VI. Response by Vice President, Henry Beates, Jr. VIII. Annual Address by the President: Remarks upon medical instruction-a plea for greater uniformity. IX. Paper-Subject to be announced-W. F. Morrow, Kansas City, Mo. AFTERNOON SESSION.-I. Report of the Committee on the Definition of the Practice of Medicine. II. III. IV. V. Discussion thereon. Report of the Committee on Curriculum. Discussion thereon. The results of the medical law of Louisiana-F. A. Larue. VI. What the medical practice act has accomplished in Ohio-S. B. McGavran, Cadiz. VII. The relation of examining boards to the medical profession-E. L. McGehee, New Orleans. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY announces a symposium on Modern Prostatic Investigation for the May number. THE AMERICAN CONGRESS ON TUBERCULOSIS for prevention of consumption announces the next meeting for St. Louis, Mo., U. S. A., July 18-23, 1904. The work of organization is being pushed as rapidly as possible. To facilitate this the congress has been granted a charter, thus making it a legal body and by this means greatly facilitating the work of reorganization on the lines mapped out at the last meeting, when it was decided that a radical reorganization should be completed by the officers elected. For the purpose of completing the organization of the International, or World's Congress on Tuberculosis, on strictly ethical lines, a number of prominent physicians have been asked to serve on an Advisory Committee to assist the council in perfecting plans for the meeting. All have accepted and a large number will be added to the list. THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF ALABAMA at its commencement of April 3 graduated 12 in medicine and 5 in pharmacy. THE MOBILE ALABAMA MEDICAL SOCIETY elected Dr. C. Owen president at its meeting April 18. THE MISSISSIPPI STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY met at Vicksburg April 15 to 17. This meeting was to take place at Greenville, but on account of high water there Vicksburg was selected. The following officers were elected: President, Dr. C. D. Mitchell; secretary, Dr. J. J. Haralson; treasurer, Dr. J. F. Hunter. Jackson was selected for the next meeting. MESSRS. W. B. SAUNDERS & Co. announce a number of new books and new editions, among which we notice the following: "The Vermiform Appendix and its Diseases," and "Myomata of the Uterus," by Howard A. Kelly, M. D.; "A Text-Book of Legal Medicine and Toxicology," edited by Frederick Peterson, M. D.; "A Text-Book of Operative Surgery," by Warren Stone Bickham, M. D.; "The Practical Application of the Roentgen Rays in Therapeutics and Diagnosis," by William Allen Pusey, M. D.; "A Text-Book of Pathology," by Joseph McFarland, M. D.; "A Thesaurus of Medical Words and Phrases," by Wilfred M. Barton, M. D., and Walter A. Wells, M. D. THE LOUISIANA AND TEXAS STATE BOARDS OF HEALTH have adopted uniform regulations governing disinfection at Havana and other Cuban ports. At a recent Galveston meeting the following resolutions were passed: "The Galveston regulations governing disinfection at Havana and other Cuban ports are hereby reconsidered and rescinded and the following substituted: "Pyrethrum powder shall be b rned in the living quarters at Havana immediately before the departure of the vessel. "Baggage of passengers shall be sealed and signed in Havana by joint medical inspector, and each passenger to have a certificate signed by the inspector. "Certificate to show temperature at time of inspection, hour to be noted. "Thorough disinfection of living quarters, baggage (and holds when no perishable cargo) upon arrival at Quarantine Station. "Noninfected vessels from Cuban ports other than Havana (so long as reported free of yellow fever) shall be given pratique after thorough disinfection at Quarantine Station." On and after May 1 owners of baggage from Florida ports and from Jacksonville, Fla., coming to Louisiana shall have to satisfy the inspector of the Louisiana State Board of Health that they do not come from Cuba or their baggage shall be held at the Louisiana line or stations for inspections and disinfections. The State Board of Health is taking every precaution against the introduction of disease from the tropics, and will see that the regulations are enforced. THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF TULANE UNIVERSITY of Louisiana held its annual commencement April 29, graduating 82 in the Medical Department and 9 in the Department of Pharmacy. THE CHARITY HOSPITAL BOARD OF ADMINISTRATORS met April 6 and transacted important business. Resolutions were offered regulating that two of the medical officers shall always be present at the hospital; that they shall not engage in outside practice except where this does not conflict with hospital duty; that they shall not absent themselves from the city unless authorized by the Board or the chairman. The first was not adopted. The resident students and externes were formally appointed, and the visiting staff of physicians and surgeons in general and special departments were reappointed. THE EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT HOSPITAL TRUSTEES held their annual meeting April 22. The general business of the Hospital relating to donations, expenses and the purchase of the Curtis property was gone into. The report of Dr. A. W. de Roaldes, the Surgeon in Chief, showed that 5285 patients had been treated during the year, divided as follows: Eye, 2489; ear and throat, 2648; dermatologic, 72; dental, 76. After the meeting the members and invited guests adjourned to the library, where, after a pretty ceremony, the portraits of two of the oldest trustees, Messrs. W. R. Stauffer and Joseph E. Hincks, were hung amid toasts and speeches by a number of hose present. THE LOUISIANA STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY ELECTED THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS, April 29, at the New Orleans meeting: President, J. M. Barrier, Delhi; First Vice President, J. F. Buquoi, Pointe-a-la-Hache; Second Vice President, John Callan, New Orleans; Third Vice President, F. R. Tolson, Lafayette; Fourth Vice President, N. K. Vance, Shreveport; Fifth Vice President, S. L. Williams, Oakridge,; Sixth Vice President, C. M. Sitman, Greensburg; Seventh Vice President, Arthur Gardner, Bristol P. O.; Recording Secretary, William M. Perkins, New Orleans; Corresponding Secretary, A. G. Friedrichs, New Orleans; Treasurer, H. S. Cocram, New Orleans; Delegate to A. M. A., R. Matas, New Orleans; Alternate to A. M. A., L. G. LeBeuf, New Orleans; Additional Delegate to A. M. A., W. G. Owen, Whitecastle; place of meeting, Lafayette, first Tuesday after first Monday in May, 1904. Book Reviews and Notices. All new publications sent to the JOURNAL will be appreciated and will invariably be promptly acknowledged under the heading of "Publications Received." While it will be the aim of the JOURNAL to review as many of the works received as possible, the editors will be guided by the space available and the merit of the respective publications. The acceptance of a book implies no obligation to review. The Practical Medicine Series of Year-Books. Vol. II, General Surgery, November, 1902. The Year-Book Publishers. Chicago. This volume, edited by Dr. John B. Murphy, is an excellent digest of the surgical literature of the year prepared especially for the general practitioner. The abstracts are more comprehensive than usual in this character of work intended to save the practitioner the necessity of consulting the original articles. While many articles, therefore, are, perhaps, omitted, the effort to cover the practical subjects of the year has been in our opinion quite successful. PARHAM. The American Year-Book of Medicine and Surgery for 1903. Under the editorial charge of GEORGE M. GOULD, A. M., M. D. In two volumes. W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia, New York, London, 1903. The surgical volume maintains the standard of excellence of the previous years. Indeed, we believe there is improvement in some respects. This volume for 1903 takes up the current literature where that the previous left off and brings up the review to the latter part of 1902. Not only are the abstracts well done, but the comments of the editors are eminently judicious and practical and form an especially attractive feature of the book. PARIAM. Diseases of the Pancreas and Their Surgical Treatment. By A. W. MAYO ROBSON, F. R. C. S., B. G. A. MOYNIHAN, M. S. (Lond.), F. R. C. S. W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia and London, 1902. This work, written by two well-known authorities on the subject, deals with the surgical aspect of the diseases of the pancreas. It endeavors to record and review the work of the past and to indicate the trends of future research. It deserves to be studied by all who desire a more intimate knowledge of this difficult subject. PARHAM. Heath's Practical Anatomy, a Manual of Dissections. Ninth edition, with 321 illustrations. Edited by J. ERNEST LANE, F. R. C. S. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia, 1902. The attempt made in this work “to provide thé student with an accurate and not too elaborate guide for use in the dissecting room," has been well accomplished, and the book can be cordially recommended as a reliable and convenient handbook for practical use in dissecting. PARHAM. MORTUARY REPORT OF NEW ORLEANS. (Computed from the Monthly Report of the Board of Health of the City of New Orleans.) FOR MARCH, 1903. Still-born Children-White, 23; colored, 15; total, 38. Population of City (estimated)-White, 227,000; colored, 83,000; total, 310,000. Death Rate per 1000 per annum for Month-White, 18.29; colored, 30.94; total, 21.67. METEOROLOGIC SUMMARY. Mean atmospheric pressure. Mean temperature... Total precipitation... Prevailing direction of wind, northeast. 30.06 64. 14.61 inches. |