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History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

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General Surgery 1631864The 14th Annual Meet<strong>in</strong>g i the State Medical <strong>Society</strong> \\;is held <strong>in</strong>Chicago, May 3 to 5,1864, <strong>in</strong> the Common Council room. War surgery wasaga<strong>in</strong> the pr<strong>in</strong>cipal topic. Dr. A. H. Luce, Vice-President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Society</strong>,presided and 33 members were <strong>in</strong> attendance, among them Drs. ThomasBevan and J.P. Ross, the founder <strong>of</strong> Presbyterian Hospital <strong>of</strong> Chicago.At the meet<strong>in</strong>g Dr. Pr<strong>in</strong>ce gave a 65-page report on the state <strong>of</strong> orthopedicsurgery, cover<strong>in</strong>g talipes and some experiments on dogs for the studs<strong>of</strong> regeneration <strong>of</strong> the tendo achillis after its removal. He also consideredthe use <strong>of</strong> electricity on paralyzed muscles as the best local gymnastic agent.The report <strong>of</strong> the Committee on Surgery, given aga<strong>in</strong> by Dr. EdmundAndrews who was then Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Surgery <strong>in</strong> the Chicago Medical College,was on military surgery. A report on the activities <strong>of</strong> the Mound CityMilitary Hospital was prepared by H. Wardner, Surgeon, U.S. Volunteers;he gave a long tabulated list <strong>of</strong> gunshot wounds, mostly fractures.There then followed a discussion on fractures, mention<strong>in</strong>g the appliancesperfected by Dr. Pr<strong>in</strong>ce, Dr. Latta <strong>of</strong> Goshen, Indiana, and Dr. Dodge <strong>of</strong>Janesville, Wiscons<strong>in</strong>. The most important ones mentioned were devisedto secure pa<strong>in</strong>less counter-extension <strong>of</strong> fractures <strong>of</strong> the lower extremity bya s<strong>in</strong>gle <strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ed plane with adhesive tape and elevated foot <strong>of</strong> the bed. Thiswas before the <strong>in</strong>troduction and perfection <strong>of</strong> the Hodgen spl<strong>in</strong>t at St.Louis. It was also suggested that 30 gra<strong>in</strong>s <strong>of</strong> sulphur be taken daily by thepatient to <strong>in</strong>duce the formation <strong>of</strong> granulations.A short talk was also given on exsections <strong>of</strong> portions <strong>of</strong> nerves for severeneuralgias, especially <strong>of</strong> the <strong>in</strong>ferior dental nerve.Dr. Pr<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>of</strong> Jacksonville gave another report on orthopedic surgery,discuss<strong>in</strong>g deformities but omitt<strong>in</strong>g talipes, and reported his experimentson muscle action and contraction. He <strong>in</strong>cluded "morbus coxarius" <strong>in</strong> tell<strong>in</strong>g<strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>flammation <strong>of</strong> jo<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>of</strong> the extremities and the result<strong>in</strong>g deformities.1866The Committee on Surgery was headed by Dr. H. W. Davis <strong>of</strong> Peoria;the Committee on Plastic Surgery by Dr. Pr<strong>in</strong>ce, and the Committee onCurvature <strong>of</strong> the Sp<strong>in</strong>e and Hip Diseases by Dr. J.W. Freer <strong>of</strong> Chicago.Dr. C. R. Parks <strong>of</strong> Bloom<strong>in</strong>gton read a case report <strong>of</strong> a death from <strong>in</strong>halation<strong>of</strong> chlor<strong>of</strong>orm.Dr. George T. Allen <strong>of</strong> Spr<strong>in</strong>gfield was appo<strong>in</strong>ted as a Special Committeeon the Radical Cure <strong>of</strong> Reducible Hernia.Dr. Edmund Andrews gave a paper on "A New Plastic Operation forCerta<strong>in</strong> Deformities <strong>of</strong> the Face," <strong>in</strong> which he said there were seriousobjections "<strong>in</strong> transplant<strong>in</strong>g llaps <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>tegument which have been com-

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