The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-28
SURGEONS BEGIN
 MEETINGS TODAY
MEN CONNECTED WITH SOUTH ERIN AND ALLIED LINES ASSEM- BLING FOR CONVENTION ATTHE HOTEL HILLMAN,

Two hundred and fifty of the most prominent ph ysicians of the south are arriving rapidly in Birmingham, and o'clock for the 18th annual meeting of the Association of Surgeons of the Southern railway and allied lines.
 Among the doctors arriving last night were Dr. A. R. Shands of Wash ington, W. A. Applegate of Washing ton, H. T. A. Lemon of Washington. Sinkler Irvine of Evington, Ky, R. L. Payne, Jr., of Norfolk, W. A Johns of Corinth. J. U. Ray of Woodstock, George A. Rem of Norfolk and D. p. Cannon of Coaling, Ala.
 The meetings will be held at the Hillman hotel and will continue three days. The officers of the club arrived last night, and togeth CT with Dr. c. H. Stubbs, chairman of the arrange ment committee, are completing the preparations.
 The officers of the association are: President. Surgeon H. T. A Lemon, Washington; first vice president, Sur geon Charles H. Starkel, Bellville, H.; second vice president Surgeon T. J. Happel, Trenton, Tenn; historian, Sur geon George Ross, Richmond, Va; sec retary and treasurer, Surgeon J. U. Ray, Woodstock.
 Here is the programme for today:
 10 a. m.-Call to order by Surgeon Oculist George H. Stubbs, chairman os arrangement committee; prayer, tho Rev. John w. Stagg, pastor First Presbyterian church; address of wei come, Hon. George B. Ward, Mayor of Birmingham; address of welcome from Jefferson County Medical society, pr. Lewis Whaley president; response 10 welcomes, Surgeon J. J. Harrison, Jr., London, Tenn.
 Report of committee on arrange ments; introduction of president; presi- dents address, Surgeon H. T. A. Lemon, Washington; report of committees on programme, new members, necrology; reports of executive committee, report of secretary and treasurer.
 "The Surgeon, the Patient and the Railroad" Surgeon J. c. Bogle, Dan- vile, Ky. To open discussion, Surgeon c. B. Turner, Bluemont, Va.
 "Gunshot Wounds of the Abdomen" Surgeon c. P. Gordon, Dalton, Ga To open discussion, Surgeon A. J. Mathews, Elberton, Ga.
 "A Condensed and Accurate Meth cd of Keeping Accounts and Records Re- quiring MedicoLegal Affirmation and Itemized Bills" Surgeon s. R. Miller, Knoxville Tenn. To open discussion, Surgeon H. T. Bahnson, Winston Salem, N. c.
 Pot Pouri; the Railway Company, the Local Surgeon and Their Peculiar Relations" Surgeon J. H. Mitchell Mt. Vernon, III. To open discussion, Sur geon George Ross, Richmond, Va. Use of Picric Acid in Burns" Sur geon c. P. Martin, Goodstock To open discussion, Surgeon Ambrose Mccoy, Jackson, Tenn,
 Duty" Surgeon F. R. Gobbel, Eng fish, Ind.
 When Duty Calls" pr. Percy w. Toombs, Memphis, Tenn. To open dis cussion, Surgeon G. R. Dean, Spartan burg. S. c.
 Report of Case. Resection of Elbow Joint" Surgeon T. H. Hancock, Att lanta. To open discussion, Surgeon c. i B. Earle, Greenville $. c. Recent Experience in Railway Sur
 gery," Surgeon H. c. Greedy, Vinegar 1 Bend. To open discussion, Surgeon H. K. Edgerton, Lebanon, Tenn. | 'The Treatment of Ingrowing Toe
 Nails" Surgeon R. J. Noble, Selma. To
 open discussion, Surgeon E. L. Patter- | son, Barnwell, s. c. 1 Fractures and Dislocatons of the l Vertebra," Surgeon R. l.. Payne, Nor
 folk, Va. To open discussion, Surgeon l Duncan Eve, Nashville. Demonstrations of Hodgens Splint.' | Surgeon T. F. Robinson, Bessemer. To l open discussion. Surgeon w. S. Wiatt, | East St. Louis Ill.,
 "The Treatment of the Fracture of
 the Femur," Surgeon A. R. Shands. l Washington. To open discussion Chief
 Surgeon Rhett Goode. Mobile. Rest and Stimulation as Surgical
 Factors" Surgeon F. A. Webb, Calvert | To open discussion, Surgeon Manning
 Simmons. Charleston s. c. Injuries Aobau the Knee Joint | Chief Surgeon B. G. Copeland Birming-
 ham. To open discussion, Surgeon | l H. Hancock.