The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-16
SACRIFICED FOR
GOOD OF MANKIND
DR.. Christian Dcnounces the
Charge Against Experiments
ton in Animals.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Will Elect Officers for Coming
Year and Select Place fer
Next Meeting.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Will Elect Officers for Coming

Christian, Of Boston, In discussing
Contributions Of Animal Experiment
tation to Medicine" held the close at
tention OF the physicians during the
better part OF the morning session of
the Tri-State Medical Association
Wednesday.
DR. Christians address was the fea-
ture of the convention, as he was
chosen to deliver the annual address
on medicine. He discussed in detail
his clinical observations and the i'm
portance of animal experimentation to
medicine. Naming cerebro-spinal me-
ningitis and diseased kidneys as the
two diseases that have been ~princi--
paIly experimental with In connection
with animals, DR., Christian took up
each disease separately and explained
what has been done in the way of an
imal experimentation
He said that In the fruitful decade
of 1Ss5tSs5 the new science of bac-
teFielegy revealed the cause of many
diseases. and that 1t was discovered
that the cause of meningitis is caused
by Inflammation OF the coverings of
the brain and spinal cord. In the
next decade" said Or, Christian. ME
ningitis had been carefully studied,
and yet the mortality was SO to so
per cent; there were 1000 cases in
New York in the fall of 1904-19e5,
and resulted In 3.429 deaths from the
dread disease.
by the new method of animal eX-
Fermentation q disease similar to me-
ningitis can be produced in monkeys.
A test in human beings, using serum
extracted from monkeys. has proven
most encouraging. Out OF 1,2O0 eases
tried with serum, so per cent. have
been cured. ! have been using serum
since the earliest days of its uses, and
have lost but one case out of the last
eighty"
Other Papers.
The second session ef-the~ c-onvcu~
ton was convened at 1890 O'Clock
Wednesday morning During the
reading of the papers many students
from the two medical schools of the
city entered the hall and took seats
among the physicians.
The Causes and Treatment of
Rheumatic Fever was tho title Of
"a paper read by DR. William :. Cor
Con. of Richmond Dr. Gordon's pa
per provoked quite IA discussion over
the question of rheumatism among
the physicians, some claiming that il
| Is not IA disease. but an affection. III
replying DIR. Gordon stated that rheu-
matism Is named In text books as a
disease. that il Is caused by uiie
acid In the blood and can be cured
by uric acid reduction and elimina-
ton. He said diet u patient, give
him an aikaii and see the rheuma-
tism disappear"
DIR. j. Shelton Horsley, of Rich
mond. read a paper on Some Re-
marks on the Surgery of Peripheral
Nerves" DIR. Horsfey exhibited three
men who represented some OF his
most interesting cases, and explained
\ how by surgery he has relieved a
condition of paralysis in their arms.
upper arm severed In accidents, caus-
ing paralysis, and they are now prac-
tically cured.
DIR. Tom A. Williams, of Washing
/ ton, ID. c.. read a lengthy paper on
Simulated Hysteria." which was we'll
received by the convention The an
nual address on surgery by DIR. Fin
ney win begin the afternoon session,
which convenes at $3.50 O'clock.
Executive Committee.
A meeting of the executive commit
/ tee of the association Is called Tor 4
O'Clock "Wednesday afternoon. Besides
/ the general routine business before
the body 1t will elect the officers of
the association for the ensuing year
and decide upon place tor the next
/ convention.
| Durham. Raleigh, Wilmington and
! Asheviile are spoken of as the most
\ likely places for the next meeting and
/ II was stated by several of the officers
Wednesdas. that Durham viii prob
ably be selected. The committee will
vote upon the applications of new
members OF the association 1t is said
that there are fifty physicians seek
ing membership and that their appli-
cations will all be considered at this
meeting. The reprt Of the executive
committee will be made during the
session of the convention Thursday.
Religious Press and Quacks.
| In the afternoon session Tuesday.
| DR. Rolfe Il. Hughes. Of Laurens, $.
| O., discussed at some length Re
] ligious Press and Quaokery," his paper
being an attack upon the practice Of
| quackery In medicine and a severe
arraignment of editors of religious
! press who. according to DIR. Hughes
aid and abet the practice to the detri-
ment of suffering humanity. lie said
! that eighty-fiye per cent. of the
| readers of religious periodicals believe
| every werd printed and go on through
/ life with undying faith in their church
paper. "A quaok Is no better than q
/ thief" said DIR. Hughes. He Is a
robber and the religious papers are
helping him by ptous editorials
/ Quaekery and robbery are synony.
nous. Shame on such editors that
they allow their columns to TEEN with
/ fraudulent and dangerous advertise
ments. 1t is a disgrace to the age
/ OF all the quaeks who advertise In the
papers, the cancer man is probably
the worst. and Il is to him We will
| pay our respects"
DIR. Hughes paper was most favor
/ ably received, and by unanimous vote
of the meeting the speech was ordered
printed and forwarded to every relig-
ious paper in the three States en-
braeing the association. as expressing
the sentiments of the medical profess
sion in reference TO quackery and
those who support It.
| Further Program.
On account of the length Of the
program and the lengthy discussions
that are held after the reading Of
nearly every paper. the convention
| has failed to make the expected pro.
gress, and those papers that were
la1nAan,ed to have been completed
Wednesday morning will he heard In
=. -.,vF.tooil .4esu papers AXIS az
folIcwa; ~
The Use of Radium In Surgery"
DIR. @. ", Drake, Hollins. Va.
a Additional ExncriwF ats In. tha Use
/ of Catgut IN Fractures of the Gaseous
/ Tissues," DIR Theodore MADDOX
/ Union. Il. G..
The Physieians Duty to the Pub