The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-23
SURGEONS COMING.
FROM ALL POINTS
Southern Railway Staff to Hold
Convention in Richmond
Tomorrow.
MANY TECHNICAL PAPERS
President Finley on Program for
an Address-To Get Warm
Welcome.
MANY TECHNICAL PAPERS

Surgeons of the Southern Railway
will assemble here tomorrow for their
fifteenth annual meeting the session
lasting three days. An extensive pro-
gram has been prepared and many
topics Of peculiar interest to the rail-
way surgeon will be discussed. The
meetings OF the association will be held
at the jefferson.
The special features OF the convention
will be paper by DR.. II. e. Lewis, Of
New York, on Tissue Resistance and
the Margin of Safety in Wound Heal
ing" and the Samuel Spencer address.
by Surgeon Lucien Lotion, of Emporia.
1t is very probable that President w.
W. Finley, of the Southern Railway,
Will be present TO speak TO the sur
geons. Colonel w. "A. Henderson. gem
eral counsel for the road in Nashville.
may likewise have something TO say at
this meeting.
The session starts on Tuesday morn
ing al 10 o'clock Surgco Oculist j..
A. White, OF Richmond. chairman Of
the arrangement committee. will call
the session to order. Rev. II. w. For
syth will offer prayer. Mayor Richard
come. while Surgeon Neurologist J. c..
Walton, of Richmond will voice well
come in behalf of the members of the
association in this city. fitting re-
sponsc Will be made by Surgeon Charles
D. O'Hara, of Williamstown. KY.
Address by President.
The feature of the morning will be
the address of President Charles II.
Starkcl, of Illinois. who will doubtless
have some interesting things to talk
about. After his speech there will be
the usual routine business, including
the reports of committees.
Some of the papers to be rcad will
be "Malingering." Surgeon Oculist
George A. Rem. Norfolk; fractured
Ribs as Injuries and Assets" Surgeon
Some Facts and Fallacies Concerning
the Use of the X-Ray.'' Surgeon s. r.
Miller. Knoxville; "a Plea for a Syste-
matte Compilation by the Association
OF Statistics Regarding Eye Injuries
Surgeon Oculist T. w. Davis. Winston
Salem; ''Chloroform VIZ. Ether for Cen
eral Anesthesia,' Surgeon j. c. Boyle.
Danville. KY. THE First Aid TO the In
jured Eye. Surgeon Oculist +. p. Cal
houn, Atlanta, Ga; Results of Visual
and Aural Tests Instituted by the
Southern Railway, Compiled from Files
in the Chief Surgeons Office" Surgeon
Oculist j. l. Minor. Memphis; alcohol
as a Dressing for Wounds. Surgeon n.
r. Bahnson. Winston Salem; Injuries
TO the Skull" Surgeon B. G. Copeland.
Birmingham.
There are many other papers OH the
program of technical nature, al hav-
ing more or less bearing on the prac-
tice of railroad surgeons.
Many States Represented.
Many States will be represented here
at this meeting. The authorities of
the Southern Railway are very anx-
ious TO have large attendances at these
meetings, for it is felt that they do
much for the advancement of the med
zeal work carried on under the auspices
of the road
At present the officers are: Surgeon
Charles II. Starkel, Belleville, H..
presidents; Surgeon Jay H. Durkee.
Jacksonville. Fla, first vice-president;
Surgeon II. w. Blair, Sheffield. Ala.
second vice president; Surgeon George
Ross, Richmond. historian; Surgeon j.
U. Ray, Woodstock. Ala. secretary and
treasurer Executive committee-Sur-
geon w. C. Day, Danville, Va. Surgeon
w. w. Harper. Selma, Ala: Surgeon F..
r. Gobel. English, Ala; Surgeon S. X.
Miller Knoxville, Tenn; Surgeon ocu-
list George "A. Stubs, Birmingham,
Ala. Committee on program-SurGeon
r. o. Meredith, Bursin, Ky: Surgeon NJ.
p. Hollingsworth, Princeton, Ind; Sur
geon W. S. Watt, East st. Louis, I'll.
The arrangement committee for this
session is composed of the following
members: Surgeon-Oculist i. A. White
Richmond, chairman: Surgeon George
Ross Richmond, Surgeon Neurologist j..
c. Walton, Richmond; Surgeon 0. S.
Owens. Manchester; Surgeon Il. j.
Gregory, Keysville; Surgeon U.s. S. Ir-
win. Danville; Surgeon Samuel Lille,
Lynchburg: Surgeon Lucien Lotion,
Emporia; Surgeon r. L. Payne, Nor
folk; Surgeon r. NJ. Magrudcr, Char
lottesville; Surgeon M. w. O'Brien, Al
exandria; Surgeon B. B. Bagby. West
Point,
c. & o. Makes Record.
The railroads that have made the