The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-05-09
NOW ONLY A MEMORY
ty-Seyenth Annual Meeting Of
the Medical Society Over.
Officers Elected Today AND oulsyille Chosen
1.-THE Next Meeting-Changes
in Constitution.
MOST OF The DELEGATES GONE


Kentucky State Medical Society ad-
journed this morning at 1880 o'clock
after session of three days. The
meeting convened Wednesday morning
and continued until this morning and
had been voted the most successful
meeting ever held.
The total attendance Of the society
during the three days reached to about
800. Most of the physicians left last
night after the big reception but this
morning the room was well filed
when the last days session was called.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The first business brought mp this
morning was the election Of officers as
follows;
President, W. W. Richmond Of
Clinton; first vice president, @. @.
Lewis of Owensboro; second vice
president, J. Z. Wells, Cynthiana
permanent secretary and treasurer,
Steele Bailey of Stanford; libraI ian,
Frank L. Lapsley Of Paris. The asso.
citation meets next year in Louisville.
The report Of tine committee APP
pointed to revise the present constitu-
tion was offered and accepted. One
change made IN the constitution is TO
make il conform to the constitution
of the American society in order to
bring all the county. district and state
societies in closer touch with each
other and TO make il possible for q
member Of the minor societies TO be-
come a member Of the American soci-
ETY., something not possible heretofore.
II is thought this will increase the
state membership from 500 to 5000.
there being about $500 doctors in
Kentucky.
Another change made was in the
providing for house of delegates to
be appointed one from each county
represented in the.state association,
to transact the business Of the ascot
alton. This will leave the association
free TO devote its annual meetings to
the scientific work.
A rule has been adopted making
Louisville the meeting place of the
association every alternate year, and
as a result OF this, Louisville became
the place Of the next meeting.
Besides the above business only two
papers were read, "Paralytic Demen.
tia" was fully discussed in paper by
Dr. George r. Rsu, OF Louisville and
Continued Fevers Of Southwestern
Kentucky" was fully set out and Illus
trated in the papers by DR.. Horace
Rivers of the city. Both papers were
excellent and the doctors received
many compliments on them.
There were several other papers on
the program, but they were not read.
The following resolution was pre-
sented by Dr. Mccormack OF Bowling
Green, and adopted by the society by
a rising vote;
Resolved, That the cordial thanks
OF this association be and is hereby
rendered to each and every member
of the Southwestern Kentucky Medi-
cal society; to the committee on ar
rangements, especially to DIR. J. T.
Reddick, chairman of the committee
on entertainment, and to the fair
women and brave men Of Paducah for
their unremitting and eminently sue
cessful efforts for the comfort and en-
tertainment of this body; to the rail
roads for their reduced rates and to
the newspapers for the very full and
impartial reports they have of our
proceedings.
Last night the most successful re-
ception ever given in Paducsh was
rendered the visiting doctors at the
Palmer house and it lasted until the
small hours Of morning. Society was
out in force and the dancing lasted
from early In the evening until
O'Clock. 1t is considered the jolliest
and most successful reception ever