The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-11-24
MEDICAL MEN
IN CONFERENCE
tFrom Sunday IS Advertiser.)


annual meeting of the Hawaiian Terri.
torial Medical Society. The reports of
the progress of the society, made by the
President, DR.. A. N. Sinclair, and the
secretary and treasurer, DR.. j. r. Judd.
were satisfactory, and a number of pa
pers of practical Importance and some
interesting discussions on the same were
presented.
The opening session was short one.
being cut SO by the din raised in an
adjoining room by gang of earpen.
tiers, erecting stage and operatin =
tables for the banquet and high links
to be given at the conclusion of the
graver parts of the annual program.
Presidents Address.
DR.. Sinclair opened the session with
the following address:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Your assem-.
bling here today marks another mile.
stone in the history of our organiza.
ton. The past year has been sue.
eessful one for this society The meet
lngs have been none too well attended,
but the papers contributed have been
many and valuable, AMI | make bcld
to say they have exhibited an expen.
diture of time and taleut unsurpassed
by the contributions to any similar or.
ganization, no Scr where sitrated.
1.-The society has done ITS duty in
promoting the harmony it aims to es.
tablish in the ranks IF or profession.
1t has brought us together and has
shown us that we are mt mpet;ny
against our fellow practitioners for what
there is in it. On the contrary, we era
all working for the moral elevation Of
our calling, for the ;icqlt5iti,n Of a
more nearly perfect knowledge of III
things pertaining - sickness end
health, as well as for the prptssticn OF
the community aga'n.5 disease AMI
death.
Not only during the past wear, but
for many years previously. The WORK
that was the least bound. r duty If this
society to perform-the work that was
actually most unselfisa IN ITS aims-has
not won us the appreciation it deserved.
Strange to say it has aroused only an.
tagonism and disparagement. AS an
example, / refer to the endeavors of
this society to perfect the laws regu-
latino the practice OF medicine in this
Territory.
I'm the past, our efforts in this d.
rection have met with nothing but ac.
cusations of mercenary and other DER.
sonal motives. The membership of this
society has been alluded to as 'The
Medical Trust, and other terms equal.
ly Indicative of an inane wit, ar of
either knowingly,-and therefore
profit seeking. preversion of facts-or
culpably hasty or lakadaisical snap
judgment.
1--WE all feel the smart of this unfair
and undeserved criticism. Many have
expressed their unwillingness to render
this socity liable to a repetition of such
base attacks upon our integrity of pur.
pose, Nevertheless, I am certain that
If the matter is given mature consider.
alton, there is not one of us but will
agree that this society must persevere
IN its purpose to secure law, governing
the practive of medicine in Hawaii, bet,
ter adapted to protect the ignorant and
credulous from the cbarlatan and
.quack, than that now in force.
The legislature meets again this
year. Let it be the aim of each one of
us to accomplish the passage of the bill
presented at the last session of the leg.
islature.
Let the ignorant blatantly rail at
our officious solicitude for the welfare
of the community: let the sectarian
fanatic frenziedly declaim at our zeal.
ousy of his reputed cures: let the evil
minded apply his own measure to our
motives: let the foolish flaunt the ar.
guments of his wiser and more crafty
masters: but let us persevese in our pur.
pose, upheld by a consciousness of
right, and justified in cur own min rs
by sense, of duty to ourselves and to
the community.
"Another matter for the considera-
ton of our legislative committee is
that of the water supply of Honolulu.
will not enter into the details of this
plan, as it will be presented to You
by our colleague, DIR. Cooper.
IF this society can do something
to bring about the success of the pro.
posed bill, to adopt the plans he will
lay before You, it has in that alone
offered an excuse for its existence. We
will probably be accused of graft, but
how we are to benefit by the efimina-
tion Of disease will be puzzle for
the critics to ponder over. Perhaps
we may be accused of an intention TO
at some future time. When practise is
dull, by introducing a varied assert.
ment of germs into the water supply.
we can have cholera. typhoid, or any
other water borne disease We desire
our choice only being directed by the
paucFty of patients, and the conse.
onent severity of the epidemic de.
siredi
"In conclusion. wish TO thank Won
for the support have received from
the members, while occupying the DO.
sition of president. Yet there is room
for Improvement. There should be an
increased interest manifested by some
of the members. To increase that in. /
terest has been my endeavor through. !
out the year, but l feel have not
worked hard enough. or have gone the
wrong wav about it, to secure the
measure of success hoped for. This |
awakening of interest is a problem, I
the solution of which is not altogether
the duty of your president. Every
member should strive for it. I am as.
sured every member has the welfare
of the society at heart. but some are