El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-16
MEDICAL SOCIETY
Holds Its First Annual
Banquet.

Banquet.
MUCH GOOD FELLOWSHIP
Prevailed, and the Occasion Wa:
One Long to be Remembered
Interesting Informal Talks-Dr
Thompson on the Country
Doctor.
Saturday night the Ell Paso County
Medical society commemorated It's hrs
anniversary with q banquet at Mrs.
Holm's hotel, on Magotfin avenue.
The occasion was most enjoyable one
for all who participated. In past years
there has been more or less dissent
among the doctors OF the city. The
attempt was repeatedly made to form
some sort of an organization and come
to an understanding, but the present
society is the first that has ever con-
tinued in existence for the period OF
one year.
The members of the society present
sident; DR.. M. o. Wright, vice-presi-
dent;Dr. J. A. Rawlings, secretary; DR..
Howard Thompson, treasurer; Dire.
Villas, Turner. Horsley, Stafford,
Schuster, Villas, Jr., Wilkinson,
Knoblsuch, Bush, Stevenson, Wehrle,
| stark; the guests were DR.. O'Copnell
of Las Cruces, Judge Wyndha lam KEN p,
city attorney and II. D. Slater, editor
of the HERALD.
A business meeting was held first at
which officers were elected for the
ensuing year. D. Wright was elected
president.
The banquet, which was served in
excellent style, was followed by few
brief informal addresses. The high
moral tone that pervaded the atmos-
phere was noticeable. The menu was
tastefully arranged, On the front
page appeared an extract from the 10th
chapter of Second Chronicles, which
created much amusement. The quota
tion follows:
"And Asa fell sick in the nine and
thirtieth year of his reign of most
violent pain in his feet and yet in his
illness he did not seek the Lord. but
rather trusted in the skill of Physi
clans. And he slept with his fathers"
The Joke was very much on the doc.
tors, but their wrath was appeased
considerably by quotation from Bur-
toms Anatomy of Melancholy which
was printed on the back page of the
menu. and which read as follows:
Next therefore to God in all our ex-
tremities for of the Most High cometh
healing. XXXVIIL) we must
who is Menus Del, saith Hierophilus,
and to whom He hath given knowledge
that He might be glorifed in his
wondrous works. with such doeth
he heal men and take away their paine;
when thou hast need of him, let him
not 90 from thee. ''-Eccl. XXXVIII.
A Mexican orchestra played
ly conversation continued through
~ midnight when the retiring presi-
dent, DR.. Francis w. Gallagher. called
for order. DR.. Gallagher made brief
address, which was received with much
enthusiasm. His address follows:
Honored guests and fellow members
of the Ell Paso County Medical So
oiety.
In the succession of events which
make the history of every community
there are some from time to tine
which are particularly worthy of no.
tice. Tonight we meet to celebrate
with becoming festivity the close OF
the first year of organization of the Ell
Paso County Medical society. This is
one of the occasions which demand
many failures in the years which have
gone we commemorate tonight with
music and song the first mile stone
which has ever been reached by a
medical society in this oasis of far
western Texas.
AS members of that society we are
proud of its hearty health and
growth. 1t has never been the cause
of an hours anxiety. Full OF vigor
and every promise of longevity at its
birth, it looks to the future tonight
with the confidence with which it's |
first year of lusty and useful life has |
inspired it.
VIVA. are the purposes of Medical |
Society? Fraternity, mutual improve |
ment and the public veal. The medi |
cal society promotes fellowship among |
disperses any angry clouds of conten-
tion which 6 are too likely to arise |
between those whose interests, when |
viewed narrowly, may appear to be |
The medical society |
promotes mutual improvement because |
by listening to the carefully prepared |
papers which are constantly coming |
before the society at its stated meet |
ings and to the discussions which these |
elicit the members contribute mutually |
to the knowledge of each other. The
medical society promotes the public
welfare by the united supervision
which such an organization exercises
over the health and hygiene of the
Our city is now exper-
fencing some of the benefits of this
and to this So
ciety is due the credit which
will come from the movement
now under way by the board of health
and the city council which will result
In an improved hygiene, a lowered
death rate, and incidentally, but by no
means of secondary importance, bet
ter morality for the city.
Now in addition to our duties
TO each other and our
dufiaa To tia aif1r fhara L