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Certificates were also ordered to be sent to the following persons under our reciprocity regulations:

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Charleston, January 16th, 1914.-The following members of the Board were present at a conference with Governor Hatfield and Commissioner of Prohibition Hon. Fred O. Blue, called to discuss the Yost Prohibition Law, President W. W. Golden, J. L. Pyle, J. H. Shipper, J. E. Robins, J. A. Rusmisell, H. M. Rymer, W. J. Davidson, H. A. Barbee, H. A. Brandebury, G. D. Lind and the secretary, S. L. Jepson. At the conclusion of the conference a special meeting of the Board of Health was held, all of the above members being present. On motion of the secretary, a committee composed of Drs. Barbee, Brandebury and Rusmisell was appointed to report at the next meeting regulations for supplying the state with vaccine virus, etc., under the authority given to the Board by the Amendments of February, 1913.

The secretary announced to the board the formation of a national body known as The Federation of State Medical Boards, which meets annually, the purpose of which is to advance the interest of the various boards. After a discussion of the matter, the secretary was authorized to make application for membership, paying the necessary dues.

The question of changing our rule with reference to reciprocity with other states was presented by Dr. Golden. After free discussion it was resolved hereafter to require a year's practice in the state from which any applicant comes, who applies for a license under our reciprocity regulations. Heretofore, this rule has applied only to states which required of West Virginia applicants a year's practice in this state.

The secretary called attention to the fact that the law as amended required the board "to gather information in respect to matters of public health for diffusion among the people." He stated that nearly all the State Boards of Health for this purpose issued a bulletin, either monthly or quarterly, and suggested the propriety of our board doing so. On motion of Dr. Robins, it was resolved to commence the issue of a health bulletin as soon as possible, and that

Lind, and President Golden, were appointed a committee to supervise the publication of a bulletin.

After auditing accounts the board adjourned.

Charleston, May 7th, 1914.-The second meeting of the School of Instruction was held on May 6th, particulars of which can be found on another page. The board convened in executive session at 9:00 A. M., May 7th, in the governor's reception room. Members present were Drs. W. W. Golden J. H. Shipper, G. D. Lind, J. L. Pyle, J. A. Rusmisell, W. J. Davidson, J. E. Robins, H. A. Brande

bury and Secretary S. L. Jepson.

The secretary presented a number of applications for certificates to practice medicine under our reciprocity regulations, and the papers of the following being found satisfactory, he was directed to issue certificates to them:

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The grade papers for the examination held in Charleston on the 21st, 23rd of April were presented by the secretary, and after examination, certificates were awarded to the following candidates:

E. Forest Harburt,

Otis Taylor Amory,
Nina Mae Baierle,

C. A. Cleveland,

Harry Franklin Coffman,
Munson Corbett,

Norman R. Davis,
Sam'l E. Enfield,
E. F. Flora,

W. A. Johnson,

Chas. Henry Laws,
C. H. Mason,
V. L. McCullers,
J. H. Miller,
G. E. Morris,

Wyatt, W. Va.

. Slaty Fork, W. Va.
.Parkersburg, W. Va.
.Lexington, Va.
.Cumberland, Md.

. Dobbin, W. Va.
.Henry, W. Va.
Milburn, W. Va.
Fenwick, W. Va.
. Anacostia, D. C.
.Wheeling, W. Va.
Baltimore, Md.
Mucklow, W. Va.
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Clarksburg, W. Va.

On motion of Dr. S. L. Jepson, it was resolved that the examining committee is hereby authorized to institute practical tests at future examinations wherever practical.

Twenty questions have been submitted on each branch for examination, the board made a selection of ten from each, the purpose being to avoid catch questions or such as are impractical, these questions to be used at the July examination.

Dr. Pyle offered the following resolution which was adopted:RESOLVED, That the secretary be instructed to consult the attorney general as to the rights and duties of the board in relation to diseases of animals in the state; and as to whose duty it is to supervise the killing of animals affected with tuberculosis and other diseases and from what fund shall such animals so dispensed of be paid for.

Dr. Barbee, chairman of the Committee on Vaccines, presented the committee's report which was received and the committee discharged. On motion of the secretary, Dr. Jepson, the report was amended so as to provide that vaccine virus only be supplied free by the State Board of Health for the use of indigent persons. As amended the report is as follows:

Mr. President and Members of the State Board of Health,
Gentlemen:

Your committee appointed at the last Board Meeting to inquire into the provision of Sec. 5, Chap. 24, of the Acts of 1913, relating to the keeping in the office of the Secretary of the State Board of Health, vaccine lymph, etc., for the benefit of the poor, submit the following report.

On March 19th, 1914, we asked the opinion of the Attorney General if this section was mandatory upon the State Board of Health. His opinion is as follows:

'I have your letter of the 19th inst., in which you state that the State Board of Health desires the opinion of this department upon that part of Sec. 5, Chap. 24, of the Acts of 1913, concerning the requirement that the Board shall keep in the office of the Secretary for free distribution, vaccine lymph, etc. I think this requirement is within the discretion of the State Board of Health, from the fact that it has no specific appropriation with which to purchase this medical material. I note that there is $15,000 appropriated by the Acts from moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Board to carry out provisions of that chapter. I find so many things set out in the Act which will require money, and which would have to be paid before the paragraph in Sec. 5, under consideration could be complied with, that we are forced to the conclusion that the keeping of this lymph, etc., for free distribution, would largely depend upon the amount of money which the Board would have available and, therefore, depending largely upon its discretion in making its expenditures.'

(Signed) A. A. LILLY, Atty. Gen. By FRANK LIVELY Asst.

In this connection your committee wishes to call the Board's attention to Sec. 1816 of Chapter 46 of the Code of 1896, "FREE VACCINATION-The overseer of any district may furnish antitoxin to, or cause to be vaccinated with proper vaccine matter, any person in such district who is unable to pay for same."

Since the appropriation allowed the State Board of Health of

Free Laboratory and for the sanitary work demanded of the
Board and in view of the existance of Sec. 1816 whereby the
poor are able to receive free vaccination and antitoxin at the
expense of the counties, your committee recommends that no
lymph other than vaccine virus be kept in the office of your
Secretary or be provided for by the Board for free distribution
to the poor, and that the provisions in Sec. 1816 of Chap. 46 of
the Code of 1896 be taken advantage of."

(Signed) H. A. BARBEE Chairman.
H. A. BRANDEBURY,
J. A. RUSMISELL.

The report as here presented was adopted.

The committee presented offers of prices "for the purchase of serums and vaccines from the H. K. Mulford Company." The secretary was authorized to make arrangements for the speedy supply of vaccine virus through the county health officers.

The secretary reported that he had received from Governor Hatfield a letter in which it was stated that the hook-worm disease was reported to exist in the Pocahontas coal field and that an investigation was desirable. Thereupon the secretary had requested Prof. W. H. Schultz of the laboratory, force at Morgantown, who had formerly made investigation of the hook-worm disease, to visit those fields and report the result of a brief investigation. A preliminary report of Dr. Schultz was presented to the board showing the existence of the disease in the region named. It was thereupon resolved to direct Dr. Schultz to visit that region again at his earliest convenience, spending as much time there as may be necessary to make a thorough investigation, and to put in operation the remedies necessary to eradiIcate the disease. He is to be paid, during the vacation at the University, the same salary he is now receiving, with whatever additional expenses may be necessary in the conduct of the investigation, and he is also to have additional necessary help while in the field. (See final report on another page.)

Applications were presented to the board from the Osteopathic Boards of Examiners of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri, asking that we establish reciprocal relations with them. These were referred to the secretary with power to act, if agreeable to the secretary of the West Virginia Osteopathic Association, and if, on investigation, the requirements of the States named be found to be the equal of

our own.

The rules presented by the North Dakota State Board of Examiners were approved with the exception of No. 5, which provides that the person seeking reciprocity "must have been a reputable member of a state or county society, and must have been endorsed by it as worthy of reciprocity."

The secretary reported that applications were not unfrequently received from points within the state from persons seeking certificates by reciprocity, and the question arises whether such applicants are already engaged in practice, either alone or as assistants with licensed physicians. It was, therefore, on motion of Dr. Brandebury,

the question-"Have you practiced medicine in this state prior to the date of application for a certificate?"

On motion of Dr. Davidson, the secretary was authorized to attend, at the expense of the board, the conference of state boards with the U. S. Public Health Service at Washington, June 18th, the conference of the State Boards of Health on June 19th and 20th, and the sanitary section of the American Medical Association the following week.

On motion of the secretary, Drs. Golden, Robins, Brandebury and Rusmisell, were appointed a committee to frame a new medical law and have their report ready for our next meeting.

On motion of Dr. Rusmisell, the secretary was instructed to prepare a collection of the rules and regulations of the board and all matters of interest, and present it at some future meeting.

On motion of Dr. Brandebury, a committee composed of Drs. Davidson, Rusmisell and the secretary was appointed to draw up a formal report for the hotel inspector to be presented to all landlords after inspection.

The case of J. E. Wren vs. A. A. Wingrove, was then presented. Attorney Charles W. Dillon appeared for the plaintiff and Attorney Charles Osenton for the defendant. Mr. Osenton asked to read and file a reply to the charges against Dr. Wingrove. The request was granted. The board then proceeded to hear witnesses, a number of whom on being sworn testified that they had received from Dr. Wingrove prescriptions for cocaine in from one to three drachm amounts in powder form, and whiskey in pints and quarts. The pharmacist who filed these prescriptions examined those presented at the trial and testified that they were in the handwriting of the defendant and that he had filled them. The defendant testified that he had written many of these prescriptions, but that in his opinion the amount of drugs had been raised since he wrote them. He also testified that the only reason he wrote such prescriptions was, that the people who received them were in the habit of using cocain and liquor, and that he thought they needed such stimulants. The prescriptions presented numbered no less than one hundred.

At the conclusion of the trial the board went into executive session and the defendant was adjudged guilty of the charges preferred, and a resolution was passed revoking his license to practice medicine and directing that the secretary send him an official notice of this fact in the following form:

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May 12th, 1914.

"At a meeting of the State Board of Health held in Charleston May 7th, 1914, the following order was issued:

J. A. Wren, Complainant,

VS.

Dr. A. A. Wingrove, Defendant.

Charge of Dishonorable Conduct.

"This cause came on for hearing on the 7th day of May, 1914, at Charleston, W. Va., the complainant being present in person

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