The Detroit times., 1911-09-28
DOCTORS TO MEET
NEXT IN MUsKEG0N
Convention Of Michigan Medical So
oiety in 1919 Will Be Held in June
DR. D. Z. WEIGH Is President.

selection of the next place OF meeting,
the general sessions Of the Michigan
State Medical society's forty-sixth an
nual convention came to a close In
the Hotel Pontchartrain, Thursday
morning. Additional sectional meet
ings will be held during the after.
noon. after which the delegates will
leave for their homes. Muskegon.
Mich, was chosen as the meeting
place In 1912. Grand Rapids losing
out In the fight for the honor. II was
also decided to change the time OF
meeting to June, but the dates will
not be set until the January session
OF the directors.
The election Of officers was carried
out without contest OF any kind, the
unanimous choices OF the nominating
committee being received without a
dissenting voice. Those elected are
President, DIR. ID. Emmett WEIGH, of
Grand Rapids; first vic-president, DR..
Guy l.. Common, Detroit; second vice.
president, DR.. Neal 8. Macdonald,
Hancock; third vice-president, DR..
George G. Hafford, Albion; fourth
vice-president. DR.. George ID. Carnes,
South Haven: representative In the
house OF delegates, American Mdical
association, DIR. K. t. Abrams, Dollar
Bay; alternate, DR.. Arthur ID. Holmes,
Detroit; nonresident honorary mem
bers OF the association, DR.. Charles III.
Mayo. Rochester, Mimi, and DR.. Alex
ander II. Craig, secretary OF the Amer
lean Medical association; members Of
the council. DR.. F.. c. Witter, Petos-
key; DR.. c. It. Southworth, Monroe;
DR.. A. p. Biddle, Detroit; DR.. A. K.
Bulson, Jackson; DR.. w. II. Haughey,
Battle Greek; DR.. A. II. Rockwell,
Kalamazoo; DR.. A. M. Hume, Owosso
DR.. w. j. Kay. Lapeer; DIR. A. l..
Seeley. Mayville; DR.. B. II. McMul-
len, Cadillac; DR.. C. II. Baker, Bay
City; DR.. w. T. Dodge. Bay City,
and DR.. G. j. Ennis, Sault Ste. Marie.
During the morning several papers
were read, among them being one on
Intestinal tuberculosis" by DIR. Sam.
uel Goodwin Cant, of New York DR..
H. w. Longyear. Detroit, spoke on
Movable kidney" while DR.. Freder-
lex w. Robbins, of Detroit, talked on
Tuberculosis OF the kidney"
The reports of the different com
mittees were received without COM
ment II was expected that the mi
nority recommendation OF Dr. William
e. Blodgett, member of the commit
tee on social diseases, favoring earli-
or marriages, the cutting out of i'm
practical parts of schooling, lower
taxation for young husbands and gov
ernmental cheap life insurance for
them, would be discussed, but no dis
cussion took place.
The convention unanimously adopt
ed a resolution complimenting Presi-
dent Taft for upholding DR.. Wiley in
connection with the difficulty the lat
ter has had with the authorities in
the department OF agriculture. The
resolution will be telegraphed to the
president. In II the convention terms
the influences brought to bear for tle
proposed ousting OF DR.. Wiley are
"unholy alliance"
The delegates were entertained.
Wednesday night, In the Pontchar-
train convention hall by the Wayne
County Medical society, which pro-
vided a reception and vaudeville pro-
gram. Upwards of 600, including rhe
OOClOTb WIVES anu uduBulcto, WOIc III
Those who took part In
the program were: DR.. Carl 8. Oak.
man, violin selection; Harold Jarvis,
solo: DIR. Dohman, accompanied by
DR.. Roberts, musical selection; Miss
Alice Berry, now playing in a local
vaudeville theater, monologue and
songs.
In the Wednesday afternoon SEES
sion of the general medicine section,
DIR. Frank B. Tibbals. of Detroit, made
a plea for closer relations between
the surgeon and general practitioner.
He thought that the fee-splitting evil
might be overcome II surgeon we're
to allow q medical man to assume
charge OF a surgical case during the
period. Objection was
raised TO the latter suggestion. the
surgeons explaining that II would De
for a surgeon to separate
himself from q case before complete
recovery was brought about.
DIR. c. b. Fulkerson. OF Kalamazoo
read a paper on the subject OF segre-
eating the deficient children In the
schools. DR.. Fulkerson has given the
matter considerable attention, and IL
strongly in favor OF keeping the chill
dren mentally defective, apart fron
the normal ones. BY Segregation,
much benefit results to the dencleh'