Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-11-07
AN IMPORTANT MEETING.

IN VI viz LAW
The meeting OF the Southern Medical
Association at Jacksonville. Fla, on the
l.. IL and II OF This month is an event
that has an important bearing upon the
welfare OF thousands of people besides
the large number of members Of that or
ganiZation.
Many sensible people fail to realize
chat we must rely upon the medical pro
~fession. not only to protect the health
and lives of the community. but also to
make it possible to induce desirable peo-
pie to settle among us and thus maiIi-
tain or advance the value of our real
estate in town and country and help
support our schools and colleges.
No Northern homesccker of good char
acter and condition, coming south to
escape the icy blasts that shiver through
half the year, is going TO select for his
earthly Eden a neighborhood %exsangtin-
ated by hookworm or malaria.
A clean bill of health is the most val
liable attribute any real estate agent
can claim for the territory wherein he
generates. and il is to organized medicine
we must look for vindlcaiion from the
evil reputation 50 often meritcd in past
wears.
The Southern Medical Association. a
product of Southern develop
IN III. has devoted itself and its immense
energy and abilities to the solving Of
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first for the causes of things, then for
their remedy. and finally for the wiGe
distribution of the valuable and prac-
teal information obtained To this end
many of the ablest men in the profession
Of medicine will assemble ut Jackson
Vile.
A glance over the program. at the well
known names and at the subjects to be
discussed will convince the most indif-
ferent of the Importance of the occasion.
1t is of course impossible to reproduce
the program here but a few items may
be mentioned. Among The subjects for
study are malaria. hookworm disease.
p~cllagra. bubonic plague. polimyelitis,
etc. AS for the men on the list they rep
resent the medical profession at its
best. Each Southern state and the Dis
trict of Columbia send famous doctors.
The great American Medical Associa
tica has Il president from Tennessee
this year. Dir. j. a. Witherspoon, and
he will he there. John Hopkins Uniyer-
sity lends Lewellyn L. Barker; from
Virginia comes Stewart Mcclure:
Louisiana sends IL brilliant galaxy in
which the names of Isadorc Dyer, G. G.
Bass and Oscar Bowling shine attrac-
lively. OF course Florida has her Hem
son. her Love. Porter. Byrd and scores
Of others az well as President Jackson.
Finally the national government mods
approval by allowing Surgeon General
Blue. Assistant Surgeon General Ruck-
er. the learned LavindcR. the philan-
thropist. Stiles and the geniel Won
Ezdorf with other famous medical Of
ficcrs Of the United States public health
service to participate and the United
states army will send Craig Of malarial
fame. Arkansas will have Deadrick,
another recognized authority on malaria
and All Of the other fourteen Southern
states will be equally well represented.
a delightful feature of the meeting 10
.phvSicianS viii be the alumni reunions
OF Tulane. John Hopkins. University Of
Virginia and other leading medical
colleges.
Taking into consideration the above,
together with the really munificent
nlanS for social entertainment by the
.IarkscHvilic profession and the favor
ablc railroad rates. the combinal@atl
tracticns seem irresistible.
For their own improvement and pleas
ure and for the public benefit il does
seem il duty for our physicians TO be-
come identified with the Sontllcrn Medi.
cal Association and attend the jackson
Vile meeting. which it is claimed will
be the greatest gathering of medical
men ever assembled in the South.
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