The Washington bee., 1907-09-14
THE NErICAL AS CClAIION

pital where d clinic was held and sew
eral important surgical operations were
performed. under the direction of DR..
A. NJ. Curtis. of Washington, D. C.,
formerly surgeOn-in-chief of Freedmen's
Hospital. but who is now connected with
the surgical department as a special lee
turer and adviser Dr. Curtis, who IS
perfectly at home with the surgeons
knife, deity removed an enormous fl
broid tumor, weighing between twenty
FIVE and thirty pounds, from female
patient. the operation being successful
in every detail.
An amusing incident connected with
the case of Robert Bennett an aged
colored man. enlivened the mic and
produced no end of innocent nerriment
at the old mans expense. Emmett was
brought to the enclosure, and claimed to
be suffering with frogs in his stomach,
writhing in agony while waiting his turn
on the table. DR.. Curtis looked him over
and, with the trained eye Of the expert
remarked 10 the consulting staff and re-
porters:
Frogs in his stomach. Ell? Frogs IN
his head. if anywhere, he added. jocu-
larly.
Bennett was examined. and his case
diagnosed as one OF neurasthenia, with
some Slight intestinal indigestion, by
which gases were generated, causing
sharp pains and aches. which Bennett
ascribed TO the presence Of live frogs
in his interior Dr. Curtis fixed up
some medicine for the old man and dis
missed him as not eligible for demon
stration in surgery. The frogs were
all in his head"
Dr. George c. Hall, one of the found
/ ers of Proyident Hospital, Chicago, rem
dered valuable assistance in the diagno-
sis of the cases brought forward for
clinical analysis Other operations were
performed by Dr. J. E. Hunter, Of Ken
tucky, and Dr. W. s. Harris, of Balti-
more.
Thursdays session drew the banner
audience. as many new arrivals were on
the scene and the city had more thor
.oughly awakened to the fact that some
thing was doing" in its midst The beau
tifully gowned ladies in attendance add
ed materially to the interest and esthet-
icism OF the occasion, and the doctors
had on their best ''togs' to match. The
papers Of the day we're: The Man
agement Of Typhoid Fever" DR.. J. w
! Jones. Winston-Salem North Carolina
"Puerperal Fever" DR.. c K. Alexan.
( der. Petersburg. Va. Treatment of Lo-
bar Pneumonia," DR. Milton n. White
Philadelphia, with discussion by leading
physicians present
The report of Mrs. Amanda Y. Gray
pharmacst, OF Washington. d. c., d
graduate OF Howard, and one OF the
most successful business women of the
/ race, evoked much favorable comment
Mrs Gray explained that the exaction:
Of their business had kept many of tht
members of the pharmaceutical section a
home, yet eight had put in an appear
ance in response to the energetic cor
respondence that had Oeen carried OF
during the year. Over one hundred anC
fifty Of the registered pharmacists haC
been reached by letter, and that the frui
of this agitation would be shown in iu
ture conventions of the Association
Washington alone had fourteen dru,
stores, a goodly proportion of whicl
were directly traceable to the inAuenc
Of the organization now in session. A
the next meeting she hoped TO repor
that a corporation of colored chemist
had been formed for the manufactur
and sale Of drugs at reasonable rates
breaking down the present killing mo
nOpOly, TO the advantage OF the duTggis
selling the preparations and OF the Gus
toner who must use them Mrs Gra
IS delightful speaker, and her remark
were frequently interrupted by applause
She easily carried off the honors Of tn
convention. on the floor and off. ant
her energetic earnestress was an in
spiration TO all
| DR.. w. S. Lotion. OF Washington
made an encouraging report from tn
dental section. Finding a roster Of ff
teen members when he took hold a
dental secretary, he had been able b,
| vigorous and persistent methods to in
crease the roll TO one hundred and fifty
nine, covering tweny-eight States an,
Territories OF one hundred and fort,
he was absolutely sure as useful mem