The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-17
DR.. ]. 4. WHITE
MADE PRESIDENT
Elected at Meeting of Executive
Council Of Association.
Other Officers.
CURE FOR DIABETES
DR.. J. Monroe Lisbcrmann Tells of
Successful Treatment of Dis
case by Electricity.
CURE FOR DIABETES

case by ELECTRICITY.
During the morning session of the
Tri-State Medical Association Thurs
day, DR.. j. Howell May. the secrs-
tary, read the report Of the executive
council, which met In regular twelfth
annual session at 8 O'Clock Wednes-
day evening.
DIR. Joseph A. White, OF Richmond.
was rlectsd president, while the yice-
OF Durham, N. c.; Or. r. r. Whaley.
OF Charleston, s. c., and DIR. Samuel
Leile, Of Lynchburg. DR.. May was
reelected N secretary.
For . terra Of three years af mem
beers OF the executive council were
elected DR.. H. T. Marshall. OF Char
iottesville; Dr. H. r. Robinson, of
Winston, N. C.. and DR.. II. z. Nc.
Connell. OF Chester. o. G. DR.. Carl
Y. Reynolds, Of Aaheytlls, n. G., was
elected . member of the executive
expired term of DR.. J. A. Burroughs.
deceased.
Raleigh Next Year.
The executive council reported that
invitations were received from
the 1911 session Of the association.
Upon . vote being taken. Raleigh
was elected as the place. having six
votes against four for Durham.
Forty-four new members were
elected 10 the association. The at
tractjve souvenir button that was
provided by the Richmond members
was adopted as the permanent badge
OF the association.
The secretary read . set OF rssoiu-
tons expressing the appreciation Of
the association for the courtesy e.
tended to them in Richmond, max
ing special mention Of the Chamber
OF Commerce. local physicians And
the press Hearty good wishes md
thanks were expressed to Or. Cherry.
the retiring president, and To tho
other retiring officers.
Other Badness.
Following paper On Hereditary
Criminals: the One SUITE Cure. bY
Dr. Cherries GaEytHstes, ct RtsR-
mond, Dr. Leigh. OF Norfolk. saE-
gested that the association give IN
support to q bill now pending In the
Legislature. The following resoiu-
ton was adopted by unanifaous vote:
Resolved BY the Tri-stste Medical
Association. That they unanimously
endorse the proposition covered hy
Pr Charles EasPiHgteH IN hts
paper on .Hereditary crtnatnais: the
One Sure Cure" and respectfully
urge the Virginia LegtsiatuTc bow
In session to pass the bill now pend
ing to prevent pxccYeation by com
iirmsd criminals. idiots, tnabaciies ana
fapissx.s
Fo,lewing 4 suggestion by Dr. Leigh
Ii was decided to appoint commit
tee OF six to look tntn the matter
Of cancer education. The committee
was not named In the morning SEES
sion.
Papers Read.
A large number OF physicisns who
were named on the program 10 rad
papers we're not present One Of the
principal papers read at tbs morning
Pneumonia" by DIR, Greer Bauxh-
man. OF Richmond DR.. Baughfnan
laid great stress on the importance
OF keeping the heart In good condf-
ton during pneumonia He stated,
that most Of the deaths from pnen-
monia are heart deathsg that they are
due to interference with circulation.
- Dement'S ss Fsasesx; Seine Neglect.
Instructive paper by Dr. = X. Hall,
Of Morgantown. n, C. Other technt-
cal papers wsrs read by DR.. Charles
S. webb. Bowling GREEN. Va. on
"Diphtheria," and by DIR. w. D,
Tewksbnry, catawba. Va. IN sPui-
rionary Tuberculosis: Its Esriy dag
nosis and Subsequent ManaSemenf'.
This paper was We'll resolved by the
physicians and provoked prolonged
Wednesday Afternoon.
The feature Of tins Wednesday at
g paper entitled "Dtabetis Meiiitus:
Treated with Elecfsicity.s ssad 81
DR.. j. Monroe Lsebermann, NJ. d.,
of New York. The author reviewed
up to date the physiological and
chemical expertmenta In Diabetes mel
Titus and the anatomical relattpn-
tenn. He claimed that duris< III
practice In diabetes mellttys wjthin
the last quarter OF century Ne ms
found ths high potential and high
frequency currents Of electricity fndat
valuable In = large number 81 cases.
He finds that changes under this
treatment take place 10 rapidly thar
i y often astonishing 70 both pa-
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the CARBOHYDRATES free diet theory.
and prefers for his patients : rood.
nutritive mixed diet. with INSTRUCTIONS
to fnasttcate the food thproughiy ana
to pertake rather Mx small mosli
than two Or three big ones He stated
that out Of IA cases only So we've
without results. and these were due 10
negligence. and these 80 cases have
been materially bsnefted and shows
q diminution ~ percentage OF sugar.
excessive hunger and thirst. In clos.
Ing Or. LteberMann eetd; dial etes
should be placed On the Hist Of e1ra hia
diseases. The other gonzalez tlaus.
such as nervous pulmonary. th6facic.
digestive and Eentto- urinary. should
be trsated - secsadsFy to dtkbstes:
never use the knife In 'dtabstes Eieo-
tricity i natuFe's own reMsdy fof ths
disease. 2
DIR. e. r. Williams. secretary 81 the
State Board Of Health of South caro-.
lima, read . paper. .'rhe Fhyslcian't
Duty to the Public" HI said that fAA
duty OF the physlcian yhDnld net IL
restricted epIiffly 10 HI pfeqtlc6 Al
medicine, bAt that he Should eccept
more responsibility. bkasus4 ~ ~
training. He should taxa Il upon
htmaeif to ipetfpct Ais ppNpmspnity II
the conpesvatloR 81 hAelth.
y Dr.. w. s. Rankin. Of Aaleigh. spoke
on Duties Of the Phypicians 10 the
boards NJ HEALTH ana wss followed
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