. The Medical and surgical reporter . ociety use all its efforts to secure legis-lation requiring the filling of all publicoffices having medical functions with medi-cal men. OFFICERS FOR 1888. President—W. O. Ensign, of Rutland. First Vice-President—Charles WarringtonEarle, of Chicago. Second Vice-President—P. H. Oyler, ofMt. Pulaski. Permanent Secretary—David W. Graham,of Chicago. Assistant Secretary—G. L. Eyster, of RockIsland. Treasurer—Walter Hay, of Chicago. Judicial Committee — A. Wetmore, ofWaterloo ; S. C. Plummer, and P. F. Cruni-mer. On motion the Society adjourned. Nextplace of mee
. The Medical and surgical reporter . ociety use all its efforts to secure legis-lation requiring the filling of all publicoffices having medical functions with medi-cal men. OFFICERS FOR 1888. President—W. O. Ensign, of Rutland. First Vice-President—Charles WarringtonEarle, of Chicago. Second Vice-President—P. H. Oyler, ofMt. Pulaski. Permanent Secretary—David W. Graham,of Chicago. Assistant Secretary—G. L. Eyster, of RockIsland. Treasurer—Walter Hay, of Chicago. Judicial Committee — A. Wetmore, ofWaterloo ; S. C. Plummer, and P. F. Cruni-mer. On motion the Society adjourned. Nextplace of meeting : Rock Island, third Tues-day in May, 1888. PHILADELPHIA COUNTY MEDICALSOCIETY. Stated meeting, May 11, 1887. The Vice-President, E. T. Bruen, M. D.,in the chair. Dr. Thomas B. McBride described andexhibited A New Apparatus for Maintaining the Lithotomy Position,I desire to present to the Society thisevening an apparatus I have designed for thepurpose of supporting the limbs and main-taining the lithotomy It consists of a piece of hard, elasticwood, preferably ash or hickory, f of an inchthick, 1 inch wide, 36 inches long, bent ateach end in a semicircle of 6 inches diam-eter, or a semicircumference of 10i inches,thus leaving a shaft of 15 inches betweenthe semicircles, and making the length ofthe finished instrument 27 inches (6 + 15+ 6). To the shaft, 2 inches from each end, abuckle is immovably fastened by means ofleather. A band of webbing, finished at each ex- 716 Medical Societies. | Vol. lvi. tremity with a leather strap, the whole 50inches long, completes the device. In using the apparatus, the thighs areflexed on the abdomen and put in the semi-circles, the band is placed around the neckand fastened to the buckles. The advantages are apparent. Its cheap-ness places it within the reach of every thoroughness with which it does itswork, keeping the patient immovably in thelithotomy position, and maintaining the samerelative position o
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