Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-09
Conference Of State Medical Soci.
ETY. Opened This Morning In
Council Chamber
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT JONES.
Discuss the Duties oI Family Physi.
can In SolulIon Of rubefcu.
lOss Problem

called TO order this morning at II
| o'clock IN the city council chamber by
prcsdon, Dr. phllo u, Jones' There
were only about 10 mcmbcw OF the as
ISOLATION present from various parts Of
the state but N Is oSpoclcd that tho
attendance win be heavier this after
noon ana tomorrow Thoro win be- an.
olhor meeting this afternoon and ono
tonight Tomorrow sessions win hc
held In the morning and afternoon, ana
In the evening 70 banquet Will be given
at tho University club, when the Salt
Lake County Medical society win act nv
hosts.
After the meeting was called 90 order
mis- morning reports were read by the
! various committees ON arrangements,
| and other business after which the
minutes ~ the last annual meeting
| Ncro read, owing 10 the absence of
| Gov cutler from The state, the address
Of welcome was omitted,
PRESIDENTS ANNUAL ADDRESS,
Dr. Jones the president. read the only
paper AT the morning session. The sub.
| Iocl ~ hls annual address IL THE Fam
| ily Physician aH Factor In the Tubcr-
culosls Problem, ana Ills Obligations
| 10 the state In part Ne said
Fellow Members Of the Utah state
| Medical Association Another milestone
| has been added 10 our professional pro'
grces In Utah, and nv we pass In ro.
view the FIRST decade Of our history from
this, our eleventh anniversary, II IA
with Justiilable pride that we behold an
| united profession, free from AUCTIONS,
cliquos ana petty iealouscs ana pos
sessed of a wholesome fraternNl union
that We should each ever strive TO
! maintain,
It may no longer be sAld OF MS, "Who
| hears OF Utah Doctors" for not n few
" our members are annually heard In
the halls of medical conventions In ais.
tant states while their published pa.
pers are read by an annually Increasing
audience Especially Is this true Of our
surgeons would that ! could speak
thus commercially OF our "intcrnests,"
II II a notable, and 10 me lamontablc
fact, that the majority Of our younger
members see little that Is attractive IN
the profession save In the practise Of
surgery. The glamour ana spectacle
| and, must say tt suspect the Zee ~
the operating room Is largely response.
bic FOR the crowdIng " our profession
| with Indifferent surgeons, while the
| broad and equally important field ~
| Internal medicine IL being sadly neg
| looted,
The three learned professions, alvin.
! ny, law and medicine stand on on.
| tlroly different plans than oil other call.
| lngs or vocation \ reciprocal bond
exists between their members and the
! state, which does not exist between
| those of the various trades, Ana upon
| the members OF the three named pro-.
| fogsIona certain prcrogoliyos are cons
| ferrod which Nro shared by none others
| C0nnnng ourselves 10 the consldcrAtl lion
OF our own profession, these preroga.
! tiYos are IN the documents, diplomas
ana cert lncatcs that confer upon US tho
! right 10 the use Of the title doctor styl.
cd authority power or privileges, Tho
principal Of those Is the right to nd'
! minister drugs ana other remedies
Of Whatsoever nature, for tho
healing Of diseases and Injuries
And, for the rendering Of such
services TO their fellows 90 receive and
oven exact compensation.
II has always been considered, how
| ever, that the controlling motive IN
leading lts yotarlcs "a enroll them.
selves In the ranks ~ the medical pro-
fossion was not, M In the use " other
| N0catl0ne, 10 nmags wealth hut 20
crafty u craving for knowledge, To nd.
vance the medical art. 10 relieve SUE
forlng and 10 bonont humanity, The
acquisition OF livelihood for ihom-
solves ana those dependent upon thom,
while altogether pralsoworthy and To-.
Ultimate hus always been deemed n
secondary consideration, No ono can
read the biographies Of the fathers In
medicine without being Impressed with
the predomInoncc Of this sentiment IN
their minds and IT, controlling IN
nuonco Of their conduct
OBLIGATIONS TO STATE,
what then, are some Of the oblIga-
lions we owe TO the state IN return for
the dignItlos ana privileges bestowed
upon us2 First, n cultivated mind Nj
prepared by all the exercises of u llb-
ornl education that II shall be able e
receive, digest ana NsalmIlAlo the groa,
truths ana mysteries Of medical science
and secondly, trained mind thorough.
~ ycrecd IN al the tcchnicalllles Of
medical art
The last half century has, unror,
tunatoly, witnessed u growing tondon'
cy 10 reduce our noble profession 20 the
loYol OF mere trade, ana ltH portal,
have been OcAlogcd and too Otter
having no such qualifications ~
those above enumerated, and ne
ambitions IN any way or dogroo hgho
than those Of the trldoman too oflel
indeed, with the intention " proslItut
lng the sacred nAmo Of their calling :,
dlshonOrnblo dishonest or oven Crimlnn
prNotlHoa, Hence has arson the nOCo9
Nty for the state 10 rise IN ltB own self
defense and vet up barriers which ehNl
stem thiR pollutiug lido ana restore tb
profession 10 rs prCstlno nobility an,
purity M one of tho moInhtays Of so
cioly
THE TUBERCULOSIS PROBLEM,
The consideration OF the tubcrcuosi
problem IN which have been mtorcslp
for \ rumbor " years has convinced m
Of the correctness Of that graphic OK
prosslon Of Osor "lhnt In the Warfar
against tuberculosis The man behind III
run N the general practitioner Tn
one positive conclusion ! have arrive
az, through what believe 70 be AN ear
most, unbiased ana careful study OF thl
subject IN that this problem VIII an
can never be solved without the aid q
tho family physician, and that con
sumption M a disease OF tho masses wi
never be successfully combated unit
the day IN which every family Hhal
have i,s medical adviser
As Knopf has recently said mo mat
ter how strict the sanitary regulation
that boards Of health may issue N
matter how many tnnitora and ape
clal hospitals for the consumptlyc poo
we may have we must look TO tho fam
lly physician for tho bulk OF the wor
IN ngnting tho great white plague" 7
secure the enforcement Of sanitary reg
ulatlons, as IN the case 81 all stautor
law, tho sentiment and support OF IN
community must first be obtalnodi an
10 obtain this support q campaign O