LXXXII. Report of Columbia County Medical Society. Organized 1864. Embraces the counties of Columbia and Greene. Annual meeting, first Tuesday in October. Semi-annual meeting, second Tuesday in May. OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, 1871. Officers. President.-Dr. T. T. Calkins. Vice-President.--Dr. D. Warren. Treasurer.-Dr. A. P. Cook. Censors. Drs. Peck, Barnes and C. P. Cook. Delegates to the State Medical Society.-Drs. Wright II. Barnes and Philip W. Mull. Delegate to American Institute of IIomœopathy.-Dr. W. H. Barnes. Members. Dr. Abijah P. Cook, 111 Warren street, Hudson, Columbia county. Chas. P. Cook, 66 Thomas T. Calkins, 272 E. Holly, Philip W. Mull, Ghent, Columbia county. J. H. Green, James Greene, Kinderhook, James F. Philips, Claverack, S. E. Calkins, Athens, Greene county. J. S. Phillips, Catskill, O. J. Peck, North Chatham, Columbia county. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMI-ANNUAL AND ANNUAL MEETINGS. Semi-annual Meeting. The semi-annual meeting of the Columbia County Homoeopathic Medical Society was held at the village of Chatham, Tuesday, May 10, 1870, at ten o'clock A. M. The meeting was called to order by the president, Dr. W. H. Barnes. After the reading and approval of the minutes of the annual meeting, the names of Dr. Oliver J. Peck, of North Chatham, and Dr. Dwight Warren, of Spencertown, were presented to the society for membership, and were unanimously elected. Dr. Barnes presented to the members of the society a patient that had long suffered from periostitis, resulting in caries of the femor and tibia, which he had successfully treated by calcii chloridum, prepared by dropping bits of marble into hydrochloric acid until effervescence ceased; dose, two drops twice per day. Dr. Barnes also gave an interesting account of death resulting from chloroform, administered preliminary to amputation of a leg. This led to a general discussion on the subject of anæsthetics. Dr. Horton stated that he had used chloroform successfully for many years, to mitigate the pains of childbirth. Dr. A. P. Cook said he had never found it necessary for that purpose, and thought it should be used with great caution. Others expressed the same opinion. Dr. Warren said he had used it in labor without any unpleasant results. Dr. Green gave a very favorable account of his experience in the use of svapnia, in all cases where an anodyne was indicated, finding it far preferable to other preparations of opium. Dr. A. P. Cook then gave a very interesting account of the circumstances which led him to embrace homoeopathy. Drs. A. P. Cook, T. T. Calkins and W. H. Barnes, were appointed a committee to collect statistics for the purpose of reporting a history of the introduction and progress of homoeopathy in Columbia county. The meeting was well attended, nearly all of the members being present, and all taking part in the discussions. The society was organized in 1861, with seven members, and owing to their being widely scattered over the county, for several years after its organization so few attended, that but little interest was maintained; but recently the society has doubled its original membership; a spirit of interest and energy seems to prevail, which augurs well for its future usefulness and prosperity. At two o'clock the president invited the members to a bountiful dinner which he had provided for the occasion, and which was partaken of, by no means, in homoeopathic doses. After dinner the society again assembled and spent an hour in the discussion of various medical topics, participated in by all, being exceedingly interesting and profitable; and after an expression of thanks to Dr. and Mrs. Barnes, for their hospitality, the society adjourned to meet in October. Annual Meeting. The tenth annual meeting of the Homoeopathic Medical Society of Columbia county, was held at the office of Dr. Calkins in the city of Hudson, October 31, 1871. Dr. W. H. Barnes, of Chatham, was appointed chairman, in the absence of the presiding officer. After the reading and approval of minutes of the semi-annual meeting, Dr. Barnes called the attention of the society to the unusual prevalence of intermittent fever, which led to a general and interesting discussion on its causes and treatment. Dr. T. T. Calkins presented before the society, two patients, soliciting the opinion and suggestions of the medical gentlemen present; one a case of congenital tumor upon the spine of a little boy, the other an extensively ulcerated leg. The society then proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year. Drs. A. P. Cook, P. W. Mull, and D. Warren were elected delegates to the laying of the corner stone of the Hahnemann Hospital of New York city. The society then adjourned to meet at the office of Dr. P. W. Mull, at Ghent, the second Tuesday in May, 1872. LXXXIII. Report of the Dutchess County Medical Society. Organized 1861. Annual meeting first Tuesday in October. Semi-annual meeting first Tuesday in April. OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, 1871. Officers. President.-Dr. I. S. P. Lord. Secretary and Treasurer.-Dr. Henry N. Avery. Medical Committees. Surgery.-Dr. H. N. Avery. Pathology. Dr. I. S. P. Lord. Diseases of Women.-Dr. John Hornby. Diseases of Children.-Dr. Benjamin Lansing. Honorary Member. Dr. H. M. Paine, of Albany. Members. Dr. Asa P. Hall, corner Noxon and Academy sts., Poughkeepsie. Dr. Benjamin Lansing, Rhinebeck. Ephraim Case, Clinton Corners.. Palmer R. Lowrey, La Fayetteville. G. B. I. Mitchell, Fishkill. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Dutchess County Homœopathic Medical Society was held at the residence of Dr. H. N. Avery, Poughkeepsie, Öctober 10, 1871. The members present occupied several hours in an interchange of opinions upon the prevailing diseases, and giving the benefits of each others' experience. The society is in a flourishing condition. The Poughkeepsie dispensary has treated a large number of patients during the past year, and performed a great, amount of ser vice. LXXXIV. Report of the Erie County Medical Society. Organized December 14, 1859. Annual meeting held at Buffalo the first Wednesday in January; quarterly meetings on the first Wednesday in April, July and October. Special meetings convened upon call of the president, or by written petition of five members stating object of the meeting. OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, 1871. Officers. President.-Dr. G. W. Lewis. Vice-President.-Dr. E. G. Cook. Secretary and Treasurer.-Dr. H. T. Appleby. Censors. Drs. A. T. Bull, L. D. McMichael, A. S. Hinckley, N. Osborne, A. R. Wright. Delegates to State Medical Society.--Drs. A. S. Hinckley, George W. Lewis, Hubbard' Foster, A. T. Bull. Dr. Andrew R. Wright, 162 Pearl street, Buffalo. A. C. Hoxie, 131 Franklin street. Rollin R. Gregg, 42 South Division street. Alvin Shattuck, 79 South Division street. Alonzo S. Hinckley, 167 Elliott street. George W. Lewis, 227 Pearl street. Lorenzo M. Kenyon, 86 West Mohawk street. Dr. A. T. Bull, 98 East Swan street. A. Pohle, Michigan street. LXXXV. Kings County Homœopathic Medical Society. Organized November 12, 1857. Annual meeting in May. OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, 1871. Officers. President.-Dr. H. E. Morrill. Vice-President.-Dr. J. L. Watson. Recording Secretary.-Dr. Everett Hasbrouck. Corresponding Secretary.-Dr. Wm. M. L. Fiske. Treasurer.-Dr. B. F. Underwood. Censors.-Drs. R. C. Moffatt, W. S. Searle, and S. S. Guy. Nominees for Permanent Membership.-Drs. B. F. Underwood, and E. Hasbrouck. Delegates to State Medical Society.-Drs. W. S. Searle, S. S. Guy, W. H. Hanford, E. Hasbrouck, Geo. A. Bowen, John L. Hawks, H. E. Morrill, M. A. Tinker, A. Wright. PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Kings County Homœopathic Medical Society was held May 9, 1871. The officers for the succeeding year were elected. Dr. W. S. Searle read a very interesting paper entitled "Hints in Ophthalmic Practice," valuable to the general practitioner. The members of the society are increasing each month, and the meetings are usually well attended, and are generally interesting. |