Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-26

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Adams consented to accept the chairman
ship OF the committee of arrangements Of
and has labored fndustriously to make this
the most satisfactory medical convention
ever bald here. Under his leadership the
mittee viii be completed to the satisfaction
OF an. a. his aim Y TO make friends and
Wishes Of the medical profession. A A' 'A'
SIX Hundred Papers to BE Read.
1t Is estimated that upwards of 600 papers
will be read during the session. The sub
jects discussed viii embrace twenty-five
sections as follows: Section of general
medicine. forty-four papers, including dis
cusstons on "Asiatts Cholera - "A New Dis
ease of the West Indies" the diagnosis.
prognosis and treatment Of cholera.
The section Of general surgery will bring
shows thirty-five. including one BY Dr..
Llewellyn Elliot of this city on unlimited
IN the surgical
which is attracting so much attention at
present. is the title of a paper that will be
read by DR.. A. p. Clark of Cambridge, Mass.
In the section on military medicine and
surgery fourteen papers Of considable inter-
est will be read and discussed There will
be in connection with this section hospital
corps drill by detachment under the COM
mand Of Maj. Van r. Hon. surgeon, United
states >Tmy. An exhibition Of field hos
pltal comslets with equipment now in use in
The section on obstetrics contains thirty
n NV, Papers and Dr. J; Foster Scott Of this
The section on gynecology and abdominal
surgery win. perhaps. find it hard to trans
papers on the program. including one by
DR.. Joseph Taber Johnson of this city and
Thirty-one papers on therapeutics ere On
the program for this section. but the list
does not contain a Washington physician.
George ". west of this CITY win VIII r snd
papers before the section on anatomy The
section on physiology will discuss twenty
physiology by DIR. Isaac OFT, the president
Of the physiological section.
The Diseases of Children.
One of the most important sections will
be that relating to the diseases of chill
dren, and each one of the twenty-eight
papers to be read are full of interest to
mothers. A paper which promises to be
of more than ordinary interest is that on
the physical training of public school chill
dren, to be read by DR.. j. Gardiner Smith
of New York.
One of the features of the discussions
which will take place in the section on
pathology Is the paper to be read by Drs.
Coronado and MADAM of Havana, concern
ing the Investigations of malaria Drs
Acosta and Grande of Havana are also
on the program to read a paper entitled
patnoiog1cai histology of yellow fever. This
section will discuss thirty-five papers
The section on ophthalmology will discuss
forty papers, including one by DR.. F. b.
Tiffany of Kansas City. No.. on skin graft
ing for malignancy of the eyelids and orbit.
"A Comparison of the Eye OF White With
COlOreu 1upllS IN the Public Schools of
Washington. ID. c." is the title of a paper
to be read by DR.. f. o. Belt Of this city
Drs. G. w. Richardson and T. Maurice
Murray of this city will read papers in
the section on laryngoiogy and rhinoiogy
A number of foreigners will participate
In the discussions which arise in the sec
ton on dermatology and syphiiography
DIR. Albert L. Gihon, the medical director
Of the United States navy, located at the
Naval Hospital in this city, will deliver
a formal address to the section on hygiene
climatology and demography, of which he
is president. DIR. John G. Wise of this
city Is on the program TO read a paper en-
titled "A Brief Consideration of Elephant
iasis Arabum, as Observed in the Samoan
Islands"
CONTAGIOUS Diseases.
Surgeon General Walter Wyman Of the
marine hospital service of this city will
open the section on marine hygiene and
quarantine, of which he is executive pres
ident 1t is to this section more than 10 any
other that the important work of the con-
gress will be given. The discussions which
will take place are of universal interest,
and include a discussion of supervision of
al ports of arrival and departure. Code OF
rules for handling an epidemic disease that
breaks out shipboard. Disiafectiun Of
passengers and crew during voyage and
the location and arrangement of ships hos
pitfalls. Then again there will he an inter
esting discussion on the arrangement of de-
tail and equipment of quarantine stations
length of time vessels should he held in
quarantine and conditions that should de-