The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-18
DOCTORS ADJOURN
"LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE" THEY
SAY AS TO LEGISLATION.
DR.. WHITLEYS HEALTH BILL
STANDS CHANCE OF PASSAGE BY
NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

Next Meeting of the Association 10
he Held ut MacOn-Omcers Select
ed For Ensuing Term-Press Of
business Prevents Reading or
Many Papers-SubjectE Discussed
Ina the Few Papers Read at the
Concluding SessiOn-Dr. Mediation
Elected President.
Columbus, Ga, April 17.-The Medi-
cal Association of Georgia adjourned
to-day to meet in Macon on the third
Wednesday in April 1904.
The annual election of officers re-
suited as follows: President, DR.. Henry
Mediation of Macon; first vice presi-
dent, DR.. j. H. McDuffie of Columbus;
second vice president Dr. E. c.
Thrash of Oakland; Executive Com
mittee, DR.. Floyd w. McRae of Atlanta,
DR.. Howard j. Williams of Macon, DR..
]. H. Shorter of Macon, DR.. w. S.
Hardeman of Harmony Grove, and Dr.
j. B. Burdett of Tennille. Censor (ill-
ing the place on the board made va
can't by the expiration of Dr. Floyd w.
@NNANoS . NihiJs IL <Al6AdlluGI MACK
of Hawkinsville; delegate to American
Medical Association, Dr. Floyd w. Nc
Rae of Atlanta.
The invitation to meet next year in
Macon was extended by DR.. Howard
]. Williams. and was unanimously ac-
viting the doctors to meet at Tallulah
Falls. but the convention preferred
Macon.
Delegates were appointed to repre-
sent the Georgia Medical Association
at the Worlds Congress on Tuberculo-
sis at St. Louis next year Dr. Alex
ander Mack of Hawkinsville is chair
man of the delegation.
On Medical Legislation,
In its annual report to the associa-
ton to-day the Committee on Medical
Legislation gave in effect Mark Han
mas advice, Stand pat, and let we'll
enough alone
The committee gave a brief history
OF the health bill, introduced by Dr. II.
r. Whitley of Douglass county and
now pending in the Georgia Legisla-
ture. This bill, which was approved by
the State Medical Association in 1900,
has been reported favorably by the
Committee on Sanitation and Hyglene
of the House, and is now awaiting its
third and last reading. 1t will be taken
up when the Legislature meets In June.
and the COMMITTEES thinks 1t stands a
fair chance of passing.
The committee pointed out that any
attempts TO amend this bill or substf-
tute another for it would mean that
the doctors of the state would have to
start anew in their efforts to secure
medical legislation, and would give I'D
the advantages they now enjoy, due
to the fact that the present bill will
shortly be put on passage. They adj
vised that the bill be not amended in
any way. The report was adopted. DR..
James B. Baird of Atlanta is chair
man of this committee
Upon assuming the chair, DR. Nc
Hatton said that he would rather be
president of the Georgia Medical AS
ISOLATION than to hold any other office
in Georgia, statement which was re-
ceived with applause.
Were Pressed For Time.
While number of papers were read
to-day the majority were simply read
by title" because of the pressure of
business. These papers will be nub-
lished. with the others, in the minutes
of the association. The only papers
actually read to-day were: Some
Cases of Interest in an Eye and Ear
Practice" DIR. ]. H.. Shorter Macon:
Spinal Curvature" Dr. Theo Toepell.
Atlanta; Deafness, Its Prevention and
Cure" DR.. M. M. Staples, Macon:
"Gastroptesis," DR.. Leconte, Atlanta:
"A Nephrerectomy," With Remarks.
DR.. ]. G. Ernest. Atlanta; THE Vaginal
Route in Gynecology." Dr. G. r. White.
There was good deal of interest in
DR.. ]. w. Daniels paper on the X-ray
treatment Of Locomotor Ataxia, but
owing TO the press of business on the
last day of the convention, 1t was pre-
sented only by title. The paper will
be published in the minutes of the as
ISOLATION. DR.. Daniel, whose paper be-
fore the association a year ago on the
treatment of cancer with the x-ray.
aroused wide interest, is understood to
have successfully treated Locomotor
Ataxia with the x-ray, and there was
a general desire to hear the results
Of his work, but the paper was not
The closing feature of the conven-
ton was boat ride in the steamer
w. c. Bradley this afternoon. Many
IF the doctors and their friends went
Down the river a number of miles. 1t
was beautiful afternoon for an out
ing. Refreshments were served on
board the boat, and everybody enjoyed