Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-28
WILL MEET.
rrfY Will ASSEMBLE At VIRGINIA
BEACH THIS WEEK.
H-DlClL SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA
IFS T~ucuty-Nfnth Annua session
Will Convene Reside the sad sea
waves. and Many Prominent Ply
sicians VIII BE in Attendance.

Virginia Bench is now the objective
r..rt of the physicians of RichmPnd ana
z~r.ln.a. and tomorrow hundreds OF
Oil. Disciples of Galen Will turn their
face. toward this popular resort. where
.. Tuesday the Medical Society Of Viz
f..a. one Of the most influential or
r.rlzauous Of ifs kind in this country
v.I convene in its twenty-ninth annual
&C. .9E.
r.. sessions OF the Medical Society OF
y.r.inia are not only largely attended
nhvsi-iaus from this state, but they
.,trsct members of the profession from
an over tr. Union. and it IS expected that
On point off attendance this meeting wi.
evcal .u others. The daily sessions of the
eo.i.t. arc exceedingly interesting to tho
prof.-...a. but in addition TO these, In
t,r.-t attaches TO the gathering from the
t..- f.., during the stay of the doctors
t.. l~.rsiuia state Board Of Medical EX-
fu.ncrs and the State Board of Health
NUl meet
Much energy has been expended by the
committee having in charge She arrange
merts Tor this years session Oh the
t~,r,stv. and they are confident hat the
meeting will be the most important, from
ar educational standpoint. mat h~7 ye'
t..1 held. While Of course much interest,"
attaches 10 the reports of the various
rwuittee- and TO the papers that are
g.. be- read bv the eminent specialists VINO
rr. .xpected To be present, much interest,"
,... is felt I'm the conclusions q lho
7.ft.i4ry Committee, which is 10 pass
r.uart upon two members OF the pro-
,..t-u one from Roanoke ana the othet
nom Petersburg. against Whom chaIseS
~ rDprofessional conduct have peeh pre-
i.rrod.
HAS HAD A STEADY GROWTH
mn. Medical Society, Of Virginia has
, steady and rapid growth. In the
GINNING twenty-nine years ago 'he
t....fy was a small afaip It's hrst meet
.. WAS held in L~ynchhurg, ana lhousi
.r,.u was cordial. and this cor
.rty which has been n of the corner
.... az fhe organization, has not lapseu'
f.eIlt. the membership mas grown
,... each year. until now lhe So''''S
..r. among its membership alNlo9'
...r. rhysician i'm the state. II IS COINS
truanse amount of good in unit
f. H|a UTllHrrlNA ht0A
l.....r and friendship among inc in0i"-
. ~ tha craft all over the state.
. Dbl. landon b. Edwards, OF this
.t. .mrient secretary OF the So
5,. much OF the credit for the
If tbe organization. His
..,l i'm behalf of the Organi-
t.- lopq been the subject Tor much
....fle and his services as
..,.rv ave considered to be almost
l l.usablc. a..
u .o. lime during IT'S history the so
,.t WAS exclusively "a state lh~slltuuon'
r.tt.rly IL has been the custom 10
members OF the profession lIoni
l..r States I'm the Union TO pdItiVLP"t
. t.. d.liberations at the ahAual ~
,,d tbe result has been ~ broaden
~ tho Virginia physicians and
...tf. to give them the benefit OF eN-
which otherwise they wolld not
h.,. gained.
DISCUSSED HYDROPHObiA'
D.. IS. w. Parker, or inns guy :.
iI. oldest members OF lhe o'b"Im ~Vat,
...--Ine this point with a Dlspatch
. f.v days ago., referred 10 the
t.rg III Charlottesville four years ago
,. Said that the subject OF hydro
.tI, was then brought up ana the
.f.., was forever settled, so Tar az
AM
,,..a.a physicians are concerned ~
1 of salem. at that meeting report,
, fresh case OF pure h~ydrophoDia' ana
I. PARKER called upon every physician
l....nt to give his experience win me
-a Eight or ten eminent uoVtol1
f. ended. and asserted positively thi'
ta.g had seen clear and posltlve cases
n hgdrophobia, and much light was
thrown ON the muc<mooted question by
OH. testimony Of these men.
one session this year will extend Owe,
f... days. and on each day there WIZ
D.. uold three sessions. Papers rel@tnns
lI a.most every subject Of medlcal lnte-
r..f Um be read and these VIII all be
lr..y discussed. The surgical stan OF the
University OF Virginia will add much
i~..erest no the proceedings by the SUD
ml ion Of q resume Of the clinical depart
mont Of that institution. and TINS -
'1o.ed forward 10 with a great deai oi