The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04


He charged them TO give their constitu-
ents the very best service In them re-
gardess of station in life and the pecu-
MARY worth of the patient.
He also charged them as gentlemen to
guard the delicate secrets that were en-
trusted to them in the discharge or pro-
fessional services. above all things, gem
tlemen." he declared, "be gentlemen and
a credit to the procession you have
espoused."
DR.. sholl's charge was brief, but full
of wholesome advice.
The commencement address TO the grad
uating class was delivered by DR.. ii. A.
Cant of Jackson, Tins.
Miss Alice Fallon rendered vocal solo.
accompanied by Mics Lille Drennen. They
were heartily encored.
The programme was interspersed with
musical selections by Calman's orchestra.
Or. Giants Address.
DR.. Cant spoke in part as follows;
ut gives me great pleasure to be with
you today Simply to be present in this
prosperous city, so full of interest, with
llS DToBFesSlNt tiilNtIS, dlpH6 all lliltS
Of material development, its splendid
schools and institutions of learning, ita
well equipped medical college and hos
pitfalls, is, of itself a source of great
qualification, but to have the pleasure
of speaking to this audience is an honor
and courtesy for which | cannot suffi-
GENTLY express my appreciation. Coming
from an adjoining sister state, closely
allied to yours In hopes, aspirations and
many common interests, it gives me the
opportunity of gratifying a long felt de-
sire to meet and to mingle with the good
citizens of this famous metropolis and es-
p cially to become better acquainted with
the members of your medical profession.
The great Lamar, in his celebrated
Charles Sumner grafton, speaking of the
different sections of the country, said
If we knew each other better, we would
love each other more" and likewise 1t
is true that If the members of the medi-
cal profession would know each other
better they could love each other more.
THE subject selected for discussion
today is The Importance of Medical Or
ganization Which Leads to Higher Med
ical Education" but l desire to say in
the outset that to speak of medical or
ganization to the medical profession of
Alabama is like carrying coal to New
CASTLE, for no state in the union has ac-
cCmplished so much along this line as
yours, where for more than a generation
every county, some of them containing
but three OF four physicians, has had an
effective county society in full legal con-
troll of its medical and health affairs
with over 90 per cent of the entire pro-
fession enrolled as permanent members
OF both the county and the state associa-
ton and with its organized profession
made by law as much part of the coun-
ty and state government as the legisla.
tive judicial or executive departments.
Cause to Be Proud.
THE people of Alabama have cause
to be proud Of the medical history OF
the state, for not only In organization
and medical legislation has she set tho
pace for other states but in original X
search and in skillful operative work her
medical men have been noted leaders.
some of them of international fame: and
had she no eminent statesmen, learned
jurists, great divlnes, masterfuI captains
of industry or profound educators. the
lives and the work of such men as ].
Marion Sims, Nathan X. Bozernan. John
A. Wyeth. Mott Gilmore Maston and
others would entitle her to one of the
most brilliant pages of history In this
| would lay a tribute of re-
spect and admiration on the graves of
those great men who have done so much
for the bettermen Of the profession In
this state; | mean especially Jerome
Cochran and w. E. b. Davis, who
Earned names that win
Happy remembrance from the great |
and good;
Names that shall not sink in obliv-
ons flood;
But with clear music. like a church |
BELLS chime.
Sound through the rivers sweep Of
)nwardr rushing time
When the medical men of Mississippi