Augusta City Hospital.
Augusta, Maine.

The hospital was established in 1898 and moved into the present building in 1900.

On the closing day of 1902 every private room was occupied and, outside of the female and children's wards, there was not a vacant bed in the hospital. So rapid has been the increase in the number of patients that have come to us from various parts of the state, and so constant has been the widening scope of the hospital's benefactions, that the accommodations which seemed so ample two years ago are already becoming pinched. The rooms available for nurses in training are already occupied, two nurses being assigned to each. Unless, therefore, further provision is made in this direction it will not be possible to increase the present number of pupil nurses.

The most noticeable improvements during the year 1902 were the installation of a new Kny-Scheerer sterilizer, and the fitting up of a new woman's ward with thirteen beds. The rooms formerly used as a female ward have been utilized as a male ward, thus putting all the ward patients upon the first floor; 205 patients were treated during the past year, 85 were medical and 120 were surgical. A training school for nurses is connected.

A cordial invitation is extended to the public to visit the hospital and see the work it is doing. Out of town members of the medical profession are specially welcome. All who come will be cordially received by the management, and every possible courtesy will be shown them.

The hospital is conducted on the broadest possible lines. Both the Regular and Homœopathic schools of medicine are accorded equal privileges, and its doors stand open to physicians of the state, in good standing in their profession, who may desire to bring patients to the hospital for their own private treatment.

President, C. B. Burleigh; Secretary, Norman L. Bassett; Treasurer, John R. Gould. Consulting Physicians and Surgeons: F. C. Thayer, M.D., Waterville; B. T. Sanborn, M.D., Augusta; J. D. Nutting, M.D., Hallowell; W. P. Giddings, M.D., Gardiner; L. J. Crooker, M. D., Augusta; C. W. Taggart, M.D., Winthrop; Alton Sawyer, M. D., Gardiner; W. E. Elwell, M. D., Togus.

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Attending Physicians : G. R. Campbell, M.D., G. E. Washburn, M.D., H. A. Milliken,

Adjunct Physicians : C. J. Lincoln, M.D., John W. Moore, M.D.

Attending Homœopathic Physicians: W. Scott Hill, M.D., W. S. Thompson, M.D.

Attending Surgeons: J. E. Tuell, M.D., O. C. S. Davies, M. D., W. H. Harris, M. D., H. J. Frederick, M. D., W. Johnson, M.D., A. H. Sturtevant, M.D.

Oculist and Aurist, H. E. Gribben, M. D.

Pathologists, Merton W. Bessey, M.D., F. N. Whittier, M.D.
Superintendent and Matron, Mrs. Sarah Hayden.
Assistant Matron, Glenora M. Vannah.

Knox County General Hospital.

2 Maple Street, Rockland, Maine.

Organized July 28, 1902 and opened May 27, 1903. The hospital has a capacity of eleven beds. A training school for nurses is connected.

Medical Staff: F. B. Adams, M.D., A. R. S. Smith, M.D., J. M. Wakefield, M.D., S. T. Weedman, M.D.

Surgical Staff: J. E. Walker, M.D., W. F. Hart, M.D., W. M. Spear, M. D., George C. Horne, M.D.

Matron, Josephine J. Ayling.

Children's Home.
Bangor, Maine.

This institution was chartered by the Legislature of Maine in 1839 as the "Bangor Female Orphan Asylum." A house was bought on Fourth street and from that time until 1865 the home had about nine inmates. In 1865 Mr. Franklin W. Pitcher proposed to erect a larger home to admit boys as well as girls, providing the name was also changed to the "Children's Home." Mr. James Smith gave the land on Ohio Street, and in 1869 the new home was occupied. The Home now has an endowment fund of $65,574, the interest on which, with an annual appropriation from the State of $1,000, supports the Home.

CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION.

Any bright, healthy child between the ages of two and eight years, if a boy, or between two and ten years, if a girl, is suitable for admission when one or both parents are dead, or when the parents cannot support the child. Children are also taken to board at one dollar per week, from mothers who cannot care for them at home. Three references are required to be sent with each application. A physician's certificate of mental and physical health is also required. If the application is made by the town authorities, one hundred dollars are to be paid to the Home by the town sending the child.

President, Mrs. James Adams; Treasurer, Mrs. Levi Bradley; Secretary, Miss Georgiana

Brown.

Visiting Physicians: George P. Jefferds, M.D., Butram L. Bryant, M.D.
Physician for Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, Harry Butler, M.D.

Temporary Home for Women and Children of Maine.
Portland, Maine.

Established twenty years ago to provide a temporary home for needy women and children to whom other doors are closed.

The women are taught the general household duties and in every way they are made to become useful in life.

The children are those who have been abandoned by one or both parents, or sickness or poverty necessitates their being taken from home for a few months. Visitors are admitted from 2 to 5 on Thursdays only.

Honorary President, Mrs. A. W. Longfellow; President, Miss Harriet A. Deering; Secretary, Mrs. F. C. Johnston; Treasurer, Miss Cornelia M. Dow.

Physician, Florence M. Dyer, M.D.

Advisory Physicians: J. L. Hersom, M.D., and M. Alice Avery, M.D.

Maine Insane Hospital.

Augusta, Maine.

Founded in 1840. Nov. 30, 1902, there were 363 men and 268 women inmates; 69 supported by the state, 29 by individuals, 18 by towns and cities, 44 by individuals and state, and 471 by towns, cities and state. The farm house has been enlarged.

Trustees: Frederick Robie, M.D., Gorham, President; H. T. Powers, Fort Fairfield, Secretary; Mrs. J. R. Smith, Litchfield; Thomas White, Bangor; Sidney M. Bird, Rockland; Charles E. Field, Bangor; George E. Macomber, Augusta.

Resident Officers: Bigelow T. Sanborn, M.D., Superintendent; Horace B. Hill, M.D., Assistant Superintendent; H. L. Horsman, M.D., Second Assistant; H. K. Stinson, M.D., Third Assistant; Gertrude E. Heath, M.D., Fourth Assistant; Manning S. Campbell, Steward and Treasurer; Alice G. Twitchell, Matron; G. R. Campbell, M. D., Pathologist and Bacteriologist.

Eastern Maine Insane Hospital.
Bangor, Maine.

Founded 1900. Nov. 30, 1902 there were 115 men and 94 women inmates, and 24 acres of ground are under cultivation.

The hospital is at present overcrowded and additions are to be made.

Trustees: Frederick Robie, President, Gorham; H. T. Powers, Secretary, Fort Fairfield; Mrs. J. R. Smith, Litchfield; Sidney M. Bird, Rockland; Thomas White, Bangor; Charles E. Field, Bangor; George E. Macomber, Augusta.

Resident Officers: George W. Foster, M.D., Superintendent; P. H. S. Vaughan, M.D., Assistant Superintendent; Burt F. Howard, M. D., Assistant Physician; Charles F. Perry, Steward; Charles S. Pearl, Treasurer; Adelaide C. Brown, Matron.

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

Eastern Branch, Togus, Maine.

The Home has 2,700 members and the hospital has accommodations for 370 patients. Surgeon, Walter E. Elwell, M. D.; First Assistant, B. D. Ridlon, M.D.; Second Assistant, W. S. A. Kimball, M. D.; Third Assistant, E. B. Skolfield, M.D.; Fourth Assistant, George A. Coombs, M. D.

Portland Polyclinic.

35 Plum Street, Portland.
Organized in January 1903.

Daily clinics held every day from 9-10 A.M.
Orthopedic Surgery, E. G. Abbott, M.D.
Ear, Nose and Throat, Owen Smith, M.D.
Diseases of the Skin, G. A. Pudor, M.D.

Genito-Urinary Diseases, Alfred Mitchell, Jr., M.D.

Gynecology, W. L. Cousins, M.D.,

Medicine, J. E. Keating, M.D., J. B. O'Neil, M.D.

Surgery, H. F. Twitchell, M.D., W. H. Bradford, M.D.

Diseases of Children, C. M. Leighton, M. D., R. D. Small, M.D.

Greeley Hospital.

Portland.

Established by the City of Portland in 1874, previous to which time the sick were cared for in a portion of the Alms House. There are beds for fifty-four patients. The daily average is about fifty.

The City physician, W. W. Dyson, M.D., has charge of the hospital and has no assistants.

Associations and Societies.

Waldo Clinical Club.

Organized at Belfast, Maine, October 3, 1899. The meetings have always been held at the office of Dr. John Stevens of Belfast. They are held on the third Tuesday of each month but have not been held very recently though they are soon to be resumed.

Candidates must be physicians in good standing residing in Waldo County.
President, Adelbert Millet, M.D.; Secretary and Treasurer, E. L. Stevens, M.D.

O. A. Horr Medical Club.

Organized in 1896. Meetings are held at the Central Maine General Hospital on the third Monday evening of each month except June, July, August, and September. Candidates must be regular physicians in good standing.

President, W. D. Webber, M.D., Lewiston; Secretary, C. C. Peaslee, M.D., Auburn; Treasurer, J. Sturgis, M.D., Auburn.

Biddeford and Saco Medical Club.

This society was organized on December 10, 1888. first Thursday evening of each month at the Saco House. standing may become a member.

The meetings are held on the
Any regular physician in good

President, H. A. Weymouth, M. D.; Secretary and Treasurer, J. J. M. O'Connor, M.D.

Lister Club.

The Lister Club was organized in 1892. The meetings are held once a month at the homes of the members in rotation.

The number of members is limited to twelve and they must be regular physicians in good standing.

President, Stanley P. Warren, M.D.; Secretary and Treasurer, Charles D. Smith, M.D.

Waterville Clinical Society.

This society was organized in 1893. The meetings are held monthly except July and August, in the City Building.

Members must be regular graduates and have been in practice in the vicinity for at least one year.

President, E. A. Parker, M.D., Pittsfield, Me.; Secretary and Treasurer, P. S. Merrill, M.D., Waterville, Me.

South Aroostook Medical Society.

Organized in 1901. Meetings are held quarterly in the town of Houlton, Maine. Members must be physicians in good standing, graduates of a regular school of medicine. President, Robert Boyd, M.D.; Treasurer, Harry L. Putnam, M.D.; Secretary, F. W. Mann, M.D.

Sebasticook Clinical Society.

The society was organized on February 27, 1897. Any licensed Physician, Druggist, or Dentist who obtains the unanimous vote of the members may join. The meetings are held at the homes of the members in rotation.

President, E. C. Bryant, M.D., Pittsfield; Secretary, E. P. Goodrich, M.D., Plymouth; Treasurer, T. N. Drake, M.D., Pittsfield.

Somerset County Medical Association.

Organized January 25, 1864. The meetings are held annually soon after the meeting of the State Association. Any graduate of medicine in good standing may become a member.

President, W. G. Sawyer, M.D., Madison; Secretary and Treasurer, H. C. Taggart, M.D., Skowhegan.

The Portland Medical Club.

Founded by Erastus E. Holt, M.D., of Portland, and organized at a meeting held at his house on Tuesday evening, December 19, 1876 at eight o'clock.

The original members were: Charles W. Bray, M.D., Charles A. Ring, M.D., E. W. Brooks, M.D., Charles O. Files, M.D., George H. Cummings, M.D., and Doctor E. E. Holt.

Doctor Holt was elected secretary and appointed to write the Constitution, and at the second meeting of the Club, on December 26, all the original members were present and the Constitution and By-Laws were adopted and signed by all the members.

The original name was "The Anstie Medical Society of Portland." This name was changed in September 1877 to the " Portland Medical Club." The meetings were held on the first and third Thursday evening of each month, except during June, July and August. The meetings are now held on the first Thursday evening of the month, from June to September inclusive, a plan adopted at the meeting in January, 1893. The meetings are held at the homes of the members, and membership is open to all physicians in good standing who are graduates of a regular medical school.

President, N. W. R. Straw, M.D.; Secretary and Treasurer, H. J. Patterson, M.D.

Kennebec County Medical Society.

Organized January 28, 1868. The meetings are held at Augusta, Waterville and Gardiner in May, August, November and February. Candidates must be regular graduates in medicine.

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President, Oliver W. Turner, M.D.; Secretary and Treasurer, Wellington Johnson,

Piscataquis Medical Society.

This society was organized in August, 1898. The meetings are held on the third Thursday in August, November, February and May, in towns appointed by the executive committee.

Candidates must possess the same requirements as necessary to join the Maine Medical Society.

President, C. W. Ray, M.D.; Secretary, O. R. Emerson, M.D., Monson; Treasurer, R. H. Worth, M.D.

Pathological Club.

Organized in November, 1900. The meetings are held in rotation at the homes of the members, usually in Portland. They are held on the third Tuesday of each month excepting June, July and August.

Candidates must be regular graduates in good standing, the number of members being limited to twelve.

President, H. F. Twitchell, M.D.; Secretary, Owen Smith, M.D.; Treasurer, Alfred Mitchell, M.D.

Portland Clinical Society.

This society was organized in November, 1878. The meetings are held at the homes of the members from September to May. Members are elected by unanimous vote.

President, R. H. Weeks, M.D.; Secretary and Treasurer, Charles O. Hunt, M.D.

Oxford County Medical Society.

Organized in 1896. The meetings are held at Mechanics Falls in June, September, December and March. Candidates must meet the same requirements as for membership in the Maine Medical Society.

President, A. L. Stanwood, M.D.; Secretary and Treasurer, H. L. Bartlett, M.D.