Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-13

THEY ARE THE AMERICAN SURGICAL ASSOCIATION
AND THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYsI-
CIASs-THE OPENING PROCEEDINGS TO-DAY
PROGRAM OF FUTURE MEETINGS
Two learned bodies of men are holding their
meetings this week in the Army Medical
Museum and Library building. Both are COM
posed of gentlemen whose business it is to
heal as many as possible of the ills that mortal
man is heir to. One is the American Surgical
Association. the other the Association of Ameri-
can Physicians. 1t is the fifth annual meeting
CT the latter association. The meetings of
both will continue today, tomorrow and Thurs
day.
CONVENTION OF PHYsICIASs.
In the large library room a number Of flags
have been draped over frames walling off a
portion of the room into a smaller ROOM and
it is here that the physicians are holding their
sessions. They met at 10 O'Clock this morning
and got to work soon after that hour.
The president, Dr. s. c. Busey of
about forty members who were present. The
nature of the meeting, of course. is not one
that would appeal to the interests of the public
generally, but all members of the medical pro-
fession are made welcome. The papers are too
deep and learned to be of much interest to the
general run of people. After the transaction
OF some general and routine business and
a consideration of the revised constitution the
association got right to work at what inter
ested them most, the reading of papers on
special branches of medical study. The first
of these was a paper by DIR. J. T.. Reeves of
Chattanooga, Tenn, on the Natural history of
typhoid fever. The paper was OF great inter-
est to the physicians present, and at its close
number of them took part in dis
cussion of the paper or recited some of
fhai NUN in ont ont af fnn
disease. DIR. Norman Bridge of Chicago read a
paper with a title that took up three lines in
the program. and in the course of its reading
long words and complicated medical phrases
were the rule and not the exception, but his
hearers followed it with the closest attention
This paper closed the program OF the morning
session.
The afternoon session began at 2:3O pm. and
the program was made up of the reading Of
papers by Drs. VIM. Pepper and J. ?. G. Griffith
of Philadelphia, j. \. Danforth of Chicago,
VIM. 7. Lusk of New York and Israel Il. Dana
Of Portland, Ne. There will be two sessions
tomorrow, one at 10 a. IN. and one at $50 pm,
and the annual banquet will be held tomorrow
evening.
SURGEONS IN SESSION.
In a smaller room upstairs, which is grace
fully hung with large collection of skulls and
skeletons, the American Surgical Association is
holding its meeting. Among its number are
many of the most eminent surgeons of the
country. and about thirty OF them were
present today when the president, DR.. D. W.
Yandell of Louisville. delivered his address.
An executive session was held and a nominating
committee appointed to hand i'll list of names
for the various offices to be filled.
The morning session was devoted to dis
cussion of the surgical treatment of tUmors of
the bladder This was begun by paper by p
S. Conner, NJ. D.. and participated in by num-
Der of other surgeons At / O'Clock a recess
taken.
The afternoon session was devoted to dis
cussiou on the treatment of fractures of the
shaft of the femur. A paper was read
on the subject by Stephen Smith, VI. D.,
of New York. DIR. G. b. Nancrede of
Ann Arbor, Mich, in conjunction with
Prof. Hereage Gibbs. presented a paper on a
rare form of epithelioma of the upper extrem-
ity.
This association also will hold its annual din