The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-13
HATTiESBURG TO BE SlGNALLY
HoNoRED IN ENTERTAINING
THESE PHYSICIANS.
ATTENDONCE WILL BE LARGE
DR.. w. w. Crawford of Hattiesburg,
One of the souths Leading Surg
cons and Former President of the
Association Secured 1t For this City.

The physicians of Hattiesburg and |
Forrest county are looking forward !
with much interest to the annual !
meeting of the Southern Medical AS |
sociation, which will be held in this
city November A. Is and 16. Every
preparation will be made to make the
meeting a most successful one, to fur
nish the visiting physicians entertain
ment and welcome that will show
them no mistake was made in select
ing Hattiesburg as the meeting place,
although it is the smallest city in
which the association has met.
1t is due largely to the efforts OF
DR.. W. w. Crawford of this city, one
of the South's leading surgeons, that
that the convention will be held in
Hattiesburg this year DR.. Crawford
was president of the association last
year, and when the association held
it's annual meeting in Nashville he
went after the next gathering for Hat
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men of the city, the Commercial Club
and Forrest County Medical Society
took an active interest in bringing
the convention here, wiring DR.. Craw
ford to use his efforts to that end, and
| these bodies and individuals will COM
hine to guarantee the success of the
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the Forrest County Medical Society
has appointed the necessary commit
| tees to arrange for the Associations
meeting and everything is reported to
be moving along in an entirely salts
! factory manner.
The Southern Medical Association
is composed of the leading physicians
and surgeons OF the south, Dr., lsadOre
Dyer Dean of Tulane Medical Col
lege is President and DR.. Scale Harris,
of Mobile, Secretary of the associa-
ton. Hattiesburg. will therefore, have
! the honor of entertaining the leading
men in the profession in the south, as
well as number of celebrities from
the large medical conters of the north.
DR.. Craig, an eminent surgeon in the
employ of the government, has been
assigned to attend the meeting of the
association. The states of Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee Alabama
Georgia and Florida furnish the mem
bership of the association and large
delegations from each of the states
are expected to attend the meeting
here next month. Between 400 and
500 visiting physicians and surgeons
are expected, which will be the larg-
est convention Hattiesburg has had
the honor of entertaining. DR.. Craw-
ford, who is chairman Of the commit
tee on arrangements, announces that
the railroads have made special rates
for the occasion.
At the same time the Southern Med
ical Association meets here, the
Southern Medical College Association
will meet, the two associations hold
ing their annual meetings in conjunc-
ton Members of the faculties of the
different medical colleges of the south
gather, discuss matters of interest and
decide on a standard of work for the
schools.
Three separate meeting places will
be secured in the city for the accom-
mediation of the three sections of the
association, which meet simultaneous
ly every day of the session. The
three sections are Surgery; Medicine
and Eye, ear and nose, each having its
programme to carry out, giving those
in attendance the opportunity to take
advantage of the Lectures and reading
of papers on the particular branch ir
. which they are interested. Arrange
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