The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-03
MARION COUNTY MEDICAL
SOC|ETY'S ANNUAL MEETING
Interesting Session Held L asst Evening at Marion Hos
pital-Dr. A. Rhu, Retiri ng President Grads Inter
esting Address-Dr Young, New President, Too Ill to
be Present-Many Physic ians and Their Guests Are
Present.

The members Of the Marion County
Medical association held their regular
meeting last evening and for the oc-
casion DR.. Lower invited the members
and their wives and about forty cou-
! les to his hospital, which is known
ac the Marion city hospital.
Sixty guests, including the doctors
and number of representative Mar
ion people responded to the invitation.
The large reception room and wide
han which extends through the CEN
ter of the hospital. dividing it in col
onal fashion. was prettily decorated
for the occasion. Red and green
streamers canopied the room and hall
and were caught to the chandeliers
with bright red bells one pretty cor
ner Of the reception room was banked
with palms and ferns and screened off
with red and green streamers, making
n pretty little room. Here the doc
tors received their guests, those re-
coiving including DR.. II. j. Lower. DR..
A. Rhu. DR.. ID. o. Weeks, DR.. II. G. NJ.
Lewis, Dr. T.. O. Richardson.
DIR. A. Rhu, retiring president pre-
sided over the meeting and made the
ftst address Of the evening.
DIR. Rhu's Address.
Or. Rhu spoke In part as follows:
At the close OF another year, we
may we'll occupy ourselves for few
moments concerning retrospective
view of things that have taken place
In our Medical Society; primarily my
desire is to express the highest appre-
ciation and thanks. to one and all Of
our faithful doctors, who attended
our meetings, extended even to those
conspicuous by their absence, whom.
by the way, have lost much that was
Of inestimable value to them. We
accomplished much during the past
year, first, the small iealousles were
effaced for all time. by coming to our
meetings we got acquainted, so to
speak; our openings were character
lied for a few moments i'm hearty
handshakes. and looking each other
in the face. and by the second meet
ing we began to know each other and
find out what a really charming and
generous set of fellows the doctors
were. After that II was easy sailing,
good attendance and geniality were
on the upward trend, quite noticeable
to each one Of u.s.
When opportunity brought this So
ciety to managed the late meeting of
the North Western Ohio Medical AS
sociaton in our city last September
18th and 14rh, we worked together
harmoniously, efficiently and e'en
peaceably. hence history tells us that
we had the greatest medical meeting
IN Marion. one never eXcelled by any
other town or city i'm this great com
monwealth of Ohio Drs. John B.
Murphy of Chicago, and George w.
Grille, of Cleveland, Ohio. world fa-
nous medical men, cheerfully came
TO this meeting and even said, mo
place on earth have We had such a
valuable and enjoyable time" further
they viii be ready to come back at
any time, even now have the promise
Of some of the greatest surgeons OF
our land and medical men as well,
willing to come to Marion during the
coming winter and give us demonstra-
tions and lectures. whenever I'VE are
ready to call them, without money
without price.
The method of clinical lectures by
our own doctors and the general dis
cussion Of cases presented. was Of in
calcuable value and interest, a fea-
ture serving to bring out the best ef-
forts OF our doctors and demonstrate
up-to-date treatment, and were ever
pleasing and highly instructive TO all
of u.s. To my way of reasoning
would, in a friendly way, present a
criticism, always remembering, that
without criticism there can be no
progress i'm the world" namely
when in the near future, you should
meet with foreign terms, e. Ger
man, French. Italian and Spanish
words, look them up and find the cor
rect pronunciation. As Americans, we
neglect this part as essential. but
would II not be worth your while to
actually make II a study during the
coming winter. and become somewhat
more perfect in the pronunciation OF
foreign technical terms? Every pro-
fessional man in addition to his voca-
ton, should busy himself with an ayo-
cation as well, /. emusic, lhera-
ture, language. science or law, etc.
this would help 10 round you out into
a broader citizenship, give you a
higher concept of your own ethics.
Medical Ethics.
Concerning WHICH we must cal