The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-25
Charlotte the Next Place
of Meeting.
LIST OF THE OFFICERS
The Medical Society Adopts ResOIu-
tiOns PIedgiug Its Members to Re-
sist Efforts OF Insurance Com
panies to Dictate Rates For Ex-
aminations Of Applicants.


Greensboro, N. c., May 24.-Fron,
a layman's viewpoint the most inter-
esting matters before the North Caro-
lima Medical Association today were
the election of officers and the choice
of the next point of meeting. These
questions were settled before adjourn
ment for dinner and the manner of it
and the results follow:
Secretary Way from the House Of
Delegates at 1 o'clock made the report
from the committee on nominations
cf officers for the ensuing year, the
same being adopted. The new Off
GERS are: President, e. c. Register,
Charlotte; First Vice President l.. b.
McBrayer, Asheville; Second Vice
President, w. H. H. Cobb, Jr., Colds
boro; Third Vice-President, w. O.
Spencer, Winston; Orator, j. NJ Par
rott, Kinston; Essayist, 7. S. McMul-
len, Hertford; Leader of Debate, S. T.
Battle, Oxford; Secretary, j. Harrel
Skies, Grissom; Delegates American
Medical Association, j. Fl. Way Way
nesville; J. H. Burrus, Asheyille Com
mittee Public Policy and Legislature
r. H Lewis, Raleigh; George e.
Thomas, Wilmington p L. Murphy,
Morganton; E. c. Register, Charlotte;
j. Fl. Way, Waynesville. Finance
Committee: d. A. Stanton, High
Point; G. j. Sawyer, Windsor, S. r. J.
Lee, Dunn. Obituaries: K. p. Battle.
Jr., Raleigh; C. NJ Poole Creston II.
H. Harris, Wake Forest. Scientific
Work r. s. Whitehead, Chapel Hill;
o. c. Daniels, OrientaE j. H. Way,
Waynesville.
Virginia Medical Society Delegates
]. e. Grimsley. Greensboro; j. ID.
knight, Williamson; Cyrus Thomp-
son., Jacksonville; S. b. Boothe OK
ford; A. S. Pendleton, Henderson; J.
r. Parker, Virginia, secretary.
South Carolina Society, j. r. Cor
don, Jamestown; T. J. HILL Lexington;
w. r. Fiske, Hendersonville; b. s.
Hairston, Wilson; D. A. Garrison,
Bessemer City.
Mississippi Valley Medical Associa-
ton. H. II. Dodson, Greensboro; S. M.
Moran, n. Y; j. A. Tuseur, High
Stevens, Clinton.
State Board of Health, George G.
Thomas, Wilmington; Thos. e. Ander-
son, Statesville.
Place of meeting, 1906, Charlotte.
Committee Local Arrangements, L.
L. Gibbon, Charlotte; others to be sup
Piled.
This Mornings session.
The second days general session Of
the North Carolina Medical Society be-
gan in the court house this morning at
sos o'clock, President ID. 7. Tayloe
presiding.
The first contribution was by DR..
H. b. Weaver, of Asheville, who read
paper on the causes, effects ana
treatment of pneumonia, and the
means of not only treating, but pre-
venting the disease.
DIR. J. G. Walton of Chase City, con-
tributed some interesting experiences
while discussing physical therapeutics.
Another interesting event was the
discussion by invitation of water treat
ment for pneumonia by Dr.. w. l..
Robinson. of Danville. He said he was
called at home 1.-THE water fiend' be-
cause he believed so much in the valCe
of water as a medical agent He re-
lated how water massage was helpful.
DR.. Lynn McIver, of Sanford. chair
man of the department of physiology
and chemistry read report of the
progress in those fields. Dr. w. }.
Martin of Davidson, and professor or
chemistry in the North Carolina Med
icaI College, contributed a valuable pa
per He advocated an insistence from
medical boards on more thorough
chemical training as prerequisite
to obtaining certificates cf proficiency
to practice.
Dr. J. w. Peacock. of Thomasville.
next read an interesting paper on edi-
BILE and poisonous fungi in North Car
olina His paper contained valuable
practical and professional suggestions
as to the need for vegetable diet in
connection with ones digestive health.
At the conclusion Of Or. Peacock's
treaties, a resolution of thanks for his
valuable scientific research was ten
dered.
Dr.. /. w. Faison, of Charlotte, pre-
sented a paper discussing "Metabol-
ism" the process by which all digested
food is transformed into living tissue.
His paper was on a markedly high
order of interest and was heard with
great attention.
Tackles Insurance Companies.
There was a decided breeze raised
by report from a committee submit
ung the action of the House of Dele
gates recommending the adoption OF
resolutions pledging the members OF
the society to resist the efforts of GER
tain insurance companies to dictate
rates which physicians should be paid
for examinations of applicants for in
surance.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted They follow
Whereas the fee of $500 for each
examination of an applicant for life
insurance (inclGding a chemical analy-
sis of urine, or even when no urinal
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