The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-05-27
st. Joseph Selected as the
Place for the next An
nual Meeting.
Dr.. Dewey Discusses the cause
ard Cure for Quacks in.
the Profession.
The Banquet at the Park Hotel,
With Toasts and Good
Cheer.
First Day.

First Day.
The Medical Association of Missouri
met in annual session at Sichers' Park
hotel at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, DR.
Gregory of st. Louis, presiding.
Rev. DIR. Foster, of Grace Episcopal
church, this city, was called upon the
platform. and invoked the Divine blessing
upon the deliberations of the body.
Mr.. George F. Longan, on behalf OF
Mayor Hickman, rendered the courtesies
of the city to the visiting physicians, in a
neat and happy speech. He spoke of the
object of the meeting; of the desire on
the part of the visitors to benefit them
selves, and iu so doing the, human race.
"Your interests, gentlemen" said he "are
the interests not only of the physicians
here assembled, but of your patients, and
any advancement in your art is in the in
ferests of the people. On behalf of the
good people of the city of Sedalis, wei.
come you. May your deliberations be wise
and harmonious, and all your actions in
accordance with the true spirit of the age"
DIR. Trader, chairman of the local com.
mittee, was then introduced, and delivered
the following address on behalf of the
Pettis County Medical association:
Mr.. PREsIDENT:-We welcome you and
every member of the Medical association
of the State of Missouri to the Queen City
of the West.
We extend to you and your associates
that cordial greeting which ever character
ICES true friendship. In fact, when we look
oyer this assembly and see so many famil-
lar faces, so many toilers in active profes-
sional life-so many old friends we feel
like dropping all conventional formalities
and taking you by the hand and saying:
"How are you Joe how are you Bill"
Change and sadness are properties OF this
life, and scarcely have we met since our
organization but that some vacant chair
was there to remind us OF the memorable
works of time Some have left our ranks
with the laurel wreath upon
their forehead, no longer &C.
tive workers, but having an hon.
orable discharge. Others, again, have
gone away with the pen mark drawn across
the sentence, "No objection to his reinstate-
ment is known to exist" while others have
gone the way of all the earth to that
bourne from whence no traveller returns
to the grave, where no voice is heard,
where all is silent.
We SOS4 thot VIC SoA tANAy NOhSA
ourselves upon this occasion, not only up
on the little change that has taken place in
the personal of our society since we last
met, but especially on account of the fos-
teripg care of kind Providence who has
overshadowed us with so many blessings
all along our pathway.
The many recollections that crowd upon
Us to-day would seem to suggest this as the
time and place for short
review of pleasant "reminiscences,
but the voice of admonition gently
tells Us to leave this to older and more ex-
perienced men.
We can not refrain, however, while see
ing so many before us who have but re-
Gently enlisted in this great life-work, from
offering mere syllabus of that experience
which is likely to obtain in the lives of all
our professional brethren. When we
gather In the amphitheater, when listening
to these learned lectures to these men of
renowned excellence, in the days of our
novitiate, and then witness the skill, the
perfection and brilliancy of their operative
proceedings, we naturally become enthused
with our profession. We become confident
in our ability to do some great thing, and
anxiously await the opportunity to aston
ish the world. Finally the suspicious hour
has arrived.
The time has come when we shall be the
means of rescHing fellow being from
death, and at the same time pin our fame
to the stars. How sad that human power
humsn intelligence should fall SO far short
of our ambitious aims. How sad that so
many defeats and so few victories should
mar the force Of our field returns; yet
is noble calling. Painful indeed it
would be life's pilgrimage without some
balm in Gilead or some physician there.
We would not detract from the "pleas-
ures of hope" We want you to enjoy, in
the flush of youth, the roseate hues Of the
morning. Yet, permit us to say to you
that the sultry suns of midday must come
and often blast the sweetest flower. The
Iaborious trying ordeal of forty years
Journey in the wilderness must be borne
by us before we can reach the summit that
gives Us q view of the promised land.
Our work, like our reward must be In
time. We seek no place in the pantheon
of immortal heroes. We grid ourselves
afresh for the battle of to-day, and must
sing our peans as we march along.
We have smother reason for congratuls.
ton that amid the mutations of time we
are again blessed with the privilege of
meeting our respected and beloved presi-
, dent, Dr.. Gregory. How many
of Us have given him at
4eatiye audience in days that are past |!