Arizona republican., 1910-04-22

first day with a banquet which ex- tended well into the early morning of
 the second day many of the visiting
 physicians were up in time Co attend
 the clinic conducted by Dr. Willard Smith at the Sisters hospital at : a. i m. Three operations were performed i appendectomy. hysterectomy and ap- | pendeceal abscess. Those present
 seemed greatly interested and passed
 many kindly comments on the work
 done by the surgeon and his able as
 sistants.
 1 The session opened at the Knights of | Pvthias hall at 9:45 with the reading 1 of a paper on "Autogenous Naccines' | by Dr. J. W. Eoss of Phoenix. These Vaccines as the name indicates. are made from serums taken from the pa
 tient's own body, and are use in vari-
 ous infectious diseases caused by pus
 producing germs. such as tuberculosis. | acne. erysipelas. etc. Dr. Foss claims | that these vaccines are among the very | few remedies used in medical practice that are always exact in their result. i He said it was the concensus of opin 1 ion of the men who attended the Ma tional Medical association. which met i in Washington. D. C, several years i ago. that autogenous' vaccines should be used in small doses. You cant shoot them into the patient with a shotgun" The paper was discussed by Drs. MonicaI. Hughes, Watkins. Thom as. Simpson. Sligh and others. pr. Simpson said that he and Dr Martin had used these vaccines in a case of otitis media inflammation of the mid dle earl, which had failed to respond
 to the usual method of treatment. but which yielded readily to the use of au tOgenous vaccine. They had also used it in a number of similar cases with marked improvement in each case. pr. Watkins said he had record of twen- ty-five or thirty cases in which he had been able to get rid of the strep- tococci which cause the high tempera- ture of tuberculosis by tbe use of these vaccines. He emphasized the fact that consumption is chronic disease and therefore the treatment must be steady and long continued. He recommended the use of the autogenous vaccines as preventive in persons liable to tu- berculosis.
 Drs Monical and Hughes. though they hoped some remedy for the cure of the white plague might be speedily found had not in their practice, pro- cured the excellent results claimed by some of the other physicians in the use of this remedy. pr. Monical said that though he was open to conviction and hopefully tried each new panacea for tuberculosis. trailing down from the old remedies of creosote. carbolic acid gas and the Koch cure CD to the pres ent day use of tuberculin and autogen- ous vaccines. he had no faith in any method of treatment except the one of nutritious diet, rest and Goes good sunshine and fresh air
 Dr. Roy Thomas read short paper on the Influence of Mixed Blood Upon the Susceptibility to Infection of the Indian" pr. Thomas has found in his work at the Indian school that the In dian of mixed blood is more suscepti- ble to infectious diseases than the full blood and both more so than members of the white race.
 After the discussion on this paper. an article on Practical Difficulties in Public Health Administration" was read by Dr. F.. S. Godfrey, IT., terri- toriaI health officer. It closed with the following pertinent remarks: '1 have called the attention of this association to some practical difficulties which should be considered in recommending legislation That they can be remedied to large extent by legislation seems to be quite probable, though consider able care should be used in drafting the measure. In my opinion this as- sociation should ask for what it wants and take what it can get. In other words the onus for any deficiencies in our health laws should be upon the legislature, not on the association.
 Among the interesting papers of the day was one read by pr. F. H. Rede- will on Pellagra, its pathology. symp-