The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
Therapeutic Society Members
Celebrate Anniversary.
HONOR RETIRING PRESIDENT
Special Tribute Paid by Speakers TO
DR.. Robert Reyburn-Toast the
President CT the United states and
King Of England as Compliment
TO the Canadian Delegates.

Dr. RoDefL keyDufnt retiring pfesluent
of the society, and one of the happy in
cidents OF the evening was the drink
ing OF a toast to the President Of the
United States and to the King Of Eng
land. out Of compliment to the Canadian
members of the organization.
Or. Harvey W Wiley, chief chemist Of
the Agricultural Department, was toast
master. and added much to the merri-
ment Of the evening lie announced, in
all seriousness, that he had been over
wheimed with applications 10 speak at
this banquet, and that he had expert
enced some difficulty In giving all the ap-
plicants a chance, and in keeping them
within bounds, so that everybody could
have a chance.
DR.. Reybun, whom the members greet
ed standing, spoke briefly of the advance
ment made in medicine and surgery with
in the past fifty years He paid a high
tribute 10 the profession, which. he said.
had accommodated itself, with rare tact
and success. to greater progress in prac-
tice than had been made IN all the his
tory Of the world prior 10 a half CEN
tury ago. He mentioned particularly the
discovery of anesthesia in surgery by
} DR. Morton, whose son was a member Of
I the society and sat at the banquet.
TeleErams were read from DR. John V.
/ Shoemaker, president-elect Of the society,
rcgretting his inability TO be present.
"BashfuI Orator. Presented.
{ Commissioner Macfarland was intro
duoed by Dr. Wiley as "a young and
bashful orator" who was seeking TO gain
I experience as an after-dinner speaker,
and had applied for opportunity on this
occasion 20 get a little practice. The
/ Commissioner made a happy speech. re-
feTred slyly 10 Dr. Wiley as "a frivolous
bachelor" and put the doctors In good
humor By admonishing them to leave the
keys of the city here for the use of future
visitors. lie commended the efforts OF
the society in the advancement Of scien-
ufc medicine, and extended an invitation
TO them 70 make Washington more often
the place of their annual gatherings.
DIR. A. d. Biaekadder was referred TO
as a "veuOmous subject of King Edward
by DR.. Wiley lie comes from Montreal
and spoke as the representative Of the
Canadian physicians who belong TO the
society. He said the doctors of the Do
minion were proud TO affiliate with the
physicians Of the States, and expressed
qualification that In medicine, at least.
there was no boundary line between the
two countries
Senior Ouesada. Minister from Cuba.
spoke as the representative Of the Island
Republic" He made an eloquent ad-
dress, filed with honest patriotism for
his own country and praise for the
United States that have done so much to
give his native land freedom and liberty.
He referred to the discovery that yellow
fever was transmitted by the mosquito.
which was made by an English physician
in Cuba
Greatest of AutOerats.
He referred TO other contributions
which Cuba had given TO the medical
world and hoped that the American so-
ciety would some time hold one meeting
under the palms at Havana. Seuor
Quesada made the hit Of the evening
when he called attention TO the fact, that
the Russian Gar, King Edward, Pope
Leo, and other great rulers Of the world
were not TO be compared with the great
aut0Crat Of all, who prescribed for the
world what il should eat-Dr. Wiley.
Rev. Thomas Chalmers Easton, pastor
of the Eastern Presbyterian Church
spoke of the relation which should exist
between the clergy and the physician. His
thought was that the clergyman in going
10 the sick chamber should wear a happy
face and give the patient a physical and
spiritual uplift
Henry Z. Davis. of the District bar.
spoke for the lawyers and made an in
teresting address on the Medical ex-
pert" entering a plea for better laws.
which be thought We're needed to secure the
personal rights Of men charged with vio-
lent crimes Mr.. Davis referred 10 "A law
upon the statutes of Washington State
g..- -ss.r, Hnr
inai was acquitted on the plea of insanity.
should himself determine, at the end Of
the trial, whether the accused should 20
to an asylum or go free,
Several Other Speakers.
Other speakers were DR.. Renald W.
Wilcox, who spoke about the society.
his address being largely technical; DR..
o. 7. Osborne, who spoke on the in
structiOn in medicine at Yale Unlver-
sity; Dr. w G. Morton. son of the sur
geon who first successfully applied
ether at the operating table who spoke
briefly on the work of his distinguished
father. and Dr. J. W. Chappeu. who
made some witty remarks upon the
profession, and voiced serious plea
for putting out Of the physicians life
and thought some of the traditions
which stiu cling to the practitioner
The banquet marked the close Of the
eighth annual meeting of the society.
which had been in session here for
three days The technical side ef the
convention was ended yesterday morn
ing. when the members listened to an
interesting series of papers and ad-
dresses upon medical and surgical sub
jects The papers and addresses were
as follows:
The Importance Of an Early Recognition Of Ma
sal Obstruction and Its Relation TO Later Bespra-
tory Disturbances Charles II. knight. New York
City; "Nauheim Methods in Pneumonia and Diseases
Brown. san Francisco, Cal Ten Years in the
Treatment Of Valvular Diseases Of the Heart.
Thomas Z. SatterthWaitc New York City: Cactus
Grandihonls a Therapeutic Agent in Cardiac Dis
eases" L. C.. Curtin Philadelphia, Pa. "Arteuo-
scleTusis in Diseases Of the NerVous system" I'd
ward y. Fisher, New York City. Restoration Of
Tissue TOnUs IN the Abdominal Supports" John
Madison Taylor, Philadelphia Pa a Study Of
the Modern Drug Business in It's Relation TO AIedi-
cal Practice" +. T. Stewart, East Orange, n j.
"ComparatiVe Clinical Observations OF the Results
Of Different Iron Preparations. Eli H. Long. Buf-
falo. y. I.
There was a discussion of the papers by
Drs. James NJ. Anders. Of Philadelphia;
Thomas f. Satterwaite, of New York
City; Philip King Brown. of San Fran
cisco; II. Beaumont Small, of Ottawa.
Canada; Thomas A. Ashby, Of Baltimore;
Henry NJ. Braeken, of Minneapolis, Mimi.
and others.
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