The Washington herald., 1907-06-27
SURGEONS In SESSION
Annual Convention of B. & 0.
Medical Men Opens.
COLOR VISION IS DISCUSSED
stricter Examination of Train Crews
for Visual Defects Is UrGed-Dr.
Bond Explains His System OF
Color Sense Tests-CIaim Agent
Pays Tribute to Physicians.

Discussions on surgery and the affairs
pertaining TO the medical department Of
great transportation company were fea-
lures Of the eighteenth annual convention
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Sur
geons, held in the Arlington Hotel yes
terday morning.
DR.. E. S. Montgomery, Of Pittsburg
president Of the association, called the
assemblage TO order. the session being
opened with a prayer by Rev. Donald C..
Mcleod, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, of this city
Commissioner Mcfarland made an ad-
dress Of welcome IN behalf Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia During the talk he re-
ferred to the Terra Gotta tragedy, urging
the physicians TO make the physical ex-
aminations Of trainmen and engineers so
strict as to assure the impossibility Of
such accidents, which might result from
color blindness or other disability. Your
preventive work In the examination Of en-
gineers and trainmen is more important
than your remedial work. In it all you
can take pride In serving the historic
road. the pioneer railways not only Of
Washington, but of the country" said
Mr.. mcfarland.
Claim Agent Records Appreciation.
In behalf Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, MAJ. J. @. Pangb0rn
welcomed the members Of the association.
assuring them Of the support Of the com
pany IN their work
Dr. Montgomery responded, followed by
George Hamilton, local counsel Of the
company in this city. and s r. Barr,
superintendent Of reliefs, Of Baltimore.
THE relations OF physicians and sur
gcons 70 the claims department was the
topic Of discussion by DR.. G. ". Egan,
claim agent Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. Mr. Egan assured the
members of the association that II il were
not for them he would not have been as
successful In his work as claim agent as
he had been. He also siid that outside
physicians cannot be depended upon at
all IN arriving at a settlement Of claims
for railroad damages.
At the afternoon session DR.. l. r.
/ Trimble, of Baltimore, surEeon-in-chief OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, opened
the afternoon session with Injuries TO
the liver as his topic.
DIR. Bond Explains Color Plan.
Chairman Montgomery called upon DIT.
s. B. Bond. Of Baltimore. for his treatise
on The examination OF employees and
applicants for employment as 20 their
color sense" A system now used by the
Baltimore and Ohio Company Was shown
by Dr. Bond. Il consisted Of a box of
several balls Of worsted, Of all the cor
responding colors Of green. red, and blue.
The candidate is 10 choose the different
shades Of each fundamental color and
place them in a plgeOn-hOle with rows
for each color OF the same variety.
The results Of his examination are writ
ten on a card and the cards are kept on
file.
Or. F. 3. Loring opened the discussion
which followed. There are men In the
employee Of railroads who could not pass
a successful examination Of this sort, %
he said. who, by Intuition. or force Of
habit, are able to perceive the difference
In signal lights Though no accidents
have as yet been attributed 20 color
blindness, still when the fret one comes
It viii be too late. and to avoid this the
tests should be in the hands Of unpreju-
diced physicians. and made so that man
Of imperfect color vision could not pass.
From what have seen Of DR.. Bond s
system I know OF no better device Of its
/ kind. This method is a sufficient test"
A reception and banquet were held last
night at the Arlington by the visiting
physicians. The reception room of the
hotel was filed TO overfowing with the
/ families and guests Of the members, who
we're served with supper while a Hunga-
rian band in an adjoining room played
| festal music
When supper was finished, the hall was
cleared for dancing, and the remainder
/ Of the evening was spent In that delight
full pastime.