Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-30
THE SURGEONS MEET.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION
IN SESSION At JEFFERSON.
MANY INTERESTING PAPERS READ.
The Discussions Embrace MANY
Highly Interesting Topics M"
M,cb Valuable Information Has
nccn Disseminated,

ma, session Yesterday, and the meetings
which were held in the assemoly-room az
The Jefferson. were largely attended.
There are. all told. about fifty OF the
surgeons In the city, and they are a hish-
ly-,n,sllectual body OF gentlemen. Ihey
held three sessions yesterday, and WIN
probab,y hold two to-day. which VIII con-
clude the business for which they are as
semblod. A great number OF papers treat
ing OF scientific and surgical questions
generally. were read and discussed. More
viii be read this morning. and then ON
GERS Will be elected and a place for the
next meeting selected, after which the
body will adjourn.
THE MORNING SESSION.
The session was opened in the morning
with prayer offered by Rev. Dr. {. L.
stevenson and then Dr. Ross submitted
the report Of the Committee OF Arrange
ments which set forth very briefly the
programme TO be followed during the ses-
sions. The secretary. DR.. Thomas II.
Handbook. of Atlanta. followed with MS
report. showing the finances OF the assoc
citation
DR.. Ross then delivered his annual adj
dress. He said in part:
Mr.. Chairman,-My friends! ] say
friends for are we not all OF the same
household of faith? And friendships
foundatiOn-stonc is faith.
Ii had not been my purpose TO say any
thing on assuming the chair as your pre-
siding officer. for TWO Ieasons-itst pc
cause l was under tho impression that
no address had been delivered by my pre-
decessOTs on such an occasion, anu, Sc
condly, because l was unwilling TO estaD-
lish a precedent which might burden or
in any sense embarrass my successors In
office-but / cannot gain my own consent
not 10 say at least something IN saluta-
ton. | feel obliged TO acknowledge. ana
90 acknowledge with profoundest graft
tude, the compliment you have PAID me
in my elevation to the honorable office
of president OF this association. III was
my privilege for so many years 10 DE
your associate In the active work or the
surgical service of the Southern railway
Thai my unanimous recall from the prl-
vacy Of enforced retirement 10 hold again.
even for the brief period OF single year,
the reins Of official headship OF the sur
gical department In its scientific ana lte-
rary work touched me with peculiar ten
derness and / thank you from the ful-
ness OF my heart although am not I'M
mindful Of the potentialiiy OF silence nor
OF the poetic declaration that the heart
feels most when the lips move not
A BROTHERS CLASP.
L
diality with which long-separated bro
thers clasp one another IL whOle-souled
and responsive welcome. / rejoice that 50
notable a body OF scientific physicians
has assembled In our midst Tor the uls-
cuss,on OF subjects appertaining TO pro-
gressive and practical surgery Such
gatherings of such men cannot fail 70 be
an inspiration and a stimulation 10 hlgh-
er efloit to the rank and file OF the medl-
cal profession of any community.
DR. Ross extended a hearty welcome 10
the surgeons, and briefly tracing the early
history of Virginia. concluded as Follows;
Il welcome you to tins famous klchInohu
city near whose gateWayS great armies
met In internecine conflict, ana whose
more than Rome-numbered hills have
echoed and re-echoed the cannon roar
as the men of North and South, each pa
tr!Ots from their standpoint. maze Drill
liant the record Of American soldiery on
the fields of Yellow Tavern, Seven Pines
Gaines's Mil, Cold Harbor, and Malvern
Hill. - ,
homes of the people Of this fair city of
Richmond, so beautiful in springtlme-
"'When nature is smiling.
And the flowers perfume
Fills the ar with its fragrance
So sweet in their bloom
"Welcome. then. thrice welcome, to his
toric old Richmond, where
Colossal bronze statues grace the sum-
NIT Of hills,
And perpetualy stand TO proclaim
To the men of al ages, who love ma
time land.
fame.
YEA welcome to this Mecca OF our De-
loved South, where
Z" In poem and song
Men stand for the right;
Men frown upon wrong,
Where the stranger nndS welcome,
To the best in the land
Where unfeigned loyalty
Marks the grasp of the hand.
THE PAPERS READ.
DR.. Ross was listened to attentively,
and when he concluded his admirable ad-
dress the regular programme was gone
into. A paper on First Aid in Railway
Injuries" was read by Surgeon II. c.
Falconer. of Lexington. Ky, and dis
cussed at some length. septic Infection
and MyeNtis" was the subject of an adj
mirablc paper read by Surgeon j. ii. Os-
lin. of Gainesville, Ga. A paper not on
the programme, entitled "Hot-Water
Baths. as Applied TO Burns, Confused and
Comminuted Wounds" was read by DR..
T. L. Satterwhite, of Louisville, Ky.
This paper was discussed at great
length and was followed by an address
on the Surgery of Empyema' delivered
by DR.. Samuel c. Benedict of Athens, Ga.
DR.. Charles Dunbar Roy, of Atlanta, Ga,
submitted notes on some recent eye cases
in railway practice, and when he con-
cluded the association took a recess until
3 o'clock.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The first business of the afternoon ses-
sion was the selection of an official organ
and the selection fell upon the lnterna-
tional Journal of Surgery, of New York.
DIR. 4. n. Darlington. of Rome, Ca, read
a highly instructive paper reporting a
case OF compound comminuted fracture
of the femur. The discussion brought
forth reports OF many more cases, and
was interesting in the extreme.
DIR. w. w Harper. of Selma, Ala, read
papers on compound fracture OF the ulna
and OF the tibia and fbula, and was
followed by DR.. S. r. Miller. Of Knox
vile. Tenn, who read "a scientific paper
on 'crhe Cause and Treatment of IN
united Fractures" This paper brought
forth a discussion which was probably
the most interesting of the session Seye-
raj surgeons members of the Internation-
nj Association of Railway Surgeons par
ticipated In this discussion. Many highly
interesting cases were reported, and
much valuable information disseminated.
DIR. c. A. league. of Graniteville, S. c.,
read a paper on the Contrast Between
Shock and Feigned Injuries" and this
was freely discussed.
At this juncture the following physi-
clans were elected 10 membership in the
association: J. w. Oslin, of Gainesville
Ca: G. W. Drawdy and w. II. Doyle OF
Seneca s @. IL Notation OF Macon