The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-27
MEDICAL SOCIETY
HAS ADJOURNED
By Far the Best Meeting
in Its History.
FIVE HUNDRED HERE
Resolution of Thanks for RaIeigh's
Hospitality. New Officers Installed.
Chairmen of Sections Announced.
RaIeigh's tuberculosis Ordi-
nrnCe Recommended.

The Medical Society of North Caro-
lima adjourned yesterday afternoon
shortly after o'clock, after the most
successful meeting in it's entire his
tory 1t was more than twice as
largely attended as any other conven-
yesterday that in all five hundred per-
sons visited Raleigh on account of the
meeting, including the families OF
physicians and guests Of the society
from out of the State.
Before adjourning, a resolution was
adopted by a rising vote, expressing
the thanks of the society TO the local
committee of arrangements for THEN
excellent management of the meeting,
and to the physicians and citizens OF
Raleigh for their splendid hospitality
and for the elegant reception at the
Capital club.
The new officers of the society, as
printed in yesterday mornings paper
were installed at the morning session
al1 in the afternoon the chairmen
OF sections for the ensuing year were
announced as follows:
Anatomy and Surgery-Dr. j. =
Monroe, of Monroe.
Materia Medica and Therapeutics
DR.. r. A. Whitaker, Of Kinston.
Practice of Medicine--Dr. w. II
| Cobb, Jr., of Goldsboro.
Physiology and Chemistry-Dr
Lynn McIver, of Sanford.
Obstetrics-Dr. Thomas Stringfield
of Waynesville.
Gynaecology-Dr w. p. Whiting.
| ton, of Asheville.
Medical Jurisprudence and State
, Medicine-Dr. T.. M. Grown, of Wash
! ington.
Pathology and Microscopy-Dr. W
| deb. MacNider of Raleigh.
Papers Read Yesterday.
! The following papers were read yes
| terday:
tuberculosis; What Shall we Do tc
| Check It's Onward March % DR.. S. =
| Holding, Of Wake Forest.
"The Treatment of Ununited Frac-
lures" DR.. Stuart Mcclure, Rich.
/ mond. Va.
| Abdominal Surgery With Specia
| Reference to the Preparation and AT
! ter-Treatment," DR.. w. p. Whiting
ton, Asheville.
"The Neurasthenic Condition." DR.
| j. p. Monroe, Davidson.
! Immediate Repair of Lacerate6
Perinoeli," DR.. p. A. Nicholson. Wash.
/ ington.
"a Protest Against Indiscriminatt
| Surgical Operations Upon the Female
! Organs of Generation" DIR. y. X. Tay
| loe, Tarboro.
Exhibition of Specimens. DR.. III. A
Royster, Raleigh.
The paper by DR.. Holding, of Wake
Forest, called especial attention to the
ordinance adopted by the city of Raj
| eigh requiring that all cases of con
sumption or tuberculosis be reported
and registered by the department o.
health just as is done with other con
| tagious diseases. 1t was urgently re-
commended that the same thing bt
required in all towns and even vii
! lagos end townships 1t was the same
paper that was read by Holding be
| fore the Wake County Medical so
! ciety.
During the session of the society, {
number of noted physicians from on
of the State have been welcome Wis
itors, among them being DR.. A. c
Wood. of Philadelphia; DR.. Winslov
and DIR. Spruill, of Baltimore; DR.
| Stuart Mcclure, Dr. II. M. Taylor anC
| Dr. Hodges. of Richmond, Va; DIR
! Southgate Leigh and DR.. Payne, o
Norfolk -r. Pettey, of Memphis
| Tenn, and DR.. Michael Hoke, Of At
| lanta Ga.