Arizona republican., 1911-03-06
ASSOCIATION HAS
 BUSY EVENING IMPORTANT BUSINESS CoNSID- FRED SATURDAY EVENING. Marieopa Medical Association Makes Plans for Convention.

|
 Maricopa County Medical association
 was held last Saturday evening at the
 Sisters hospital. and was attended bs
 q larger number of the association
 than are generally present at these gatherings. both on account of the in | terestng and instructive subject which
 study. and the important matters of
 business which were to come before
 the society for consideration. The ap-
 proach of the date which has been set
 for the annual meeting of the Ameri- can Medical association. to be held this year in Los Angeles. necessitates the formation of plans to facilitate the attendance of the physicians of the Maricopa Medical association at this
 medical conclave. and the offer of the board of directors of the r. NJ. C A
 to reserve room of the new build
 ing for the Medical association Co be
 used as library, club room and
 museum for pathological specimens and curiosities also required consider
 ation.
 The meeting of last Saturday even
 ing was the beginning of the three
 months series of lectures which win
 carry the work up to June 1st. after
 which the society will suspend meet
 ings for q period of three months. re-
 z September when the four year post graduate course will be taken mp from the beginning. and continued until the physicians of this community are as we'll informed as any in the country.
 The subject for Saturdays meeting was Anesthesia. Following a recent practice the doctors were called to order on time with eight doctors pres ent. Ten others came in later in the i evening to hear that part of the pro | gram which had not been given pre- vious to their entrance. and all took 1 part in the business meeting which l followed Dr. Godfrey gave q his | torical resume of the subject. anes- | thesia. including a brief and very in- | terestng description of the events | which led up to its discovery. and an | biography of it's discov- ] erers. Dr. Watkins followed with a | lecture on the effects of chloroform l on the body when inhaled. and pr | Plath continued the program with d | parellel lecture on ether. outlining it's difference from chloroform. Dr. 1 Plath concluded this part of the even- ing's work with description of oxide gas Caughng gas). it's properties. ef- fects and uses.
 In view of the fact that the larger part of the Maricopa County Medical association will attend the American Medical association in Los Angeles, 1t was proposed some time ago that the members of the society should charter a Pullman and go to the coast in a body It was proposed that the doctors should leave Phoenix about
 hree days before the date of the open
 ing in Los Angeles and take in the Grand Canyon on the way over. con lucting the yearly business of the Ari- .ona Medical association on board the
 rain. hearing all the original papers submitted, etc. en route. IL was con- sidered advisable to discard this plan pn account of the early date at which | number of the local physicians will cave for the coast. it being necessary 'or Dr. Godfrey to leave Phoenix sev- ,ral weeks previous to the date of he convention in order to attend the 'egular yearly convention of the ter 'itorial and state superintendents of iealth, who come together to confer with the surgeon general of the United States public health and marine hoS- Dital service, and for various other lOctors to leave some days previous o the time set for the meeting in Los Angeles.
 The committee on library reported hat the directors of the Y. NJ C. A lad set aside a room for the use of r. he association. and also reported on he magazines which they had select d to be subscribed for and placed on ile in this room. Action was also , aken in regard to furnishing the new ; library which will be used as a re- ' ,ository for microscopical slides. path l 'logical specimeas. and will he used . IS the meeting place of the associa- ion after it is ready for occupancy. l which the committee. composed of $ ,rs. Redewill. Beauchamp and Hughes. q hink will he about April l.
 Ii is given out that the Medical as ( ociation will take an active part in ( a medical magazine in the $ erritory, to be published quarterly. O be used for the publication of va ious original papers on original re- earch. in which number of the ounger practitioners are doing work f high order. and for the health re- ! orts of the territorial superintendent. : )r. Godfrey.
 Drs. Marden and Wilkinson were re- eived as members of the association uring the evening. pr. Warden is . tationed at the Indian school. and .. )r. Wilkinson is at present substi- uting for Dr. Brockway at Florence. + mt will later open an office in Phoe- q ix. The association adjourned about a Q: 30 after an informal lunch served a V the Sisters hospital. Those pres T mt were DTS. Bond. Cameron. by f art. Ellis. Godfrey. Hughes. Martin. Ionical, Warden. Plath. Redewill. Sar- T ent. Simpson. Smith. J. W. Thomas. L ,oy Thomas. Reed. Tafel. Wilson. n Vatkins.