Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-27
THE STATE DOCTORS.
Or. Southgate Leigh's Paper Be-
fore Virginia Medical Society.
The Annual Session Closed Thursday Night
With Banquet Honorary Follows
Elected orty-eight New Members Fro
posed aud Accepted.
(special to yirgini, n-Pi,ot ,

tors closed their meeting Thursday
night with a banquet at the Gleason
The attendance at this meeting was
very gratifying and an enjoyable and
instructive gathering was the result
DIR. LEIGHS PAPER.
At the meeting Thursday afternoon
DIR. Southgate Leigh. of Norfolk, who
| presided in the absence of the president
by special request. read very able
! paper, entitled Treatment of Com
pound Fractures He illustrated his
subject by N-ray photographs. DR.
Leigh's paper being of general interest
we publish brief synopsis. He said,
in part:
THAT the treatment of compound
fractures was of general Importance to
| the general practitioner. especially TO the
country physician, who may at any
time be called upon to perform an en-
Urgency operation for the relief of such
| cases.
The principal object of the paper was
TO enter a solemn protest against in
| discriminate amputation of limbs, and
TO urge upon the profession the eX-
| IRENE Importance of making every pos
sible effort to save an injured limb.
! An amputation should never be done
so long as the circulation of the blood
in the part is sufficiently good to keep
it alive
DR.. Leigh illustrated this by citing a
case in which a brakemans elbow was
mashed into pulp. but the main ar
| terry and nerve was not injured. He
made an artificial joint and by sub
| seQuent N-ray examination found an
| almost perfect elbow Joint He cited
numerous other cases of personal eX-
| pcrience.
DR.. Leigh called special attention to
| the new treatment of these fractures
| CONSISTING nf tho Al
| ing of the wound before exploratory
| operation. He described in detail the
| operation for compound fracture of the
leg. saying that il properly and care
iuliy followed, the results should bc
| cminenty satisfactory. He empha sized
the use of the N-ray from time to
time. subsequent TO the operation. in
| order TO watch the progress of the
knitting of the bones.
DR.. Leigh remarked that he believes
| That In all surgical work more atten-
ton ought to be paid to the PATIENTS
healing powers, and especially in cases
of this kind. Good nourishing food
should be given and plenty of pure
| water to drink. as we'll as proper
stimulants. DR.. Leigh concluded his
able paper by stating that in the large
number of cases which he has treated
been most gratifying and uniformly
successful in his application of the
new method.
HONORARY FELLOWS.
;, Before adjournment the Following
| honorary fellows. non-resdents Of Vir
gina. were unanimously elected:
Or. Morris II. Richardson. of Boston.
| IT EDWARD Park Davis, of PhiladeI
phia; DR.. John II. Hussey, of philodoi.
phia.
Or. Hugh Il. Nelson. of Charlottes-
vie the out going president and n
charter member, was also elected an
honorary fellow.
NEW MEMBERS.
Forty-eight applicants for fc,,ous,;,
were elected members of The socint,
as follows William Wallace Rennett
or Ashland; NJ. l.. Anderson. of R,ch,
mond; w: Il. Cation. of Dumfries
- nee Wlillam county r. S. Bosher
or Richmond: b. II. Early. of Rlua
Ridge Springs; J. NJ DeShazo. of Rich
mond; j. p. Edmonds. of Bic, Stono
Gap: p. Il. Elliott. of Blacksburg: r
~: flanagan, OF Charlottesville: j. II.
Garrett, OF Norfolk: II. II. Hill. OF Lo-
Il. G. Hopkins, of Richmond; J. r. lar,
rett of Portsmouth: w X. Mccoy. of
Richmond: f. c. McCue of Charlottes-
viile;W. Il. McLemore, OF Courtland.
j, J.; Purdy. OF Sturgeonsville; b. NJ
| Randolph. of Richmond: w. a. Robin
son, of Brin; G.. H. Sparks. of Croolied
Run; Z. c. c. Taliafcrro, Of AcbiIies.
&c. Watson. of Roanoke: Il. G. VIII,
liams. of Richmond; II. 7. Willis. of
bennington: j. II. Winfrcy. of How
ardsviile; W. ID. Woolwine, of Pearls
burg; AZ d. Delaney, of Alexandria.
n. l.. Tutwiler of Rockingham: E. f.
Collins. of Norfolk Ga graduate from
the Woman's Medical College. of
Pennsylvania); p. S. Dobyns. Of Old
Town: p. II. AIoncure of Norfolk; VIII
| liam II Mood Of
OF Norfolk: G. r. Barham, of Boykin:
e. i. de Bordeuere, of Franklin; I.e-
care Iiargrovis. of Deans: d. II. Mac
donald. of Norfolk; Neil A. McCurdy.
or Norfolk; u, A. Hatton and o. c. a.
of Petersburg; y. l.. Wilson. of Lvncb
burg; Joseph o. Hart. of Scottsvine;
Il: l.. Lawrence. of Tindall: S. a. Dre-
per of Shawsville: II. S. Hedges and
J.. i. Early. of charlottesville.