The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-25


West Twenty-ffth Street, New 1orl
City.
fret called attention In the convention
to the fact that the X-ray was being
used fraudulentiy by quacks, so that
rccoveries might be had in suits
against the railroads.
That auto-suggestion helped many
people to simulate tho effects OF IN
ternal injuries was the theme OF the
paper read by Surgeon T. II. Hancock.
OF Atlanta. on without Objective
Signs One case IN point was that OF
woman who declared that she was 50
injured by falling off car that she
could not step up from the street TO
the curbstone. She biuffed all the local
physicians, but was a short while later
proved to have climbed to the top OF a
water toter without difficulty Some
honest people really hypnotic them
selves into believing they are inter-
nally injured. he declared.
shyaters in Atlanta.
One OF the surgeons told an inter
estins story. speaking on this topic.
about a man who claimed to have
frirhtful Internal injuries. He gave
vent TO expressions OF great RELIEF
when the physician gave him an injee-
ton, which turned out to be nothing
but cold water BY setting simple
traps like this It was shown how g
mans testimony In such case couia
be reduced to shreds before jury.
ATLANTA has more ambulance chas-
c-s and shyster lawyers 10 the square
inch than any other city In America.
declared surgeon who lives there. n
matter when an accident occurs. De
II in Atlanta or elsewhere, troop OF
young lawyers swoop down on the
scene like buzzaYds upon a carcass.
These legal 1uacks have agents 10
every county In Georgia.
I A motion was carried calling Tor tne
employment OF clerk by the southern
Railway to gather statistics OF damag
suits and their results. the Information
TO he at the disposal OF the members or
the association. 1t was felt that the
dissemination of this knowledge woulo
cut Oft great deal OF fraud by CIV
ing the past history OF the men Wnc
make damage suits for injuries 10
themselves business.
at the afternoon session, surgeon
s. r. Miller. Of Knoxville, discussed
.Some Facts and Fallacies Concernins
the use OF the X-Ray" IT began by
saving that the possibilities OF the
Gray are not get decided. for tho
raw is still In an experimental
stage. TOO often II is forgotten that
the x-ray IS no, photo. but simply
a shadow. The true proportion may
e minfied or magn!fied considerably
In the result The auack can make
the result appea. In such shape as 70
utterly deceive physicians. 1t often
takes a careful anatomist to detect
the error
How They Fake Roads.
There was a great deal of discussion
over this paper. 1t was brought OUT
tina, 1t is almost always the case that
a Jury will not be convinced of the fact
that they are not looking at a photo
graph, but at shadow. In many
cases the verdict has rested on the
opinion OF an expert physician as 10
the truth of the x-ray impression. Inc
only way to get the matter impartlallS
before the Jury. it was said. Is TO snow
a result taken by the defendant ana
compare 1t with that shown by the
plaintiff.
Surgeon j. P. Blankenship. OF Mary
willie. Tenn. read a paper on the proper
water supply and water use for the
SICK. lIedLU1cuN W - -
Femur" was discussed by Surgeon t.
O. Meredith, OF Burgln, KY. Surgical
Treatment of Compound Fractures" was
read by Surgeon j. P. Salb. OF Jasper
Ind
1t was stated at the close OF the al :
ternoon session that between 1880 ana
i o'clock this afternoon President w.
W. Finley, of the Southern Railway
will deliyer an address TO the aEsocla-
ton. Other special features OF the
morning session will be a paper oy
DR.. H. E. Lewis. OF New York, on tbs.
sue Resistanc. and the Margin OF
SAFETY in Wound Healing" The sam
uei spencer address will be made by
surgeon Lucien Lotion. OF Emporia.
Might Session.
The night session OF. the. convention
was the shortest The matters dis
cussed were of a technical bearing.
.contusions of the Abdomen. with Wis.
gceral Rupture, and Their Treatment
was the subject of the paper read oS
surgeon w. W. Harper. of Selma, ala
"a Plea for a Systematic Compilat Q n
by the Association OF STATISTICS ne
sarding Eye Injuries" was the toplo
Of brief treatise BY sur geoh-oe ~ :. :
T. W. Davis OF Winston Salem n. =
]. ,.nlunteer paper on When, HOW,
Where" was read by Surgeon r n
Webb, of Calvert, Ala .,.o
several social features enllvsn ,he
convention to-day. Dr. Lucien Lottoh'
OF Emporia, will be the host Of tne
nen,bers al a. luncheon at at Muf-
phy,s. Al 5 the women Of the eonyen-
Etion viii be rendered tea at the We
nnan,s club. while at $40 an old-fash-
Toned Virginia supper will be given the
men at the wcstmoreland Clup. 70
morrow comes the boat ride 70 lanes,
town. Polk Miller and his duartet VII
lie on hoard to entertain the lv's1'o's'