The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-20

| witches and spiced ham, with cool lager
| to drink the healths of the visiting
| guest of honor and about everybody
| else.
DIR. Whyson was at his best and
had fund of stories to relate as he
| introduced the various speakers. It
was jolly luncheon party. Fun and
wit intermingled with serious ad-
dresses but the medicos were out for
good time and it was no occasion
for seriousness, as most of the addresses
indicated. or course, all the speeches
Favored of the profession and some
good stories were told. Some were mis-
sionary tales and others savored of the
operating room. DR.. Morton told of
some peculiar and wonderful ana
tomical operations which demonstrated
his all-round ability in medical and
surgical science.
During the progress of good feeling
toast was proposed to DR.. McGrew,
the veteran physician who is now con.
fined in the Sanitarium recovering from
an operation. The toast met with an
enthusiastic response which attested to
the "Father of Annexation s" popu-
larity among his craft.
DR.. Morton. He spoke of his having
become acquainted with him in San
Francisco about two years since. and of
his enjoyment of being privileged to
watch him perform some interesting
operations.
He felt proud of having been the
agent through whom DR.. Morton was
invited to attend the present conven.
ton of the medical association of Ha-
wall, and he felt certain that the as
ISOLATION was proud to have him as
their guest. To have so eminent a sur
geon as DIR. Morton preside at clinic
which all had witnessed in the fore
noon was privilege.
DIR. Judd, who came in for speech |
making Mt the tail-end of the proceed |
ings through plot to keep some of |
the best speechmaking for the closing
moments, told of his having seen oper- |
atoms performed in New York with
cocaine administered into the spine,
but he confessed he did not approve of |
it until he saw operations performed
by DR.. Morton. Now he believed thor
oughly in it. He said, too, that it was
a privilege to have DIR. Morton in their
midst.
DR.. James was called upon to re-
spond to the toast of "The President
because of his having been "Rough
Rider" during the Spanish War. DIR.
James gave n graphic description of
the wonderful power which Col. Roose.
welt exercised over his men. He said
he never heard man in the regiment
say word against the colonel. This
was remarkable in so large an organi,
zation as a regiment. He remembered
when Mr.. Roosevelt became commander
If the regiment through the promotion
IF General Wood, ut which time he did
not have the INSIGNIA of his rank to
lenOte his promotion. One of the sol
iiers on that occasion fashioned the
,olonel's insignia out of some metal
md gave il to the commander.
DIR. Armitage responded wittily on
everal occasions and received new
title, or rather new titles, those of the !
)nke of Armitage and the Duke of
Durham. DIR. Armitage was equal to {
he occasion with his usual witty come |
'aeks. DIR. Hoffman, was at his best c
Though he came late and much of a
he refreshment had already disappear. Q
d. DIR. Cooper, DIR. Hodgins, DIR. Me. r
'onald, DR.. Wood, DR., Rogers, Dr. q
Emerson, DIR, Humphris. DIR. Ramus, a
Dr.. Walters, DIR. McGettigan, DIR. Pratt, b
Dr., Hayes, Surgeon Smith, U. s. NJ, {