The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-13
PHYSICIANS
WILL |. meet : : !.
Medical Society fvirginla}is ]
to Convene
ROANOKE NEXT TUESDA Y5
The Membership Of the Society More
Than 4 Thousand and the Cons !,
Ing Meeting Is Likely to 90
4 Great One. IL;

Tho thirty-fourth annual session OF t..
Medical Society OF Virginia will convene \
in Roanoke next Tuesday, septetn ber 18th.
adJourning on tie following Thursday.
THE meeting Held last year In Newport
News was said to be the largest In the
history OF the association, but the Roa.
nokc convention Is promised to eclipse Z.
The enthusiasm 50 far as Richmond 10
concerned has been noticeable for ssv-t
oral months past. The mem bership OF the
society Is about $50. S 5i5 II
There will be present about thirty IN
vited guests, among them DR.. Hemms ter.
the stomach specialist Of Baltimore ~.
h1usser, the ngnostlcff expert OF PhilA.S
delphIaj Drs. Ricketts,, Of Cincinnati ~ and
Joseph Price. Of Philadelphia, both emil
nent surgeons, as are Drs. George Tucker,
Harrison, Of New York: George Tullys8
Vaughan, Stone and Taber Johnson. OF
washington, who will also be In attain
dance. Drs. Harrison, Price, Stone ana
Vaughan, are oil native Vlr8inians. The
last was born In Prince Edward county
surg con general In the United states 6a. II
rino Hospital service
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS.
Tho nurnbor OF scientific papers prorh.t
ised for the occasion Is large. and many
OF them are OF great professional tnS8
terest. Richmond, as Usual, will be we'll
represented on the programme. This year
too. 1t can boast goodly number OF nn-sI
GERS, DR.. j. N. Upshir being prestdent;8
DR.. T.. B. Edwards, secretary. which ofnee
he has held since the founding 6 ths$
society and which he can have as long -
he desires; DR.. John r. VIM. corresponds.
inr secretary, not to mention the chair
manship Of several Of the standing COM
mittees. } }a9s 81
z The social features offered by the Roa.-3
noko physicians are most entertaining. IN
GLIDING trlps to Bedford and nearby 70.
sorts. and through the Norfolk and West
ern,I a trip to the Palisades Of the New
River, with luncheon on route. u
A feature OF interest at the banuuet
which closes the convention, will be the
presentation to Senator Harvie OF che
gold pen with which Governor Montague
signed what IS popularity known as the
osteopath bill, of6whlch Senator Harvia
was the patron. DR.. George Ben Johnston
is the donor. a pleasant Incident also will
be the presentation to the society Of a
handsome gavel. the head OF which Is OF
turnde ovory. and the handle OF ebony.
Around the center of the head Is a silver
band engraved 81. Presented to the State
Medical Society Of Virginia bybJ, NJ Ups
shur, M. D., Charter Fellow. President
1902 0s.'' Es gS8
NEW CONSTITUTION.
A largo amount Of discussion will center
about the adoption Of q new constitution
for the society. Ono OF the main features
OF this constitution Is the format ton ct
city, county and district societies as COM
ponent parts OF the State society, each
one Of these electlng a number Of repre.a3
sentatives to the 4 last to form what
shall be known as the House Of Dels-i
gates. The function OF the house shall
be to dispose Of all business matters. thus
allowing the society to confne itself to
scientific work. I'LL Il e rs Mi "a 3sa