The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-05-25
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FOR THE PRAOIHCE K OF sEEDT-
CINE is BNfPHASIzED BY. Sc S9E
GEORGIA MEDICS. ,Ss,i, Il !, ,a,sSl q
State Teachers. ASSN
Sends out Program Containing fVerfa
attractive Literary aud AIastSsatg
Features for the Meetinx .tt,es2 10 y 2li,S, b,
Held at Athens next Month. 81. ss'

Athens, Ga, May 22-The aeersss
gla State Medical Association has
just closed Its most successful ts{ E
fnual meeting here. 1t waE attend$d5
ny many physicians from out ;ofa thas.
State and was enthusiastic from the
beginning to the end - i; y>,**tsSs So
Prominent. among. those Nattehdfas
were DR. G. V. Roman and Df. i. M.
Wilson, Of Nashville, Tenn, and Ils s
IT, A. Mason, of Chattahoosa: ifsons
performed some Operations .at Z the
clinic. Mason spoke to The asaosi "a az.
ton on the Diffusion. OF, Medicais
| knowledge" Among the Col6red
People," Roman spoke to, the sAs,,55
socdation on "The Deaf and, Dnri:b st
! DR.. Roman gave a good ,aecoInt 90
his stewardship as the leading, eye
Lear, nose and throat specialist or thu a.
race. He is editor. OF the M;edfeaE
Journal Of the National Associat tiont
and an active< candidate for the edfs
torial chair Of. the A, M. b. RsYfe8s
to be filed at the next General Con-
ference Of the A. M. e: church WSsSa
I DR.. John Mason ie a Notthweste
University Medical. School gnadaabsl
land one of the most ffnisheft,5 an4I:
brainy young physicians~of the. s4Htsssss
| He is. Georgian" and received 5Riga
college training at the ,AtlahtA Rap
tist College now presided, over fFiiSs
John Hope. I; 4 - :3SsSJs zess tsS
A noticeable feature of the sAsahsss
ciation was the oneness OF agreement
on. the part Of It's members M Tie
conclusion that, the Negro phys iai
should seek higher standards Etn the
practice of medtcipeI and that these:
now preparing should. ese, To Eit that
they are well trained for. the work
they expeef to- do. E.iT.'' : az 's..s;
Several times aurin g, Me. ,meeting
the need Of more thorough
tion was enlphasizef With teilfng I;
feet and it seemed proper. The
! field for good Dhyaieians In GeorgtR
| is not over-crowded, but there is, HtSs
more room in the, State for the tYpe
Of physician who has simply studied
medicine In order TO make a livfnB.
The Negroes Of the State Of Georgia
are not paying for color prejudice
dhy Hlolo' lucy 6lo paying 1oE' SCe-G
ence alone and have utterly. ceased
to support the "quacks" and para
sites" who have sought. the littleE
OR" simply for the money and hon.
or they think there Is In It, E-s2
The Negro men who come to prae~
tice medicine In this State must exa
|pect to rise or fail on what they
really know and can do as physicians$
The College trained. physician Ia +
rapidly growing In power and -inflIl--
ence here and these men are educat-
ing the people against the tyne Of
doctor who began the STUDY Of medi-z
cine before having the. proper liter
ary and scientific foundation. ms
creasingly nigh standards will be res
quired OF the graduates Of medtoaf:.
schools in the South If they are to-
successful copetitOrs OF the colare6s.
physicians graduating from the higlses
grade medical schools of the NORTH
What Is true Of medicine Is also true
of pharmacy and, dentistry. -,