Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-16
The State Society Meets in
Annual Session.
The Annual Address of Presi-
dent Lindley.
Interesting Reports by Several of the
Committees.
Papers Read in the Discussions on Medi-
cal Subjects-List of the Physi-
clans Present.


tied down into quiet and attention at
the rap of DIR. Walter Lindley's gavel, in
the Elks' hall yesterday morning. There
were but few vacant seats, and these
few were filled before the close of the
mornings session.
After few words of introduction from
DIR. Walter Lindley, Mayor Hazard took
the floor and spoke to the following eff
feet:
''It is with peculiar pleasure that
find devolving upon me the duty of well
coming this representative organization
of California physicians. The physician
is a student. To him comes no COM
mencement day, no graduation, no ces-
sation from study. In the earliest days
of the worlds history there were doctors.
The savage tribes had medicine men
before they had rulers; and through all
ages the doctors have earned the respect
and gratitude of all nations. Continual
study has brought the once crude subject
to the standard of an exact science.
You may say that man is the
same today that he was a thous-
and years ago. Anatomically he
is the same, but the surroundings OF
modern times give rise to new diseases
and complications of old ones unknown
to your lexicon, because of the new con-
ditions of city life and modern innova-
tions in diet, clothing and habits. 1t re-
quires an intelligent body of men to
cope with and thwart the new diseases,
and physician who is not student is
useless. The medical fraternity has not
disappointed mankind. 1t has kept pace
with the march of improvement and
stood ever in the front rank of the army
of progress. We have had meetings here
in our city of large and influential Or
ganizations, but today, for the first time,
it is our privilege to welcome the class of
men to whom we entrust the lives of
ourselves and our families. 1t may be
that, from financial point of view, the
medical profession is an Improbable
one that the doctor often finds balance
on the wrong side of the profit
and loss account in his ledger, but the
amount of love, gratitude and respect
they receive from mankind is inestima-
BILE. We welcome you. You are always
welcome. We hope that your stay
among uswill be pleasant, and we assure
you of a hearty welcome at any time you
may choose to visit our fair city in the
future"
Mayor Hazard was heartily applauded,
and DR.. w. G.. Cochran rose and deliv-
cred an address of welcome in behalf OF
the committee of arrangements and the
Los Angeles Medical Association. He
stated that there were now 1872 registered
physicians in Los Angeles, as against
twenty eight years ago. Three years ago
visitors would have been met
with a brass band on every cor
ner; today they would have to
be contented with serenade by the Sal
walton Army. We had boom then,
but it bursted not long ago, and Los An
geles folded the drapery of her couch
about her and sank to pleasant dreams
at least that is what the Northern news
papers say. However, though three
years dead, disintegration has not yet
taken place, and if, while you are here
you doctors will hold post-mortem on
the remains, you will find a mighty
lively corpse. DR.. Cochran here gave q
series of statistics relative to the growth
and present size of Los Angeles that was
probably interesting to the visitors pres
ent, as they made liberal use of theil
notebooks during the reading of the
same.
DIR. James Simpson, of San Francisco
replied to the addresses of welcome in
behalf of delegates from Northern and
Central California. He spoke in humor
GUS vein, giving an exaggerated report Of
a former visit to Los Angeles during
boom times when he slipped in the mud
and was arrested for stealing real estate
when he got upon the cars with the mud
still adhering to his clothes. He closed by
saying: eve shall be pleased to ac-
cept all hospitality you choose to offer.
You may entertain us in any way you
please, and at the close of the meeting
you may call on me and l will tell you
what l think of the whole matter. u
Laughter and applause were frequent
during the remarks of DIR. Simpson.
DIR. Lindley followed with very able
address, which was attentively listened
to by all present, in substance as follows
DIR. LindIey's Address.
Members of the California State Medica
Society:
This is a day of joyous greetings. Many
Of us meet for the first time. We have
been practicing our profession; some in
the cool shadow of Shastas snowy sum
NIT; others on the bright and shining
sands of the Mojave desert; many in the
beautiful city of San Diego, where Fa.
ther Junipero, on the 10th day of July
1859, established the first California mis-
sion; yet others in the San Joaquin val
ley, where there are fields of waving
grain and where the raisin grape reaches
great perfection; others in the orange
groves of San Bernardino county several
in the rich valley of the Sacramento,
while most of you have been in the busy
hum and stimulating atmosphere ol
California's-th Pacific Coast's-great
metropolis, San Francisco; yet today
will be with many OF us the first oppor
tunity to clasp hands and wish eacf
other God speed in the noble mission O
alleviating suffering and increasing the
longevity of human life.
For others-not necessarily for the
oldest of us-it will be the last meeting
and ere another year rolls by theil
pirits will have spurned this case o.
flesh and bone which letters them tC
the earth, and their souls will have
taken flight to worlds unknown.
see before me siver-haired Nestors O.
the profession, who have assisted at the
birth of this society and who have care
fully natured it until today, when it il