Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-29
NATIONAL MEDICS CONVENE
coLoRED PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS
AND PHARMACISTS
Ninth Annual Meeting Opened at Ball
timore for Three Days Session.
District Men Present.
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
BALTIMORE. August 2a-The ninth am
nual meeting of the National Medical Asso-
citation began here Tuesday. over one nun-
dred colored physicians. dentists and phar-
| macists, representing thirty states and the
District of Columbia, being in attendance
Nearly all the leading medical schools ara
represented In the gathering, the medical
department of Howard University having
the largest number of graduates
The morning session was devoted 10 tho
registration OF members In the afternoon
papers relating to medical subjects were
read by Drs. w. w. Johnson. Covington,
Va: w. II. johnson. New York city: John
ID. Ballard. Orange. n. J.: w. " Beck
man. Brooklyn n. Y. c. c. Fry. w. 8,
Lotion and NJ. Q. Dumas. all of Washing
ton, d. G.
Address by the Mayor.
In the evening public session was held
at Union Baptist Church. Mayor j. Barry
Mahool delivered an address OF welcome on
the part OF the city. The response was made
by DR.. A. Wllberforce Williams OF Chica.
go, III. DIR. II. s, McCard delivered an ad-
dress OF welcome on the part OF the local
physicians. DR.. Charles II. Shepard of
Durham, n. c., responded TO Or. McCard's
address.
DR.. Shepard said In part:
we, OF this association, like to tell that
We have among our membership men who
nave attracted the attention of the scien-
lllc world by their achievements. DR. ID,
+. Williams of Chicago was the first man
to treat a lacerated heart successfully
Among others distinguished in surgery are:
Drs. George c. Hall of Chicago McDougall,
Mossell and Howard, all of Philade;phia:
w A. Warfield, and A. NJ. Curtis, both of
Washington.
Distinguished in Medicine
I'm achievements in the practice of medi.
cine, as distinguished from surgery, We
have large and brilliant galaxy. These
include DR.. NJ F. Wheatland of Newport,
r. l., who has done and is doing great
work in electrical therapeutics and nervous
diseases. He is an authority In this line
Of work, and stands so high that he is
sought by the very wealthiest of this land.
This man has an office that is equipped
with $4,000 worth of electrical instru-
ments.
"Dr. John r. Francis has built and
equipped at great cost a sanitarium in
Washington, D. c., and DR.. w. f. Steers OF
Decatur. Ala, is doing pioneer work along
the line of rest cures for nervous dis
cases.
Papers on various phases of tuberculosis
were read by DR.. w. H. Wright of this
city and DR.. w. P. Dickerson of Newport
News, Va.
District Physicians Present.
Among the Washingtonians present are,
Drs. A. NJ. Curtis John r. Francis l.. T.
Singleton, Amanda Gray, w. S-Lofton, @.
w. Cabiniss, A. r. Collins P. w. Prince
NJ o. Dumas w. ]. Daniels, c. w. Childs.
c. N. Marshall and John Mitchell.
Officers Of the Association.
N. F. Mossell, MD, Philadelphia, Pa,
president; G. w. Cabaniss, MD, Washing.
ton, D. c., vice president A. w. Williams,
MD, Chicago, ILL.,, treasurer; P. A. john
son, NJ D., New York, chairman executive
board; A. r. Collins, MD, Washington.
D. c., secretary executive board; w. A.
Davis, Ph.D.. Philadelphia, Pa, pharma-
ceutical secretary; w. S. Lotion, DDS,
Washington, d. c., corresponding dental
secretary; John A. Kenney. MD, Tuske-
gee Institute, Alabama, general secretary:
Gustavus Henderson, MD, New York. as
sistant secretary; w. II. Wright. Md,
Baltimore, Nd chairman local committee.