The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-22
Closing Scenes of the Convention Of
 Physicians. WILL WAGE WAR
 ON TUBERCULOSIS Many Recommendations Of Board of CenSOrS. Funds to Build a Monument In Mont gomery to the late Dr. Jerome Cochran is GrOwing-Last
 Days SessiOon.

l tracted from the interest in volunteer papers which were delivered. The race for President of the Association de- veloped a close contest between pr. E. ID. Bondurant and pr. Rhett Goode, both of Mobile. The former finally was elected on the third ballot, receiving forty-nine votes, while Dr. Goode re- ceived thirty-elght votes.
 Dr. l.. W. Johnston of Tuskegee was elected almost unanimously as Junior Vice President to succeed Dr. John K. IG Howell of Dothan, former Senior IVice- President, whose two-year term expired yesterday. Dr. Walter H. Bell | of Hargrove was promoted from Junior IVice-President to Senior Vice-Prcsident. His Jurisdiction extends over the North ern section of the State, while that of Dr. Johnston applies to the Southern | coun ties.
 | On account of the somewhat dimin- ished attendance and the expressing in terest in the election of officers, the de- livery of technical papers yesterday morning by Dr. T. Joseph Dean of Union Springs, Dr. Allen A. Green of Anniston and Dr. Z T. Chamblee of North Birmingham, was attended with but little discussion. They were dis posed of expeditiously and the report | from the Board of Censors was called | for.
 Report of CensOrs. | Dr. W. H. Sanders. State Health Of- | ficer and President of the Board, rend- cred the report of the Board, which in- cluded among other things an appeal | to the different county Boards of Health to cooperate with the State Board in organizing a fight against tuberculosis in Alabama. This section of the report responded to recommen- dations of former President c. c. Jones | of the Association, Dr. Charles l.. Mi nor, a director of the National Associ- alton for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and Eli P. Smith of The l Birmingham News, who addressed the meeting Wednesday.
 | This part of the report was adopted despite the opposition of Dr. c. C. Jones of East Lake, who vacated his char temporarily to set over against the CO., operative method the idea of a com mission of five to be appointed by the incoming President to be responsible for the fight. He said he believed it would be a mistake to depend upon the cooperation of the county boards in an extraordinary matter of this kind.
 Recommendations of the report were also adopted calling for better instruc- tions in hygiene in the public schools of the State. Other recommendations
 
 sanitation in the public schools.
 Dr. T. l.. Robertson of Birmingham and pr. V. P. Gaines of Mobile were almost unanimously elected to succeed l themselves on the Board of Censors for the next five years. Their terms expired with this meeting.
 Monument to Dr. Cochran. | A hopeful report was made by the I Committee on the Jerome Cocnran Monument Fund yesterday, showing | that the total fund at present is $i 325 S5 It was noted that a few coun- ty societies have exceeded their as- sessments for this purpose and nearly all of them are showing some interest in this enterprise. Laymen in some parts of the State are also manifesting interest in doing honor to this revered philanthropist of his day, Jerome Cochran, the founder of the rehabili- | tated association. The monument will be erected in Montgomery, where the great scientist made his principal dis coYeries.
 By adopting other recommendations of the Board of Censors, the AssocIa- tion defed the American Medical Asso- citation in the latters requirement. that 1 the Alabama delegates to the meeting of that body in July at Portland Ore, be elected by the State body. The Board praised the State constitution higher than that of the national body and determined to respect the mandate of it's own governing instrument. They were sustained unanimously in their re- port.
 3.S Registered Doctors. The total registered attendance on the meeting just ended was BPS. This has never been equalled. The total registered delegates was olghty-oue. each county being allowed two The Two inc f,Ft 1 ds of 100, but this was acroun ted for by the accrediting of alternate del egates. The total mem 1erShip of the entire Association is 1878, wn;cl. rep resents d goodly proportion of ;he legal profession of the State.
 Dr. T. Joseph Dean, of Union Springs, opened the final session of the meeting with a paper on "Osteomyelitis"
 Dr. Dean divided his subject into three forms of the disease, namely, acute separative osteomyelitis. chronic | Osteomyelitis and tuberculor osteomye- litis. The various causes of the disease were given by the essayist some being cold. ovcr-exertion or pus | infection.
 The symptoms of the disease were given and precautions for early correct diagnoses. The disease Is usually ushered in by a chill and severe con- stitutional disturbance
 Dr. J. D. Trammell of Bay Minette arose here and denied an impression that had been created that he was a contract doctor. He also said the paper of pr, Dean should never have been read as he wanted something to study.
 The paper of Dr. Allen A. Green, of Anniston. on "Ludwigs Angina" was called for next With few introduc- tory remarks Dr. Greene said as the time of the Association was valuable he would only file the paper with the secretary. It will be published in the transactions
 Paper by pr. Chamblee. Dr. z. B. Chamblee, of North Brm- ingham, delivered a paper on, "Trti- caria with Report of a Case This disease is a disorder of the skin. It is caused by injudicious eating. Some remedies for the disease were given by Dr. Chamblee. The essayist related all the circumstances. symptoms and treatment of the case under his obser- vation. It was a case of hyper acid 'l condition of the EtnnAaAlA