private institutions in the city. Notices to this effect will be submitted to heads of such institutions as soon as the provisions of the ordinance become effective.

The action of the council was taken as the first step in Dubuque's war on the spread of small-pox and other contagious diseases in the city during the coming winter. Reports from medical authorities show that the city is threatened by a serious epidemic of small-pox unless precautionary measures are to be taken to prevent the spread of the malady The city officials in session Thursday afternoon, determined to push to the fullest extent this campaign and to do all in their power to safeguard the health of the community. Although at the present time, the number of cases of contagious diseases reported to city authorities has not as yet assumed alarming proportions, nevertheless the number is wholly out of proportion for this season of the year.

The ordinance empowers the local board of health to enact such rules and regulations which it shall deem necessary and advisable, and authorizes them to enforce all such regulations which they may enact It is considered probable that an entirely new code of rules regarding the necessary steps to be taken in isolating members of the community afflicted with the contagious diseases will be passed within a short time, as the old code, established by the former board of health, is considered obsolete. This action, however, will probably not be taken until a successor is named to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Dr. E. L. Reinecke as city physician and conference held to decide upon a practical working set of rules.

A new hospital to be known as the City Hospital, is soon to be a reality in Carroll. Dr Wyatt of Manning and a number of other doctors in Carroll will be interested in the institution. Trouble has been brewing between a number of the doctors in the county for some time past on account of accommodations at St. Anthony's Hospital and the new institution is the outcome.

The first supply of radium that has ever been owned in Fort Dodge has been received by Drs. Evans & Bowen. They have two capsules containing twenty-five milograms each, two needles containing ten milograms and one placque. The radium was ordered in the summer when it was selling for $110 a milogram, which places the value of the capsules and needles at $7,700. Since then the cost has raised to $120 a milogram.-Ft. Dodge Messenger.

American Association of Railway Surgeons At the seventeenth annual meeting of this society, held in Chicago, October 6 to 8, 1920, Dr. Clarence W. Hopkins of Chicago was elected president and other officers were elected as follows: First vicepresident, Dr. Edwin B. Shaw of Las Vegas, N. M.;

second vice-president, Dr. Joseph B. Wharton of Eldorado, Ark.; third vice-president, Dr. George W. Pirtle of Carlisle, Ind.; treasurer, Dr. Henry B. Jennings of Council Bluffs, Ia. (reelected); secretary, De Louis J. Mitchell of Chicago (reelected).

Mahaska Hospital recently installed an extension x-ray apparatus.

SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS

Boone County Medical Society

The members of the Boone County Medical Association elected their officers for the coming year at the meeting held December 17 in the office of Dr. M. G. Jones. There was a large portion of the membership present.

The election resulted as follows: President, Dr. M. A. Healy; vice-president, Dr. M. C. Jones; secretary-treasurer, Dr. William Woodburn. Member of board of censors: Dr. J. O. Ganoe, Ogden. Delegate to the state convention: Dr. G. H. Stanger. Alternate: Dr. N. M. Whitehill.

Carroll County Medical Society

The Carroll County Medical Society met in the council rooms of the city hall Monday night, December 13. Besides the Carroll doctors those from out of town who attended were Dr. Bookhart of Ida Grove, Dr. Cohen of Halbur, Dr. Hopkins of Glidden and Dr. Hart of Lanesboro.

Cass County Medical Society

Cass County Medical Society met in annual session December 29, 1920. The following officers were elected: President, Dr. R. L. Barnett, Atlantic; vicepresident, Dr. R. M. Cullison, Atlantic; secretary and treasurer, Dr. M. F. Stults, Wiota. Dr. Thos. Byrnes of Atlantic was elected as delegate to the State Medical Society to be held in Des Moines May 11, 12 and 13, 1921. Dr. W. F. Graham of Atlantic was elected alternate. Miss Ethel Hedges, Cass county Red Cross nurse was present and gave a short talk regarding her work. There was the annual payment of dues and then the following program which was fully discussed: Acidosis, Dr. Thomas Byrnes; Report of Cases: Vincent's Angina-Chancroidal-Appendix on Left Side, Dr. M. F. Stults; Report of Case, any doctor may wish to present. Dr. W. F. Graham, president. Dr. M. F. Stults, secre tary. M. F. S.

Crawford County Medical Society

The Crawford County Medical Society held their annual meeting at the Hotel Denison Thursday afternoon, December 9, at which time officers for the ensuing year were elected, Dr. H. D. Jones of Schleswig, president; Dr. P. J. Brannon, Denison,

vice-president, and Dr. J. J. Meehan, Denison, secretary and treasurer, were all re-elected.

One of the features of the annual meeting was the banquet given in the hotel dining room in the evening, to which the wives of the members of the society and nurses were invited.

Dr. H. D. Jones of Schleswig, acted as toastmaster. Dr. P. J. Brannon gave the address of welcome, which was responded to by Mrs. Merriam of Deloit. Dr. C. C. Herron and Miss Pearl Gray responded to toasts. The address of the evening was delivered by Dr. G. A. Young of Omaha, who spoke on Everyday Nervous Cases and Their Treatment.

Much credit for the success of this meeting and the annual banquet is due Dr. J. J. Meehan, who had complete charge of arranging for the menu and speakers. Members of the society feel grateful to him for his efforts.

Those in attendance at the banquet were Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Jones, Schleswig; Dr. and Mrs. M. M. Loomis, Manilla; Dr. and Mrs. Merriam, Deloit; Dr. C. C. Herron and Dr. S. H. Huber, Charter Oak; Dr. L. L. Bond, Dr. P. J. Brannon, Dr. C. E. Yoder, Dr. J. J. Meehan and the following nurses: Miss Ross, Miss Meehan, Miss Laub, Miss Bierne, Miss Gary and Mrs. J. V. Barborka.

Des Moines County Medical Society

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The annual meeting of the Des Moines County Medical Society was held at Hotel Burlington, Burlington, December 15, 1920. A very interesting and unusual program was given in that the participants were all guests from other states. Percy H. Swahlen of St. Louis, presented a paper on Some Practical Points in Operative Obstetrics; Dr. Clifford G. Grulee, of Chicago, read a paper on Some Observations on New Born Infants. Insufficiency of the Sex Organs, was the subject presented by Dr. William Engelbach, of St. Louis, and Dr. Nelson M. Percy of Chicago, considered Local Anesthesia in Thyroidectomy: Its Technique and Advantages, with Report of Cases.

About eighty physicians from neighboring county societies as well as the Des Moines County membership were in attendance, contributing to the interest and enthusiasm of the session.

Addresses of Welcome were given by prominent Burlington men, the Hon. LaMonte Cowles and Mr. Louis Lau, and a sixty-thirty dinner was a fitting close to the social and scientific session.

At the business meeting, the by-laws were changed whereby the local dues were materially increased. Dr. George H. Steinle, former secretary, was elected president; Dr. George J. Pearson, vice-president and Dr. Herman Fischer, secretary-treasurer.

The scientific program presented by such prominent guests, shows what a county society may have by the putting forth of extra effort; and the inviting of neighboring physicians to participate in the benefits coming from such a presentation of scientific

material, well demonstrates the hospitality of the Des Moines county profession.

Dubuque County Medical Society

At a special meeting of the Dubuque County Medical Society, the following resolutions upon the death of Dr. William Joseph Hierstein of Dyersville, who was called to his reward January 12, following a brief illness, were passed.

Whereas it has pleased the Almighty Father to take from our midst Dr. William J. Hierstein, a valued member of our society, therefore; be it resolved that the Dubuque County Medical Society wishes to express their sympathy and condolence to the friends and relatives of our respected member, Dr. Hierstein.

Dr. Hierstein was an honorable member of this society, always alert to his duties as a physician and as a member of the community. Death claimed him while just at the beginning of a prosperous and useful life. The community as well as his colleagues, mourn his untimely death-his early demise being an irreparable loss to us all.

Dr. J. R. Guthrie,

Dr. Chas. Palen,

Dr. A. H. Blocklinger, Committee.

Floyd County Medical Society

The Floyd County Medical Association held their annual meeting December 8, which was also attended by Dr. Rohlf of Waterloo, Dr Rohlf of Waverly, and Dr. Gardner of New Hampton.

Many interesting questions were discussed. The newly elected officers for the ensuing year are as follows: President, Dr. Griffin; vice-president, Dr. Yennerick; secretary and treasurer, Dr. Banton; delegate to state convention, Dr. Miner; alternate, Dr. O'Keefe.

At 6:30 dinner was served at the Guild hall, to which the ministers of the city and the editor of the press with their wives were guests.

Greene County Medical Society

The Greene County Medical Society met at Jefferson, Iowa, December 30, 1920, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, B. C. Hamilton, Jr., Jefferson; vice-president, R. E. Parry, Scranton; secretary, John R. Black, Jefferson.

Clinical meetings will be held quarterly at Scranton, Grand Junction and Jefferson.

Dr. B. C. Hamilton, Jr., made a very interesting and instructive talk on carcinoma. J. R: B.

Hamilton County Medical Society One of the most successful meetings of the Doctors' and Dentists' Credit Association was held December 9 at 6:30 o'clock. Every dentist and doctor

in the city, with the exception of one who was out of town, was present at the gathering.

A banquet was served in the Chamber of Commerce dining room by the Baptist ladies, and the discussion of questions of interest to local doctors and dentists, was led by Dr. M. B. Galloway.

The points taken up at the meeting dealt with the establishment of some method by which practitioners of medicine or dentistry can check the running of delinquent fees. A rating book was suggested as one remedy for this condition, but no action was taken to establish this measure. If this suggestion should be acted upon, the organization would rate accounts of patrons who are delinquent in making settlements and who ignore repeated requests for the payment of fees. The majority of those present favored the taking of some measure to deal with the question and it was planned to complete arrangements for some checking system at a future meeting of the organization held especially to discuss the matter further.

Hamilton County Medical Society

The Hamilton County Medical Society met the evening of January 26 in Webster City at which time the following officers were elected for 1921: President, Dr. John L. Peppers; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Milton B. Galloway; delegates, Drs. O. C. Buxton and R. M. Wildish; committee on legislation, Drs. E. E. Richardson, W. W. Wyatt and M. B. Galloway, censors, Drs. F. F. Hall, T. F. Besmond and Guy McCauliff, all of Webster City.

Dr. M. B. Galloway presented a paper on Quackery with special reference to chiropractic. The next meeting of the society will be held February 23.

Jackson County Medical Society

The Jackson County Medical Society met at the office of Drs. Lowder and Lowder, Maquoketa, December 28. The following officers were elected for 1921. Dr. Hugh Jenkins of Preston, president; Dr. J. C. Bowen of Maquoketa, vice-president, and Dr. Wm. Lowder of Maquoketa, secretary-treasurer.

A very interesting paper by Dr. R. H. Lott on the after treatment of surgical cases was read and discussed after which Dr. Hugh Jenkins gave a very interesting account of his visit to the battlefields of France and other parts of Europe.

Mills County Medical Society

The Mills County Medical Society, president, Dr. I. U. Parson, secretary, Dr. M. S. Campbell, both of Malvern, met at the Woodman hall. Routine business only was transacted and the meeting adjourned until January, when it will be continued at the same hall, for the completion of the December work.

Polk County Medical Society Polk County Medical Society held its annual meeting at Younker's Tea Room, Tuesday evening, De

cember 20, 1920. Dr. Channing G. Smith, president, Dr. Thomas F. Duhigg, secretary. After the annual banquet, Dr. Robert H. Babcock of Chicago delivered an address: The Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Disorders Based on Thirty-Five Years of Clinical Practice.

Dr. Babcock is a heart specialist of world-wide fame, and presented the subject of diagnosis and treatment of heart lesions in a practical and interesting manner. The session was continued by moving pictures and other entertainment which Dr. Duhigg so well knows how to provide.

There were physicians present whom it was delightful to see. Drs. J. T. Priestley, Lewis Schooler and O. W. Lowery, whose years of practice near reaches the fifty year period and who have not forgotten the fellowship of physicians. If appearances could be relied upon they enjoyed the gathering in the spirit of men without gray hair.

Dr. Duhigg, secretary, presented a report full of interest which showed that during his period of service of ten years as secretary, the membership had increased from 110 to 221, a record of which he may well be proud and the society be congratulated. Officers elected: J. W. Osborne, president; A. P. Stoner, vice-president; H. E. Ransom, secretary; E. B. Mountain, treasurer. Delegates to State Society, W. S. Conkling and F. B. Langdon.

Pottawattamie County Medical Society

The Pottawamie County Medical Society held its annual meeting in the assembly room of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday afternoon, December 7, and elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: Dr. L. L. Heninger, president; Dr. John T. McAtee, vice-president, and Dr. A. A. Robertson, secretary

treasurer,

Following the election of officers the body was addressed by the new president, papers being read by Dr. G. A. Spaulding, Avoca; Dr. French of Carson and Drs. A. A. Robertson and H. B. Jennings of Council Bluffs.

Upper Des Moines Medical Society

The Upper Des Moines Medical Association which comprises Dickinson, Emmet, Palo Alto and Clay counties, convened in Estherville, recently. Dr. Epley gave a paper on Pre and Post-Operative Treat

ments.

THE AMERICAN CONGRESS ON INTERNAL MEDICINE

The fifth annual session of the American Congress on Internal Medicine will be held at Baltimore, Md, week of February 21-26, 1921.

The activities of the Congress will be largely clinical. Ward-walks, laboratory demonstrations and group or amphitheatre clinics will be conducted daily

by members of the medical faculties of the Johns Hopkins and the Maryland Universities.

Further information may be secured by addressing the secretary-general, Dr. Frank Smithies, 1002 N. Dearborn street, Chicago, Illinois.

PERSONAL MENTION

Dr. R. E. Anderson, a graduate of the University of Chicago and an intern in Cook County Hospital, has located in Toledo.

Dr. Charles A. Manahan, formerly of Center Point and Blairstown, has located in Vinton.

Dr. W. L. Downing has located in Le Mars. Dr. Downing is a graduate from the University of Minnesota. He will be associated in the Le Mars Clinic in place of Dr. J. N. Gehien who has entered the Public Health Service.

Dr. H. M. Shipley of Rippey, formerly of Moulton hospital, has located in Bellevue. Dr. Shipley is a graduate of the University of Nebraska.

Dr. Katherine Herring of Waterloo has been made head of a woman's bureau of the department of immigration with headquarters in Washington, D. C.

Dr, S. D. Folsom has located in Muscatine. Dr. Folsom saw much active service in France.

Dr. H. A. Stribley, a graduate of the College of Medicine, University Iowa Class 1918, has opened an office in Dubuque.

Dr. G. D. Darnall of West Union has returned from Cincinnati where he attended the centennial celebration of the College of Medicine of the University of Cincinnati-formerly Ohio Medical College. Dr. Darnall graduated forty-nine years ago.

In the list of surgeons published in the Journal State Medical Society who served in the United States Army during the late war, Dr. Ralph Lovelady of Sidney was unintentially overlooked. take pleasure in saying that Dr. Lovelady was commissioned and served one year.

We now

Dr. John W. Cogswell, formerly of the Iowa University medical faculty (homeopathic), has been made professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Ohio.

Dr. and Mrs. John W. Schuman have just returned from a visit through the Grand Canyon and Los Angeles, California.

Dr. J. K. Guthrie has located in New Hampton. Practice limited to diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat. Harlow 21.

Dr. W. L. Hoffman will retire from the practice of predicine about the middle of the month to accept a position as surgeon in the regular army with the rank of major. He will report at Ft. Crook, Omaha. Dr. Hoffman gives as his reason that the demands of country practice and the uncertainty of leisure hours to attend to personal affairs has led him to make the change. His social relations, as well as those of Mrs.

Hoffman, have been very delightful, during their Harlan residence.

Dr. A. C. Rhine, member of the medical staff of the Lutheran Hospital in Hampton, has been offered and accepted a commission as captain in the medical corps of the regular United States Army, and expects soon to leave for Des Moines where he will report for duty.

With orders to report for duty on the staff of the surgeon general of the United States Army at Washington, December 14, Dr. D. S. Fairchild announced his retirement from the civil medical practice and his decision to continue his career in the United States Army. With the order came a commission as colonel of the medical corps, an honor in itself, and a double honor, for seldom is a civilian so commissioned. It was accomplished through special dispensation and came as a crowning recognition of the services rendered his country during the World War as head of the Rainbow Division. Under the order Dr. Fairchild will be located at Washington and will have charge of a department in the surgeon general's office. David Fairchild has held every rank from lieutenant to colonel, each promotion having been won on the battlefield. He served in the Spanish War, on the Mexican border and in the World War.

Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Heninger and small son leave December 19, 1920 for California. Dr. Heninger expects to stay over the holidays and Mrs. Heninger will remain until spring.

Dr. John Sevenster has arrived home from Holland, where he was called to settle the estate of his father. Dr. Sevenster states that the conditions in Europe cannot be realized unless one actually visits the countries. He states that the people are living a wild and merry life in an effort to overcome their sadness and the memories of the awful days of the

war.

Dr. Donald Macrae talked to the Rotary Club on standardization of hospitals, and left the members with a clearer realization of the importance of hospitals to them, their families and their city, and with a thorough appreciation of the standardization that is being made of the Mercy and Edmundson Hospitals in Council Bluffs and of other institutions elsewhere. Dr. Macrae pointed out that standardization, by making more easy a call on the knowledge of the entire staff of the hospital, gives the patient better service, and by demanding that the physician bringing a patient to a hospital subscribe to the rules of the place, makes certain that the sick person gets the best care possible. The demand on the part of the public for standardization had eliminated a great many “quack" hospitals, too, the speaker said.

Colonel David Fairchild of Clinton, and Mrs. Fairchild, who are leaving shortly for a new home in Washington, D. C., were entertained at dinner at the Outing Club Wednesday evening, with a dozen of their old friends of this city by Dr. and Mrs. D. J. McCarthy of East Locust street. There were fifteen

in the party surrounding the dinner table which was charming in its trimming of Christmas red and green, with poinsettia as the centerpiece. Colonel Fairchild was chief surgeon of the Rainbow Division, and was in France almost two years. He resumed his practice as one of the prominent physicians and surgeons of eastern Iowa, on his return to Clinton, but recently decided to re-enter the regular army and has been appointed on the staff of Surgeon General Ireland with headquarters in Washington. He and his wife leave December 14 for the capital. They are returning to Clinton Friday.

Last week's issue contained an account of the turkey that was won by Dr. Clapsaddle of Burt in the big "turkey chase" and the following from an interested party tells of its recovery. "Dr. Clapsaddle found his turkey at the home of K. J. Smith who was giving a dinner party to Dr. and Mrs. Peters, editor and Mrs. McArthur and Tom Trainer. Their plans were a little too loose, which resulted in the recovery of the beautiful bird and its return to the right owner, where a six o'clock dinner was enjoyed by all present. Dr. Peters tried to get away with the bird but couldn't get his 'second wind' which resulted in his capture at the corner of friendship and hard luck streets."

Drs. C. E. Stewart and A. H. Jastram were in Le Mars December 22, guests of the Le Mars doctors who served a moose dinner to physicians and surgeons of the Plymouth County Medical Society. The dinner was served in Columbia hall. The principal item on the menu was the meat of a moose that was killed by Dr. J. M. Fettes on his recent hunting trip to western Canada.

OBITUARY

Dr. George W. Murphy, sixty-one years old, died at his home, 3203 Jennings street, November 30, from cancer. Dr. Murphy was a resident and practicing physician of Sioux City for two years, moving here from Danbury, where he was engaged in the medical profession for over thirty years.

Dr. Murphy was born September 3, 1859 at Epworth, Dubuque county, Iowa. When he was eleven years of age he moved with his parents, two brothers and two sisters across the prairies of Iowa to Adair county, where he resided until he had completed two collegiate courses, one at Simpson College and a medical course at the University of Iowa. He then located at Danbury, where he devoted over thirty years to the practice of medicine. Two years ago he moved to Sioux City.

Dr. Samuel James Meltzer, New York; University of Berlin, 1882, died, November 7, aged sixty-nine. His death resulted from pulmonary edema following an attack of angina pectoris. Dr. Meltzer was born in Courland, Russia, March 22, 1851; received his preliminary education, Konigsberg, Prussia, and his

college and medical education at the University of Berlin. He studied physiology under Prof. Hugo Kronecker, with whom he made early important studies on the deglutition reflex. He came to the United States in 1883, and engaged in the practice of medicine in New York, serving for many years as attending physician to the Harlem Hospital. Dr. Meltzer was a productive contributor to the literature of biology, physiology and experimental medicine.

In 1906 Dr. Meltzer was appointed head of the department of physiology and pharmacology of the Rockefeller Institute for medical research, and he retained this position until his death. He was active in many medical and scientific organizations, and founded the Society for Experimental Medicine and Biology, the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, and during the war, the Medical Brotherhood for the Furtherance of International Morality. He was sometime president of the Association of American Physicians, American Physiologic Society, Association for the Advancement of Clinical Research and Harvey Society; a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Association of American Pathologists and American Society of Naturalists, and other societies.

Dr. J. M. Aiken of Omaha and editor of the Nebraska State Medical Journal died at his home in Omaha, November 18, 1920.

Dr. Aiken was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, May, 1857. When he was seventeen years of age his parents moved to Clarinda, Iowa. In 1887 graduated from the medical department of the Iowa State University. After graduating Dr. Aiken was appointed first assistant physician to the Clarinda Insane Hospital under Dr. Max Wille, superintendent. In 1888 he located in Omaha, limiting his practice to mental and nervous diseases, although in the earlier years of his practice he accepted a limited amount of general practice. He married Miss Martha Leonard of Cedar Rapids in 1893.

Dr. Aiken was professor of nervous and mental diseases first in Creighton Medical College and later in the medical department of Nebraska State University, from which he resigned in 1917.

He was appointed secretary of the Nebraska State Medical Society in 1911 to fill a vacancy and the next year he was elected secretary which office he held to the time of his death. In 1918 he was elected editor of the Nebraska State Medical Journal which he was largely instrumental in organizing. He served three years as delegate to the A. M. A.

It was during his service as secretary and secretary-editor of the Nebraska State Medical Society that the writer came to know Dr. Aiken well and to appreciate his merits. He was a modest man, little inclined to press his claims to medical preference, but accepted obligations and responsibilities with a