Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-25
MEDICAL men
IN CONVENTION
EpES MONIES VALLEY DOCTORS
MEET IN THlRTY-NINTH AN
NUAL GATHERING.

10,
President-Dr. L. w. Littig,
Iowa City.
First vice president-Dr. L. A.
Rodgers, Oskaloosa.
Second vice president-Dr. D.
C. Mcclure, Bussey.
Secretary-treasurer-Dr. Fred
BowIes, Ottumwa.
Censors-Drs. S. A. Spiman,
ottumwa, J. A. RepIogle, UdeIl
and Il. c. Young, Bloomfield.
The thirty-ninth annual convention
of the Des Moines Valley Medical as
ISOLATION assembled in the court
house this morning at $3.50 o'clock and
began session full of interest to the
many present. Papers on various ills
to which the human family fall heir,
were read and discussed showing that
the doctors of today keep in touch
with the movement forward that is
apparent on all sides. The session was
opened by President W. Pfannebecker
of Sigourney, who in his annual ad-
dress reviewed the past year and pic
tured the future opportunities for the
advancement of the association. Rev.
r. j. Locke, pastor of the First Con-
gregational church delivered the in
vocation A feast Of reason and flow
of soul was feature of the noon
hour when the doctors and their
ladies assembled at 1890 in the First
Congregational church and partook OF
dinner that was followed by an inter
esting post prandial program In
o1 of Nv, U
Appeared in Negligee.
The dinner lacked conventionality
of the hotel banquet and the common
sense man supplanted the dignitied
vender of elixirs, as was easily ap-
parent by the negligee attire of the
guests. The ladies were perhaps
somewhat handicapped in that moth
ing to supplant the ordinary frills OF
feminity was afforded them while the
men were in shirt sleeves and minus
waist coats. To relieve the situa-
ton made so unbearable by the
weatherman, DR.. A. O.. Williams was
called upon to tell the best manner OF
curing the blues, and it is evident that
he told the correct way, for smiles
wreath the faces Of local and visiting
doctors alike since the dinner. Mrs.
John Hughes offered some diversion
from shop talk by the pleasing rendi-
ton of solo and DR.. Arthur Hertzler
of Kansas City was called upon anu
made few remarks.
Following the dinner the convention
again resumed activity in the large
court room and a busy session was
held during the afternoon. The cleo
ton of officers will be a feature OF
the afternoon session and the commit
tee on nominations follows: Drs. A.
o. Williams F. T. Stevens and l.. A.
Rodgers.
Papers Are Discussed.
Among the papers read at the meet
ing was one on the diagnosis Of can
Ger of the stomach, by DR.. r. j. E.
Oden. This paper was discussed by
w. B. LaForce, Keokuk; B. G. Will
Jams, Oskaloosa; and J. F. Herrick
and NJ. Bannister of Ottumwa Doctors
Oden, Sheafe and Littig were appoint
ed as the committee on the presidents
address. A very interesting paper was
read by DR.. H. C. Eschbach of Abba,
treating on gall stone disease, which
was received with considerable inter-
est and discussed by Doctors Littig of
Iowa City, Brockman of Ottumwa,
Williams Of Oskaloosa, Taylor OF
What Cheer and Jarvis of Oskaloosa.
Local Anesthesia, Particularly as to
the Use of Quinine,' was the subject
of scholarly paper by Dr. Arthur
Hertzler of Kansas City, which is
being read and discussed by the con-
yention this afternoon. Among the
other numbers that featured the after
noon session were papers read by DR..
l.. w. Littig, Iowa City, DR.. Carl
Wahrer, FIT. Madison, DR.. c. B. Taylor,
What Cheer DR.. c. w. Harmed, Iowa