Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-03
NEBRASKA DOCTORS MEETING
lcontInued from FIrgt PaEel


ing lunch in the dining room OF the room
adjoining the meeting hall of the doctors.
and when spied some or them he was per-
suaded to mount the rostrum
You doctors" said the governor, when
ever you get together always dispute and
quarrel You seem unable to live to-
eether in peace and harmony, as the mem
bers OF the other learned professions do,
lawyers, for instance.
But. in spite OF the fact that doctors
disagree, it is to that profession that we
owe our health and safety and oftentimes
our lives. We cannot very well estimate
the debt which we owe to the medical
men,
The formal address of the morning was
the short Presidents speech by Or. Lord,
in which he welcomed the visiting delegates
to Omaha, told Of the plans and ambitions
OF the organizations and expressed the
general hope for a successful year to come.
The afternoon session. beginning at 1870,
was devoted to the formal opening cere-
monies and the beginning of the technical
sections. The converting officer was Dr. l..
B. Cushman of Omaha and an address of
welcome by DIR. lie Roy drummer. In re-
plying to this DIR. f. A. Long of Madison,
former president OF the organization, took
the opportunity Of chiding gently. the spe-
cialists of the city who are more or less
prone to look down upon the country
practitioner. He said:
The origin Of the specialist is as interest
ing to trace as the origin of the species. A
specialist was originally a country doctor
who failed to make a living as a general
practitioner, or he is the son of his father
who so failed. The Omaha profession is a
loving and lovable profession; II is said
that they love the country doctor more,
not that they love one another less. The
country doctor may regret that professional
Fellowship in his community lacks a GER
tam zest, but his field Is an elyssium,
though he know Il not
We ARE told that one class Of Omaha spe-
cialistS work on fifty per cent basis, while
another class fixes the feet at 15ONper cent
OF its par value and pocket il all The
Principles OF Ethics govern you see!
The eternal medicine doctors, the intern
lists, dermatologists and neurologists true
TO therapeutic tradition and the teachings
OF ahe council OF chemistry and pharmacy
OF the American Medical association, are
wont to fling at the more or less terrified
rural practitioner, who timorously consults
them, we'll known standard and accepted
pharmaceuticals, of which melachel, storz'
extract and Peaher's Bromides are shin
ing examples.
1t augurs much that no village or second
class city pharamist can fill an Omaha doc
tors prescriptions. IL not percnance couched
in rare and forbiddihg chiregraphy, such
prescription calls for a proprietary so rare,
ana hence unobtainable at home. as to duly
Impress the patient with the idea THAT ne
is to- have something beyond st1ies ken of
both his family physician and his pharma-
cist, and so the prescription as Returned to
OmHha to be filled. fNesaA
But, with all your eccentricfties, we still
ike you. We like you so WE'LL that for
years We have sent you our best cases and
We have so impressed our respective com
munlties with your wisdom and your skill.
ana our own shortcomings, that the dear
people are beginning to flock to you and
to your hospitals, without our knowledge.
comparison of hospital facilities pub
nshed in last months Western Medical
Review you may have read II, although
most OF us do not read our own journal),
shows that Omaha has more hospital beds
than Kansas City, Denver St. Paul or
Minneapolis, with double the population.
t IN direct manner you have paid for these
at large and our patients have contributed
the money, And here is where 1 wish YOU
to take me seriously. for I do hope to
. The. time Is at hand for the establishment
Of hospitals in the smaller communities,
BY the communities, or By the communities
believe. an open secret that private hos,
pitfalls In the smaller communities with
rare exceptions. do not pay. .5.F
The technical lectures OF the afternoon
B. Adams. J! M. Mayhem. DC Hilton and
we're scheduled to include papers on a
number OF important diseases with discus
sions by other members Of the association.
In the medical section DR.. f. A. Butler of
Harvard was on the program for a paper
upon the profession OF medicine as a calling
and number of physicians united I'm an
exhaustive symposium upon cancer. Other
papers in the surgical section were by Drs.
w. II. Mick, James M Patton, b. B. Davis.
X r. HOLSTER, B. A. McDermott and H.
b. Lemere OF Omaha; A. r. Mitchell and
David G. Hilton of Lincoln, b. r. Nc
Grath. A. H. Farnsworth and L. PheIan q
Grand Island, George Haslam of Fremont
and w. r. Peters OF Stanton. In the medi-
cal section the papers and contributions to
the discussions were by Harry L. Akin and
w. T. MilrOy Of Omaha, F.. A. Butler OF
Harvard J. II. Maekay OF Norfolk. and r.
H. H. Everett Of Lincoln