The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
MEDICAL MEN MEET
The Disciples of Aesculapius
Gather in Washington.
DISCUSS TECHNICAL PAPERS
Delegates Come from All Parts of
United States and Canada-strive
Surgery and Prevention and Care
OF Disease-sociRI Events Planned.

Several conventions Of physicians and
surgeons, and just plain doctors. are II
/ session In Washington.
The American Therapeutic Society
which convened at the Raleigh last week
is still in session there. as is also the AS
| sociatlon Of American Medical Colleges
The National Association for the Study
and Prevention Of tuberculosis in the
New Willard, and still another eonven
ton. the Congress Of American Physi
clans and Surgeons. viii convene at the
Arlington this morning.
The men attending these conventions
come from all parts Of the United States
and Canada, and the various associations
are national in every sense. The OBJ
ject Of all Of them is essentially the same
the advancement Of medicine and sur
gerry as a science and the prevention and
cure Of disease. A number of s0cia
events viii be held in connection with tho
business sessions OF the various societies
The business meetings. in large part. are
taken up with the reading and discussion
OF technical papers.
President Robert Reyburn, Of the Amer
ican Therapeutic Society. gave a recep.
tion last night 10 the members Of the so.
ciety at his home. 2129 F street north
west.
Technical Papers Read.
The business session in the ballroom or
the tenth floor OF the Raleigh was en-.
tirely taken up with technical papers
each one Of which was open TO general
discussion. Vice President Garrish oecu-
pied the chair. The papers read were as
follows;
''Pyroligueous Acid and It's internal Use in Ar
Thrills Defcmsns." Dr. Louis Kolpinski Washing
ton. D. C.. The Vaiue Of Chemical Substances
Used Hypodernatiezlly 70 Autsgouize MorbiAe Pro
ceSses. DR. John Blake White. New York. In
Tortance Of Recognizing the Natural History Of Dis
ease" DR. Alexander McPhedran Toronto Canada
The Treatment Of PucrpeTal EcamEsia" " Dr d.
Oiin Leech. Washington. b. C. Physiological Ac
tiou, Elimination and Theraueufic ApFligat ton Of
Spencer l. Dawes. Albany, y. l.. and Holmes g..
Jscks0n. Albany. n Y. The phar1na c1logv and
Physiology Of the kidney Considered from tie Point
Of FieE Of Therapeutics" y. +. Henderson. To
T0ntO. Canada The Therapeutics of Bnghts Dis
skse, Based Upon Its EtioloRy, William If Porter
New YORK. Intestinal Dyspepsia Surgical Ahe,
ton, Robert Morris. New York Indication for the
Radical Msstoid Operation and its Results ".
ment Of E1ophthalmic Goitrs Solomon soils Cohen,
Philsdephia.
The discussions on these papers were led
by Solomon Soils Cohen. H. c. Wood. ir.,
and John v Shoemaker, Of PHILADELPHIA
B. (. Mckenzie. Of Toronto, Canada Egg
bert II. Grandin. Of New York City
Howard Van Rensselaer,. of Albany. \.
Y, Oliver T. Osborne. New Haven. Conn.
Carl Beck. New York city: John B.
Deaver. Philadelphia. Pa, and Egbert Le
FevTe. New York City.
Medical Colleges Convention.
In the future all students going TO a
medical college with a baccalaureate de-
gree Will not receive time credit for st,
but VIII be compelled 10 attend the fun
prescribed course Of four years. This
was decided upon az yesterdays session Of
the Association Of American Medical Col
leges, held in the REQ parlor of the Ra-
leigh Hotel This action was taken is the
shape of an amendment TO the constitu-
ton OF the association, proposed by Dr.
y. r. Guthrie, dean Of the medical depart
ment Of the University OF Iowa. Although
it makes it obligatory that each student
spend four years in a medical college. and
that no credit be allowed for any time ex-
cept that spent in medical college. The
giving OF work or subject credits is not
prohibited
Dr. Henry B. Ward. OF the University OF
Nebraska, was elected president of the
association, and Drs. w. +. r. Phillips
Of this city, and George E. Hoxie, Of the
University of Kansas were elected first
and second vice presidents. Fred C.
Zapfe was reelected secretary treasurer
Four out Of ten applications for admis-
sion from various colleges were favorably
passed upon by the judicial council They
are as follows: Cooper Medical College. OF
san Francisco the University of North