Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-10-11
III YEARS OLD
SOCIETY MEETS
Physicians From All Parts Of
State at the Medical
Society Session
MAYOR SPRUANCE
GIVES THEM WELCOME

GIVES THEM WELCOME
II may be difficult for residents Of
the STATE outside OF Wilmington to
find a physician to-day. II one is need
ed in a hurry but Il would not be a
problem to had a Alctor IN this city.
More than fifty physicians from all
parts OF Delaware are at the one hum
dred and twenty-hNt annual meeting
of the Delaware 5 ate Medical So
ciety. which is being held IN the
Junior Order United American Me-
chanic Hall to-day.
DR.. Pressly S. Downs, OF Dover, Is
president Of the society, and is pre-
siding, and DR.. George w. X. Forest
is secretary. The delegates were well
coined by Mayor J. Harvey Spruance,
himself physician. in the course of
which he said:
AS Mayor OF the city OF Whining
ton, IL has been my duty. more or
less pleasant. to say words Of well
come to many different societies and
associations meeting IN this city.
nave always on such occasions en-
I deavored, as best / could, TO express
the hospitality and good will OF the
people of this good city. Among all
of the societies whom I have. thus
welcomed here. none has been quite
so close to my own affections as this
Delaware S ate Medical Society. IN
extending TO you an official welcome
TO the city, I wish to express at the
same time my personal appreciation
of this society and my heartiest per-
sonal good will.
Not only in medicine. but In surg.
cry also. the skill Of Delaware practi-
TONERS is of the highest class" added
the Mayor
DR.. Downs as president, read his
annual report. He recommended the
establishments Of national bureau OF
health The reports of the New Cas-
tie, Kent and Sussex societies showed
a total membership OF 81 physicians
Of which so are in New Castle county
and 20 i'm Kent and Sussex.
Or. Albert Robin made a long re.
port Of the scientific advancement OF
medicine, and Dr. II. w. Briggs re-
ported as delegate to the Council oil
Medical Education In Chicago. Or
j. II. Wilson will report this after.
noon as delegate to the American
/ Medical Society. The afternoon ses.
sion will be devoted to the reading
and discussion OF technical and
scientific papers. and a president Of
the society IS to be elected
The House of Delegates OF the Del
aware State Medical Society met II
the building Of the Delaware His
torical Society last night.
The election of officers resulted al
follows: DR.. l.. S. Conweil, first vice
president; DR.. William WertenbakeI
second vice-president; DR.. James Il
Wilson, counsellor for three years
Or. G.. W. X. Forrest, secretary; d
5. c. Rumford, treasurer.
These committees were named
Committee on scientific work-Drs.
It. Ellegood and A. Robin.
! Public policy and legislation-Dr
Marshall, Tomlinson and Wilson.
? Medical education-Drs. R. r. T
bout, R. V. Hopkins and E.
Dwight
Necrology-Drs. Conwen. Kollo,
and Jones.
Delegate to the meeting Of Il
American Medical Association whiC
meets in Los Angeles next May-D
James II. Wilson; alternate. Dr.. wi
lard Springer
Delegates to Chirurgical Faculty 4,
Maryland-Drs. Robert EllegoOd, G. {
/, HarmonsOn and Meredith l. Samuels
New Jersey AssociatioB-Drs. Wi
liam Marshall, Jr., James Beebe an
William H. Kraemer; New York AssC
clation-Drs. George B. Piersol
James c. Cobb and John w. Jones
Pennsylvania State Medical Society
Drs. J. A. Ellegood, l.. e. r. Bisho
and G. Frank Jones; Delaware Stat
Pharmaceutical Society-Drs. II.
Spruance, W. f. Halnes and J.
Lofiand.
Ten names we're submitted as 70
lows to the governor, who will Il
| three vacancies on the State Medic,
Board from the number: Drs.
Frank Jones, James II. Wilson, WI
p liam Wertenbaker, II. G. NJ. Kollocl
G.. w. Marshall, Frank Belville, 7
, ]. Stubs. William p Orr, ID. Y
Lewis and z. S. Dwight
II was decided TO hold the ne'
, meeting in Lewes.
DR.. j. A. Ellegood was Temporal
chairman, and among the physician
preesnt were: Drs. James II. WI
son, of Dover; George W. Marshal
of Milford; Luther s. Conwell. d,
Camden; James Beebe, of Lewes,
Frank Jones, of Georgetown; Fran
3 Belville, Of Delaware City; II. G.
. Kollock, of Newark; Francis
Springer, of Newport; p. W. Tomlil
: son, H. w. Briggs. Harold Syringe
= j. A. Ellegood and G. w. X. Forres
. of Wilmington.
Trustees of the Delaware Sta
' Medical Journal held a meeting al
' elected these officers for the ensuir
year: Drs. II. W. Stubs. Winal
Springer, Luther S. Conwell, G. '
Marshall and r. G. Paynter.
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