . 1887 | . . . . . . . . . 95 || 48.4 9 5 1913 Lesions of the Sciatic Nerve; Facial Paralysis; Phle- bitis; Acute Catarrhal Laryngitis: Hemiplegia, Prog- nosis of; Some Forms of Reflex Neurosis; Typhoid Fever; infantié Septicemia; Some Points in Mod— ern Therapeutics. - - * * * * ~ * 25 | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1888 '92–'97 | . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . 11 9 1907 |Ptosis; Facial Paralysis; Detachment of the Retina; Pension Cases; The Eye in Bright's Disease; Koch’s Method of Tuberculosis of the Eye; Diseases of the Nose and Throat and their Connections with the Eye and Ear; Advice to Recently Graduated Physi- Cians; Ophthalmology; Accidents Liable to Occur during Nasopharyngeal Manipulations. * * * * * * 17 | . . . . . . . . 1888 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1887 |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 || 54.8 5 6 1902 |Cholagogues; Some Forms of Dyspepsia; The Thera- - peutics of Gynecology; Hip Joint Diseases; Pros- tatic º: tº º ºr e º 'º' 9 | 1895 |........ 1894 |. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] 56 53.8 5 4 1904 |One Hundred Cases of Pneumonia; Appendicitis; * Gynecology; Obstetrical Experiences; Drug Poison- : 1Ing. * . . . . - e a e - e. e. 14 1894 |:....... [........ ........ 1890 |... . . . . . . . . . . . . '96'98'01 118 || 67.2 5 5 1903 |Softening of the Brain; Germs; Theory and Practice * , of Medicine; Neuritis; Therapeutic Faith. * * ~ * ~ * r , 11 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 9.8 3. 4 1902 |Scarlet Fever; Pleurisy and Effusion; Conservatism - in Use of Curette after Miscarriage. - . . e s - - * * 2 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 | 62.5 1 1 1904 |Diazo Reaction in Private Practice. -- 1882 4 | . . . . . . . . 1878. 1878 . . . . . * - in s • * * * * * * i = e s = e s a W - - - 4 º' tº e s \ º e = * * * * * 16 28.5 2 2. l. . . . . . . . Pelvic Abscess; ; s s e - - © 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....]. . . . . . . . 7 || 31.3 1. 1 . . . . . . . . ºś" e Spanish-American War. e - © - © tº 2 : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 || 2.8 1 1 #: The Legal and Medical View of Insanity. g & © ºr a º 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03 s & 4 - a tº 23 '80–’87 |........!........ [........ 1881 '89-'00 |........ ........ 200 58.3 14 8 1918 The Treatment of Occiput Posterior Positions; A Study of Differential Diagnosis; Senile Hypertrophy of the Prostate; Typhoid Fever; The Diagnosis and Treatment of Dermatitis; The Analysis of One Hun- dred and Fifty Cases of Labor; Synopsis of Two Cases of Death from Brain Disease in Children; Re- view in Obstetries; Version Versus High Forceps; Use of Ergot in Labor; The Rise and Progress in Obstetrics; Axis Traction Forceps; Treatment of Abortion; A Review of Obstetrics. 9 In a few instances the attendance is not Dr. W. L. Dana, 1891 exact, for some of the secretaries did not give “ W. B. Moulton, | the names of all those who attended, only the “ W. B. Moulton number, and those who did not take part in “ T. D Sullivan, | 1892 the meeting sufficient to cause the secretar { % ſº to mention his name fail to get credited . € $ # º sº, | 1893 attendance, but the few instances in which . . . . º this occurs in the records does not invalidate . H. M. Nickerson, | 1894 the statistics collected on attendance. w H. F. Twitchell, The records show that two of the original “ H. F. Twitchell, | 1895 members, Drs. C. W. Bray and E. E. Holt, “ W. H. Bradford, ſº are still members of the club, and we have “ W. H. Bradford, with us tonight two more of the original “ F. W. Searle, | 1896 members, Drs. G. H. Cummings and C. Q. ... F. W. Searle Files. Dr. E. W. Brooks, one of the origi- .. O. P 'Smith 2 1897 nal members, died in 1885. The remaining .. o, p. Smi i. original member, Dr. C. A. Ring, is in active .. H. H. i. | 1898 practice in the city. . . ; ſº, The following have served as president 6 H. H. Brock, (1899 of the club for a year, and each was host of “ 9. Y. Lord, the annual meeting until 1899, when the club “ C. Y. Lord, 1900 itself assumed that function : “ Geo. F. Libby, | Dr. T. A. Foster, 1884 * R. D. Small, (1901 “ John Buzzell, 1885 * A. S. Gilson, “ E. E. Holt, 1886 * A §: Gilson't 1902 “ S. P. Warren, 1887 “ N. W. R. Straw, 4% #. #. Mºre #: The following have served as secretary of “ B. B. Foster, the club : . . . . 1. Dr. E. E. Holt, 1876–1880 6 & w i. tº. 1892 “ D. A. Kincaid, As- « C. w. º, 1893 sistant Secretary, 1878–1879 * A. S. Thayer, 1894 “ Wm. Cammett, As- “ H. F. Twitchell 1895 . sistant Secretary, 1880 “ N. M. Marsh ii. 1896 “ Stanley P. Warren, 1881 ... w. H . . ă, 1897 “ Wm. Stephenson, 1882 « F, w ś º Ord, 1898 “ Sarah E. Palmer, 1883 “ o. B 's." 1899 “ C. A. Baker, 1884 “ H. H. Brock, 1900 ... º. ii. : º, ºn “ John F. Thompson, 1887 . . . º. | 1902 “ J. B. O'Neil, 1888 A. S. Gilson, “ B. F. Dunn, 1889 * {} g “ Addison S. Thayer, 1890 The following have served as vice-presi- « N. M. Marshall, 1891 dents: R “ H. M. Nickerson, 1892 Dr. H. P. Merrill, 1885 “ G. A. Pudor, 1893 “ Wm. Cammett, 1886 “ W. H. Bradford, 1894 Wºº . . . . ; ( & t KG . P. Smith, Wºº, | 1887 * C. Y. Lord, 1897–1898 “ J. F. Th 9 “ Geo. F. Libby, 1899 * Alfred º | 1888 “ A. S. Gilson, 1900 £, “ N. W. R. Straw, 1901 “ F. E. Small, 1889 “ W. H. Kimball, 1902 “ Wm. Rynne, The following h d f “ B. F. Dunn e following have served as treasurer o ... º. 1890 the club : f Dr. Gilson served as president for the whole year and was elected president on the death of the president, Dr. *Unable to serve on account of sickness and died May C. Y. Lord X. º OT e - 12, 1902. Dr. Geo. H. Cummings, 1876–1879 “ Wm. Rynne, 1880–1882 “ D. W. Fellows, 1883–1892 “ H. H. Brock, 1898–1897 “ Daniel Driscoll, 1898–1901 “ J. E. Keating, 1902 The following have served as poet of the club : - - - 1884 Dr. Sarah W. Devoll, “ D. W. Fellows, 1885. “ C. R. Crandall, 1886 “ T. A. Foster, 1887 “ James A. Spalding, 1888 “ S. P. Warren, 1889 “ E. E. Holt, 1890 “ H. M. Nickerson, 1891 “ C. G. Adams, 1892 “ H. M. Nickerson, 1893 “ G.; A. Pudor, 1894 “ B. B. Foster, 1895 “ H. M. Nickerson, 1896 “ H. S. F. Harris, 1897 “ E. J. McDonough, 1898 “ W. H. Kimball, 1899 “ S. P. Warren, 1900 “ W. B. Kennison, 1901 “ B. F. Dunn, 1902 The following have served as orator of the club : * 'Dr. James A. Spalding, 1885 “ A. K. P. Meserve, 1886 “ George B. Swasey, 1887 “ F. E. Small, 1888 “. C. G. Adams, 1889 “ C. D. Smith, 1890 “ Alfred King, 1891 “ James A. Spalding, 1892 “ B. B. Foster, 1893 “ J. W. Bowers, 1894 “ B. B. Foster, 1895 “ E. J. McDonough, 1896 “ James A. Spalding, 1897 “ J. K. P. Rogers, 1898 “ H. M. Nickerson, 1899 “ H. S. Emery, 1900 “ A. S. Thayer, 1901 “ F. W. Searle, 1902 The following have served on the board of censors: A. S. Thayer, H. H. Brock, E. J. McDonough, E. J. McDonough, C. W. Bray, F. I. Brown, A. S. Thayer, W. L. Cousins, J. B. O'Neil, | 1896–1898 | 1899–1900 | 1901 W. H. Bradford, H. J. Patterson, C. M. Leighton, Assuming that all the meetings were held when the club met twice a month with the five conversazione held before 1893, there would have been 293 meetings during the first sixteen years, and since it met once a month for ten years with the conversaziones and the semi-annual reviews, 110 meetings, making 403 possible meetings, but from various causes 13 meetings were not held, so that if any member had attended all the meetings of the club he would have had an attendance of about three hundred ninety. The careful perusal of the records shows that the highest attendance of any one mem- ber was 200, and Dr. S. P. Warren has the honor of being that member. Dr. Charles Hutchinson comes next in the highest attend- ance, having been present at 179 meetings. 1902 Dr. E. E. Holt attended 165 meetings. “ C. W. Foster “ 151 “ “ B. B. Foster “ 150 “ “ T. A. Foster “ 124 “ “ Addison S. Thayer “ 118 “ “ B. F. Dunn “ 117 “ “ F. E. Small 6% 97 “ “ Sarah W. Devoll 6% 95 44 “ N. M. Marshall 46 95 “ “ G. B. Swasey 6 4. 95 “ It must not be assumed that the larger attendance of any older member proves that he was the most constant in attendance, for an inspection of the attendance shows that for the length of membership other members have attended a larger proportion of meet- ings and have a much higher percentage of attendance, as an inspection of the twelve highest per cent. of attendance shows that only one of the twelve largest attendance appears in the list, as follows: Dr. C. Y. Lord had 93.9 per cent. “ C. L. Holt . “ 84.2 “ “ I. W. Starbird “ 74.1 “ “ D. Driscoll “ 70.9 “ “ F. E. Small : “ 69.7 “ “ G. F. Libby “ 68 66 “ N. Shannon “ 67.6 “ “ A. S. Thayer “ 67.2 “ “ C. R. Burr “ 66.6 “ “ W. E. Tobie “ 62.5 “ “ Sarah W. Devoll “ 61.6 “ “ F. W. Searle “ 60.8 “ Too much stress cannot be put upon the duty of every member attending all the meetings he possibly can, for regular attend- ance begets interest in the work of the club 11 and makes the meetings more valuable to all who belong to it. . The following thirteen have died : Drs. C. G. Adams, E. W. Brooks, John Buzzell, C. R. Crandall, W. L. Dana, E. A. Fessen- den, Fred C. Clark, T. A. Foster, N. A. Hersom, C. Y. Lord, N. Shannon, H. N. Small, F. A. Stanley. Of these Dr. T. A. Foster is remembered as perhaps the most active in the welfare of the club. In my diary I find the following, written soon after his death: “There is no time in a person's life more important than when he is preparing himself for his chosen calling, except possibly when he begins its duties. It is at this time he remembers a kind word and a kind act. The death of Dr. Foster calls to memory my early ac- quaintance with him and the great interest he took in the Portland Medical Club. He had climbed the hill of adversity himself and there- fore knew what words of cheer and encour- agement meant to those who were pursuing a similar course. He was ever ready to give counsel and advice to the young physician and to assist him in any way he was able. His sympathy for his patient was such that he was often indifferent about compensation for his services, hence a large part of his services were given to the poor, who recog- nized in him not only the true physician, but the true friend and benefactor. Not long since I was called to his bedside to relieve him of a little discomfort. He was cheerful and calmly waiting for the end, with a resignation characteristic of all his reason- ings upon that “country from whose bourne no traveler returns.’” The following are the names of thirty-two who are living and who were once members of the Portland Medical Club, but are not InOW . Alden, Wm. Kincaid, D. A. Banks, C. E. Libby, Geo. F. Baker, C. A. Largerson, W. E. Carter, F. H. Moulton, W. B. Merrill, H. P. Meserve, A. K. P. Palmer, Sarah Ellen Clymer, Ernest Cammett, Wm. Clough, H. T. Cummings, G. H. Pond, E. A. Devol], Sarah W. Rogers, O. P. Dudley, A. P. Ring, C. A. Files, C. O. Rynne, Wm. Harris, H. S. T. Starbird, I. W. Houston, J. Sullivan, T. D. Holt, C. L. Small, F. E. Kimball, I. E. Stephenson, Wm. King, Alfred Watkins, V. (Hon.) Twenty of these do not now practice med- icine in the city. As there could have been a possible attendance of three hundred ninety, that number of papers could have been read, including the reporting of cases as a basis for a paper. We find, however, that the records show that 285 papers have been read and a large number of miscellaneous cases have been reported and discussed. The subjects of these papers and reports of cases have included every department of medicine and surgery. Typhoid fever takes the lead, it having been considered ten times. Diphtheria was the subject for seven papers; appendicitis for five papers; puerperal eclamp- sia and urethral stricture each for four papers; aortic aneurism, erysipelas, influenza, phthi- sis and scarlatina each for three papers; asthma, cholera infantum, orbital cellulitis, true croup, dyspepsia, ear diseases, refraction of the eye, goitre, gynecology, hemoptysis, labor in pregnancy, advances in medicine, ophthalmia neonatorum, review of obstetrics, treatment of the perineum, management of pregnancy, facial paralysis, puerperal septi- cemia, and review of surgery each was the subject for two papers. This makes twenty- eight subjects that were treated by two or more papers, leaving two hundred and twenty- six subjects that were treated but once by a paper, making in all two hundred and fifty- four different subjects for the two hundred and eighty-five papers. As there have been a great many more miscellaneous cases re- ported than papers read, it may be safe to say that a thousand different cases and sub- jects in medicine and surgery have been con- sidered by the members of this club in the meetings held during the past twenty-six years. The largest number of papers read by any one member was fourteen, and Dr. S. P. Warren has the honor of being that member. Dr. E. E. Holt read twelve papers. Dr. J. A. Spalding read eleven papers. Dr. Cammett read ten papers. Drs. Chas. Hutchinson, G. B. Swasey, C. G. Adams and C. W. Foster each read nine papers. . Dr. T. A. Foster read eight papers. Dr. Wm. Rynne read seven papers. Drs. C. R. Crandall, H. P. Merrill, Sarah W. Devoll, D. W. Fellows, C. A. Baker each read six papers. - Drs. W. B. Moulton, J. B. O’Neil, J. F. Thompson, H. F. Twitchell, G. H. Cummings, B. B. Foster, Addison S. Thayer, Alfred King, C. L. Holt, W. L. Dana and John Buzzell each read five papers. Drs. F. I. Brown, C. D. Smith and N. Shannon each read four papers. 12 Drs. S. B. Thombs, H. H. Brock, J. W. Bowers, B. F. Dunn, Sarah Ellen Palmer, E. W. Brooks and F. W. Searle each read three papers. . Drs. A. K. P. Meserve, H. M. Nicker- son, H. J. Patterson, J. E. Keating, W. L. Cousins, Daniel Driscoll, R. F. Goodhue, E. J. McDonough, W. H. Bradford, A. S. Gil- son, O. P. Smith, N. M. Marshall, A. P. Dudley, C. O. Files, C. A. Ring, I. W. Star- bird, F. E. Small, T. D. Sullivan, D. M. Tol- ford, D. A. Kincaid, I. E. Kimball each read two papers. Drs. F. P. Malone, C. W. Bray, W. H. Kimball, J. L. McAleney, G. A. Pudor, R. D. Small, W. W. Dyson, J. P. Bodge, E. G. Abbott, R. W. Bucknam, J. W. Connellan, H. S. Emery, F. H. Gardner, W. E. Tobie, C. B. Witherle, J. K. P. Rogers, N. W. R. Straw, F. H. Carter, C. E. Banks, G. F. Libby, Wm. Stephenson, Victor Watkins, F. E. Clark, C. Y. Lord and H. T. Clough each read one paper. The records show that the following are members of the club, but do not show that they have read a paper: Drs. Alfred Mitchell, C. R. Burr, A. H. Little, C. M. Leighton, W. D. Williamson, C. O. Caswell, H. P. Merrill, Jr., P. W. Davis, E. W. Fowler, N. I. Gehring, E. O. Chellis, H. A. Pingree, Maj. C. B. Ewing, W. B. Kennison, F. H. Gilbert, Freeman Davis. The total years of membership of the club is 791. When the length of membership is less than the number of years between when it began and ended it indicates loss of time for non-attendance. If this is divided by 110, the number of members, it gives an aver- age length of membership of 7.2 years; if divided by 26, the number of years the club has existed, it gives 80 the average member- ship, and if divided by 285, the number of papers read, it gives 2.8 the frequency in years that each member should have read a paper. The number of attendance is 4,295, and if this is divided by 390, the number of meetings held, it gives 11 the average number attend- ing each meeting for the twenty-six years. If we take as a standard that each mem- ber should have read a paper once in 2.8 years, the following should have read the papers they did read and another paper, in the year following their respective names. Dr. C. W. Bray, 1898 “ B. F. Dunn, 1896 “ H. S. Emery, 1900 “ B. B. Foster, 1891 “ N. M. Marshall, 1894 “ G. A. Pudor, 1894 Dr. H. J. Patterson, 1896 “ J. K. P. Rogers, 1898 “ D. W. Fellows, 1898 There are a number of members due to read a paper in 1902, 1903, and 1904. According to the same standard the fol- lowing have read papers in excess of the re- quirement, and therefore have papers to their credit and need not read another paper until the year following their respective names. Dr. E. E. Holt, 1911 “ J. A. Spalding, 1907 “ G. B. Swasey, 1913 “ S. P. Warren, 1918 At the present and prospective member- ship of the club, with the number of meetings to be held in each year, it will not be neces- sary for a member to read a paper so often as it has been done in the past, when the average membership was only thirty, and a part of the time there were more meetings during the year. This will give to each member sufficient time to prepare a paper, so that he will be able to give its title whenever it is his duty to read a paper, and it can be published in the annual program. At this anniversary the club numbers six- ty-five members, and therefore is the largest and oldest medical club in the state. It has reached its manhood, and membership in it should mean a good deal to all who possess it. There are some things in the working of the club that should be remedied and I have no doubt they will be in due time. The records should be kept so that, when the statistics are made up for any future anniversary, they will be accessible, accurate and readily calculated for the occasion. A book for statistics should be devised, giving a correct form for each secretary at the close of the year to transfer his statistics of the club for that year. The Constitution and By-Laws should be transcribed into a separate book, and every- ..one who is entitled to membership should sign them. It would make the statistics more complete if, when each one writes his name, he would also give in figures the year he was born and the year in which he was elected a member, then when his membership ceases by death or otherwise this year may be written, and the records will be more com- plete and satisfactory for reference. As the records have been kept it has re- quired a good deal of time and patience to secure the statistics herewith presented. The labor has been lightened, however, by the renewal of So many pleasant associations, in calling to memory what was said and done at so many different meetings of the club 13 when those were present and took an active part who are now gone forever. The work should be divided and propor- tioned among the members as equally as pos- sible, and each one should feel that he has a work to perform. The time has come when the subject of the essayist should be announced in the annual program, so that each member will have plenty of time to consider the subject, and be pre- pared to discuss it more intelligently, for it is the prepared discussions, involving time and research, that count for more than anything else in any society of men. Journals, re- prints and books may treat a subject in a masterly manner, but they do not and cannot clarify a subject and impress it upon the minds of men like a prepared, animated, and critical discussion of it. Therefore this club should spare no pains to make this part of its proceedings of the highest efficiency. With its present membership, which is likely to increase, and with the attendance that should take place from well-prepared discussions, few offices or private houses are large enough to accommodate all the members who would attend. Therefore the time has come when it is necessary to have a perma- ment place for meeting, a home for the Port- land Medical Club. This can be secured if each member of this club will do his part towards accomplishing that desired end. With united, earnest work to obtain this home, success will surely crown our efforts. The thing for each individual member of this club to consider is, whether it is right and proper that it should have a home, and when this is decided in the affirmative, action by the club as a whole ought to accomplish the desired result. With a permanent home, there is no one thing of more importance than a library, and with a suitable place this would necessarily follow. This year we had the pleasure of listening to the most important oration ever delivered before a medical audience in this state, the annual oration on “Medical Libraries,” de- livered before the Maine Medical Associa- tion, June 6, 1902, by Dr. James R. Chad- wick, of Boston. The wisdom displayed in that address en- titles Dr. Chadwick to be called venerable in the knowledge acquired and presented upon that subject, although he referred facetiously to an instance where he had been designated as such. All who heard him or have read that oration must be convinced that Dr. Chadwick has made a great personal sacri. fice of time and labor for the benefit of com- mon humanity, which experience enabled him to treat the subject in such a masterly man- In&I’. The suggestions made and the assistance offered for our special benefit here in Port- land should take deep root with every man who has the true interests of the medical profession at heart, and they should unite w8 in such a concerted action that success would immediately follow our efforts. Listen to his words of wisdom. “I am told that your condition with re- gard to medical books here is much the same as that which pertained in Boston twenty- seven years ago, when we inaugurated the movement for the formation of the Boston Medical Library. Several societies and cor- porate bodies had collections of books, for the most part inaccessible, all of them antiquated. So you have several collections which could, if combined, be made a very respectable nu- cleus of a library.” Think of it, gentlemen of the Portland Medical Club, that owr conditions here are much the same as obtained in Boston twenty- seven years ago, according to this sage of the magnificent Boston Medical Library of today, and what inference can you draw but that if we put forth the same effort that was manifested by the medical profession ân Boston, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH A CoRRE- SPONDING RESULT to that which has been accomplished there ! - To secure this grand result we need a med- ical home, a building in which all true phy- sicians may have an interest, and in which all medical Societies may meet at stated times, with as much freedom and retirement as they now meet elsewhere. Many of the members of this club, as now constituted, were born not far from the time when it was founded, and it is to you, gentle- men, that this home means so much, but it is equally incumbent upon each and every one to do all in his power to realize what this sage of the Boston Medical Library has pointed out to us can be done HERE IN our MIDST if the efforts of the medical profession are united to secure this medical home, in which we can have a magnificent library long before the Portland Medical Club will have occasion to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. ANNIVERS ARY POEM. Portland NMedical Club---1876-19C 2. By B. F. DuNN, M. D. Twenty-six years ago this club was born; On the fourth of December was its natal morn. At first it was a stunted little child, Like a grape vine, or a waif, running wild. It took its nourishment from sound, wise heads, And slept many a night on thorny beds, Until it reached its seventh year, And had its permanent teeth cut clear. And then it began to chew for itself, And ate its meals from off the shelf. It thickened up, grew strong and stout, When its parents were willing to let it out. The air was invigorating, its limbs were strong, And it was able to take other members along, Whose nourishing viands increased its strength, And it grew apace, in breadth and length. As time went on, and years rolled by, Some of its parents were called to die. Their influence is felt to the present day, And will grow and grow, thro’ time, and for aye, To-night we celebrate its twenty-sixth year; To many its memories seem very dear; It is strong and environed with men of ambition, Who will surely not let it die of inanition. Our invited guests, we welcome you; You've been our friends, tried and true. 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