Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
DR.. Finney Elected President.

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DR.. Finney Elected President.
| ]. M. #. F1nney of Baltimore was
chosen President. The vice presidents
elected were ]. T. Thompson of Galveston
and w. P. Carr of this city. The in
| cumbent secretary, W. D. Haggard of
Nashville, and Treasurer w. S. Gold
smith of Atlanta, were reelected.
The next annual session of the associa-
| ton will be held at Old Point Comfort.
DIR. Lomax Gwathmey of Norfolk was
designated as chairman of the commit
| tee of arrangements
The vacancy on the executive council
caused by the expiration of the term of
George Ben Johnston of Richmond was
| filled by the appointment of Rudolph Ma
tas, retiring president
Ferdinand Herff of San Antonio, one of
| the founders of the association, and now
ninety-one years of age. was retired from
| the active list and made an honorary
member. The resignation of george S.
Brown of Birmingham was accepted.
These vacancies, with six others caused
by death. were filled by the election of
the following applicants for membership:
William G. Borden of Washington, John
7. Moore of Houston, T. P. Warning of
Savannah. Alexius McGlannan of Balti-
| more, Henry Norris of Rutherfordton, N.
c.; Carroll w. Allen of New Orleans, Ed
| ward P. Hogan of Birmingham and Fran
els Rider of st. Louis.
The retiring president, DR.. Matas, was
host at luncheon to the members of the
| association assembled at the session.
The luncheon and reception followed the
| morning session, and was given in the
Shoreham Hotel.
The ladies of the party spent the day
| In an excursion to Mount Vernon.
Program of Today's Sessions.
The Washington meeting will close with
this afternoons session. Those who read
papers this morning were Dr. j. f. Can
| nady, Charleston, w. Va; DR.. Hugh H.
Young, Baltimore, Md: DR.. Joseph Ran
sohoff. Cincinnati. Ohio; DIR. Guy l.. Hun
ner, Baltimore, Md; DIR. George H. Noble,
| Atlanta, Ga Dr. Howard A. Kelly, Bal
timore, Md. and DR.. T. P. Whaley,
Charleston, S. c.
Those who will be heard this afternoon
are: DR.. Thomas S. Cullen. Baltimore.
Md; DIR. Michael Hoke,. Atlanta, Ga; DR..
Harvey Gushing, Baltimore. Md; DR.. Fl.
Il o. Marcy. Boston, Mass; DIR. j. NJ.
Mason, Birmingham, Ala; DR. Charles r.
| Jones. Atlanta, Ga; DR.. Samuel Lloyd,
New York, n. Y; DR.. Southgate Leigh,
Norfolk. Va.
Fee Splitting Denounced.
Fee-spIitting between the family ply
S1Cldn anu lne Specialist Vas
by DR.. G. A. l.. Reed of Cincinnati,
speaking at the smoker given to the as
ISOLATION last night in the Shoreham Ho-
tel
DIR. Reed has uncovered the prevalence
of the practice in many parts of the
United States. Although Overtures are
usually from the general practitioner of
medicine, he finds that the consultant
specialist often makes the first sugges-
ton for dividing fees. Many hospitals
and drug stores are manipulated in the
interest Of the unethical physician, he
recorded.
This is not merely hypocrisy in dollars
and cents but is in many cases a form
Of manslaughter, asserted DIR. Reed.
He cited many instances, among others
one in which the family physician sug-
gested an operation for cancer on a
wealthy patient who had no such trouble;
1.-The Cinematngraph as an Aid to Medi-
cal Education and Research was the
title of a lecture by DR.. Rudolph Matas.
president of the association, illustrated
with motion pictures. He predicted that
history would be taught in the public
schools within fifty years by means Of
motion pictures.
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