The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15
ADDITIONAL PHYSICIANS
ARRIVE FOR CONVENTION
Fifth Annual Meeting of Southern Medical
Association Grows Better and Better
Features Of Surprising Excellence.

The second day Of the Southern
Medical Association continued to mark
this annual meeting as the most sue
cessful in its history, with a magnili-
cent attendance of the representa-
tive surgeons and physicians of the
southland an attendance that meets
present and interest and enthusiasm
manifested in the general meetings,
technical lectures in the different sec
tions and enjoyment of the social af-
fairs.
Promptly at eleven o'clock this fore
noon the second general meeting was
called to order in the Auditorium with
probably an attendance of physicians
three times as large as on yesterday
The principal feature of the mornings
session. and one that aroused the
members to high state of enthusiasm
was the reading of the eloquent address
of the able president, DR.. Isadore Dy-
er, of New Orleans. DR.. Dyer stands
at the head of the profession in the
south, and has been moving spirit
in the Southern Medical Association.
If much was expected of him in his
annual address he gave no member or
hearer cause for disappointment, The
address was a gem, a classic, and de-
livered with an earnestness and elo-
quencc that must have convinced the
members of the association that his
selection for the important post at the
last meeting was a most wise one.
The address was literally punctuated
throughout without applause and the
speaker was given an ovation when he
concluded
The suggestion that all pressure be
broueht to bear on the state of Mis-
sissippi to put a stop to the practice
of allowing undergraduates to secure
licenses for the practice of medicine
met with a hearty response from the
aHdieoce, indicating that the associa-
tion as a body is strongly opposed to
the .'jle prevailing in this state. The
many suggestions and recommends
tions of the president, which he
thought should be adopted at this
meeting were all received with enthu-
siasm
Health Car" A Benefit.
One of the most interesting features
of the Southern Medical Association
and one that is attracting a great deal
of attention from the visiting physi-
= us and the citizens is the famous
,alth Car" of the Louisiana State
rd of Health, which is here in
charge of the President of the board
DR.. Oscar Bowling. The presence of
the car here will be of untold bene-
fit to the members of the association
who visit it and have the work ex-
planned by DR.. Dowlins's able assist
ants.
This car is only one Of several that
the Louisiana State Board of Health
has been using in its train, which has
gone over that state and even into
other states of the west on a mission
of education and proper sanitation
looking to the prevention of contagi-
GUS diseases. The work of DR.. Dowl-
ing and his board has attracted ma.
tional attention and the amount OF
good resulting from he campaign is
incalculable. 1t is thoroughly equipped
with exhibits pertaining to sanitation
and health in general.
The car is on the side tracks of the
y. O. & n. E. railroad on Main street
and is open for the inspection of the
doctors, citizens of Hattiesburg and
the school children especially. A
cordial invitation is extended all OF
these to call and inspect the car and
ask any questions relative to the work
All information will be cheerfully Civ
en- and the citizens of Hattiesburg
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