Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-30
Prof. H. A. Christian Is The
PosiprandiaI Orator,
Choice oil President Falls Upon
Or. Stanley P. Warren.
AntI.tubercuIosls Moik In Central
Maine Meets with Approval.

The 59th annual meeting of the
Maine Medical Association came to a
successful close Thursday night with
a banquet at the Augusta House at
which covers were laid for los. The
committee of arrangements from the
Kennebec County Medical Association
consisted of Drs. r. H. Stubbs. L. G.
Bunker. q. r. Campbell. d. 3. Cragin,
r. f. Donnen T. L. Hardy w. II. Har-
ris, ]. F. Hill. H w. Miller. A. II.
Sturtevant
An elaborate menu was provided by
Landlord Emerson and the tables in
the main dining hall where the ban
auet was served were attractively dec
GRATED with pinks and smilax. The
menu cards from the Journal Print
were of unusually tasty design and
/. bore upon the front cover a reproduce
ton from photograph of the Angus
ia House and upon the back cover a
similar likeness of the State House.
Than were buff in color with folded
Was S.45 when President Bennett
rapped for order aud introduced as the
annual orator. Prof. Henry Christian
of Boston. Prof. Christian was greeted
with great applause and won the SYM
pathies of his audience at once by
saying that hospitality was one of
Names natural characteristics and
that as a visitor he felt assured of d
cordial welcome.
The subject of his Grafton was.
Modern Methods of Clinical Investi-
CATION in Relation to Hospital Organ
ization." He alluded 20 the great up
heaving forces that were at work in
the medical profession and said that
the principal cause of these changes
lies in the modern methods of clinical
investigation. BY way of illustration
he compared at length the old and new
methods of treating cardiac and renal
diseases. that is, diseases of the heart
and kidney. His remarks were both
eloquent and scholarly and contained
many thoughts and suggestions of
value to the medical profession.
The visiting members of the asso-
citation were very loud Thursday eve
ming in their praises of the entertain
ment provided by the Kennebec Coun-
ty Medical Association. Said one MEM
Der of the association from Cumber-
land county: Il have attended a great
many meetings of the Maine Medical
association but none have been more
enjoyable than this meeting in Au-
gusta. The outing and clam bake at
Island Park was one of the finest
things I have ever attended and the
committee of arrangements for the
banquet left nothing to be desired"
The visitors from other state associa-
tions were also well pleased not only
with the program offered by the Maine
Medical Association but also with the
entertainment provided by the Kenne-
bee County Association.
The work of the clerk to the secre-
tary. Fred S. Rand of Augusta at City
hall in assisting the members of the
association in registration and in other
matters of Information was also much
appreciated and frequently commented
upon. DR.. r. II. Stubs of Augusta, as
chairman of the local committee, put
IN great deal of hard work during
the two days of the convention i'm ad-
dftion TO the time spent In preparing
Tor 1t and. it was largely due to his
untiring efforts that the stay of the
visitors in Augusta was made so pleas
ant.