The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-24
DOCTORS' TALK IS TUBERCULOSIS Most of Papers Are
 Professional. NOTABLE VISITORS PRESENT Discussions of Matters Prove Gen
 eral Interest. Talk of Physleians Relationship to Epi- demic Disease and General Pre-
 ventives Are Chiefly
 Talked Of.
VISITORS PRESENT

Yesterday mornings session of the Alabama State Medical Association was one of the most interesting of. that body held in many meetings. Well written papers. papers full of vital import to the medical profession Of the State as well of the whole coun- try were read and lengthy discussions indulged in by the members present. On the whole however, the morning g papers were scientific to a degree and quite unintelligible to the average lay man.
 There were papers and passages in the more technical papers understand able by anyone who listened,s and dur ing part of the session there were present many persons other than phy- sicians
 Perhaps the most notable paper of the morning both in the interest which it produced as evidenced by the gen. eral discussion entered into and pro- longed than the average paper pro- duces, was that of Dr. Charles w. Stiles. of Washington. D. C., member of the Marine Corps of the United states. Dr. Stiles's paper was upon Soil Pollution in the South.'
 So great was the interest taken in this paper that resolutions were in- troduced thanking Dr. Stiles and conn mending him for his careful scientific study. Another resolution was to the effect that Governor Conner be ask ed to call the attention of the President of the United States to the work which Dr. Stiles had done for the Southland. and urge that he be allowed to continue his researches along the scientific in the South.
 A still further resolution asked that the paper of pr. Stiles be published in the papers of the State that it might have the wide circulation that it deserved.
 association adjourned until o'clock last night when the symposium on tuberculosis was given at the old First Baptist Church on North Court street The Medical Association attended a1- most to body. and the City Council and officials at special invitation ex- tended them at their meeting last Monday. were present.
 President Welch called the neetina to order promptly at s:30 o'clock, and there being no unfinished business to be introduced, the list of sneak CTS for the morning session was called Of the first six names to be called Ave were absent, Dr. D. P. Dixon's paper upon Epidemic of Jaundice in, Taila- oega During the Summer of 1s07," be- ing the first to be read.
 After. commenting .brisfiy >unon tha epidemics of jaundice as noted in the text books, Dr. Dixon said that dtir- ing the summer and fall -or 1907 there were 200 or more cases of jaundtce in his city. Many more. he declared. were in all probability not reported to the physicians. Of the 200 cases under ob. servation, twenty five were children, with the exception of eight infants. Of the children affected all were boys be- tween the ages of 10 and I2 years of age, excepting the infants. Thirty cases were reported among women, and the remaining 145 among men having previous records of excellent health.
 Dr. Dixon reported that malaria was thought by many of the physicians to be the cause of the epidemic, as ma. laria was shown in the blood examina- tions of many patients. Other physi- clans gave the reason as water sup- ply, inferior whiskey, and other items of food and drink.
 Account of the mean weather was given. and was thought to have play. ed an important part in the develop. ment of the jaundice epidemic.
 On the discussion of the paper be- ing called. Dr. Johnston, pr. Coley, Dr. Yates. pr. Bowman. pr. Morris and others gave a short discussion of cases which had come under their care. The discussion was closed with a few words by pr. Dixon.
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