THE NATIONAL

Association of Railway Surgeons

OFFICIAL REPORT

OF THE

SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING

HELD AT

OMAHA, NEBRASKA

MAY 31, JUNE 1 and 2, 1893.

EDITED BY

R. HARVEY REED, M. D.

MANSFIELD, OHIO.

PUBLISHED BY

THE RAILWAY AGE AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROADER

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

1893

THOS. H. MANLEY, Vice-President, New York, N. Y.

SURGEON C. H. WILKINSON, Chairman, Galveston, Tex.

SURGEON W. B. OUTTEN, Chairman, St. Louis, Mo.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

REPORT OF MEETING.

Minutes, with reports of Officers and Committees

Address of Welcome, by Hon. John M. Thurston, Esq., Omaha, Neb.

Response to Address of Welcome, by Surgeon C. K. Cole, Helena, Mont.

President's Address, by Surgeon C. W. P. Brock, Richmond, Va. .

CHAPTER II.

2-40

6-8

9-10

10-16

INJURIES OF THE CORD AND ITS ENVELOPES WITHOUT

FRACTURE OF THE SPINE.

(a) History, by Surgeon George Ross, Richmond, Va.

(b) Anatomical Landmarks, by Surgeon Jabez N. Jackson, Kan-

sas City, Mo.

41-48

48-53

(c) Physiology, by Surgeon A. P. Grinnell, Burlington, Vt.

(d) Experimental Research, by Surgeon Thomas H. Manley, New

York, N. Y.

53-59

.

60-163

(e) Pathology and Pathological Anatomy, by Surgeon Samuel C.

Benedict, Athens, Ga.

163-175

(f) Prognosis, by Surgeon Alexander J. Mullin, Jr., Michigan

City, Ind.

176-182

182-203

(g) Treatment, by Surgeon W. B. Outten, St. Louis, Mo..

(h) Clinical Report:

(1) From a Medical Aspect .

(a) Permanent Injuries

(b) Alleged Injuries

(2) From a Legal Aspect

() Settled with Suit

(b) Settled without Suit

(c) Miscellaneous

By Surgeon George Chaffee, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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203-206

CHAPTER III.

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.

A report of a case of Contusion of the Back and Abdomen, followed

in five months with Intestinal Lesions. By Surgeon Paul F.

Eve, Nashville, Tenn. .

207-212

212-216

The Relation of the Railroad Surgeon to Public and International

Hygiene. By Surgeon R. W. Bruce Smith, Seaforth, Can.

Superheated Steam as applied to Ships and Railroad Coaches as a

Germicide. By Surgeon Joshua Chittwood, Connersville, Ind. 216-221

The National Association of Railway Surgeons—not a Trade Union,

but a Philanthropic and Scientific Organization. By Surgeon

E. R. Lewis, Kansas City, Mo.

.

A case of Injury to the Bladder and Rectum. By Surgeon D. S.

Fairchild, Ames, Ia.

The Responsibility of the Surgeon in Suits for Damages against

Railway Companies. By Surgeon C. M. Woodward, Tecum-

seh, Mich.

221-224

224-230

231-237

Railway Surgery in Law and Medicine. By Clark Bell, Esq, New

York, N. Y.

237-241

Fracture of the Clavicle. By Surgeon J. T. Feild, Fort Worth, Tex. 241-243

Amputations. By Surgeon John Van Duyn, Syracuse, N. Y. . 243-252

The Sometime Necessity of Early Special Treatment in the Eye.

By Surgeon Joseph A. White, Richmond, Va. .

CHAPTER IV

THE ORGANIC LAW OF THE ASSOCIATION AND A

RECORD OF ITS MEMBERS.

252-258

Roll of Honorary Members since the Organization of the Association 259–263

Roll of Deceased Members since the Organization of the Association 264

Roll of Active Members up to, but not including, October 1st, 1893 265-283

Constitution and By-Laws

284-286

CHAPTER I.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF

RAILWAY SURGEONS.

Sixth Annual Convention, held at Omaha, Neb., May 31

and June 1 and 2, 1893.

(Reported by the Official Stenographer, R. A. Smith, Omaha, Neb.)

FIRST DAY-MORNING SESSION, WEDNESDAY, May 31.

The association convened in the exposition hall, and was
called to order by the chairman of the committee of arrange-
ments, Dr. W. J. Galbraith, of Omaha, Neb., at 10:30 a. m.

Prayer was offered by the Rev. T. J. Mackay, rector of All
Saints Church, Omaha, Neb.

The address of welcome was then delivered by Hon. John

M. Thurston, general solicitor of the Union Pacific Railway,

Omaha, Neb.