The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-07

That President Taft was the most pop
ular man OF his class at Yale, but that
his severest critics have been those who
knew him best in his younger days was
asserted by DR.. Reynold f. Wilcox, OF
New York. who graduated with the Chief
Executive in rs at a dinner of the
THERAPEUTIC Society last night at the
Raleigh
The banquet was attended by fifty
physicians who are attending the elev-
enth annual convention of the society.
Two sessions. devoted TO medical discus
sions. and a luncheon by Dr. Harvey
Wiley, Chief Of the Bureau of Chemistry,
were features Of the day
Or. Wilcox came out vigorously I'm an
arrangement OF those who have passed
judgment adversely against Mr.. TAFT lie
declared the critics, including the press,
had forgotten the President obtained his
Office without seeking it. and that those
who have presumed to rap him know
nothing of the inside workings Of the
highest Office i'm the land.
Popular at Yale.
Some of President Tafts most costly
critics are those who knew him best in
the ola days" said DR. Wilcox. And
yet Taft was popular even when he was
a freshman at Yale. When he was a
sophomore he was more popular and in
his junior year still more so-but when
he was in the senior class he was the
most popular man at Yale.
Some seem 70 have forgotten that Mr.
Taft did not seek his Office. He took #
when the occasion arose. because he be-
lieved IL was his duty. and he has tried
TO bring the judicial mind 20 solve these
great questions that have arisen.
If l could violate condolences 1 could tell
YOU Of many things that have been repre-
scented very differently in the public press.
Wrong notions have gone abroad, but by
the time he has been in the chair three
more years the country will be ready to
receive him again"
DIR. Wiley Tcastmaster.
Or. Wiley was postmaster. and he kept
the diners in a continual uproar OF laugh
ter, introducing each speaker with witty
little speeches. DR.. Noble 2. Barnes, OF
Washington. one OF the committee repre-
senting the society at the last inter
national medical convention at Buda-
pest. gave a laughable description Of the
gay life in that city.
DR. James Wilson and DR. Oliver T.
Osborne made appropriate addresses. DR..
r. II. Garrish. Of Boston. gave a brief
description of the work the Therapeutic
Society has done during the past year for
science.
Eighteen papers. most OF them deeply
technical, held the full attendance al the
morning and afternoon sessions. Vice
President Norris called the convention "a
order at $3.50 o'clock, introducing Dr.
Louis Kollpinski. of Washington. as the
first speaker Of the day
DIR. Kollpinsd gave a bright prophecy
Of the future use Of calcium cresote. a
combination of formaldehyde and ammonia
solutions in local treatments. He gave
a learned description Of the effects OF
treatments 10 the ear with the mixture
Hexamethylenamine, a drug Of COM
paratively recent discovery, and its use,
was discussed by DR. Wilfred NJ Barton.
Of Washington. Skin Injunction as a
therapeutic measure, was described by
DIR. Lawrence L. Flick. Of Philadelphia.
Drs. J. G. Ia Costa. jr., Of Philadel-
phia; F. +. Stewart. Of Germantown.
and Noble p. Barnes. of Washington.
each read papers concerning the use OF
various autogenous vaccines. or bacter-
ines, as disease preventives and cura-
tives.
Each Of the physicians was enthusiast
tic over the recent improvements In the
fluid used for vaccination to prevent
smallpox. The treatment Of tacterines.
or dead germs, to form intitoxins. or
injections. TO give the system resistance
against disease germs, was discussed at
length
President Wilson took the chair in the
afternoon. The physicians who read
technical papers were Dr. Jesse Shoup.
Of Washington; DR. A Ernest Gallant. OF
New York; Dr. Carl Beck, of New York
DIT. Robert T. Morris. OF New York; DIR.
J. Madison Taylor, Of Philadelphia; DR..
Edward D. Fiber Of New York; DIT.
Tom A. Williams. Of Washington: Or.
Harvey w. Wiley, Of Washington, and
DR.. L. T. Kebler, Of Washington
The physicians were the guests OF Or.
Wiley, chief Of the Bureau Of Chemistry.
at a luncheon at his laboratory at 1
o'clock The were escorted through DR..
wiley's experimental plant for the ex-