The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-21
.DR. M CORMACK
To. LECTURE HERE.
Secretary Of the American Mcdl-.
cal Association to Deliver
Three Addresses in Richmond.
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GOV. TO PRESENT SPEAKER
Will Expose Quackcry In Medi-
cal Profession and Tell Many
Medical Secrets.
GOV. TO PRESENT SPEAKER

a lecturer OF more than usual note who
will be In Richmond on March I'd Will he
DR.. j. N. Mccormack, field secretary Of
the American Medical Association. Or.
Mccormick, will make threo addresses
during the day, speaking distictively to
the medical students, the medical profcs.
sion and to the public.
DR.. McCormack's trip to Richmond IL
under the joint arrangement of DIR. Chris.
topher Tompkins, dean OF the Medical
College of Virginia, and DIR. Stuart Me-
CURE, president OF the University Col
lege of Medicine. Both OF these Eentle-
men speak Of Dr. Mccormack In tho
highest terms as a speaker of note and q
physician OF national reputation, and ro-
gard his coming to Richmond rs an event
OF great interest, not only to the medical
profession. but to the public generally
Governor Swanson has consented to
introduce the speaker, and it Is un.
derstood that the Governor will take
THIS opportunity to outline his own
views with regard to certain changes
IN the State Board Of Health, and In
the States part in the care of the pub.
lie health. Governor Swanson hns eX-
pressed to DR.. Mcguire and others his
interest IN having DR.. Mccormack
may lead to q more scientific and up
to-date interest In municipal and stats
Sc nitation, quarantine, and caro- Of
public health.
Who the Speaker Is.
DR.. Mccormack is said to be a native
OF Augusta county, Va. and married
in Albena-le and while claiming to
be Firginian, has for some time made
his home at Bowling Green, Ky. For
some years he has given his services
with marked success to the work OF
the American Medical Association.
It has been erronously stated that his
work is the organization Of local medical
societies in each State. DR. Mcguire points
out the error Of this, saying that he Is
doing nothing OF the kind except Incl
dentally. Every State except Maine and
Virginia, has long since been organized
on the plan recommended by the Ameri-
can Medical Association. The organiza-
ton is fairly well erected, and society
membership is now within the reach of
nearly every physician in the country. DR..
McCormack's work is purely a1truistic."
DR.. Mccormack most notable, work has
been the bringing together of the layman
and the medical man In joint UNDER
standing OF many topics.
First in his own State. Kentucky, and
later in Pennsylvania, California and.
ance at what he supposed were to be
strictly medical meetings, and 1t was
necessary to so. modify and simplify
his talk as to adapt it to the audience.
Later, it began to dawn on him that
physicians come SO closely into the daily
life OF all tho people. that all classes
can be Interested and brought into SYM
pathya with everything that concerns the
scientific. social and materia welfare Of
the profession, il these matters be pre-
scented In plain and simple language.
Popular Interest.
In speaking Of the popular meetings
which Or. Mccormack has been holding
recently In many cities the Journal OF the
American Association, issue Of February
3D. says:
AT these meetings the. curious init
mate complex relations to the. people of
the Individual physician and OF the pro-
fession rs a whole are freely discussed.
The causes for the popular distrust of
physicians the defective and ,imperfectly
enforced health and medical laws result
ing, and the disastrous consequences to-
the people in the form Of domestic pest-
lence, increasing the sick and death rate
in many communities. are made impress
sive by illustrations drawn from a large
personal and official experience.
"What the profession stands for. It's
nlRn, llIlSelllSn tlIuS anu puA fooo.'' '''''N>
1t has accomplished under great difficult
ties; what it could accomplish could 1t
have that confidence and support OF the
people to which 1t Is entitled, are WV
idly brought out The danger to the peo-
pie from poverty In the profession, ana
their part in practice! measures for relief
of this evil are frankly discussed and
fully appreciated In a word, DR.. Nc
Cormack takes the public into his conf
dence and shows It's deep concern In
every interest Of the profession. He
shows up fraud and quackery in their
true light, and the patent medicine evil
Is painted as 1t deserves. AT the con-
clusion of his talk there IL always FREQ
discussion by laymen representing the
leaders of public opinion, who are ever
found In sympathetic accord and ready
to pledge cordial assistance in the great
reform work that has been proposed"
Schedule of Lectures.
Or. Mccormack Is a graceful speaker,
| with constant under-current OF humor,
which holds the attention OF his audience.
II Is said that he received an ovation
IN Alabama fow days since. when he
| spoke before the Legislature by special
| request, and also before the University
OF Alabama, Mt Mobile. Tho work Of Dr.
| Mccormack has resulted in bringing the
public and tho profession together IN
many localities, to the great advantage
and benefit OF both.
Tho schedule OF his addresses. MS an
hounced by Or. Stuart Mcclure last night,
IL as follows;
Saturday, March I'd, r. NJ. to tho
students OF the two medical colleges; s
!. NJ, TO the members of the medical
profession Of tho city; $3.50 r. NJ, to
NC public. All three addresses Will be
nriiVetcu IN the Young MEMS Christian
nnsoeiation IAN, and there Will be no
charge for admission, and no cards wll
pn Issued, the public at large being ca
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