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TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

N

ational Eclectic {edical Association,

FOR THE YEARS 1883-84.

INCLUDING THE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEET.
ING, HELD AT THE CITY OF TOPEKA,

KANSAS, JUNE, 1883.

ORANGE, N. J.:
CHRONICLE BOOK AND JOB Printing OFFICE,

1884.

THE ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD AT CINCINNATI, OHIO, BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1884, AND CONTINUING THREE DAYS.

SEE PAGE 406 FOR PARTICULARS.

CONTENTS FOR 1883-84.

I

cago, Ill.....

Portrait of Andrew Jackson Howe....

.Frontispiece.

Officers for 1883-84..

ii

Contents of Vol. XI..

iii

Constitution of the National Eclectic Medical Association.

By-Laws....

5

Standing Resolutions,

9

Part I., 1883.- Thirteenth Annual Meeting .

15

Governor Glick's Address of Welcome.

15

President Howe's Reply..

17

Societies Represented...

18

Treasurer's Annual Report.

18

Papers Accompanying the Annual Report..

47

Schedule A.-Address by A. J. Howe, President.

47

B.--Reports on Status of Eclectic Medicine.

56

Part II.--Scientific Reports, Papers from Sections, etc..

57

(SA.) Surgery, General and Special..

76

Progress of Surgery (Address) by Milton Jay, M. D., Chairman of Section, Chi-

76

Report on Surgical Progress, by L. E. Russell, M.D., Springfield, Ohio, Secretary 83

Thoughts on Surgical Practice, by Charles Band, M. D., Crete, Nebraska..... 90

Fractures : Improved Apparatus and Methods in their Treatment, by E. Youn-

kin, M. D., St. Louis, Mo.....

Bronchotomy, by W. R. G. Samuels, M. D., F. A. S., San Francisco, Cal.....

Railroad Surgery, by L. E. Russell, M. D., Springfield, Ohio....

117

When Shall We Amputate ? by J. W. Pruitt, M. D., Russellville, Arkansas..... 122

Antiseptic Wound - Dressing, by David Wark, M. 1)., New York, N. Y. 129

Prostatic Calculus, by A. J. Howe, M. D., Cincinnati, Ohio

131

Meddling and Mistreating of a Case, by G. C. Chaney, M. D., Independence,

Kansas....

133

Plastic Operation, by T. Hodge Jones, M. D., Lamar, Missouri.

136

Notes on Syphilis, by A. J. Howe, M. D..

138

Rest in Conservative Surgery, by S. E. Martin, M. D., Topeka, Kansas.. 145

(ş B.) Medicine, General and Special...

152

Sanitary House-Drainage (Address), by Milbrey Green, M. D., Boston, Mass.,

Chairman of Section.

152

Medicine (Report), by J. A. Munk, M. D., Topeka, Kansas, Secretary. 159

Early Brain and Physical Culture, by Alexander Wilder, M. D.

164

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