Arizona republican., 1910-04-21

their suffering patients? The old doc
 tor forms the background; the new doctor the foreground. An ideal medic al man would be the one who could blend the sympathy and experience of the one with the science of the other into the middle distance.
 Dr. Shiels caused great laughter by citing his own case when he first be- gan to practice He said he suffered from q disease called post continental cephalicacia" tswelled head). caused by | a DoSt graduate course in a more or 1 less noted continental university and | the bacillus caput magnus is found in this disease The nutrient media is the father or other relative. Dr. ShielS then described q case of big head as if it were a disease. carrying il through diagnosis, symptoms. prosnosis. etc. m such a very clever and witty manner that his audience was cOnVulsed with laughter.
 Captain C. L. Cole of WhipDle Bar racks. formerly of the Philippines. then read a paper on "Ankylostomia- sis" or hook worm disease. Dr. Cole said he had been unable 10 procure specimens of the worm as found in it's European victims. but he presented under the microscope specimens Of necator Ameritanus Dr Cole said so far no cases Of the disease had been reported in Arizona. though he would not be surprised ii il were in The terri tory, as it's victims were often found among miners. The paper was dis cussed by Drs Redewill and Shiels.
 Dr Ancil Martin being absent from the city. pr Simpson read the report on work done at the eye hospital al the Indian school. One interesting thing noted in this report was the ap- preciation of treatment shown by the reservation Indians. At one time fifty residents of the SacatOn reservation wished 10 come to the eye hospital Tor treatment. They were told that there was not sufficient room, whereupon they offered to bring their own bedding and food if they might be allowed to come for treatment The paper was discussed by Dr. Troutman of Tucson. who advocated the segregation of pu- pills suffering from trachoml in inc public schools. This has been done in Phoenix, but not in Tucson. Dr. Trout man said much of the pauperism in Arizona came from blindness caused by trachoma.
 A paper on Pare Cases of Insanity was read by pr. J. A. Ketcherside, su- perintendent of the insane asylum. and a man thought to he suffering rom sleeping sickness was shown to the doctors. who were invited to investi- gate. The diagnosis has not yet been made clear.
 The afternoon session oDened with the reading of q paper on Surgery Of the Thoracic Cavity" by Dr. w. w Beckett of Los Angeles. Dr. Beckett IS one of the most noted surgeons of the southwest and his paper was given the closest attention. He was followed by Dr. R H Palmer of Mesa. who said he felt greatly embarrassed nt having to address the meeting on subject which had been so ably handled by such a well known man aS Dr. Beckett He then quoted a remark of Dr. Shiels to the effect that a recital of doc tors mistake would often be "f greater therapeutic value than history of a vague diagnosis. pr. Palmer then told of case which he calls one of his mistakes The paper was discussed by Drs. Brecket and Wylie. both Of whom laid great stress on tho need of haste in an operation for the removal of pus from the thoracic cavity
 Dr. Yount read a very interesting pa per in which he gave the history ot three cases which he had treated for acute oedema of the lungs. The sub feet was discussed by Dr. Willard Smith and pr Hughes of Phoenix pr. Kennedy of Globe. pr Shiels of San Francisco and pr. Yount of Prescott.
 Mr. Paul Burks of Prescott. Arizona. one of the younger members of the bar, read a paper on Some Practical SuS- gestions Regarding the Testimony or Medical Experts" MT. Burks' remarks on medical jurisprudence were thor oughly interesting. sensible and prac- tical. Among other things he said that doctors who were called upon to give expert testimony were too much in clined to use pedantic technicalities. He had known of instances that were worthy the young Sawbones who described a suppression of precipitation as '.an aggiutination of the sebaceous follicles"
 MT. Burks said in his opinion law schools should give the same course in medical jurisprudence as the medical schools and that we should try the European methods of making experts confine themselves to facts, not opln- ions. when testifying.
 Dr. Troutman of Tucson read paper on Brains" in which he discussed the subject from the standpoint If phy- sician. The general discussion was opened by pr. Shiels. who said he had once been q referee in fight and now he had to stand between medical and a legal luminary.
 The afternoon program was closed by the reading and discussion of pa per written by Dr. Alexander of Tempe.
 The evening was devoted to grand banauet at the Adams. Today program begins with clinic al o'clock a. m. in which Dr. Willard Smith, well known surgeon or Phoe- nix will oDerate on several cases De