The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-10
State Medical Society to
Meet May "a, rs,
and 26.
BIG MEN ARE COMING
The Preliminary Programme Shows
that Matters of Vital Importance
Will be Discussed by the
States Heaters
Here

The most important gathering to
be held in Raleigh during the month
of May is the fifty-first annual meet
ing of the Medical Society of the State
CT North Carolina. 1t will be, of
course, primarily of interest to the
physicians who will come to the CAPT.
tai of their State for conference, inter-
change of views, and professional and
social intercourse. These annual gath
erings bring together many of the
brightest minds in the State, and their
orations and debates are not surpass-
ed in learning. brightness or eloquence.
But, while chiefly of interest to the
doctors, this meeting has much inter-
est to every person in the State, for
the doctors will discuss topics that re-
late to better sanitation and better
health, and their discussions will
therefore result in good to every per-
son who needs the attention of d ply
sician-and that includes every man.
woman and child in the State.
The physicians OF Raleigh will pro-
vide delightful entertainment. They
have selected DR.. Hubert A. Register,
the Dean of the University Medical
School, as chairman of the committee
of arrangements, and all Will cooper
ate in making the entertainment Wor-
thy of the representatives of this great
profession. The full programme OF the
entertainment will appear later.
Among the courtesies to be extended
will be a reception rendered by the
Capital Club Wednesday evening, May
25th. Prior to the meeting of the
State Medical Society. the Board OF
Medical Examiners Will meet on tne
18th of May, when those wishing TO
Join the great profession will have
their tug of war"
The State Board of Examiners for
Registered Nurses and the State Socl-
ETY. of Registered Nurses Will also meet
in Raleigh during the session of the
Medical Society.
The meetings of the State Medical
Society will be held in the Senate
Chamber and the address of welcome
on behalf of the State VIII be deliver
cd by Governor Aycock. The well
come on behalf of the city of Raleigh
will be delivered by Ed Chambers
Smith, Esq. The response on behalf
of the Society will be made by DR.. j.
NJ. Parrot, of Kinston.
The balance of the preliminary pro-
gramme is as follows:
Presidents Annual Address, DR.. II.
b. Weaver, Asheville.
Report of Secretary, DR.. j. Howell
Way, WayneSville.
Annual Grafton, "Aesculapian
vile.
Annual Essay, "An Ounce of Pre-
vention," Dr. j. c.. Blount, Washing
ton.
Annual Debate, "Diphtheria." Lead
err, DR., J. A. Williams. Reidsville.
.'Infection," Dr. l. w. Faison, Char
lotto.
Immunity" DR.. Albert Anderson,
Wilson.
Uric Acid and Metabolism,' DIR.
Ben *. Hays, Oxford.
Pneumonia DR.. Jno. c. Montgom-
cry, Charlotte
1.-The Relation of the General Prac-
titioner to the Prevention and Cure Of
tuberculosis, DR.. Paul Paquin, Ashe-
vile.
Malaria as Complaining Typhoid
Fever" DR.. a. S. Pendleton, Hender-
son.
1.-The Bedside Diagnosis of Typhoid
Fever" DR.. Chas u. Gambler, Dills-
boro.
Modern School of Methods as a
Factor in the Production of Nervous
and Mental Disease DR.. l. M. Taylor
Morganton.
Acute Entero-Colitis, DR.. Guy S
Kirby, Marion.
Asthma, It's Etiology and Treat
ment," DIR. James Sawyer AsheVille.
Medical Dietetics i'm General Prac-
tice,' DR.. Geo. p. Edwards, Sylvia.
"A Plea for More Just Judgment OF
Drug Users" DR.. Geo. S. Petty, Mem
phis, Tenn.
"A Modern Method of Treating Nor
phine, Whiskey, and Other Drug Ad
dictions," DR.. S. Nj. Crowell, Char
Iotte.
"Uncinariasis in North Carolina, Its
Distribution, Frequency, Etiolgy, and
Pathology" DIR. w. S. Rankin, Wake
Forest.
"Uninariasis in the Mountains OF
North Carolina" Dr. w. P. Ivey, Le-
noir
"Uninciarisis in Eastern North Car
DINA" DR.. j. l.. Nicholson, Richards
1.-The Care of the Tuberculosis and