The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-20
MEOICOS
IN SESSION
Would Segregate Wom-
en- to Mitigate
Evil.


Medical Society was held yesterday
afternoon at o'clock at the Honolu.
IN Symphony Society's clubhouse, "Ha-
aIeIea Lawn where the report of the
President was read, various other
business reports presented. committees
T2zs latter is the Oahu Medical Soci-
ETY., a sort of wheel within a wheel
and subservient to the Territorial So
-ciety. The latter society should meet
but once a year. The local society will
enable the members to come together
once a month or oftener if necessary.
DIR. VIM. L. Moore, the retiring presi-
dent. presided, with DR.. Mcdonald as
secretary
DIR. Emerson was admitted as an ac-
tive member in recognition of his long
service in the islands
A letter from Surgeon General Wy
man, of Washington, was read stating
that he would accept the Medical So
-ciety's invitation to visit Hawaii and
have. the time of his life. when his
duties would permit.
The following committees were ap-
pointed.
Nominating Committee-Dr. Taylor,
DR. SIoggett, DR.. Cooper.
Audifiup ConnYuiffae-Dr WaySOn
DR.. Hodgfns, DR. Waterhouse
Legislative Committee-Dr. Cooper,
DR. Mays, Dr. Day.
Resolutions Committee-Dr. Water
house, DR.. Humphris, DR.. Walters, DR..
Emerson.
The question then arose as to the
forp1ation of sub-society, as a local
organization The Territorial Society
at this juncture adjourned unt1r 8 p
rn- to give the members an opportunity
to organize the local society.
DR.. Taylor was appointed temporary
chairman, and DR. ,Hodgins. temporary
secretary
1t. was decided to call the new soci-
ETY. the Oahu Medical Society, to which
ali practitioners are entitled to become
members. The new society was or
ganized on the motion of DR.. Sinclair.
Present at the afternoon meeting
were Doctors Taylor, SIoggett Cooper, |
Ho6gins, Mcdonald, Katsuki Kobaya- !
ehi, Humphris, Herbert, Raymond. !
wayson. Sawyer, Rhodes, Pratt. EN-
erson, Rodgers. Judd, Moore. Sinclair
Mays. Mitamura, de Faria, Hoffman,,
Walters. waterhouse, Uchida, Rossi-
ter and Knudsen.
PRESIDENT MooREs ADDRESS.
Dr. Moore. President of the Terri
forial Medical Society, presented his
annual address as follows:
Fellow Members of the Hawaiian
Territorial Medical Society and Guests:
It gives me very great pleasure to well
come you to this. the first meeting of
q general character OF the society.
appreciate the honor conferred upon
me in making me your presiding OFF,
Ger. I wish to thank the members of
the various committees for the thor
ough and faithful manner in which
tlasy have performed their parts. with
SO MACH. would have been impossible.
1t is desirable that these annual
gatherings should continue. and grow
In influence and interest. It will be
90 IL all of our members are determine
ed that such shall be the annual con-
ditIon- The promotion of good fellow
zaip, the reading Of papers which show
the latest advance in all branches of :
our science: comparing notes and
planning for the future well repays
this stepping aside from our various
spheres of active work for as short
I time In this connection it seems
proper to suggest that permanent
quarters for the society in Honolulu
with the nucleus of library, with s
'eading rooms and rooms for discus
hon are necessary; that the society
shoold have q common point where
here may be the utmost freedom of
and of becoming ac-
Iuainted one with another.
We have most attractive list of
,apers submitted, which will doubtless &
sonsfder exhaustively the various sub 3;
ects presented. and 1 therefore con- ..
inc these remarks to mere suggestions -
= to lines of work the society might :
veII adopt, leaving the elueidation for Q
thers- This meeting with the reading q
4 these papers, discussions thereuponi g
md the clinics cannot fail TO he of 9:
quail interest and great practical &C
Tafue
Hawaii. situated in the midst of the =
'1Sat North Pacific Ocean, is not only o
he eros sroads of the Pacific but 1T e
institutes the extreme frontier OF e
Festern civilization. and for this rea- g
ON great responsibilities devoive up %
n Us scarcely equalled and not excell- =
q in auv other locality Tt iS hardly D