List of Officers..... CONTENTS PAGE 7 17 The Value of Drugs in Surgery. George W. Crile.... 47 81 The Value of Drugs in Ophthalmology. W. H. Wilmer.. 66 The Value of Drugs in Urology. Hugh H. Young..... The Use of Drugs in Neurology and Psychiatry. C. Interrelationship of Function of the Thyroid Gland and ... 109 The Basal Metabolism in Fever. Eugene F. Du Bois.... 170 Clinical Studies of Drugs of the "Digitalis Series." The Treatment of Carbon Monoxid Poisoning. Howard W. Haggard and Yandell Henderson.... Therapeutic Value of Chaulmoogra Oil and Its Deriva- PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8-AFTERNOON The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock by the chairman, Dr. Leonard G. Rowntree, Rochester, Minn. The following papers were read as a symposium on "The Value of Drugs": Dr. Rowntree read the chairman's address, entitled "The Rôle and Development of Drug Therapy." Dr. Lewellys F. Barker, Baltimore, read a paper on "The Value of Drugs in Internal Medicine." Discussed by Drs. Henry A. Christian, Boston, and Francis H. McCrudden, Boston. Dr. George W. Crile, Cleveland, read a paper on "The Value of Drugs in Surgery." Discussed by Dr. John J. Gilbride, Philadelphia. Dr. Henry F. Helmholz, Rochester, Minn., read a paper on "The Value of Drugs in Pediatrics." Discussed by Drs. F. Paul Gegenbach, Denver; Richard M .Smith, Boston, and J. I. Durand, Seattle. Dr. William H. Wilmer, Washington, D. C.: "The Value of Drugs in Ophthalmology." Dr. C. Macfie Campbell, Boston: "The Value of Drugs in Neurology." Discussed by Dr. Foster Kennedy, New York. These papers were discussed as a group by Dr. Alexander Lambert, New York. Dr. Reid Hunt, Boston, moved that the application of Prof. Albert Henry Clark, Chicago, for associate fellowship in the Scientific Assembly be approved. Seconded by Dr. Robert A. Hatcher, New York. Carried. The chairman appointed as a nominating committee: Drs. Robert A. Hatcher, New York, Reid Hunt, Boston, and W. A. Bastedo, New York. Dr. Robert A. Hatcher, New York, moved that the chairman appoint a committee to arrive at ideas as authentic as possible in regard to dosage in children. Seconded by Dr. Cary Eggleston, New York. Carried. THURSDAY, JUNE 9-MORNING A joint meeting was held with the Sections on Practice of Medicine and on Pathology and Physiology. The meeting was called to order at 9:15 o'clock by the chairman of the Section on Practice of Medicine, Dr. Henry S. Plummer, Rochester, Minn. Dr. Henry S. Plummer, Rochester, Minn., read the address of the chairman of the Section on Practice of Medicine. The following papers were read as a symposium on "Basal Metabolism in Clinical Medicine": Dr. Graham Lusk, New York: "Fundamental Ideas Regarding Basal Metabolism." Dr. Francis G. Benedict, Boston: "The Measurement and Standards of Basal Metabolism." Dr. Walter M. Boothby, Rochester, Minn.: "The Basal Metabolic Rates in Hyperthyroidism." Dr. James H. Means, Boston: "The Determination of the Basal Metabolism as an Aid to Diagnosis and as a Guide to Treatment in Various Diseases." Dr. Eugene F. Du Bois, New York: "The Basal Metabolism of Fever." These five papers were discussed by Drs. George W. Crile, Cleveland; Charles H. Mayo, Rochester, Minn.; Joseph C. Aub, Boston; Fritz Talbot, Boston; Graham Lusk, New York; Francis G. Benedict, Boston; Walter M. Boothby, Rochester, Minn.; James H. Means, Boston; Eugene F. Du Bois, New York; J. Earl Else, Portland, Ore.; Albert E. Roussel, Philadelphia, and Henry S. Plummer, Rochester, Minn. FRIDAY, JUNE 10-AFTERNOON The following officers were elected: chairman, Carl Voegtlin, Washington, D. C.; vice chairman, Cary Eggleston, New York; secretary, Paul D. White, Boston; delegate, Leonard G. Rowntree, Rochester, Minn.; alternate, George W. McCoy, Washington, D. C. The following committee was appointed to investigate dosage in the treatment of children: Drs. Henry F. Helmholz, Rochester, Minn., chairman; Robert A. Hatcher, New York; Oscar M. Schloss, New York; William McKim Marriott, St. Louis, and A. D. Hirschfelder, Minneapolis. Dr. Thomas F. Reilly, New York, read a paper on "Flatulence in the Decompensation of Cardiac Disease: Etiology and Treatment." Discussed by Drs. Frank Smithies, Chicago; Francis H. McCrudden, Boston; Anthony Bassler, New York, and Thomas F. Reilly, New York. Dr. Benjamin H. Schlomovitz, Milwaukee, read a paper on "The Effect of Digitalis on the Response of the Cardiac Pacemaker." No discussion. Dr. Howard M. Marvin, Boston, read a paper on "Drugs of the Digitalis Group with Special Reference to the Action of Apocynum and Convallaria." Discussed by Drs. Robert A. Hatcher, New York; Cary Eggleston, New York, and Paul D. White, Boston. Drs. Yandell Henderson and Howard W. Haggard, New Haven, Conn., presented a paper on "The Treatment of Carbon Monoxid Poisoning." Discussed by Drs. Royd R. Sayers, Washington, D. C., Dr. C. A. Willis, Waltham, Mass., and Yandell Henderson, New Haven, Conn. Drs. David Marine, New York, and Oliver P. Kimball, Youngstown, Ohio, presented a paper on "The Prevention of Simple Goiter in Man." Discussed by Dr. Milton J. Rosenau, Boston. On motion of Dr. Robert A. Hatcher, New York, a rising vote of thanks was extended to the retiring officers. Dr. Robert A. Cooke, New York, read a paper on "The Treatment of Bronchial Asthma." Discussed by Drs. I. Chandler Walker, Boston, and Robert A. Cooke, New York. Drs. Carl Voegtlin, M. I. Smith and James M. Johnson, Washington, D. C., presented a paper on "Therapeutic Value of Chaulmoogra Oil and Derivatives in Experimental Tuberculosis." No discussion. |