The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-10
DOCTORS HOLD
LIVELY SESSION
Some Speakers Took Position
That Physicians Should Take
Interest in Politics.
SOME POINTED REMARKS
CHEMIST HARMS TALKS ABOUT
IMPURE FOODS.


1.-The Doctor in Politics was the theme
of discussion at the meeting of the State
Medical association yesterday morning.
The discussion followed the reading of
paper on the subject by Dr.. J. E. Seal
Ion, who took the position that the med
zeal profession should long ago have made
its influence felt in the government of
ton has prevented. This, he declared.
accounts for the fact that the profession
IS not 10 any extent consulted IN mat
tiers on which its members should be au-
thOrities. He said he used the word pol
tiles in its higher and better sense
Continuing, ne said: Although the
medical profession is composed of men
who are of the highest standing in their
communities, yet legislation of a medical
nature is passed and carried out without
their having been consulted a fact for
which they alone are responsible, in that
and unite in a strong and homog>&eOus
national and state organization. Their
advice would be valuable to any govern
ment, municipal or otherwise, but par
tcularly would this be the case on school
boards, councils or where knowledge was
required of sanitary conditions pure food.
against accidents and curative, prevent
i've or precautionary measures. In such
instances they should be consulted"
Denounces the Politician.
DIR. scallon paid his respects to the av7
erage politician. who he said is ''in the
senator down to the crossroads article,
the most eowardly and stuck-up article
in the world Medical men who have
to occasionally meet them in a public
pacity, or in advocating some measure for
the public good, Will find their blood boil
amuses' will treat them, he said.
AT one time the influence of homoe
paths was wondered at in the profession,
thew GStOnlSnR0
which ignorant OSteopaths can ObStruct
legislation favorable to higher medical
education the speaker continued. THE
politician knows that the doctors are
right. and that the high standard of their
public interest; that the other fellows are
takers. but that does not affect him be
cause the other fellows are organized and
avail themselves OF political methods. He
knows all that the doctors viii do will
be to denOunce him in classical style in
labOrious articles in medical journals,
which are read only by the profession
Concluding, DR.. Scallon made an appeal
for the members of the medical profess
sion to mix intimately with the affairs Of
their fellows and to take dignified but
active interest in all that concerns their
respective communities and he felt
felt.
Food Adulteration.
Herman Harms. city and state chem
said:
THE people Of Utah are more fortu-
nate than those in most states. Native
food products are but little adulterated,
and it is only in the imported article
Chemist Harms had with him eighteen
specimens of various materials used in
such authorizations. and showed the null
lifted adulterated spices, liquor and cock
tails made from prune juice and wood
alcohol, as well as the grape Juice made
from sulphurOus acid Many kinds of
catsup. he said, receive their bright red
color from the use Of an aniline dye and
deleterious aniline dye enters into the
manufacture of highly COlOred candies,
mostly of a red color, he said. and copper.
highly poisonous, IS largely used to color
certain varieties of canned peas and
pickles. The speaker said there are sam
pies of oil sold as the purest olive which
was all cottonseed oil. and pepper. which
contained not an atom of the condiment.
He made a plea for strict enforcement
Afternoon Session.
The after-dinner session was devoted to
the discussion of a paper on The Pre-
Fever" by DR.. J. NJ. Henry of Payson.
The debate following. largely of a tech
nlcal nature was PARTICIPATED IN by DIS
Arid of Provo, Robinson of Bingham,
Osgood Of ogden and two visiting doc
tors. Castle of POcatelIo. Ida, and Dr.
@. W. Clark of Detroit, Mich. as well as
Drs. Ross Ander and J. S. Critchlow of
Salt Lake
Election of Officers.
Before the close Of the afternoon ses-
sion, officers were chosen as follows:
DR.. Frederick Gift of Provo, president:
DR.. A. c. Belle of Salt Lake, first vice
president; DR.. Z. NJ. Conway. second vice
president; DIR. W. s. EHerbeck of Salt
Lake, secretary; DR.. j. n. Harrison of
Salt Lake treasurer.
Trustees. J. n. Arid of Provo. Philo e
Jones and l. a. L. Lyons of Salt Lake.
These were chosen. for three years.
The retiring president, DR.. +. +. Root.
in a brief address, thanked the mem berS
for their cooperation and asked the
same for his successor
The sum of $500 was voted for the relief
OF physicians in San Francisco.
Another sum of $50 was voted for the N.
s. Davis memorial DR.. Davis was the
founder of the American Medical assoc
citation. with which the Utah association
is affiliated.
1t was decided to hold the next meet
ing in Salt Lake
Constitution Is Revised.
The constitution and bylaws were re-
Vised to conform to the plan suggested
by the national society. this being neces-
sary because Of the passage of a resoIu-
ton making county society members en-
titled to membership in the state asso-
citation, those physicians living where no
county society exists being required to
join the nearest county society
The Cache Medical society was recog-
nlzed as component branch of the state
institution.
New members chosen during the SEES
Salt Lake, Russell ]. smith of smitbfieId,
w. X Underwood, w. r. TyndaIe, f.
yam Colt, Ross Anderson, James Lane.
s j. Townsend of Salt Lake: j r. Nor
ton Of Heber William III. RotbweII of
murray James T Afflek of ST George.
j, b, Nelson of Munroe. lie Roy Pugmire
ham.
The outgoing members of the various
committees were reelected leaving the
stahulhs committees as before.