Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-06
.ETTING READY
 FOR MED|C0s

Preparations are now being made by the Prescott members of the Yava- pal County Medical association and
 Dr. J. W. Finn. territorial secretary
 to arrange for the entertainment Of
 the visiting physicians to the
 eighteenth annual session of the Ari-
 sona Medical association. which will
 be held in Prescott May 1s and 20. Eminent physicians and surgeons from not only all over the territory. 1, but California, will be present and
 every effort will be made to make
 the meeting the most successful in 1 the history of the society.
 Dr. Stanley Stillman. professor of surgery in the Cooper Medical col lege of San Francisco. Dr. w. Jarvis Barlow, dean of the Los Angeles de-
 partment of medicine in the Univer- sity of Southern California. and Dr.
 Dudley Fulton of Los Angeles. a nerve specialist. who has the reputa tion of being one of the brightest of the younger men of the medical pro
 fession in California, viii attend the
 meeting.
 Dr. Stillman will hold a clinic in | the Mercy hospital.
 Another noted visitor will be Dr. l Daniel White. chief physician of the { United States Indian school at Phoe- nix Dr. White has made a special
 study of tfachoma. He will deliver a lecture on this interesting subject, IT.
 lustrated by charts. Trachoma is a contagious affection of the eye. There | r..t f...
 migrants to the United States afflict- | ed with the disease from landing. ! During his residence at the Indian reservation. pr. White has found a ! large number of Indians of the south
 west affected with trachoma and that
 many white children are annually in fected with the dread disease by con tact with Indian children. The subject
 is one of such importance that the Washington authorities nave appro' priated s12.O00 for the establishment of hospital at the Indian school for the treatment of the disease. The building is now under construction. Dr. White will have a stan of physi- clans to cooperate with him in the work.
 The association will meet Wednes-
 day morning at the Yavapa, club in | Prescott The address of welcome will
 be delivered by Mayor Coldwater. pr.
 John wix Thomas of Phoenix will re- spond The presidents address, by
 Dr. A. w Olcott of Tucson, and the
 annual essay by Dr. F. S. Godfrey, 1 territorial superintendent of health, will follow.
 The remai inder of the day will be ] devoted to the reading of addresses and papers followed by discussions of | the same. In the evening a banquet will be held at Hotel St. Michael. A reception and luncheon are being arranged for the entertainment of the wives of the visiting medicos. Thursday. May 20, will be devoted
 10 the reading of papers and ad- dresses. In the evening there will be | public meeting at which number of visiting members and guests will speak on tuberculosis. An Arizona l society having as it's object the study and prevention of tuberculosis. will be
 organized at this meeting. the chief necessity for which is to deal with the problem of indigent tuberculars,
 This meeting will De addressed by
 several prominent laymen from Phoe- nix.
 No expense or effort will be spared i to extend the eminent guests a hear. ty and cordial reception by this com
 munity.