Arizona republican., 1902-05-31

the world in order that their spiritual
strength may be renewed.
The annual address of the president
was an interesting one, in which he
dwelt upon the Importance of physi-
clans educating the public against the
contagious character of tuberculosis.
DR.. John w. Foss, of Phoenix, read the
annual essay. and then followed the
| reports of the secretary and treasurer.
Most of the papers which had bean
assigned for presentation on the open
| ing day, went over to Thursday.
| On Wednesday night DR.. Norman
| Bridges of Los Angeles. addressed the
doctors at the Methodist church on the
subject of THE Doctor of Today in
which he showed the great progress
that had ben made in the medical pro-
fession within recent years in the pre-
vention of disease and the discovery CT
cures for diseases that had been
| thought to be incurable.
The following papers were read and
all We're earnestly discussed:
Acute Suppurative Inflammation of the
Middle Ear. DR.. Ancil Martin.
Report of two cases of Empyema with
a clinic), DR.. H. F. Stroud. Phoenix.
Status of Our Medical Law. DR.. VIM.
Duffield. Phoenix
Surgical tuberculosis. DR.. f. F.. Bur-
ton. Tucson.
Open Air Treatment of Tuberculosis.
Dr. r. w. Craig, Phoenix.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, DIR. ]. w.
Lenox, Tucson.
Some Points in the Trea tment of Lido
pathic Asthma, DR.. E. Payne Palmer,
Phoenix
Among the papers whose subjects
had not been announced was one l,y
DR.. a. r. Hickman, of Sacaton. Case
of fracture of the spinal column for X
ray Diagnosis" and by DR.. P. G. Cot
ter. of Yuma, on The Diagnosis and
Treatment of Cancer"
On Wednesday night the retiring
president, DR.. Fenner, gave a reception
to the visiting physicians and promi-
ment residents of Tucson, at his resi-
dence. That was one of the most
pleasant incidents Of the meeting and
the visitors wele given good idea OF
that hospitality for which Tucson has
SON long been famous. They encoun-
tered it everywhere. On Thursday s.f-
ter the transaction of the business of
the meeting the doctors We're driven
about the city. Some went to the mis-
Sioii ,ONHSIS pCN III THEIR time at the
university, and others made an In
spection of the Pavilion, the new hos
pital of the Sisters of Mercy, which
has recently been completed at cost
of $4,000. The visitors were amazed
at the push which characterizes the
people of Tucson. In some ways they
said the people of Phoenix might make
profitable study of the methods OF
their southern neighbors.
1t was decided to hold the next meet
ing of the association in Phoenix The
date will be fixed by the president.
The meeting will probably be held ear
lier in the year.
There is one thing about the Arizona
association of which its members are
inclined to be proud. and that is the
general recognition OF it's usefulness
by the profession in the territory. Its
membership includes eighty-flve er
cent of all practicing physicians in the
territory. There is no other medical
association in the United tSates whose
membership includes more than forty
five per cent of the physicians within
its jurisdiction. The Arizona associa-
iton has adopted the rules and bylaws
Of the American association, making
eligible to membership all regular phy-
sicians who do not classify themselves
as allopaths or homeopaths. Only de-
voices of any medical isms are eXclud-
ed. The tendency in this association,
as in the National association, is 10
unity the practice of medicine.