Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-14
EVENT OFTHE YEAR
The Academy Of Medicine
Holds . Banquet
AND ELECT ITS OFFICERS
Fos The Coming Year Ths nanQnss Wss
sAs Asss Nossbls Event In sns
Aesssmy's Exsssnee
Doctor and dinners Escalsplas A.d

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eating.
Admiralty aIliserasivs. isu't IN
Lass night the 6rand Rapids Acad-
sDy Of Medicine held ia annual mess-
and banquet IN the New Lsvsnrston.
About eighty members and guests we're
present. The banquet was ~ fer the
saost elaborate one The academy hss
ever attempted. and marks an era N
its existence.
All sorts Of doctors we're there.
Specialists Of national renown sne
young disclpiss whose sheSpskin vaA
dated from the ides Of last June. eat
st tue same board. and drank IA the
fiov OF soui. There were fat. good
natured doctors. and lean. bilious tem-
psred doctors Doctors with shiney
bald heads. and doctors with Paderew-
skl locks- Masculine doctors aud fem
mine doctors, and even doctors that
smoke eigaretfea
And they had . good time as only
doctors can The physician Who spends
nis days and nlghn pv the bedside OF
suffering humanity. waere the erozns
of dying pauenn are mingled with IN.
suppressed sobblBgs Of neArt-nrokeo
frends; who assists mother nature y,
ushering the trail mite Of humanity INTO
the world, and feels the lxst pulse BEAT
OF the wayward sufferer who nas gone
To Lie Master; the pnysicsan no -1sno.
nis hours IA following IN tho soogstsQs
OF the DIVINE teacher. by gong about.
dong good, 10 the poor, tue slck. inc
helpless and the needy--ne II the man
that knows nov to appreciate = mo-
aent's relaxation and an hour stolen
away from the presence Of tears and
suffering.
a Violation of Ethios
All professional differences were
forgotten for the hour. ana the man
that did not contribute hls mite TO the
general good time was certainly guilty
OF an inexcusAble violation of ethics.
Idlo<yncrssies were overlooked, too.
The learned physlcian who counted
the drops when he poured the apolll-
naris Into he glAks excited 40 CON-
ment, and the renowned surgeon VINO
handled his knife q little too much
like . sca pei aud who dissectcd hls
quail with the air OF man that WAS
performing . delicate operation, heard
no adverse criticism.
IL was . jolly good crowd and IL had
jolly good time.
There were about forty guests pres-
ent from OUT OF town. Among lnenl
were Dr. Mclean OF Detroit. the. famous
surgson. ana Dr. Carrow, professor OF
ophthslmoiogy IN The University ol
Michigan The guests who assembled
IN the New Livingston previous 20 the
banquet were met by Or. :. r Wocs-
ter. Drs A. J. Kirkland and >. q.
Graves we're the reception COMMITTEES
for those who were guests IA the Pc
ninsula club.
Drs. u. Emmett Welsh. Ralph n.
Spencer, Eugene oise, Perry schurs.
Frances A. Rutherford, g.. X. johnson.
J. Is. Grswoid. w. IA. White. J. orton
Edle. Bessie Earle, :. X Wooster, Rtn-
ben Peterson. X J. Kirkland. Collins
IL. Johnston. J. A. prcssey. corbot,
BALES, r. J. GFoner, Rowler, Droskev,
Mccall. Boot, Nhinnery. fenwsrden.
A. J. Patterson. Patterson. NcPherson,
Catlln, peNorc. Brady. Hoskins. Car
stems Of Detroit. Grady Of Detroit.
Thompson Of Traverse City, %. G. Nc
DANIEL OF Lowell. George ". Forest os
fennvllle.