New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-06
MEDICAL MEN. AT ATLANTA.
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONS FORTY.
SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING
SIX HUNDRED MEMBERS ON HAND AND MANY
MORE ExPECTED-THE OPEN
ING ADDRESSES.
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Atlanta. Ga. May 5.-One Of the most importa Mt
non-politcal conventions of this Presidential wear
began it's sessions here this morning when the
American Medical Association was called TO order
In the Grand Opera House for it's forty-seventh
nuai meeting The American Academy OF Medicine
and the several subsidiary organizations finished
their labors. and their members gathered to-day
with host of other doctors to take part In the as
socia TONS opening exercises Six hundred have al
ready registered and many more expected as
the association does not adjourn until Friday.
The association was called to order this morning
by the president. Dr. r. Beverly Cole of San Fran
cisco. The Rev. Dr. Mcdonald of this city offered
prayer. and then DIR. Cole introduced Dr. F. NJ
Ridley. also of Atlanta, who in a happy speech well
coined the association in the name OF the State Of
Georgia Next was introduced John Temple Graves
OF Manchester, who welcomed the visitors in behalf
or the city OF Atlanta. 1t Mr.. Graves to whom
President Cleveland addressed his famous Grand
sweet song" letter He is regarded down here as
the late Henry W. Grady's successor as the young
man eloquent Of Georgia. Musical Of voice fluent Of
speech. making absolutely no gestures his address
was model of graceful compliment and witty au-
sion. and at the close the applause persistent
that the eloquent speaker forced TO rise and
bow his acknowledgment
President Cole in his annual address. after return
ing the associations thanks for the cordial welcome
rendered proceeded to discuss of the problems
confronting the procession to-day. In his judgment
the tendency Of the grand army OF doctors was 10
make the practice of medicine commercial calling
this state of affairs resulting from the multplica-
ton Of medical schools the low standard of many OF
them and the consequent overcrowding Of the ranks
He suggested Government supervision remedy.
and praised highly the efforts of the NewYork Re.
gents and the educational authorities OF few other
States toward raising the standard of medical educa
ton. Continuing the speaker referred TO the fact
that foreign physicians practice their profession
here without let hindrance. while American
doctors must, in Canada and several countries OF
Europe pass special examinations before being al
lowed to begin practice and he suggested that here
good subject for the application of the Monroe
Doctrine.
After touching upon the discovery of the X rays
and It's immense value from the medical point of
view. he went to speak of DR.. Cyrus Edson's
sure cure aseptolin, which he hoped would
complish all that was asserted for IT. But he re
gretted that the description In the secular press of
such remedies before its appearance in medical
journals savored of commercalism. and thought
that 1t undignifed, unwarranted and in some
measure served to stop the wheels of progress Tie
criticised sharply al the morbid mentality which
leads cergymen TO indorse every nostrum put upon
extended To- the ranks OF the medical profession
In closing he condemned the unnecessary frequency
of operations for removal OF the vermiform appendix
At the close Of President Coles address various
memorials were read. among them one from the
Medical Society Of the District of Columbia, CON
corning the Anti-Vivisection bill now before Con
gress and after considerable discussion the chair
appointed a committee of five to consider the
This afternoon the Womans Club gave Largely
attended reception for the visiting physicians, VINO
al Cox Female College at College Park, near the
city Before the reception this afternoon the twelve
sections of the association held sessions. at which
papers on various phases of the healing art were
read ard discussed