Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-08
MANY PHYSICIANS
GATHER TODAY
Congress of American Physi-
clans and Surgeons.
MANY TOPICS CONSIDERED
Papers Read by Men Eminent in the
Profession.
SOCIETY OF MANY BRANCHES
Joint Meeting Late This Afternoon at
New Willard Hotel-Theory
and Practice.
SOCIETY OF MANY BRANCHES

Washington earned the name of the
convention city of the country long be-
fore this, but 1t can probably be safely
said that there were never more conven-
lions in progress here within any one Pc
riod of twenty-four hours than there are
today. Specialists from all sections OF
the country, and specialists upon all of
the diseases to which human flesh Is
heir, are assembled in the various halls
about the center of the city, and are
engaged in discussions of the various
methods followed in treatment of dis
eases.
The Arlington Hotel, the New Willard, the
Shoreham, the George Washington Untver-
sity and the Cosmos Club are the head
quarters for the various sections of the
seventh triennial Congress of American
Physicians and Surgeons. Most OF them
came to Washington within the past TWEEN
ty-four hours, and all of them have been
meeting at different places this morning.
opened joint session in the convention
hall of the Arlington at o'clock this after
noon, when the subject considered was
1.-The Comparative Value of the Medical
and Surgical Treatment of the Immediate
and Remote Results of Ulcer of the StOm-
ach."
Papers will be read during the afternoon
by Drs. John II. Musser of Philadelphia
-
on the indications for, the methods of and
the results to be expected in the medicinal
treatment DR.. William j. Mayo will speak
upon the contributions of surgery to bet
ter understanding of gastric and duodenal
ulcers; DR.. John c. Munro of Boston. Mass
on chronic ulcers and the indications for
surgical treatment. The whole congress
will hold its final session at the Arlington
tomorrow evening. but this will be entirely
a social affair and in the form of a smoker
Branch Societies.
The American Ophthalmological Society oc-
cupied the convention hall in the Arlington
this morning in its forty-third annual meet
ing. Papers were read by DR.. c. A. Oliver,
DR.. G.. E. De schweinitz, DR.. s. D. Risley,
DR.. c. A. Veasey, DR.. A. A. Bubbell, DR..
w. E Lambert. DR.. C. s. Bull, DR.. Brown
Shoemaker. DIR. C. M. Hosmer, DR.. A.
Knapp and DR.. Edward Jackson.
A smaller hall at the Arlington was oc-
cupied by the American biological Society
there considered were "A New Theory OF
Bone Perception" introduced by DR.. George
Shambaugh Of Chicago; Two Recent Cases
of Lateral Sinus Thrombosis Presenting
Sheppard of Brooklyn, N. Y, and "a case
of chronic suppurative otitis media, hem
orrhage into the external auditory canal,
perforation of the wall of. the pharynx, with
1dIdl nemOrrnaSe from tne INTERNAL JuSu-
lar vein,' by Drs. Frederick L. Jack and
F. H. Verhoeff Of Boston.
The second day of the thirtN-third annual
session of the American Neurological Asso-
citation was held at the New Willard this
morning.
President Clement Cleveland Of New York
city made his annual address at the morn
Ing meeting of the American genealogical
Association in lecture hall No. 2 of the
George Washington University. The gen.
eral subject under discussion at the meet
ing was THE Care of the Wound and the
After Treatment of Laparotomies." Those
who participated in various phases of the
discussion were DR.. Seth c. Gordon of
Portland, DR.. LIE Roy Brown Of New York.
DR.. c. A Kirkley of Toledo, DR.. Hunter
Robb of Cleveland, DR.. Henry T. Byford Of
Chicago. DR.. Hiram M. Vimberg Of New
York, DR.. Lapthorn Smith Of Montreal, w.
Gill Wyle of New York, DR.. Henry c. Coe
of New York, DR.. Herman ]. Boldt of New
York and DR.. ]. Montgomery Badly Of
Philadelphia.
Laryngological Society.
The American Laryngological Association,
which was organized in 1878, held its ses-
sion today at the Cosmos Club. After a.
business meeting, open only to fellows of
the association, scientific discussion was