Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08
TR|ENN|AL CONGRESS
CLOSES WITH BANQUET
Final Sessions of Constituent
Bodies of Physicians and
Surgeons Today.

The ninth triennial session Of the
Congress Of American Physicians and
Surgeons came to a close last nigh
with banquet and smoker at the New
Willard, at which several hundred
visiting medical men and surgeon
were present.
DIR. Llewellyn II. Barker of Balti
| more, president OF the American As
ISOLATION of Physicians and a vic,
president OF the congress. acted al
toastmaSter. A number of short talk.
were made by the delegates to the
congress in attendance.
The final session of the American
genealogical Society. was held thf.
morning, papers being presented or
subjects touching the particular
branch Of the healing art with which
the delegates have to deal The Ameri.
can Surgical Association, meeting a,
the New National Museum, held its
closing session, the papers partakine
OF the nature Of a symposium on can
Ger and allied diseases.
DR.. William J. Mayo, the noted sur
geon of Rochester, Mimi, was to have
read paper on surgery of the pan
creas. but was unavoidably detained
his paper being presented by his
brother, DR. Charles H Mayo who also
operation on the bladder. DIR. James
r. Mitchell Of this city presented a
paper on THE Surgical Aspects OF
Purpura.
Phases of tuberculosis Discussed.
The American Climatological Associa-
ton held it's closing session at the New
Willard today. number of papers being
read, while others were presented by
title, to be included in the published pro-
ceedings of the meeting.
DR.. James NJ. Andres of Philadelphia
read a paper on the part taken by physi-
cal exercise in the open air in the treat
ment or prevention of tuberculosis, and
DIR. William c. White Of Pittsburgh. an
authority>on the subject, discussed the in
fiuence Of heavy smoke on acute and
chronic lung affections: number OF
rious phases of tuberculosis were present
ed at the session.
The Association Of American Physi-
clans completed its sessions today with
series Of papers on the human circu-
latory apparatus. the respiratory appa-
ratus and the bones and joints OF the
human frame Many Of the papers We're
illustrated with lantern slides or picked
specimens.
Orthopedic Association at noon today
closed the annual session Of this organ
fzation. the meeting following morning
program Of papers on such subjects as
.sOsfeOmyelitiS at the SacrO-iliac Joint,
with Gas Bacillus Infection" by DR..
sydney NJ. Cone of Baltimore.
Papers on Bacteria Life.
The closing session Of the American As
ISOLATION Of Pathologists and Bacteriolo-
yists. at the Cosmos Club, listened to a
morning and afternoon program OF papers
and lectures on some OF the most abb
struse propositions in modern preventive
and diagnostic medicine and surgery. the
titles of papers being enough to cause the
lavman to wonder how even one single
human being can continue to live when
such things as these scientists discussed
are apparently lying in wait for man.
kind at every point along LIES pathway.
..Cytoplastic Changes in Lymph Fol-
licles with Special Reference to Those
i'm the Appendix" by DIR. .. {. Gruner
of Montreal, and THE Actinomyces-like
Granules in the Tonsils." by DR.. David
T. Davis of Chicago, We're among the
subjects presented, TO say nothing of mat
ter-of-fact descriptions of cases of Eek
detrimental pneumonia and expert
mental typhoid.
The American Society of Tropical Medi-
cine also held it's closing session today
at the Hotel Bellevue. at which DR.. Bailey
X Ashford read a paper on "sprue,
tropical fever common
ment Of the disease.