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The report of the Discipline Committee was unanimously adopted. Of 52 cases dealt with during the year, 24 convictions had been obtained, nine had left the country, eleven were dismissed, and six were not proceeded with.

The question of non-payment of fees was discussed also. Many doctors allowed their fees to lapse. It was decided that in such cases notice should be sent to those who did not pay, and if no attention was paid, their licenses should be cancelled.

The members discussed at length the legislation which they will ask the Ontario Legislature to pass with the object of suppressing Christian Science. The following was finally adopted as the clause which will be submitted:

It shall not be lawful for any person not registered to practice medicine, surgery, midwifery, or any other method of healing, or to attempt to heal, attend upon, or treat any person the subject or supposed to be the subject of disease, for hire, gain or the hope of reward.

The penalty for breaking the law is to be a fine of not less than $25, or more than $100.

The words "or any other method of healing," are supposed to cover the case of the Christian Scientists and the faith healers. As brought down in the report of the Legislative Committee, read by Dr. Robertson, the words read "art of healing." "Art" was changed to "method," as the Council did not wish to admit that Christian Science was an art.

Dr. Britton desired to defer the matter for a year, and to refer the whole question back to the committee for legal advice. He feared that more harm might come of haste than from delay, though he was anxious as anyone to stop fraud.

Dr. A. J. Johnston had no objection to people trying to do good if they thought themselves able. The evil lay in doing if for the hope of reward, which made the public liable to fraud. It was the pay that these people were after, and if there was no reward for it, these fake treatments would soon die out.

Hon. Dr. Sulivan and Dr. Ryan also took part in the discussion. Anyone who "advertises to give advice or gives advice" will be dealt with in another clause of the bill which will be drawn up for submission to the next Legislature.

An amendment will be the extension to London of the examinations now held in Toronto and Kingston. The third Tuesday in November and the third Tuesday next July were set for the next year's examinations. The first Tuesday in next July was fixed as the date of the annual meeting of the Council.

Another amendment seeks to insure the payment of all physicians' fees before an action for malpractice can be entertained. It was thought that actions were often instituted in order to escape payments of doctor's bills.

A dinner was held at the King Edward, when the Minister of Education, Hon. Dr. Pyne, presided, and the guests of honor were Hon. J. J. Foy and Hon. W. A. Willoughby.

Hon. Dr. Sullivan made application on behalf of John A. Reid, M.P., of Prescott, to permit that gentleman to take his examination before the council to qualify him as a practitioner. Mr. Reid graduated at Queen's College in 1891, but owing to the death of his father, did not appear Lefore the council for his final examination. The matter was referred to the Registration Committee, and finally agreed that if he took his final examination he would be granted his license.

The Medical Building on Bay Street, will probably remain in the possession of the Medical Council for some time to come. The report of the property committee, presented by Dr. Johnson, said that in pursuance of the instructions given to the committee last year, tenders for the sale of the building has been asked, but nothing further was done. The year, however, had been a satisfactory one. The building was in good condition, all the offices were taken, some of them at an increased rental, and about $10,000 had been paid on the mortgage held by the Canada Life.

A motion was made by Dr. Thornton to the effect that teachers should be appointed as examiners in anatomy, chemistry and similar subjects, as they were better able to examine in them than ordinary practitioners, who were not continually studying in these particular lines. The motion was referred to the Education Committee.

The business before the Council at its closing session was the receiving of the report of the Complaints Committee. The examiners were upheld in their decision in each instance. Upon the suggestion of Hon. Dr. Sullivan, a committee was appointed to wait on the Government, with the view of establishing a Bureau of Health. The Government will also be asked to assist in the establishment of sanitaria for the treatment of consumptives. Drs. Macdonald, Moorehouse and Campbell were appointed the Executive Comittee for next year.

These official examiners were appointed :—Anatomy descriptive, Dr. T. W. G. McKay, of Oshawa; theory and practice of medicine, Dr. George Hodge, of London; clinical medicine, Dr. H. R. Duff, of Kingston; midwifery, operative and other than operative, and puerperal diseases, Dr. J. R. McCabe, of Strathroy; physiology and histology, Dr. R. D. Rudolf, of Toronto; surgery, operative and other than operative, Dr. W. T. Parke, of Woodstock; clinical surgery, Dr. J. S. McCullough, of Alliston; medical and surgical anatomy, Dr. T. H. Middleboro, of Owen

Sound; chemistry, theoretical and practical, and toxiocology, Dr. A. R. Pyne, of Toronto; materia medica and pharmacology, Dr. James S. Sprague, of Stirling; medical jurisprudence and sanitary science, Dr. D. J. Sinclair, of Woodstock; diseases of women, Dr. R. E. Webster, of Ottawa; diseases of children, Dr. James Newall, of Watford; pathology, therapeutics and bacteriology, Dr. Isaac Wood, of Kingston; homeopathetic examiner, Dr. W. A. McFall, of Peterboro'.

Dr. Ryan asked if it was compulsory to always hold the meetings at Toronto, and, if not, he suggested that they might be held sometimes in other cities so as to give the members an opportunity of returning the courtesy which they always received at the hands of the council in Toronto.

It appeared that the place of meeting could be changu, out no decision was come to.

On the recommendation of the Education Committe it was decided to substitute Dr. Adam Wright's book on obstetrics for the American book on the same subject.

ONTARIO MEDICAL COUNCIL RESULTS.

The following candidates have passed the final examination :— J. A. Alford, Ottawa; C. B. Archer, Campbellford; P. Anderson, Cornwall; R. W. Anderson, Toronto; W. G. Anderson, Thorndale.

G. M. Biggs, Toronto; H. R. Bright, Wiarton; E. C. Burson, St. Catharines; A. C. Bennett, Toronto; F. J. Buller, Toronto; F. J. Brodie, Forest; H. R. Bryan, Inwood; J. W. Brien, Lindsay; W. A. Burr, Toronto; W. J. Barber, Toronto.

H. C. Church, Chelsea; W. W. Chipman, Ottawa; W. S. Cody, Windsor; R. L. Clarke, Hamilton; J. C. Caskey, Tweed; G. W. Crosby Campbellford; A. H. Caulfield, Toronto; W. K. Colbeck, Grand Valley.

T. A. Davies, Toronto; E. C. Dixon, Toronto; A. H. Davies, Delhi. T. B. Edmison, Brighton; F. J. Ellis, Ellisville; F. S. Eaton, Freeland.

P. J. Fleming, Dundas; B. J. Ferguson, Teeswater; J. A. Faulkner, Stirling.

J. Graham, Belwood; H. E. Gage, Kingston; M. E. Gowland Zimmerman; Wm. Gibson, Emerald; T. D. Gallivan, Kingston; G. W. Graham, Toronto.

T. R. Henry, Harriston; P. J. Houston, Paisley; H. O. Howitt, Guelph; R. W. Halladay, Elgin; W. H. Harvey, Toronto; A. L. Hore, Valentia.

G. O. Ireland, Toronto.

J. L. Kane, Gananoque; N. D. Kyle, Belwood; A. Kinghorn, Toronto; J. A. Kane, Orillia; J. F. Kiloran, Seaforth; W. H. Keen, St. Mary's.

E. J. Lyon, Guelph; A. J. Lalonde, Kingston; S. M. Lyon, Barrie; B. M. Lancaster, Culloden; Eleanore Lucas, Toronto.

A. J. Manard, Belle River; A. T. Munroe, Moose Creek; T. D. MacGillivray, Kingston; W. E. Mason, Toronto; A. F. Malloy, Nobleton; P. F. McCue, Formosa; J. P. McKinnon, Hillsburg; P. McGibbon, Forest; R. J. McCulloch, Orillia; R. A. McLurg, Sault Ste. Marie; Geo. McGhie, Elgin; A. G. McPhedran, Wanstead; D. F. McKinlay, Bolton; R. J. McComb, Trenton; P. J. McCue, Melancthon; A. McNally Blair; A. W. McClennan, Toronto, C. C. McCullough, Gananoque; M. A. McQuade, Warsaw; W. E. McLaughlin, Cadmus; J. K. McGregor, Waterdown; A. G. McMillan, London.

S. M. Nagle, Almonte; J. S. Nelson, City View.

J. W. Presault, Verner.

W. G. Reive, Markham; Wm. Reid, Watford; F. W. Rolph, Markham; G. H. Richards, Melbourne; A. L. Russell, Millbrook.

A. B. Sutton, Cooksville; J. B. Stallwood, Hagersville; C. E. Spence, Toronto; F. J. Snelgrove, Toronto; A. W. Seighon, London; J.F. Sparks, Kingston; E. Sheffield, Peterboro; W. A. Scanlon, Prescott; G. M. Shaw, Niagara Falls; R. G. Snyder, Princeton; A. E. Schultz, Elnira; F. J. Sheahan, Newark.

A. Turner, London.

A. D. Unsworth, Hamilton.

K. H. Van Norman, Toronto; F. S. Vrooman, Lindsay.

A. J. Williamson, Kingston; F. C. S. Wilson, Toronto; T. A. Waterson, Manotick; B. C. Whyte, Millbrook; J. A. Wright, Toronto, S. B. Walker, Niagara Falls.

CURRENT CANADIAN MEDICAL LITERATURE.

The Canadian Practitioner, July, 1905.

THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF EXOPHTHALMIC GOITRE. At the recent meeting of the Ontario Medical Association, Dr. R. D. Rudolf, of Toronto, read this paper. The author of the paper contends that in this disease there is a strong natural tendency to recover, and quotes a number of eminent authors to substantiate this view. About 50 per cent. eventually recover.

The favorite theory is that the patient is suffering from too much of the thyroid gland secretion circulating in the blood; indeed, is in the opposite condition to that of myxoedema. The patient should be kept physically, mentally and emotionally quiet. The general health of these patients should be carefully watched, and anæmia, constipation, etc., corrected. The diet should be plain and good, and stimulants, also tea and coffee, had better be omitted.

Various methods have been tried of lessening the activity of the gland, including electricity and the application of cold. The employment of the thymus gland extract is useful sometimes, and this may be said of the thyroid gland extract, though it would appear to be wrong in principle. Of late it has been urged that the use of milk or blood from animals from which the thyroid gland has been removed is helpful. Some toxine is found in the blood or milk of such animals that neutralizes the excess of the thyroid gland secretion in the blood of the patient. This treatment has not been accompanied by any marked benefit.

As we cannot arrest the formation of the active principal of the gland, or neutralize it in the system, the treatment of Grave's diseases resolves itself into the treatment of symptoms. Of the many drugs that have been recommended, belladonna and the bromides are the most useful in allaying the nervousness. Digitalis and engot, on the whole, are disappointing. When there is anaemia, iron in some form may be administered. Arsenic and phosphorus have been tried, but do not appear to be of any particular value. In those cases which gradually become worse, the only remedy is that of surgical intervention.

THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GRAVE'S DISEASE.

Dr. C. B. Shuttleworth, Toronto, read this paper at the Ontario. Medical Association. He does not advocate surgical treatment in all [1091 ]

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