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Excerpt from Transactions of the Vermont State Medical Society, 1898: Meeting in 1899 at Burlington, Oct. 12th and 13th In the morning sessions the addresses were listened to with the usual interest, certainly the most unique one being that by Dr. J. B. Murphy of Chicago on the Cure of Consumption by Compression of the Lung. He claimed that he had and could cure pulmonary tuberculosis by compressing the lung through the introduction Of nitro gen into the chest cavity in such quantity as to give the lung tissue complete rest for a few weeks; startling as was the proposition he claims that it was the result of careful experimentation. The ever-recurring code discussion was revived by Dr. Hare of Philadelphia on the morning of the third day when he took the position that members of the so called heretical New York societies should be admitted to membership. This caused a heated discussion for a time but the presiding officer finally ruled the doctor out of order, no vote being taken. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.