The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-23
Birmingham Doctor Speaks at the
 Theatre.
Large Audience Hears Discourse on Ethics of the Professiea and Progress Made by Medera
 Scientists.

At The Grand Theatre last night pr. W. P. McAdory of Birmingham deliv- cred the annual address to the Ala bama Medical Association.
 pr. McAdory's address was full of sound thought and his fellow physi- clans and the large audience followed hi mclosely. frequently breaking into applause.
 Mir. President, Members of the Medi-
 cal Association of the State of
 Alabama. Ladies and Gentlemen: To be permitted to deliver an ad. dress before an intelligent audience Is address before an audience composed largely of the representatives of the profession who minister to the health. ssusfri pinsss of the D peopie I of T a great eat eos,- % honor. .
 As take it. 1t is the duty of the orator on an occasion like this to ex- press some thoughts upon a subject of interest to his hearers, clothed in words that are pleasing to the ear. , ssr daass.s dss ons so IS a ligent audience. there is always the possibility of saying something that will stir into activity the mind of some processes of thought of some one, which will result in the benefit of not only the individual himself but all man
 Fully sppreciating the honor that has been conferred on me. and the duties and responsibilities of the posi- ton occupy; I S would Ds r., untrue nr.so to my my sincere appreciation for the honor. and ask your kindly. indulgence as attempt to perform the duties or ora tor of the Medical Association of the MeaictrA fodav is nearly an exact science. This scientific position has not been attained in year. a decade nor a century. but founded upon ma ma. esci, h step in this development has been marked by the saving to the world countless lives and suffering. The bandiine disease, and these artists are ordinarily called practitioners of med- lcine. tton of the diseases of any organ or tissue of the body. we must hrst know its normal structures and function. For this reason all medical schools now have graded courses, in which the first vears are devoted to instruction as to inc normal body, and the later years 10 the study of the abnormal, based upon a proper understanding, or the icsi student when he graduates from college. considers disease as a per- vertSd normal, and the object or treat" ment the return to the normal condi-
 For the normal struet e we have anatomy, and for the nol .aAS functlon we have physiology. A few years ago of medicire: it is now looked upon as d science an dexacting as only a science can exact. Then consisting largely or theories which fit nicely itn one another aalicats piece of cabinet work; today if ia d mass of facts, and where the fact Is not known. theories which nt best all known phsapmaiSvi aps aivinr n1 aWay ~a w Ss fast as the facts are being workeo out-so the physiology of today iiss more nearly an exact sciencS S.a ahrn ,,a Az hs rapid progress in the last few years Its importance is realized py the schools of medicine, but l wish Tor 3 few moments to tSs Ssk ,mSOortance SDor % of the study of physiology by the general practitioner of medicine
 The physIcian when he leaves coi- stFTHcture ,sFs nr of the human body. which knowledse leaves him rapidly as soon as his examinations are passed, but the chief facts he has in his text ppo.s bass he can refer at any time. But With physiology this Is not true. because our knowledge of the. normal func- ennstantIy increasing, 50 that tho text Sook of today Is out of date in a few years, and for the physician % be. come familiar at all with these ;acts re0uires constant study.
 flow Is 1t with the great mass oi medical men? They seldom or never think about physiology, much less keeT Ssct that If they have any inclination to view their profession in a rationa way theY will go through life treat. ing disease from the standpoint or theil roIiere days and as all advancement in scientific medicine must be based or