The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-05-13
President Fleming Howell De-
Iiyers His Annual Address,
Which is Able.
MAYOR EXTENDS WELCOME
Other Addresses Are Made on
Subjects of Interest TO
the Public.


At 10 o'clock Wednesday morning
the general meeting Of the West vir-
glnia State Medical association in it's
forty-first annual session opened In
the assembly room at the Waldo with
about 200 members in attendance
from all parts of the state.
DIR. William w. Golden, of Elklns,
retiring, president called the meeting
to order. Mayor e. ]. Wood well
coined the association to the city in a
brief address and gave its members
the key to the gates of the city. Dr..
d. P. Morgan on behalf of the local
Paternity also made an address of
welcome, but before these the session
was oped with prayer by the Rev.
j. f. Plummer, of the Episcopal
church.
The response was made by DIR. VIII
liam G. Mcclure, who made an ex-
haustive speech on citizenship and re-
latlonship of the physicians to man
kind. A feature of his address was
the condemnation OF race suicide; he
did not call 1t that, but he made 1t
stronger by declaring 1t the great
crime of the agemurder,
DR.. Golden then introduced his
successor, DR.. Fleming Howell, of
the city, who made lengthy address,
reviewing the history of the assoocta-
ton, discussing the objects of the
association and telling Of Its influence,
pointing out the laxlty of the laws
along lines OF sanitation and preven-
tion of diseases emphasizing the cause
of temperance, dwelling upon immi-
grafton and kindred subjects, de-
manding a compulsory vaccination
law, advancing the idea that there
should be detention hospital in con-
nectlon with the insane hospitals, or
rather sanitarium, and covering a
number of other important subjects
that affect the health and welfare Of
the people. The -admonition was CIV
en- for the physicians to do their fun
part in bringing about better condl-
tions. asS
During the address DR.. Charter. of
West Union, and DR.. Dent OF New
burg. were introduced as charter
members of the association.
After President Howell had con-
cluded his address adjournment was
taken for the noon hour, and the
meeting was reopened at 2 o'clock In
the afternoon.
The afternoon program was as
follows, the speakers handling the
subjects assigned them in an able
and practical manner:
Grafton in Medicine-The Mission
OF the Physician, G. D. Lind. New
Richmond.
Dlarrhoeal Disorders of Infants-s.
S. Wade, Morgantown.
Diabetes MelIitus-A. ]. Kemper,
West Milford.
Diet in Typhoid Fever-c. w. Wad
dell, Fairmont.
Treatment of Typhoid Fever-C. f.
Arnett, Clarksburg.
Meeting with committee on State
Sanitarium for tuberculosis.
The program for tonight, beginning
at s. o'clock, will be executed at the
Grand opera house. The session will
he public one to which every one is
invited. The program win be as fol-
lows:
Public Address-The Mutual Rela-
tions of Physician and People, G. A.
Wingerter, Wheeling.
A Tubercular Sanitarium for West
Virginia, C. A. Mcqueen, Charles
ton.
Protection from Mal-Practice Suits,
II. C. Nicholson, Charleston.
DR.. Late Coplin. of Philadelphia,
well known here. win also make an
address at the meeting tonight.
The following members have reg
isered thus far:
William H. Golden, Elkins.
Charles o. Grady, Charleston.
John w. Moore. Charleston.
George A. Mcqueen, Charleston.
v. r. Churchman. Charleston.
]. W. Shull. Romney.
]. C. Iron. Elklns.
II. c. Nicholson, Charleston.
b. NJ. Moore. Huntington.
j. B. Kirk, Elkhorn.
william A. MCGUIRE. Huntington.
e. d. Lind. New Richmond.
r. d. Roller, Jr.. Eccles.
Fleming Howell, city.
H. G.. steele. Keystone.
A. o. Flowers. city.
w. P. Bonan. Moundsville.
H. Bosworth, Elkins.
A. T. Post, city.
T. NJ. Hood, city
d. p. Morgan, city.
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