The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-13


hospitals, the sanitation of the camps, |
the inspection of the rations. and |
thousand and one little details which, !
successfully carried out. bring him lit |
tie credit in the world at large, unsuc- |
cessfully met bring on his head the |
maledictions of the multitude.
He closed with several pictures of
the brighter side to the life of the army
surgeon, and summarized history OF |
his achievement, paying deserved trlp-
ute to the contributions of army sur
geons to the science of medicine ana
surgery, and to the men whose close
study, untiring energy, and patient
research have made these contrlpu-
tons possible.
The state of Georgia.
Col. jill. Estill in responding to the
toast Georgia" sketched interestingly
the history of the colony, and its
growth and development into the great
empire state of the South. and dealt
facetiously with the malaria fad.
1T may seem strange TO those of the
medical profession" he said, that the
first settlers of Georgia died, In many
instances, in fact, in most of them,
without the aid of doctors: that they
departed to a better world without
knowing anything of malaria or the
germ theory. They knew not that a
mosquitoes bite meant the injection
into their systems of animal para
sites. They in their ignorance killed
the mosquito, if quick of hand, and let
1t rest at that. They had no excuse
to leave home as they knew nothing
of malaria Husbands and wives liv-
ed happily together all the days OF
their lives, with no mosquito bites,
or malaria, or doctors to put them
asunder' and send the husband to New
York or some other big city to see the
latest plays and have a good time gem
orally, or order the wife to the springs
to have very nearly as good time as
her malarious husband. If those old
time people had the ague they took
something hot, and kept on shaking
until they shook themselves free of. it.
This city of ours, the healthiest in
the country" said Col. Estill, is at
f1icted with a great number of malarl-
ously inclined individuals. While the
people of other cities are proud of the
health of their typhoid afflicted homes.
and honestly acknowledge when away
from them that they are out for a
change, for fun and frolic, the malari-
Gus Savannahian tells all the world
that he or she left his or her home
because of malaria. Georgia would
have remained a forest, filled with
Indians, and the descendants of old
Tomochichi would now be loafing
about Yamacraw had it been known
to the early settlers that certifi-
cate of malarious tendency could be
secured from a doctor whose mind,
If not his body, was filled with germs.
Gentlemen of this ancient society,
as patriotic citizens and good physlc-
ans, let me pray you that in the flu
ture when a patient comes with the
inclination to travel, don't give him
an excuse for doing so by diagnosing
his ailment as malaria Don't sad
die on malaria burdens for which it
is not responsible, because by doing
so you hurt our city. If you can't
| discover the trouble, give 1t some other
name with which the public isn't fam
| liar. No harm will be DONE and the
patient win pay his bill with the same
cheerfulness with which doctors bills
| are always paid.
Il would not pretend to advise a
| learned body like yourselves, but
| trust that will not be thought pre-
3Emptuous when L suggest that if
| you would build up Georgia, and help
! Savannah on her onward march. you
should give malaria a long and need
| ed rest"
The City of Achievement.
To the toasr 5"Our City," Judge
George 7. Cam Responded in his usual
happy and appropriate manner.
| With a genial humor that cast a fit
| Judge Cam compImented the former
speakers upon their responses. Through
it all ran a kindly wit. whose shafts
were all stingless, and left no wound
to show that they had struck.
Then followed a beautiful tribute
polished erudite and eloquent-to the
Forest City. He pictured the growth
of the city, a growth in beauty, a
growth in moral grandeur. a growth
in glowing health. He showed how
the material achievements of admins
tration after administration had been
eclipsed in the victories of the medical
profession.
Euiogy of medicine and physicians
followed. The yellow fever panic was
described with realism that made
the dread spectre seem almost again
present in horrid form and feature.
Against it's ravages the men of medi-
cine were painted pitting tireless ener-
by, vicarious devotion, patient re-
search. What they learned they hand
ed down to the students that followed
them, and their altruistic labors have
been crowned with the glorious
achievements of the medical profession
to-day. Incident after incident fol-
lowed in illustration of the points made
and served to show with a vivid real
ism the magic progress that has been
made in one brief century.
he closed with an eloquent eulogy
of the medical profession, the achieve
ments of the century, the sacrifices and
devotion of physicians and surgeons,
the merit and unparalleled standing
of Savannah physicians; and with the
hope that future years would bring
to Savannahians the homage which the
labors of her medical and surgical men
make due.
When the speaker closed, the presi-
dent, DR.. H. H. Martin, proposed the
toast, Judge Cam" and with a will
all rose and drank in recognition of
|. the splendid tribute paid them.
The Impromptu Toasts.
DIR. Martin then proposed the health
of Or. r. J. Num-, to which the en-
tire assembly responded with a will
When they had again seated them
selves that distinguished Savannahian,
whose health had just been toasted. in
few appropriate remarks. paid trib-
ute to the profession of which he. him
self, was a most worthy member. Es-
pecial attention was paid to the en-
dowment fund that had been arranged
by the society to care for those who
so deserved IT. the widows and or
phans of deceased members of the
Georgia Medical Society.
The banquet, which was an unqual-