PART III.

MEDICAL MISCELLANY.

Reports, Transactions, and Scientific Intelligence.

TRANSACTI01~S OF T H E MEDICAL SOCIETY OF T H E COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.

SESSION 1881-82.

GEORGE JOHNSTON, M.D., President. ALEXANDER NIXON MONTGOMERY, M.K.Q.C.P., Honorary Secretary.

Annual General Meeting, Wednesday, October 25, 1882. F. R. CRUISE, M.D., the newly-appointed Vice-President of the College,

in the Chair.

2~eport of Council. THE Council of the Medical Society of the King and Qneen's College of Physicians, Ireland, in presenting their Eighteenth Annual Report, have much pleasure in congratulating the members on the condition of their Society, and on the success which has attended its proceedings during the past Session.

Nine meetings were held, of which number s6ven were ordinary meetings, one an adjourned, and one a special meeting. The attendance of members has averaged over eighteen at each meeting.

The following communications were made to the Society during the Session : - -

1. Dr. Quinlan exhibited what he considered a specimen of "Hob- nailed Liver," which occurred in a perfectly temperate man.

2. Dr. J. W. Moore, Vice-President of the College of Physicians, exhibited a specimen of Disease of the Pulmonary Valves.

3. Dr. Foot reported a case of Extraordinary Hiccough which lasted for twenty-six weeks ; the patient recovered.

4. Dr. George C. Armstrong (by permission of the Council) made some remarks in reference to a patient whose urine contained alkapton (?). Some of the urine having been exhibited, Dr. Walter G. Smith proceeded

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to show the tests for this doubtful substance~ and made some remarks in reference to it.

5. Dr. Waiter G. Smith--Three Cases of Idiopathic Pericarditis.

6. Dr. J. W. Moore~ V.P .C.P . - -An Outbreak of Disease traceable to the Drinking of Impure Water.

7. Dr. H. Kennedy--Remarks on Salisbury's Views relating to the Treatment of Phthisis.

8. Dr. A. Benson--Coloboma of the Chorioid and of the Optic Nerve Sheath. Individuals the subjects of each anomaly were in attendance.

9. Dr. Walter G. Smith- -On a Peculiarity observed in the Urine of a Patent in Acute Pneumonia, a specimen of the urine being exhibited.

10. Dr. J. W. Moore, V.P .C.P , exhibited a Recent Specimen of Ascaris Lumbricoides which had been coughed up by a patient suffering from measles.

11. Dr. J. W. M oore~ V.P.C.I~:~ showed some Charts of the Tempera- ture in Cases of Specific Continued Fever r and spoke in reference to them.

12. Dr. J. ]~agee F i n n y - - A Case of Apparent Recovery from/VIorbus Addisonii; the patient was exhibited.

I3. Dr. Waiter G. Smith exhibited a man- -a patient of h is - -who was suffering from sensory paralysis of the left side of his body.

14 Dr. C. J. ~Nixon exhibited two Recent Specimens, the first being one of peritonitis with caseous deposit in the intestines~ some of the glands having ulcerated; the other was a case of disease of the heart~ with a small aneurism situated in the mitral valve.

15. Dr. E. M. Cosgrave exhibited a Skeleton Respirator, of his own invention~ for antiseptic inhalation~ and made some descriptive remarks thereon.

16. Brigade-Surgeon Jackson~ C.B, exhibited a morbid specimen taken from the body of a soldier who had died of typhoid fever~ showing evidence of destructive ulceration of the intestines.

17. Dr. Henry Kennedy--Two Cases of Eczema~ both fatal.

18. Dr. Cameron--The hitherto undcscribed Bromate and Iodate of Quinine~ and their therapeutic properties.

At one of the ordinary meetings~ and afterwards at a special meeting held for the purpose~ the question of the proposed scheme for amalgamating the existing medical societies of Dublin was discussed~ and resolutions were passed approving of such an attempt being made.

Eight new members were elected during the Session. The number of members on the roll at present is ninety-fiv% but four names will have to be struck of in accordance with Rule VII .

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By death the Society has lost six of its members : - -Two members of Council, Drs. Hayden and Reuben J. Harvey, and four ordinary members, Sir Edward B. Sinclair, M.D., Drs. Alfred M'Clintock, John Hughes, and Thomas Jackson.

The Council held eleven meetings, eight being ordinary, and three special ones, the attendance of its members being as follows : - -

~To. of Attendances.

1. Dr. J. H. Benson 2. Dr. Churchill 3. Dr. J. Magee Finny 4. Dr. A. W. Foot 5. Dr. Gordon 6. Dr. Grimshaw 7. Brigade-Surgeon Jackson,

C.B.

8 9 7 2 0 6

NO. of Attendances.

8. Dr. H. Kennedy . 10 9. Dr. C. J. Nixon 5

10. Dr. W. G. Smith 7 11. Dr. Purser 6 12. Dr. Purcell 0 13. Dr. A. Nixon Montgomery,

I-Ion. Sec. and Treasurer 10

Drs. Purser and Purcell, having been elected to fill the vacancies in the Council caused by death, had consequently only an opportunity of attending nine meetings.

All these gentlemen now retire, but are eligible for re-election. Dr. Fitzpatrick's term of office having expired, the Council propose Dr. Henry Kennedy as Vice-President for the ensuing Session.

In pursuance with Rule XL the following member has been duly nominated to serve on s Council--Dr. John William Moore.

Election of Oj~cers and Couno~l for the Session 1882-3. A ballot having been taken for the election of Officers and Council,

the following were declared elected : - -

~rice-.Presidents (2). The Vice-President of the College (ex o~.). Henry Kennedy~ M.B., F.C.P.

Council 1. Benson , J. H., M.D., F.C.I~. 2. Churchill, F., F.C.P. 3. Finny, J. M., M.D., F.C.P. 4. Fitzpatrick, T., M.D., Hon. F.C.P. 5. Foot, A. W., M.D., F.C.P. 6. Gordon, S., M.D., F.C.P.

(12). 7. Grimshaw, T.W.,M.D., F.C.P. 8. Jackson, Br~g.-Surg., C.B. 9. Moore, J. W., M.D., F.C.P.

10. Nixon, C. J., M.B., F.C.P. 11. Purser, J. M., M.D., F.C.P. 12. Smith, W. G., M.D., F.C.P.

tton. Sec. and Treasurer. Alex. Nixon Montgomery, M.C.P.

The meeting then adjourned.