The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-28
PAN-AMERrCAN MEDICAL CONGRESS
The Recent Session i'm Mexico a Sue
cess in Every Respect.


cess in Every Respect.
Correspondence of the Southern Associated
Press.
City of Mexico, Nov. 20.-The second Pan
American Medical congress held in this
city on the 18th, 17th 18th and 18th of this
month created quite an unusual interest
here and gave rise to the display of I'M
bounded hospitality and fraternal feeling.
1t is difficult to say whether the giVers or
the recipients of the many good things
provided were the more pleased-all ap-
peared equally delighted. From every point
OF view the congress was a success and
the opinion of the United States medical
men is that the Mexicans more than main
tanned their unrivalled reputation for hos
pitality to strangers, but they likewise
demonstrated that the medical men of the
country are as capable as they are courte-
Gus, which is saying a good deal.
The programme was very lengthy one,
the official list consisting of 1876 pages. From
this an idea may be formed of the enor-
nous variety and scope of the subjects
taken in hand.
The president of the congress was DR..
| Manuel Carmonay Vile. The vice pres
idents included thirty-six American doc
| tors, ninety-three Mexican and doctors of
| other nationaHties.
The presence of six American lady ply
| sicians was an interesting feature of the
| congress, so far as Pan-American people
| were concerned. AS yet we have no Mex
lean lady doctors, but inasmuch as quite
recently young lady has been admitted
| to practice at the bar of this city, the
innovation in the legal profession will
| soon, doubtless, be followed by a similar
| one in the medical
Among the prominent men of the Uni
ted States and Canada who attended were
| DR.. William Pepper of Philadelphia Che
| president of the first Pan-American med
icaI congress); DR.. S. p. Ceilings of Hot
| Springs, Ark; Charles A. L. Reade of
| Pennsylvania; H. L. E. Johnson of Wash
| ington, d. c.; Albert van Derver of New
| York; DIR. Sarah Hackett Stevenson of
| Chicago, first cousin of Vice President
| Stevenson; DIR. Emma B. Culbertson, vice
president of the Academy of Medicine of
Boston, and Mrs. DR.. NJ. A. Smith, sur
| geon of the New England hospital for
| children. Many of the doctors and their
| fanatics came in a special train. At the
depot in this city they were met by a
| large number of prominent doctors of
| Mexico.
| On the 10th inst. actual work was COM
menced, and large number of papers
were read and discussed in the various
sections, dentistry being included. The
two most eminent Mexican doctors, Seniors
| Lavista and Leceaja, took an active part
| in the proceedings.
| On the 18th inst, another serious of
papers were discussed and an experiment
| in internal surgery performed on a dog
| by DR.. Frank of Chicago.
On the 18th inst, the proceedings were
| continued, and in the evening the doc
| tors and visitors were given a reception
at the city hall, many prominent citizens
| being present.
On the night of the 18th the congress
was finally closed. Speeches, compli-
mentary to Mexico, were made by dele
gates from the various countries repre-
sented, DR.. Charles A. Reed, speaking on
behalf of America. On the same day
president and Mrs Diaz entertained the
| visitors at the historic Castle of Chapulte-
pee. The next meeting of the congress
will be held in Caracas, Venezuela, during
| the wear 1899.