Excerpt from Pioneer Physicians of Western Pennsylvania: The President's Address of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania It is now my high honor and pleasure, as the fifty-first president of this society, to deliver the annual address. During the year there has been no startling improve ment or discovery in the domain of medi cine. The recent announcement, by so eminent an authority as Prof. Koch, that he does not believe the tuberculosis of ani mals can be transmitted to mankind, has caused considerable ...
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Excerpt from Pioneer Physicians of Western Pennsylvania: The President's Address of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania It is now my high honor and pleasure, as the fifty-first president of this society, to deliver the annual address. During the year there has been no startling improve ment or discovery in the domain of medi cine. The recent announcement, by so eminent an authority as Prof. Koch, that he does not believe the tuberculosis of ani mals can be transmitted to mankind, has caused considerable surprise and will lead to a very careful revision of all the evidence on the subject. Much thought and scien tific work have been expended searching for the cause of disease. Re-examination has more thoroughly established certaintheories and cast more doubt upon others. It is essentially a period of investigation. The accepted results will come later. The bacteriologist at present has the floor. The chemist may come next. New remedies seem more sought after by enterprising drug houses than by scientific physicians. The result is a flood of proprietary medi cines, with startling names, but of little real value. Possibly the year's work might be summarized as a strengthening of the lines of battle, rather than aggressive warfare against disease. The recent changes in the organiza tion of the American Medical Association increase the importance of membership in the State Society. One delegate is authorized to every five hundred members. At present, therefore, our society is en titled to seven members in the House of Delegates of the National Association. As delegates may not be able to attend, I rec ommend the election also of seven alter nates, that we may be fully represented in that important body. It might also be wise to amend our Constitution so that the Board of Trustees and the Committee of Arrangements could appoint, within limits, the exact date of our annual meetings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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