Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-12-14
N. N. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
In Session at HeathsviIIe-A Great
Succel S-Banquet in Evening.

Thursday, December 6, 1906, nearly
all of the physicians of the Northern
Neck met in the third semi-annual
session since organizing, at Heaths-
vile. With quite full attendance the
Association met in the courthouse. where
the regular order of business was taken
up. Prof. j. Mason Hundley, of the
University of Maryland, Baltimore, was
present and gave very instructive
and beneficial address on a subject that
is so often overlooked by physicians,
impressing upon them the Importance
OF early recognition of. and operation
for, certain cancerous conditions which
would result in a complete cure of the
disease, while if neglected would shortly
prove fatal. A vote of thanks was ten
dered him for his address and he was
elected honorary member of the AS
ISOLATION.
A very instructive and up-to-date
paper was read by DR.. Cockren and adj
dresses of great Importance made by
Drs. Eubank and Fisher on subjects
assigned them by the Association.
Other members of the Association dis
cussed these subjects andreported cases
of great interest. These papers and
addresses accomplished one of the OBJ
jects of the Association.
The Constitution says, ''the objects of
this Association shall be the promotion
of the science and art of medicine and
the cultivation of social intercourse
among the members of the profession. -
While it might appear that the ply
sicians alone are reaping the benefits of
the objects of this Association the
patients are indirectly doing so, because
through these addresses the physician
becomes more capable of treating dis
eases more effectually which might
occur among his patients.
While the Northern Neck Medica
Association is only one and half years
old it has grown numerically almost t.
its greatest possibility, having now or
roll twenty-six out of thirty active ply.
sicians in the lower Northern Neck. II
has begun to actract attention from
without the Northern Neck as was
shown by the presence of Prof. Hundley,
and has gotten down to an effectua
working basis, and by the united efforts
of each member it is hoped and believed
that the Northern Neck Medical Asso-
citation will soon. be one of the leading
local associations in the State. The
members of the Association are a:
follows:
J. w. Tankard, president; H. w.
Harding, vice-president; F. w. Lewis,
End vice-president; M. M. Walker, Bro
>vice-president; R. o. Lyell, secretary
w. N. Chinn, treasurer; A. C. Fisher,
librarian; R. E. Booker, A. N. Brent,
w. c. Chowning, l.. E. Cockrell, H. j.
Edmonds, R. F. Eubanll, w. H. Fairfax.
j. H. Hare, G. B. Harrison, r. l.. Hud-
nall, B. A. Middleton, w. j. Newbill.
F. F. Ninde, M. c. Oldham, C. T. Pierce,
j. A. Rice, H. L. Segar, R. H. Stuart,
S. E. Weymouth.
In the evening banquet was given
the Association by the Northumberland
members at helms Hotel where all the
delicaeies that the season could afford
were served in style.
DIR. R. E. Booker was Toast-Master.
An address of welcome was made by
DIR. j. w. Tankard. The following
toasts were responded to by the follow,
ing gentlemen:
Relation of The Public and the
Physician, Hugh Smith; 1.-The Country
Doctor" A. C. Fisher; ''The Relation
of the Trained Nurse to the Physician, -
j. H. Hare.
The next session will be held at the
Hague the fourth Thursday in Nav. 1907