The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
TwENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
IN SESSION AT GALVESTON,
Good Attendance and Interesting Proceed
ings-Valuable Papers Read by Learn
ed Physicians-The Doctors Being
Royalty Entertained.

GALVESTON, May 2.-Seldor, if ever,
was there a more intelligent assem-
blage than the hundred or more ply
siclans who met in Harmony hall at
II O'Clock today to transact the busi-
ness OF the Twenty-fifth annual con.
vention of the Texas State Medical
association. AS the physicians enter
ed the hall they registered and were
furnished with badges and credentials
which will entitle them to all the
benefits and hospitalities of the city
during their stay.
Promptly at IL o'clock DR.. H. A..
Vert, chairman of the committee on
arrangements, called the meeting to
order. Rev. William N. Scott invoked
the blessings of Almighty God upon
the fuembers of the association pres
ent as well as those absent and that
their deliberations might be benifi.
cial to them and to mankind in gen.
eral.
At the close of DR.. Scott's invoca.
tion Mayor Fulton, in behalf of the
the city, bade the association hearty
reception to it's hospitalities, and ex-
pressed the hope that the meeting in
this city would be full of pleasure as
he knew 1t would be of good results.
At the conclusion of the mayors re.
marks DR.. Geo. H. Lee, on behalf of
the Galveston Medical society and
the profession in general, extended q
hearty welcome in few we'll chosen
remarks. Il. j. Baliinger, who was to
have spoken Oh behalf of the citizens.
was unavoidably absent and sent his
regrets. DR.. j. d. Osborn, president
of the association, responded to the
addresses of welcome in a pertinent
and happy speech which drew forth
enthusiastic applause.
DR.. HI. A. West, chairman of the
committee on arrangements, made
his report, which was adopted
The roll was then called and over 100
responded. The reading of the min
utes of the last meeting on motion
was dispensed with.
She report of DR.. West as secretary,
and DIR. Larenden as treasurer, were
respectively submitted and referred
to appropriate committees for exami-
nation and report.
President Osborn's annual address
followed and was an exceedingly able
and interesting paper and was re-
ferred TO a special committee.
DIR. j. N. Sears then submitted an
able and exhaustive report on the re-
vision of the constitution and bylaws,
which was referred to committee
for examination and report. This
closed the morning session.
The afternoon session was devoted
to that section of work, General
Medicine" of which j. G. Loggins, M.
d., is chairman, who submitted quite
an interesting report.
Able and interesting papers were
read by DR.. FL. A. West on The Asso.
citation of Diseases and Morbid Pro.
cess; DR.. Carna on The Action and
Uses of Dentation; DR.. G. III. Wilkin-
son on Conclusion of the Spine, and
DR.. b. +. Britain on The Continued
Fevers of Texas Classified.
The convention then adjourned un-
I'll O'Clock tomorrow.
After adjournment they visited the
medical college, Sealy hospital and
were shown other objects of intent
throughout the city, and tonight at
tended the commencement exercises
of the state medical hool.
The program for tomorrow is as fol-
lows:
10 a. m.-Routine work of the asso-
ciatiOn.
Reception by Hon. and Mrs. Walter
Gresham, -Four teenth and Broadway,
8 to II p. m.
There are several manufacturers of
surgical Instruments, fluid extracts,
elixirs, new medicinal preparations,
etc., who have handsome displays of
their goods In the upper room of Har-
mony hall and 1t is pretty sight.
The convention gives promise of being
the most successful of any held during
the past twenty-five years.
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