The evening times., 1895-11-12
SURGEONS In CONVENTION
Eighth Annual Meeting Of Southern
genealogical Association.
Many Distinguished Medical Men Are
Members-Dr. Busey Delivers
the Address OF welcome.

One of the most distinguished bodies
OF surgeons that ever assembled in this
city met this morning at $50 O'Clock in
the banquet hsll of the ShGreham Hotel
Tue occasion was the eighth annual meet
ing of the Southern Surgical and q Gynecolog-
ical Association.
This association was formed some years
ago, and at the present time includes among
its members some OF tue most distinguished
surgeons in the United States.
Promptly at $50 O'Clock the meeting
was called 10 order by the president, DR..
Louis McLane Tiffany, of Baltimore. DR..
II. G. Busey welcomed the visitors on be-
half. OF the surgeons of Washington In q
mastery address. The president, DR.. Tif-
fany, replied.
The delegates who have arrived today
are as follows: DR.. W. G. Bogart, or the Chat
tanooga Medical College, Chatta nooga; DR..
Lewis Crenshaw BOsher, Medical College, Of
Virginia, Richmond; DR.. Bedford brown.
the founder or tue association, Alexandria,
Va; DR.. Abiah Morgan Cartiedge, Louis
Vile Medical College. LOUISVILLE; DIR. w. II.
H. CObt. Goldsboro, n. c.: DR.. John d. &. Da-
Wis. Birmingham Medical College, birming-
ham, Ala: DIR. william Elias Davis. Bir-
mingham, Ala; Dr. kicnaru Douglas.
Nashville, Tenn; DIR. James Evans, Flor
euce. 1. c.; James ii cFadden CASTOR. South
ern Medical College, Atlanta, Ga; DR..
Horace II. Grant Lansevllle, Hospital Col
lege Of Medicine, louisville: DR.. William
David Haggard, University Of Tennessee,
Nashville; Dr. John TOrbet Henry, Chester.
8. c.; Joseph Faber johnson, Georgetown
University, Washington; George Benjamin
Johnston, Richmond; DR.. Howard Atwood
Kelly, Johns Hopkins University, Balti
more, Md; Cornelius Kollock. Cheraw. &.
C.; Ernest s. Lewis, New Orleans, La:
j. W. Long, NJ edical College OF Virginia;
Richmond; Hunter Holmes n cGuire, Rich
mond; Herbert Milton Nash, Norfolk, Va:
H. T. Nelson, Charlottesville, Va; William
2. Nicholson. Southern Medical College.
Atlanta; George II. Noble. Atlanta; Will
lam N. Potter, Buffalo; Seneca d. Powell
Charles Alfred Lee Reed, Cincinnati Ohio;
George II. ROkc, CatOnsville, Nd; George
Ross, Richmond; Isaac Scott Stone, WASH
ington Christopher Thompkins. Richmond,
Albert Wander Veer, Albany; Willis +.
Westmoreland, Atlanta; Henry P. wilson,
Baltimore; John Allan Wyeth, New York.
Following the roll sall the reading of
papers began. The first was the Per
soDal experience In the treatment of stab
wounds of the intestines and peritonium."
by DIR. Bedford Brown, OF Richmond. Va.
Tue paper was well received and occasioned
some discussion.
Dr. A. Wander Veer, of Albany, then read
his paper on Report on Five Cases in Alb
domnal Surgery In which the Murphy But
ton Was Used" A spirited discussion fol-
lowed the reading of this paper. The de-
fects and advantages or the Murphy button
were discussed pro and con by the assem-
bied surgeons.
Other papers read were: "Resection and
Intestinal Anastomnsis,' by DR.. H. Horace
Grant, of Louisville; "Caecal Hernia, with
Report of Cases. by DR.. W. o. Roberts,
Louisville: .'Necrusis of the Ribs in Three
Cases Resultant in Typhoid Fever" by DR..
W. L. Robinson, Dsnviile; Surgical In
terference in Rectal Diseases by DR.. ]. Nc
Fadden CASTOR, Atlanta; "Case of Gun
shot Wound of the Brain-Removal of Bull
let and Recovery by DR.. W. E. Parker.
New Orleans.
At this time the members began to feel
the pangs OF hunger, and the meeting ad-
journed to convene at 2:30 for the further
consideration of papers.
The officers OF the association are as fol-
lows: President, Louis McLane Tiffany,
Baltimore; vice presidents, Ernest S. Lewis,
New Orleans, and Manning Simons. Charles
ton, s. c.; secretary, William Elias B. Da-
Wis, Birmingham; treasurer, Richard Doug
las. Nashville; council, George ]. Engle-
man. St. Louis: Hunter MCGUIRE Richmond:
William David Haggard, Nashville; Bed
ford Brown, Alexandria. Lewis s. McMur
try, Louisville, and Joseph Taber johnson.
Washington.