The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-02
msefsnS Of TIE phsinia Medical Society-H Hospital.
ay ofthe Citizens of DanriHe, DC
DANviLLE. Va. ApriI % 1881

DANvILLE, Va, April %, 1857.
was put down by the cars on Tuesday last
this place, and instead of the omnibus driver land
ing me on the steps of the TunstalI House, a. re
quested, | found myself, together with severa
other medical friends, deposited at the gate of III,
hospitabe mansion of DR. A. presume no man q,
ordinary good temper would take offence at such 8
stratagem. The cordial invitation to "be at home.
soon made US forget the hotel and the omnibus
driver
On the evening of our arrival the Medical So.
eiety OF Virginia organized its 34.h annual meet.
ing. at the Masonic Hall, in the town of DsnvilIe
an tne absence of the President DR.. James. Boil
.on' OF Richmond. the oldest Vice President Gn
1A1e} present, took the chair. DR.. Atkinson. OF
Danville, was appointed Secretary pro tenn
Ihe President then read an address, in which.
IN very clever and forcible manner, he exhibited
the gross Injustice inflicted by our last LeesIs-
.ure upon the medical men of this State by the
issuing of licenses to all sorts of men, not excluding
ignorant slaves to practice the proverbially diff
cult science of medicine. The wants of the p-o.
iession were also alluded to. As however the So.
eiety ordered the publication of the address, no
ior.aer comments are necessary here.
after attention 10 the unfinished business of last
meeting, the Society adjourned to meet the NEXT
day AZ Io o'clock, when certain preamble and re-
Solutions were unanimously adopted, setting forth
the necessity of State Board of Medical Exami.
ne1s and calling for convention of all the medis
cal men OF the State to meet in Richmond on the
second tuesday in December, to present this SUBJ
!eet 10 the consideration of the legislature This
Is matter In which the men, women and children
o1 tnis commonwealth are as much, If not more
interested than the medical faculty The neonle
should demand high qualifications. and not the
uoctors; put, unfortunately none but the physi.
cian can Judge of qualifications in the premises
hicnmono was fixed upon as the place of the
ne mex, 81. meelae OF the society, and will, imagine
oe 'ne permanent place of meeting hareafter The
meeting here. though larger than any vet held oui
Ct Richmond, was not large
Dr. Nathaniel Green. of Danville, was appoint
ca 10 read paper at the next annual neetinr and
s'ef some discussion on medical subjects the or.
dinary vote of thanks to citizens and oieers the
society adjourned 'A>
l nave not the names of all the officers for the
ensuing year, but give you some of them: D,
James Bolton, President DIR Craiehead. of Dan.
vile, and some four or five other gentlemen Vice
President DR. w W Parker. of Rich nond sac.
retary; DE- Trent, Assistant; DR. Chares An
derson Of Richmond, Treasurer
Ihe following gentlemen were appointed dale.
gates to the American Medical Association. which
Will meet In Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday
next, VIZ:
Prof j. l. Cabell, of University of Virginia; Drs
A. l. Payne, Fauquier county; Thos Withers. Pc
tersburg; J. J. Thweatt, Petersburg; P. II. Gilmer
Lynchburg; Robt. Paine, Lynchburg; Preston
Abingdon; Barr, Abingdon; Prof L 3. Jovnes
w. Parker, Richmond; Craighead, Danville; ]. M
Smith, Danvile; J Wiley, Union, Powhata1
county, Adam Splitter Buchanan Upshur county
John Craddock, Halifax county.
(Here the writer has authority for stating tha
their delegates will be charged nothing for retur1
tickets on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
cannot close this hasty scrawl, Mr.. Editor
without expressing my high appreciation of th,
cordial and generous hospitality of the people O
Danville. 1t is really refreshing to visit such 8
country. / have sometimes thought that old fash
iooed Virginia hospitality would soon be thing o.
the past, but 1t still exists in Danvile and its
neghborhood in all its pristine strength and puri.
ty. Those almost unavoidable obstructions to the
practice of pure and genuine hospitality which
will be found more or less in every city, are no,
met with here Danve has population of only
$500, and is too small to be trsmelIed by certain
conventional regulations. which are often hurtfu
to the practice Of frapkness and generosity The
widely opened door and the open hand and hear.
of the man who issues from it, soon satisfies you
that the cheerful greeting is cordial as cheerful
l am quite sure, had l never lived in city,
should to-day think muck better of mankind II
any of your friends are aborng under that deplo
rabe disease called misa,whropy, send them forth
with to Danvilie, aud can pledge " instant re
lief and speedy cure"
Yours, truly, P