The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-14
THE OPENING SESSION.
THE KANSAS MEDICAL SOCIETY
WHICH MEETS IN WICHITA
IN ANNUAL SESSION.
Address of Welcome by Mayor Carey IN
Behalf of the City, and DR.. Foote in
Behalf Of the Physicians Of
Wichita--About One Hun
dred and Fifty Present

evening in the Board of Trade hall. About
125 physicians were present, but before the
sessions adjourn three or four times that
| number will have attended.
| The meeting was opened by DR.. Fab
| rique, of Wichita. He requested members
in the rear of the hall to come forward, as
the acoustic properties of the hall were
not of the best and it would be difficult for
the speakers to be heard in all parts Of the
hall. Those in the back parts of the hall
came forward. and after quiet had boon
restored the chairman introduced Mayor
J. B. Carey, who welcomed the visiting
physicians to the city in the following
well chosen words:
| Gentlemen of the Medical Fraternity.
1t affords me great pleasure 20 welcome
| you to the Forest City of the Valley, and
in SO doing l think l but voice the senti-
ments of our people. | trust that your
stay among us may be pleasant and your
meeting profitable to the profession.
Yours is noble calling and it is my hope
| that your discussions here may prove a
blessing to diseased and afflicted human
ity. Wichita feels highly honored by
your presence But Wichita like is proud
of her home doctors, and she would hardly
be like herself to admit the possibility of
their becoming any wiser. But, as the
| chief executive of the city, | would suS-
| gest that in case you find any OF them
lacking in wisdom, little advice from
| their brethren might not be amiss. Ii you
find them wanting in medical skill, l trust
| you Will attribute 1t to the fact that
! Wichita being such healthy city they
seldom have an opportunity to gain
knowledge by experience, but are COM
PEELED to rely almost wholly on books for
their medical information. Again gentle
men, | bid you welcome to the Peerless
| Princess.
The mayor was interrupted by frequent
applause during the course Of his re-
marks. DR.. James S. Foote, this city,
delivered the following fine address OF
welcome in behalf of the physicians of
Wichita. He, too, was frequently COM
| PEELED to pause on account Of the rapturous
| applause He said:
| Mr.. Chairman and Physicians Of Kansas.
We greet you, gentlemen, with open
arms! As bright as the days of blossom
| ing May, AS serene as the calm blue skies
| of exalted spring, as animated as the
| songs of the mated birds, as propltious as
the waving fields of growing wheat, as
glorious as the opening buds of the pretty
flowers, as joyous as the music of awaken
ing nature are the auspices under which
the physicians of Wichita welcome you to
their hospitality today. The dreary scenes
| and winds of winter have forgotten their
| solitude and requiems, while the dismal
features of la grippe have been translated
| to the imagery of an unpleasant memory.
| Another year has added its events and eX-
perieuces to history and we are here for
! all of the benefits and pleasures obtain
able. Gentlemen, we are glad to see you.
| Our pleasures are your pleasures Were
we the proud possessorS of the fair Wich-
xOf
possibilities which encircle the magic cen
ter upon which we now stand, we would
place them all at your disposal, cut loose
| the cords and cables which bind You to
disbursement and despair and help you
in the appropriation of their joys and
| diversions; and then we would call down
from those unseen realms where the muses.
sport in ecstatic fancies the happy spirit
that prompts their better strains and
make that spirit queen of festivities:
| while with the music of his Tyre we would
| induce OrpheuS to erase from our minds
all recollection of the aches and pains, OF
the pills and plasters, of the quinlne and
calomel which haraSS the population or a
| progressive era and-forgettlpg the
diplomas which made US vain and the
valedictores which made us sad-we
| would throw physic to the dogs while
| we danced and sang to the music OF the
grand orchestra invoked. Who needs a
holiday more than the overworked physl-
clan? He is a prisoner confined within
the narrow boundaries of IA circle whose
radii are constantly shortening He hears
the cries of childhood on one side,
he hears the signs and groans OF
| adult life on another, he hears
the unfavorable comments OF enemies
on another, he hears the sobs of atiiiction
on another. He deals with the sick and
unfortunate sees the clouds rather than
| ha Of fa nd
forgets what liberty is. Let us for brief
time forget the cases which have convert
ed our nights into tedious hours of anxiety,
let us think no more of the ills of dlsord-
cred public, let US not dwell upon the
chico cry of enemies, let us Danish the
heart rending scenes of the death bed and
| let us step ont from them all and realizing
once more the grandeur of liberty raise
three rousing cheers for the occasional op-
| portunities of recreation. and may the
gentle breezes, perfumed by the breath OF
the sweetest flowers, as they are waited
over the southern plain, whisper amen.
But is this merely holiday devoted to the
interests of pleasure alone? No. There Is
another feature of this conventions
! grauder one, perhaps. \ feature that calls
! Won fronISroutine labor, a feature that call.
| you from pleasure TO Ioftler themes. 4
feature that eievates you TO the
higher realms of thought where
| reason argues before Judgment and
directs your minds in a channel where
perhaps the vast majority of people do not
desire to so. That feature Is expressed by
| the program which our secretaries have
! provided for this occasion. This conven-
! ton has issued call to every true minded
| physician in the state OF Kansas 10 come
| forth and renew his loyalty To the high
| calling which he has chosen. To pleasure
+, then add knowledge. Let every hour
which we pass together add something 10
| our strength. We are holding consulta
! ton. and what CranGer medical concIaye
! holds session chan that Of the Kansas and
| South Kansas Medical societies, when
from the north and from the south, from
| the east and from the west, they sit down
together in one harmonious booy TO oeal
| with the intricate medical questions OF
| this advancing age. \ star OF the east
may appear brighter than star OF the
meridian The distant Jupiter may Vie
! with the remote Saturn, aud both may lg-
more the neighboring Venus; but somehow
| Venus brightens the eye and throngs the
mind with poetic images none the less as
| she wrinkles IN the diamond studded vault
| of night. The nearer the star the brighter
| the light. We may not emulate the remote
| stars of wonGrouS magnitude and mighty
/ orbit; but we may add Iustre and import
ance TO the nearer. lesser planets whose
orbits resemble ours. Let Us then endeav-
or 10 elevate ourselves into that higher
sphere where the petty trials OF perturoed
spirits are not known; where the puresi
atmosphere will animate our common be.
ing and where the satisfaction OF a duty
well done Will crown the lahoTs Of pass
ing hour. Let US be monument builders.
Let lis strive toerect a magnificent struct-
| ure which will not crumbie while We gaze
with dreamy eyes into the fantastic realms
OF brighter days Let Us build as though
the eyes OF poster!ty were upon Us. Let Us
labor for the generations unborn as oul
progenitors have labored for us.