Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-21
THEY WILL FLOCK TO VIRGINIA
BEACH NEXT WEEK.
MEDICAL SOCIETY or VIRGINIA.
IL August Both, and Re-
mains I'm session Three Days-A Pro-
rramme of Remarkable Interest,"
Something of s~ociety's History.

from other States. swoop down upol
the beautiful resort, the occasion being
the t~wenty-ninth annual session Of thu
Medical Society OF Virginia
Nearly a round thousand Of doctors are
members OF the society, and 1t is pro
bable that nearly one half of the tota
membership will be present. The Allan
tic and Danville. the Seaboard Airline
the Norfolk and Western. the Atlantic
Coast Line, the Chesapeake and Ohio
and the Southern railway have agreed tc
4 rate of 4 cents per mile one way for
the round trip TO Norfolk. and return,
from points within the State. An add
tional charge of so cents. round trip, will
be made over the Norfolk, Virginia Beach
and Southern railway TO and from the
Beach. So, with such cheap rates, and
the prospect of a delightful combination
of the pleasures OF a seaside resort, and
Of professional discussion, 1t seems well
assured that the crowd at Virginia Beach
will be fully as large as is expected.
A rate Of 81 per day has been secured
at the hotels, and at least two hundred
guests can be accommodated in the sea-
shore cottages, between the two hotels,
! at from $50 to 81 a day. Accommoda-
| tons will be ample for at least five hun
dred visitors during the session.
EXAMINING BOARD.
The railway and hotel rates quoted ap-
ply likewise TO applicants for examina-
ton before the Virginia State Board Of
Medical Examiners, which meets at Vir-
ginia Beach Monday, August 29th, at
o n u, 80 ,ofno4fopc = 10 hrpip
promptly at 9 o'clock on the morning Of
August 3Oth. The number Of applicants
will be very large, though eighty-four
were granted license at the session Of
the board in June.
Physicians expect the coming session
of the society to be of SURPRISING in
terest. The papers on the programme
are to be submitted by many Of the best
men in the profession from Virginia, and
elsewhere, and some rare treats are ex-
.pected.
TO TRY THREE MEMBERS.
There Will, too, be some business trans
acted that, while not Of a n edifying ma
ture, naturally excites the interest of the
society. This, the trial of two doctors
from Roanoke, and one from Petersburg.
charged with unprofesslonal conduct. The
IdoGo L PdsSE0 hBVi " I'm N1AN
Committee, and it's decision is final. DR..
z. II. Brady, of Abingdon, is chairman Of
this committee.
One particularly enjoyable and valu-
able feature of the meeting is expected
to be a resume of the clinical work in the
surgical department OF the University
of Virginia for IS96-'9S, which will be
given to the society by the surgical staff
of the institution.
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.
Following are the officers of the society
and chairmen Of committees:
President. DR.. Lewis y. Harvie, Dan
vile, Va First Vice-President, DR.. l.. G..
Pedigo, Shawsville, Va; Second Vice.
President, DR.. A. S. Rixey, Culpeper, Va;
Third Vice-President. DR.. II. G. Cline,
Front Royal, Va; Recording Secretary,
DR.. Landon y. Edwards, Richmond. Va;
Corresponding Secretary, DR.. j. T. VIM,
Richmond, Va; Treasurer, DR.. II. 7. Styll,
Petersburg, Va.
Chairmen Of Committees Executive
Committee, DIR. Hunter Mcguire, Rich
mond, Va; Committee on Nominations of
Applicants for Fellowship. DR.. William ID.
Turner, Fergusson's Wharf. Va; Com
mittee on Publications, DR.. Hugh NJ. Tay-
lor, Richmond. Va; Neurological Commit
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surgeon, United States Army, of Cuba)-
DIR. L. Landlord, Norfolk, Va, acting
chairman; Judicial Committee, DIR. T.. II.
Brady, Abingdon, va; Business Commit
tee, DR.. Joseph A. White, Richmond, Va;
Committee on Publication of Prize Essay.
DR.. William S. Gordon, Richmond, Va;
Committee on Legislation, DR.. l.. G.. Pc
digo, Shawsville, Va.
The members of the society are shy Of
long papers or too much talk, as a resolu-
ton adopted last year provides that pa
pers. however full or lengthy, for publi-
cation, shall be limited to twenty minutes
in their reading; in their discussion. not
more than five minutes shall be allowed
each debater; and no speaker shall be al
lowed to speak more than once on the
subject.
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME.
Below is the programme for the three
days of the meeting:
Tuesday, August Goth, $50 p. M.-Open-
ing of the ~Twenty-ninth Annual Session
Invocation; Address to the Public
and Profession, DR.. H.. E.. Jones, OF Roa-
noke, Va; The Work of the Medical Ex-
aiming Board Of Virginia, DR.. Rawley
w. Martin, Lynchburg. Va; Executive
Session; Registration of Members.
Wednesdays a. M.-Registration OF
Members. 10 A. M.-President's Address,
DR.. Lewis e. Harvie, Danville, Va; Sub
ject for Genera Discussion: Diagnosis
and Treatment - D%iphtheria," DIR. James
Irwin, Danvills Va; Discussion Opened
by DIR. Il. c. Levy, Richmond, Va; DIR. Ii.
G.. Leigh, Jr., Petersburg, Va; DO Bacte-
ria Produce Disease? DIR. Il. c. Levy,
Richmond, Va; archaeological Diagnosis
Of Typhoid-Fever, DR.. H.. Stuar Mclean,
Richmond, Va; Bacteria Of Enteric Fever,
Henry H. Holton. BattlebOro', VT;
Cellular Pathology. DR.. Mark w. Peyser,
Richmond, Va.
Afternoon Sessions p. M.-Reports of
Committees, Miscellaneous Business. $50
M.-Abscesses Of Liver, DR.. Ed. T..
Field, Norfolk, Va; Report OF a Case of
Wound Of Pancreas and Other
Viscera, DIR. kirkland Ruffin, Norfolk.
Va; a Plea for Prompt Surgical Inter-
ference In Some I~ntra-Abdominal Injuries
Diseases. DIR. Hugh NJ. Taylor, Rich
nond. Va; Foreign Bodies in the Eye,
Harry L. Myers, Norfolk. Va; Re-
noval of Foreign Bodies from the Eye
the Magnet and Report Of Two Cases
n Point, DIT. Joseph A. White, Richmond,
Va; Report of Two Cases OF Larrey's
shoulder-Joint Amputation, DR.. w. B..
Barham, NewSoms, Va; Diagnosis and
Treatment of Hip-Joint Disease, DR.. A. NJ.
New York; Results OF Some Elk
Recently Made on the Relations
o Metabolism in the Human Body, of
he So-Called Flesh Bases Kreatin and
<reatinin. DR.. j. w. Mallet, University
# Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Night ~Session-S:30 Z. M.-Importance of
Carly Recognition of Cancer Of the