Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-13
VOTE. OF TIE CONVENTION.

! NOTES or THE CONVENTION.
| WeGthcrfOrd IS represented by DR.. w. Y.
| Mckenzie.
This is the third meeting the association
| has held in this city
DR.. N. B. Stevens Of Bristol was elected
| 10 associate membership Yesterday.
The Panhandle sends Drs. c. Z. Black
man and I. j. Hou@nton OF Vernon.
Galveston and san Antonio. and possibly
other cities will bid for the next meeing.
To-day will he largely spent in the con-
sideration OF medical and surgical papers,
DR.. ". VI. Mercer of Galveston is in at
tendance. lie is one Of the pioneers in
Texas.
Dr. s. Mills Fowler of Gainesville is the
clerical looking member. He IS a ready
speaker on the floor.
DR.. J. 7 Thatcher Of Bowie, brother of
DR.. ". F. Thatcher o. Dallas, is the
youngest member i'll Attendance.
DIR. c. E. Fisher is physician and surgeon
to the san Antonio protestant orphans
home. The home has about fifty inmates.
The homeopathic doctors are very much
| in earnest in their work and act as though
they have reasons for the faith that is in
them.
Drs. w f. Thatcher and / c. West of
Dallas came III yesterday afternoon. Dr.
y. p. Davis of the same city came over in
the morning.
in the absence Of the secretary, Dr.
Fisher of this city,vds called upon to preside
ii the desk. filling the Office 10 the satisfac-
ton of the association.
DR.. Joseph Jones of san Antonio, is an
Interested attendant. DR.. Jones is one of
the most prominent homccpaIhs of Texas
and enjoys large practice.
DIR. G. G.. Clifford. treasurer Of the as
ISOLATION. is county physician at San An
tonic He has charge Of the county hos
pitdl with about sixty beds.
The visitors are loud in their praises of
the reception accorded them by the local
physicians. Fort Worth's latch string al
ways hangs on the outside.
DR.. G. w. Barnett of Biz Springs is one
OF the seniors present. Dr.. Barnett was
member ofthe constitutional convention of
1915 and member Of the Twentieth legis-
lature.
What the homeoraths Of Texas may lack
in numbers Is compensated for in dignity,
character and ability. The association now
in session is certainly not lacking IN these
elements.
DR. j. r. Pollock Is not on the floor as
often as some Of the other members, but as
q committeeman seems 10 be a Theelhorse,
his abilities being more literary than of ora
torical nature.
DIR. NJ. Ellen Keller of this city is the
only lady physician present. There are
five other lady homeoptahs in the state,
one each at Waco, Batesville and San An
tonic and two ut Denisou.
DR.. T G. Edwards of Blanco, the first
vice-president, is one OF the powers of
homeopathy in the state. There were only
three or four small pill doctors in Texas
when he came, away back in the ffties
DR.. Bragg of Austin, president of the
association, is the leading Homeopathic ply
stefan Of the Capital City He presides
with grace and dignity and as vet no APP
peals have been taken from his rulings
The homeopaths are loud in their express
sions Of gratitude to the state press for the
attitude of friendliness it has always as
sumed toward the weaker vessel in medi-
cine. The press is largely credited with the
defeat of the medical legislation embodied
in the Pope bill.
DIR. c. +. Fisher of San Antonio, brother
of DR.. H. +. Fisher Of this city, is one of
the Woodworking members He was the
organizer and first president of the associa-
ton, and is the able editor Of the Southern
Journal of Homeopathy, which was for
merly published in San Antonio, but now in
New Orleans.