The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-16
DOCTORS Will CLOSE
CONVENTION TODAY
Officers to Be Elected This Afternoon and
Next Meeting Place Chosen---An
Praise Hattiesburg.

The fifth annual meeting of the 1,
Southern Medical Association will !
come to close this evening with
meetings and concluding the pro
grams of the three sections, into
which the work j; divided, Surgery
Medicine and Op'thamology. The
general sessions were concluded this
afternoon with the election OF Off
GERS for the ensuing year and the Sc
lection Of meeting place for 1912.
A number Of the members and visi-
tors had departed for their homes and
the attendance at the general session
was not a5 large as or the Other days
of the meeting, hut interest in the
subjects discussed was Just rs keen
and those who remained over for tho
last day had the pleasure OF listening
to some of the very best papers Of the
entire session. Papers read at morn
ing session;
Or. Charles A. Mohr, of Mobile, read
splendid paper on the sanitation Of
Southern Cities"
important Factors in the Proplyl-
axis of Malaria Infection was the
subject of an interesting paper by
Cant. Charles F. Craig. L. s. A. OF
Washington, D. c.
"Medical Organization-Tts PhilCs
ophy and Objects" w. H. Sanders
Montgomery, La.
"The Menstrual and Pregnancy His
tory of 129 females in a Hookworn
Infected Factory Village" DR. c. w
Stiles, Washington. D. C. The papei
of Dr. Stiles wac one of the best reaC
during the session and was brim iul
of the most useful information nee
essar. 20 the successful eradication
of tac hoohworm, and abounded il
startling statistics gathered by him il
his vork in cotton factory VILLAGE.
"Rural Sanitation" by Dr. \ "
Freeman. O" Richmond. Va WAS al
other paper of the highest order aH
the speaker handled the subject j
such q convincing, mastery manne
that his audience gave him an ovi
tion when ho concluded. Dr. 'rr7'
man is one of the youngest member
in attendance. and his paper mark
him as one of the brightest lights
the profession.
"Dispensary Work in Mississippi
by Dr.. w. s. LeatherS of the Univers
ty of Mississippi. was of especial /
terest to Mississippians and shove
the progress made at the State Ur
versity in this work.
The session adjourned at 1 o'cloC
to meet again at 2:30 and finish Il
work coming before this general sc
sion of the association. On accou
of a number of papers being read tn
morning that were on the program
of the preceding days. but could n
be taken up in their order, the sc
sion was prolonged and the main bt
mess matters carried over to the
ternoon session. This adjourned 81
sion Of the last general session W
be one Of the most interesting
held as officers for the next year q
to be elected, the next meeting pla
selected and action taken on numf
of amendments and resolutions. 1t
be probably late in the afternoon
fore the business is finally wound
Growing out of the interest tax
in the many able papers and disc
sions bearing on the prevention
malaria and the suggestions made
its eradication, it is foregone G.
clusion that plans will be formula'
and resolutions adopted looking tc
co-operation between the governme
both national and state, and the C
eral boards of health and health
6cers, for the establishing OF &C