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Wichita Eagle
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
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At the American Medical Association session in Chicago on June 10, I. N. Quimby addressed medical jurisprudence, recommending a committee for a law against embryotomy. Discussions covered rising U.S. insanity attributed to European immigrants, drunkenness as a disease opposing liquor licensing, and adoption of resolutions recognizing dentists and planning an annual dinner.
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CHICAGO, June 10.-At today's session of the American Medical Association I. N. Quimby of New Jersey, chairman of the section on medical jurisprudence, read the address of his section. The appointment of a special committee to draft a law punishing embryotomy was recommended by the report. The increase of insanity in the United States was compared with the decrease of the disease in some European countries and the conclusion drawn that insane persons and those of feeble minds were shipped here from Europe. Drunkenness was touched upon in its aspect as a disease and it was held that the state should not license the sale of liquor for the dissemination of physical contamination which may become hereditary and aggravated by punishing the drunkard.
The resolutions offered yesterday by Mr. Davis relating to the recognition of dentists as members of the medical profession and the annual dinner of the association were adopted.
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Chicago
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June 10
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resolutions offered by mr. davis relating to the recognition of dentists as members of the medical profession and the annual dinner of the association were adopted.
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At today's session of the American Medical Association, I. N. Quimby of New Jersey, chairman of the section on medical jurisprudence, read the address of his section. The appointment of a special committee to draft a law punishing embryotomy was recommended by the report. The increase of insanity in the United States was compared with the decrease of the disease in some European countries and the conclusion drawn that insane persons and those of feeble minds were shipped here from Europe. Drunkenness was touched upon in its aspect as a disease and it was held that the state should not license the sale of liquor for the dissemination of physical contamination which may become hereditary and aggravated by punishing the drunkard.