The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-04-16
STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

AS already stated in the Star quite
a number of delegates arrived on the
afternoon trains yesterday and the at
tendance at the afternoon meeting was
considerably increased
The papers read and discussed in
the afternoon were:
THE Great Work of the American
Medical Association; A New Era in
Medicine" by DR.. j. Harrison Hodges,
OF Gainesville.
''Tetanus, With Report of a Case
Treated by Intraspinal Injection of
Magnesium Sulphate," by DR.. w. H.
, Powers of this city.
"Suppuration of the Middle Ear,"-by
DIR. G.. Drew, of Jacksonville.
Calls Disease" by Dr. Cary
p, Rogers. Of Jacksonville.
Medical Education and State Board
Examinations in Florida by Dr. E.
N. Liell, of Jacksonville.
DIR. E. N. Liell, of Jacksonville, by
special request was granted permits
sion to read a paper on intestinal
surgery, showing how frequently the
life of the patient was jeopardized by
too great delays in operating, or the
unwillingness of the patient and the
parents Of some to permit it until too
late.
heen acted and some remarks by the
president and several members that
there was not as much discussion on
papers by those present as there
should be, the business Of the body
was taken up. which consisted Of some
amendments to the constitution and
bylaws. The date of the annual
meeting of the association was chang
ed to the first Wednesday in April
then The house of delegates was or
ganized. Half q dozen or more coun-
ties were not represented, but DR..
Parmlee. of Tallahassee, was request
ed to rpresnt Jefferson county in the
deliberations.
DIR. J. Harris Pierpont, Of Pensacola,
put in nomination that city as the
next meeting place. DR.. Porter did not
doubt the kindly and generous hospi-
tally of Pensacola, he had experience
ed before and so had others. but 1t
was so far away that 1t was not, al
ways convenient for the doctors to at
tend. DR.. Pierpont mildly replied that
i'm his remembrance the association
once met in DR.. Porter's far away
city of Key West. and surely Pensa-
cola was more accessible than Key
West DIR. Porter replied that 1T Was
true the association did once honor
Ms city with their presence, but only
for four hours, and that was while
they were waiting for transportation
to Havana, but that his friend, DR..
PierpOnt might not be disappointed in
his expectations he would concede to
his wishes with this amendment that
Pensacola be named, as the next
place Of meeting providing there was
an excursion to New Orleans and only
a stop Of four hours be made at Pen
sacola to partake of the best hsn
chowder made in the world.
1t seems that eighteen years ago the
association met in Ocala and at that
gathering chose Pensacola as its next
meeting place. DR.. Porter was elected
a delegate to the American Medical
Association to be held in Chicago.
But the doctor declined because lie
said he wanted the other fellow &C
have a chance. as he had been dele
gate for three successive terms. He
named DR.. Hodges of Gainesville, who
also declined, when DR.. Pierpont OF
Pensacola, was named and elected and
DR.. Rogers Of Jacksonville was named
as his alternate.
1t was then ordered that the consti-
tuition and bylaws be revised, as 1t
had not been done since 1903. DR.. E.
N. Lell, Of Jacksonville. was made
chairman of this committee and 500
copies were ordered.
- Evening Session
The evening session was slow to get
together and 1t was nearly $3.50 before
the doctors and the people had assem-
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