The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-29
DR.. BROWN
ELECTED PRES.
FIFTEENTH SESSION OF NATIONAL
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CLOSES
Opened Tuesday Morning Nearly
Three Hundred Delegates At
tended-Expert Surgeons
Perform Operations
Smoker at Greenwood
Park-Banquet Meharry.

National Medical Association was
called to order Tuesday morning in
the Meharry Auditorium at 10 o'clock
by DR.. c. V. Roman, chairman of the
Local Committee, who, after the
usual preliminaries, registration Of
members and the reading of the min
utes of the closing session of the
fourteenth annual meeting, intrOduc-
ed DR.. j. A. Kenney, President of the
Association, to deliver his annual ad-
dress.
The address of President Kenney
was an able document and gave q
general review of the work Of the
Negro physicians in this country.
1t showed that the president had
given a deal of study to the subject.
The keynote of the address was the
stress put on the preparation the
doctor should have. President Ken
ney is strongly opposed to anyone
taking up the study of medicine who
has not had thorough literary train
ing; he is strong advocate of the
learned doctor. The address was well
received by the members Of the As
sociation. At the close of the ad-
dress, and the completion Of un-
finished business the appointment of
committees, report Of the Executive
Board and other matters, the session
adjourned for dinner.
Previous to the meeting of the
| Association, the first clinic was held
in the Hubbard Hospital. DR.. Stew
art announced Monday night that
this early start would be made, as
there was so much work to be done
The prominent surgeons at this
meeting are DR.. G. A. Terrell, oi
Memphis, who operates the Negro
Baptist Hospital, of which he is sur
geon-in-chief. Dr. Terrell ranks
among the leading surgeons Of thu
country. Drs. Stewart Mcmillan
and Hale, Of Nashville; DR.. Bert
of Clarksville; DR.. Brown, Of Bir
mingham; DR.. Penn, Of Atlanta; DR.
Wilson, who was at one time pro
prietor and surgeon-in-chief at VIII
sons Infirmary of this city, but wht
Is now surgeon-in-chief of Collin
Hospital in Memphis; DR.. Perry, o
Kansas City, Mo-, these and man!
other prominent physicians conSti
tuted the staff of operative surgeons
DR.. Dan Williams, of Chicago, wht
is recognized among the foremos
surgeons, Is performing seem Of tht
most difficult operations.
DR.. Burt, of ClarksVille, was called
to Columbia Tuesday night in con
I sultation with DR.. Scott on the cas-
Of Mr.. Moten, the undertaken at tha
place. He returned in time how
ever, to assist DR.. Dan Williams II
the operation Wednesday morning.
large number of cases were treated
at this meeting, among them beinl
some Of the most dificult operative
cases. Several of the doctors whC
are attending this meeting have well
equipped infirmaries and hospitals
and the practical benefit they derive
therefrom is clearly evidenced by thu
successful operations they have per
formed.
Tuesday night at Spruce STREE
Baptist Church the public welcome
was held. Mayor H. e. Howse was
a visitor and made a short address
He assured the delegates that every
citizen of this city would do every
thing in their power to make theil
stay here both pleasant and profita
BILE. His Honor asked to be excused
to make another engagement. Tht
welcome addresses by the othel
speakers were all timely. The re
sponses by Drs. e. T. Belsaw, of Mo
bile, Ala, and DR.. w. F. Penn, o.
Atlanta, were well delivered and wei
in thought. DR.. Penn, however, tool
advantage of the occasion to say
some practical things to the peoplc
as a whole; he put special stress
upon high attainments and said thai
if the Negroes of this country would
give to the Negro doctors their jus
due that in a short while the Negro
physicians in this country will b.
able to compete in every way witt
the physicins Of other races. HI
urged the members Of teh session t
make special efforts to attain the
great things in order that the youns
men who will enter the profession il
years to come may have an inspira
tion to strive to even greater at
tainments. DR.. Penn urged the peo
pie to be ambitious, strive to reacf
the highest claim in civilization, for
sair he, race that becomes satisfied
ceases to make progress, but race
that is always looking for some new
achievements to attain would alway
find new fields of operation. As al
illustration he cited the new Odt
Fellow Building that had recentl!
been erected in Atlanta at cos
of over a hundred thousand dollars
and called attention to a proposed fif
ty thousand dollar auditorium tina
would be erected in the near futurI
in the same city. Dr. Pen nspok
with much force and earnestness
and though the hour was late whe1
he began speaking. the people nevel
wearied Of his sound common sens
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