REPORTS OF SOCIETIES
The Academy met at the St. Paul University Club, Feb. 3. Dr. C. M. Carlaw presided.
Four doctors were proposed for membership: Drs. W. H. Condit and Stephen Baxter, of Minneapolis, and Drs. Wilhelm Lerche and F. C. Schuldt, of St. Paul. All four names were referred to the executive committee.
Dr. Arnold Schwyzer showed some x-ray pictures of a penetrating gastric ulcer. He also made a report of a case where gall-stones gave a feeling of emphysematous crackling, due to small marble-sized stones with no more fluid than enough to fill the spaces between the stones (perhaps a teaspoonful in all).
The paper of the evening was presented by Dr. A. E. Benjamin, the subject being “Goiter Operations with Simplified Technic.” The paperwas thoroughly discussed, the whole evening being given over to its consideration.
The reading of Dr. White’s thesis was deferred until another meeting.
Twenty-seven were present.
Fred E. Leavitt, M. D., Secretary.