The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-06
IT CLOSED TODAY.
Sessions Kansas State Medical
Society Ended.
Meeting Was Success in Every
Way Members Think.
TO SEEK NEW REFORMS
Physicians Would Have Births
in State Registered.
Define Position in Strong ReSo-
buttons Adopted.

The forty-f0urth annual meeting o.
the Kansas Medical society came to
close this afternoon. During the three
days in which the pulse feelers" were
In session, several hundred members OF
the organization attended at least one
of the gatherings in Representative
ball Many having failed to register al
the Commerce building.
An excellent program from the medl-
cal mans viewpoint was carried ou'i
end the mem ers in attendance express
ed themselves as being delighted with
the entertainment which has been ten
dered them in Topeka.
Below are given The resolutions pass
ed today:
''Whereas. Kansas boasts to the world
Of its educational, scientific and COM
nlercial progress, but, owing to the
fact that there are on the statute books
no adequate laws requiring the regis
tration Of births and deaths, and for
ti,fs reason is lot recognized by the
government as d registration state; be
IL therefore
Resolved. BY the members of the
Kansas Medical society in formal ses-
sion on the 9Th day OF May. 1910, that
they urge the legislature to place upon
the statute books of our state stand
ard registration law, and that we, as
physicians, pledge our hearty support
TO SUCH measure.
Want to Collect Fees.
whereas. The physicians of Kansas
lose annually vast sums of money by
season of inability to collect from peO-
pie able to pay, but who are protected
by the very exemption laws of the
state; and
whereas. The law provides that
these exemptions shall not apply
against debts due to specific classes of
a
their employer; and
Whereas, NO services are of a more
distinctly personal nature than those
rendered by the physician in the at
tempt to relieve suffering and save
life. therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Kansas Medical
society in annual session assembled.
that the legislature of the state of
Kansas be requested to add to the list
of persons protected by the provision
above referred to, the physicians of the
state of Kansas"
DIR. McVey Reads Paper.
An interesting paper was read this
morning by DR.. w. E. McVey of To-
peka on 1.-THE Effects of Modern Col
lege Athletics on the Heart" 1t was
the opinion of the speaker that serious
heart dilation occurs much more fire.
quently among young men who take
part in college athletics than physi-
clans generally have been willing to
admit. However" continued DR.. Nc
Vey, cardiac injuries of this kind do
not occur so frequently that college
athletics contests should be prohibited
on this account.
Among primitive races those were
chosen for kings and leaders who pos
sessed the most vigorous manhood,
demonstrated by great feats of strength
or success in war. We have inherited
from our ancestors an almost wor-
shipful respect for physical perfection
in man.
Athletes Attract Attention.
Even in those parts of the country
where our great institutions of learn
ing are located there are no displays
of mental Accomplishment which at
tract half the crowds or half the ad-
miration that public exhibitions of