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Boston Society of Natural History. First April Session. The Presi- dent in the chair. The Secretary read a paper in behalf of Dr. W. J. B. on the sedative action of the poison of the rattlesnake, of which the fol- lowing is an extraet. Dr. Oates, of St. John's River, Fla., having fre- quently witnessed the effect of the use of alcoholic spirits upon the bites of venomous animals, and particularly that of the rattlesnake, and perceiv- ing that not only was the action of the poison arrested, but that under such circumstances the system seemed scarcely capable of being intoxicated with alcohol in any form-was desirous of reversing this experience by trying the effect of this poison when introduced into the system of a per-
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son thoroughly intoxicated. This he performed through the stomach, in- stead of the circulation direct. For this purpose he carefully extracted a small quantity of the poison from a healthy active snake, and incorporated it into several bread pills. He then intoxicated himself considerably with brandy, after which he took one of these pills; its effect was soon to di- minish the pulse and to completely neutralize the intoxication. He after- wards repeated the experiment, but with larger doses of both brandy and poison-pills ; and although the intoxication was pretty deep, three of the pills so reduced the pulse and depressed the whole system, that from dan- ger of collapse powerful stimulants had to be quickly resorted to. These and other subsequent trials fully showed him the profound sedative action of this product, which is probably unequalled by that of any other known substance.
In this connection I may add (says the author of the preceding commu- nication) that a case was stated to me a short time since, by a physician knowing authentically the circumstances, of a man in Athens, Ga., who while lying in a very intoxicated state, under a fence, was bitten by one of these animals ; the result was, that very speedily the intoxication was neu- tralized, and although the snake was very large and active, no harm follow- ed the wound .- Daily Evening Traveller, May 17, 1853.
A CATALOGUE OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE
NORFOLK DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY ;
INCLUDING THOSE PHYSICIANS, MEMBERS OF THE STATE SOCIETY, WHO RESIGNED OR DIED WHILE IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK.
Admit- ted.
NAME.
Residence.
Re- sign'd.
Died.
Age.
1810
+ * Adams, Peter
Stoughton.
1827
1832
76
1818
Alden, Ebenezer
Randolph.
18.52
Allen, Ira
Roxbury.
1789
*Ames, Nathaniel
Dedham.
1822
82
1839
#Archer, Jason H.
Wrentham.
1812 1812
* Aspinwall, William J. Bacon, Amasa D.
Brookline.
1818
33
1798 1831
+ #Bartlett, John
Roxbury.
1842
1844
88
1827
*Briggs, John K. Brown, Artemas
Dedham.
1843
49
1820
*Bugbee, Samuel
Wrentham.
1811
60
1833
*Carpenter, Simeon B.
Dedham.
1843
42
1833
#Chickering, Jesse
Jamaica Plain.
Wrentham.
1841 1837 1850 1847
Clapp, Erastus H. Cotting, Benjamin E. Cummings, Ariel S.
Roxbury.
1826
Darling, Elijah
Roxbury.
Diekerman, Lemuel
Medfield.
West Roxbury.
1836
60
West Roxbury.
Quincy.
Jamaica Plain.
Weymouth.
Roxbury.
So. Dedham.
+ *Fogg, Daniel
Braintree.
1818
1830
71
Foster, Fordyce
Cohasset.
Foster, James W.
Foxboro'.
Brookline.
East Weymouth.
Dorchester.
1809
28
Wrentham.
Jamaica Plain.
Medfield.
1846
64
Dorchester.
Foxboro'.
1830
1842
89
Milton.
Randolph.
Dedham.
1844
39
1823 1844
*Howard, John C. Howe, Appleton Hubbard, Benjamin Hubbard, Levi Jarvis, Edward Knight, William
South Weymouth.
Weymouth. Medfield.
Dorchester.
Medway.
Roxbury.
1805
51
1840 Mann, Benjamin
Roxbury.
1
1817
#Bugbee, William B.
Quincy.
Roxbury.
Dorchester.
1817 1819 1859 1827 1848 1807 1847 1851 1806 1844 1840
*Draper, Abijah Draper, Abijah W.
#Duggan, William B. Faulkner, George
Franeis, Tappan E. Fuller, Lemuel
*Gardner, Joseph
Gibbens, Daniel L.
Harris, Luther M.
*Hewins, James Hill, John B. Hitchcock, Joseph G. S.
+ *Holbrook, Amos
Milton.
Holmes, Christopher C. Howard, Frederic
1837 1833 1842 1790
*Le Prilette, Lewis
1848 1853 1808 1847 1823 1820 1852 1853 1800 1841 1843 1832
Bartlett, Henry
Roxbury.
Medway.
1819
Cushing, Benjamin
+Fifield, Noah Flint, John Sydenham Fogg, David S.
Sharon.
45
Adıit- ted.
NAMES.
Residence.
Re- signed.
Died.
Age.
1843 1846 1849
Martin, Henry A.
Roxbury.
Dedham.
1815
ttMetcalf, Paul R.
Wrentham.
1800
1850
79
Dorchester.
18-13
Miller, Erasmus D. Morse, Horatio G. Munroe, A. LeBaron
Medway.
1849
#Nichols, Paul R. Jr. Noyes, Josiah Nute, Timothy J.
Needham,
1850
*Parker, Benjamin F. Pattee, William S. Perry, Ira
Roxbury.
1844
33
1851
*l'hipps, Thomas
Quincy.
1832
46
Roxbury.
1844
Braintree.
Medway.
1822
70
Roxbury.
1852
73
Roxbury.
1849
41
Brookline.
1822
1844
84
Franklin.
Brookline.
Brookline.
Dedham.
Dorchester.
Dedham.
1797
84
Franklin.
1852
43
+Stimson, Jeremy
Dedham.
1852
Sharon.
·
1842
69
Walpole.
Roxbury.
Canton.
Dorchester.
1847
1852
75
North Weymouth.
Stoughton.
1815
84
Roxbury.
Randolph.
Randolph.
1843
65
East Stoughton.
Milton.
Weymouth.
Jamaica Plain.
Dedham.
Dedham.
1826
Wild, Edward A.
Brookline.
Braintree.
Roxbury.
1815
79 79
1833
Roxbury.
1831
Jamaica Plain.
1839
*Windship, Charles W. Windship, Charles M. #Wing, Benjamin F. Wood, Theophilus E. *Woodside, Anthony Woodward, Ebenezer *Wyman, Charles F.
East Randolph.
Roxbury.
Quincy.
1851
27
1850 1808
*WYMAN, RUFUS, Pres't.
Roxbury.
1843
65
* Deceased.
+ Resigned.
# Not in practice.
1837 1811 1842 1822 1852 1836 1824 1783 1844 1836 1818 1815 1827 1847 1852 1803 1842 1838 1781 1853
*Sprague, John *Stanley, Selim A. Stetson, James A.
Quincy.
*Stone, Daniel Stone, Ebenezer
Streeter, Joseph H. Taft, Caleb S.
+ *Thaxter, Robert Tirrell, N. Quincy Tucker, Simeon
*TUFTS, COTTON, Pres't. Waldock, James
Weymouth.
1838 1822 1847 1829 1850 1837
*Wales, Jonathan Walker, Joseph B. Ware, Jonathan Warren, E. Lewis Weld, Christopher Minot Whitney, Samuel S. Wight, Danforth P. Wild, Charles
Brookline.
1850 1814 1852 1783 1803
*Williams, Thomas
Roxbury. Roxbury.
1852
1844 1832
Mann, Cyrus S.
Stoughton.
1801 1838
*Miller, Nathaniel
Franklin.
Roxbury.
1834
Roxbury.
1852
1832
Roxbury.
1839 1852
Quincv.
West Medway.
1822 1813 1840 1804 1809 1832
+Prentiss, Nathaniel Richards, Jacob, Jr.
*Richardson, Abijah
*Robbins, Peter G.
*Rogers, Samuel Salisbury, Stephen
Bellingham.
+ *Scammell, John Scammell, Lucius L.
#Shurtleff, Samuel A. Shurtleff, Augustine Spear, Henry A. Spooner, John P.
#Wales, Bradford L.
1838 1831
Wild, Jonathan Wiley, Adams
Stoughton.
Maynard, John P.
46
Sixty-nine of the members of the Society, are in active professional prac - tice.
Beside these, there are twenty-two other men who are to a greater or less extent in the practice of medicine in the County of Norfolk. Ten of these are supposed to have received a proper medical education, and are graduates or licentiates, and in good standing in the profession. The re- maining twelve are supposed to be irregular, or to have received an imper- fect education and are not in good standing.
Whole number of members of the Medical Society, past and present, within the County of Norfolk, - 111
Deceased, 33
Now living, 78
Retired from practice, 8
Active members of the Society in practice, - 69
Other physicians in good standing, - 10
Irregular, or having (as supposed) an imperfect education, -
12
Practitioners or candidates for medical practice in Norfolk County, 92
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, FOR 1853-54.
DR. EBENEZER ALDEN, President.
DR. APPLETON HOWE, Vice President.
DR. EDWARD JARVIS, Secretary.
DR. DANFORTH P. WIGHT, Treasurer.
DR. LEMUEL DICKERMAN, Librarian.
DR. EBENEZER STONE,
DR. HENRY BARTLETT,
DR. BENJAMIN MANN,
Censors.
DR. SIMEON TUCKER,
DR. STEPHEN SALISBURY,
DR. HENRY BARTLETT,
DR. EBENEZER STONE,
DR. JONATHAN WARE,
DR. DANFORTH P. WIGHT,
DR. BENJAMIN MANN,
Counsellors.
DR. ERASMUS D. MILLER,
DR. BENJAMIN E. COTTING,
DR. EDWARD JARVIS,
INDEX OF NAMES.
Adams, Peter
19
Crane, Phineas M. 19
Harris, Luther M. 44
Adams, Samuel
28
Crossman, George
18, 19 Harris, Thaddeus W. 17, 18
Alcock, Jolın
35
Crosby, Ebenezer
10 Hayward, George
38
Alcock, Samuel
35
Cummings, Ariel I.
41 Hayward, Lemuel 38
Alden, Ebenezer
1º2
Cushing, Benjamin
41 Hewes, Joseph
33
Alden, Ebenezer
1,13
Hewins, Elijah
20
Allen, Ira
4.4
Daggett, Ebenezer
30
Hewins, Samuel
19
Allin, Daniel
21
Dal Honde, Louis
23 Hewins, James
27
Amnes, Ebenezer
32
Danforth, Elijalı
11 Hill, John B.
44
Ames, Nathaniel
21
Danforth, Samuel
14, 38 Hitchcock, Joseph G. S.
44
Ames, Nathaniel
23,39
Danforth, Thomas
14
Hoar, Leonard
10
Ames, Setlı
23
Darling, Elijah
44 Holbrook, Amos
17, 33
Aspinwall, William
40
Davies, Jonathan
36 Holden, Phinehas
14
Aspinwall, William Jr.
40
Denning, William
28 Holden, William
14
Atherton, Israel
37
Dickerman, Lemuel
4-1
Holmes, Christopher C.
44
Avery, Jonathan
21
Donielson, Lothario
26
Howard, Frederic
44
Avery, William
Draper, Abijah
39
Howard, John C.
44 9
Bacon, Amasa D.
44
Draper, Philip
25
Howe, Francis
25
Baker, James
14
Druce, John
31
Hubbard, Benjamin 44
44
Baker, Moses
19
Bartlett, Henry
44
Bartlett, John
36
Eustis, William
40
Beal, -
7
Jeffries, John
37
Bean, Cyrus
31
Fales, John
31
Jerauld, James
26
Belcher. -
18
Faulkner, George
44
Jerauld, James 2d.
26, 27
Bossuet, Joseph
11
Fifield, George F.
9
Bowditch, II. I.
12
Fifield, Noah
9
Kennedy, Charles R. 18
Kingsbury,- 20
Boylston, Zabdiel
14,40
Fisk, Peter
44
Kittredge, Thomas 11, 27, 38
39
Briggs, John K.
25 44
Foster, Fordyce
44
Knapp, 30
Brown, John
37
Foster, James W.
44
Knight, William 44
Bucknam, Nathan
19
Foster, Thomas
39
Kollock, Cornelius
26,31
Bugbee, Samuel
32
Francis, Tappan E.
44
Bugbee, William B.
14
French, Ephraim
27
Le Prilette, Lewis 33
Carpenter, Simeon B.
2.1
Fuller, Lemuel
44
Lovell, James 8
28
Channcey, Charles
7
Fuller, Timothy
28
Chickering, Jesse
14
Church, Benjamin
12
Gale, Benjamin
40
Mann, Cyrus S.
45
Clapp, Eleazer
14, 15
Gardner, Joseph
11
Mann, Elias
26,27
Clapp, Erastus H.
44
Gardner, Samuel
17
Mann, James
32
Collins.
30 Gibbens, Daniel I ..
44 Mann, Seth
30
Corbett, John
28, 29
Glover, John
35 Martin, Henry A. 45
Corbett, John
28
Glover, Samuel K.
17 Maynard, John P. 45
44 Gould, Samuel
28 Mckinstry, Nathan
9
Cotting, Benjamin E.
39
Fisher, Daniel
28
Kittredge, John B. 25
Brackett, Ebenezer
11
Flynt, John Sydenham
Brenton. Samuel
31
Fogg, Daniel
11
Foster, Andrew
39
Kittredge, Thomas 18
25
Le Baron, Lemuel 39
Caryl, George
26
Fuller, Samuel
4,13
Lowthrain, Thomas
Baxter, Joseph
26
Everett, Aaron 20
Jarvis, Edward 44
Baker, Moses
12, 18, 30
Duggan, William B,
44
Hubbard, Levi
Dunbar, - 28
Ingalls, William 25
21
Draper, Abijah W.
44
Howe, Appleton
Boylston, Thomas
31
Brown, Artemas
Fuller, Jabez
Mann, Benjamin 44
48
Merriam, Timothy
30 | 30
Scammell, Samuel L.
29
Waldock, James
Metcalf, John
Sherman, Luther W.
32
Wales, Predford L. B
Metcalf, Paul
Shurtlen, Augustine
45 Wales, Eph raim
Metcalf, William Pitts
33
Shortleff. Samuel A. 45
Wales, Ephraim
12, 1.
Miller, Erastus D.
15
Smith, Nathan
13 Wales, Jonathan
13
Miller, Nathaniel
13, 27,33
Spear, Ilenry A.
-15 Walker, Joseph B.
1 ,
Monroe, Le Baron
45
Spooner, John 1'.
45 Ware, Benjamin
31
Morrell, Isaac
28
Sprague John
23 Ware, Jonathan
.31
Morse, Iloratio G. 45
24 Warren, John
11,36
Mulliken, Samuel 15
45
Warren, Joseph
33
Nichols, Paul R. Jr.
45
Stetson, James A.
45
Waterhouse, Benjamin 10
Norton, Jenckes
31
Stimson, Jeremy
25 Well, Christopher M. 15
Noyes, Josiah
28
Stone, Daniel
20
Wheaton, Jesse
Nute, Timothy I.
45
Stone, Ebenezer
31 White, Nathaniel 8, 11
Oates,
42
Stone, Jonathan
19 Whitwell, Samuel
27
Parker, Benjamin F.
36
Sumner, Enos
17
Wight, Danforth P.
25
Pattee, William S.
43
Taft, Caleb S.
45
Wild, Jonathan
Peck, Gardner S.
20
Talbot,
20 Wild, Charles
45
Perry, Ira
45
Tappan, Henry B.
31
Wild, Edward A.
45
Phillips, Ebenezer
26
Thacher, James
10
Wilder, Abel
30
Phipps, Thomas
10
Thacher, Peter Thacher, Thomas
7, 16
Willard, Samuel
20, 26, 28 39
Pratt, Spencer
20
Thaxter, Thomas
15 Williams, Thomas
36,37
Prentiss, Nathaniel F.
37
Thayer, Ebenezer
11
Williams, Stephen W.
17
Putnam, Amos
12
Thayer, Elisha
25
Wilson, Edmund
9
Rhodes,
30
Thompson, Arad
25 Windship, Charles W.
38
Richards, Benjamin
8
Thurber, Daniel
29,30
Windship, Amos
38
Richards, Jacob
7
Tirrell, Norton Q.
45 Windship, Charles M.
15
Richards, Joseph
21
Tompson, Benjamin
35
Wing, Benjamin F.
15
Richardson, Abijah
27
Torrey, James
9 8, Wood, Theophilus E.
45
Robbins Peter G.
38
Tucker, Simeon
19
Wood, Joshua
20
Rogers, Samuel
38
Tucker, Simeon
45
Woodside, Anthony
38
Salisbury, Stephen
45
Tufts, Simon
8
Wyman, Charles F. 4,19
Sanborn, William
9
Turner, Benjamin
17
Wyman, Rufus
37
Savil, Elisha
10
Turner, Henry
10
Scammell, John
29
Turner, Ilenry, jr.
10 Young, 20
11
Scammell, Lucius I .. 45
Vinton, Benjamin
Messenger, James
Metcalf, Ebenezer
32
Searle, Samuel
18
Sprague, John Jr. * Stanley, Schim .1. Stedman, Edward
10 Warren, E. Lewis
15
Stone, Ephraim
34 Whittaker, William
45
Wight, Aaron
Wild, Jonathan
30
Payson, William
20
16
Wiley, Adams
45
Phipps, Thomas Jr.
11
19
Thaxter, Robert
4, 15
Willard,
Pope,
Thayer, Jonathan
30
Wilson, John
9,26
Tufts, Cotton
8
Woodward, Ebenczer
1
Streeter, Joseph II.
32, 33 52
* Not Joseph, as printed by mistake.
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