The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-21
The Seahoa'd Medical Association Organ.
lied In This City Yesterday Afternoon.
Or. LYNCH ELECTED PRESIDENT
Tho Other OmcIaIs-Constiiutto ana
By>lnws-Two Meetings a Yoar-
Interesting Papers nd-Thc X
= Rny Discu>.ed-yIsifinG Physi-

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organization which will assume an
| Importance not second to that OF any
State medical society in the Union.
| It's object is TO promote intellectual
| and social intercourse between the
physicians of The sections represented,
an interchange of views and Of ex-
| pcrienCes, and a general advancement
| of medical science
The response to the call was graft
fyingly large, evidcncing the need for
| Just such an association, and the gene
| raj desire felt for it,
| The meeting was called to order by
| DR.. Herbert NJ. Nash. who called on
Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd, rector OF ST.
Luke's +. T.. church. to pray.
! Ills Honor, Mayor Mayo, delivered
the address of welcome in his usual
ielicitous style. referring in glowing
| terms to the hospitality of Norfolks
| people, and the fact that there were
none more deserving of it than the
physicians In the course of his re-
marks he paid a beautiful tribute to
Sister lsadorc. saying:
Il would be false to myself. and false
to this citizenship for which | speak,
did fail to remember her to whom
ms city stands so much indebted for
the grand institution in Church street.
II stands, 4 noble monument to her
whose best days were spent In cour-
ageous and intelligent labors in the
cause of the gentle Nazarene, and
wherever ST. Vincent dc Paul is
known, there the kind and gentle Sis
ter lsadorc will be remembered as its
accomplished Sister Superior The in
iirmities of age compelled her TO lay
down her life work, and in her retreat
at Emmetsburs she knows full well
that the heart of grateful people
goes out ever to her"
l1nOn the COncluSOn C1ptoin
Mayo's address, which was received
with great applause. DR.. Herbert NJ.
Nash was made temporary chairman
and DR.. j Il. Phillips. of Suffolk, tenn
porary secretary.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
Observation-Disclosures. Runil, Norfolk:
DR.. White. North Carolina; DR.. Wood
Norfolk county; Dr. V. G.. Culpcpper,
Portsmouth; DR. II. NJ. Riddicll and
DR.. Keliam, of North Carolina; Dr.
Nanderslicc, of Phoebus.
On AdmiSsions-Drs LomaX Gwath-
mey, l.. f. Corbcll, Sunsbury. n. c.:
j. p. Causey, Of Suffolk; Wright, of
Churchland.
The committee on organiZa ton, after.
being out about an hour, through its
chairman. Dr.. Runin, reported con-
stitutinn and set Of bylaws. The
principal recommendations in this re-
pNTl were as lOllOWS.
Name-The Seuboard Medical Asso-
citation
Meetings-Two sessions OF two days
each every year. the first, on the sec
ond Thursday in January, to be held
III Norfolk or within thirty miles OF
Norfolk; the second on the second
Thursday in July, to be held In North
Carolina, at place to be selected by
the society.
n, trna
urer and two vice-prcsdents, one to
he from Virginia and one from North
Carolina
Papers-No paper to be read before
the society that has been previously
published.
This report was adopted by unan-
nous vote and the meeting adjourned
for dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was begun at
4 o'clock
on motion of Dr. Newbill. the vote
adopting the constitution and bylaws
was reconsdercd until after the com
mittee on admissions reported.
While awaiting this report, the So
cicty listened with 4 great deal of in
terest 10 Il striking paper read by DIR.
Nicholson, of North Carolina, de-
Scriblng remarkable operation per-
formed by MN last April
me committee on admissions report
ed the following nncty-nine names for
membership: Drs C. r. Grandy, l..
l. naSh' l.. X. ChIes. q. III. Rose, ;.
~ sutton OF Norlolk; H. II. Tubb,
tliSkory; ~. u. wilson. South Nor
ok; -. II. WASHINGTON, hampton;
-. Dupuy, hempsVilie; ~ ~ Nc
Suruy' Nofioik; Il: NJ. Kennedy. u. ,.
y; ~ II: Ernest, west Nortoik; w. j.
crimes norfolk; Joseph ttrlce, Forts
mouth; w. ID. kellam Shiloh, y. c.;
~. -. DFury u; IS. Anderson, II. l..