Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-12
Home Physician
Elected President
DR.. E. B Shaw at The Head Of
The Santa Re Railway Medi>
cal and Surgical Society

The eighth annual convention Of the
Santa Fee Railway Medical ana Surgi.
cal society opened In Topeka Friday
morning with the address Of the retir.
ing president, pr y. {. thaamal OF
Fort Madison, Iowa. There we're
about ninety physicians and sur,
geons in attendance, many of them
accompanied by their wives.
DR., ]. b. Herrlck, professor ii
medicine at Rush Medical college IN
Chicago, who was the guest of honor,
gave the principal address Friday al.
%ternoon, speaking on the subject:
Some Practical Points in the dag
nosis and Treatment OF Pleurisy and
Pneumonia" DR.. G. A. Mcclure Of
Topeka led the discussion OF this pa.
per. All of these papers are purely
technical,
Owing to the lateness of the hour
at which the meeting "a called TO
order Friday, there was only n pr,
per beside DR.. Herrick's read before
noon, that of DR.. II, G. Welsh OF
Hutchinson, Kan, on "Gunsliot
Wounds of the Face and Head" with
a practical example from which to
demonstrate. The discussion was ty
J. A. Milligan, M. d., of Garnett,
Saturday morning DR.. J. p. Kaster,
chief surgeon of the Santa Fe system,
with the aid of assistants gave a eiini-
cal demonstration Of a surgical oper.
alton and the use of surgical appli-
anoes He also gave a paper on
Physical Examination Of Railway
Employees"
DIR. r. S. Magee of Topeka discussed
Examination for Foreign Bodies in
the Eye and the Treatment of Emer-
gency Traumatisms Of the Eye Dr,
b. e. Fryer of Kansas City continued
the discussion.
The convention of Santa Fe sur
geons closed Saturday noon, which
was earlier than expected, after a
very successful session.
At the annual business meeting the
following named officers were elected
for the ensuing year: L. B. Shaw, NJ.
D., Las Vegas, N. NJ, president; G. G..
vice president; J. w. Barker, NJ. D.,
Chanute, Kan, second vice-presidenl;
John Grass. M. D., Trinidad, Colo,
third vice-president; b. B. Putnam. NJ.
d.. Marceline, Mo, fourth vice-presi-
dent; w. A. Uehren, NJ. d., Topeka,
secretary: ]. d. Freeman, NJ. d. To
peka, treasurer.
Auditor A. f. Leslie of the Santa Fe
Central has resigned.
Brakeman r.. A. Preston is remov-
ing his family from this city to Ration.
Mrs. J. B. Cunningham, wife Of the
conductor, went up to Denver yester-
day.
Charles Beringer of the CeTtillos
bridge gang spent a quiet Sabbath in
this city.
Santa Fe Engineer Higgins was
killed by a street car in Los Angeles
last week.
General Manager Grimshaw of the
Santa Fe Central has gone TO Chicago
on a business trip.
Santa Fe is clamorous for daily
trains between that city and Las We
gas and Albuquerque.
Clarence Chambers is running a
SWITCH tnSfuc III tut La Jultd ydiuS
since his returns from his eastern
visit.
f. j. Chapman dome lis cap AID
uniform yesterday and went out as
brakeman in Conductor Upton Hays
passenger crew.
j. M. Leseney, the passenger con-
ducror, is again manipulating a ticket
punch and bell cord on the south end
out OF Las Vegas.
Hugh Chappell. in charge Of a San.
ia Fee squad at Cerrillos. attended
church in this city yesterday, leaving
for the south last night.
Omaha papers report that ". A.
deuel. is to return to his old place as
superintendent of the Colorado di-
vision OF the Union Pacific.
L G. vreeland, who had been work
inc as disnatcheT in SUPERINTENDENT