The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-20
Presidents Annual Address - Sets
Hiuh Standard for the Profes-
fession - Papers on Impor-
tant Subject Read-Commis-
sion of Pellasra, Tuber-
cuIosis and Cancer
Appointed.

Special TO the GLOBE:
Columbia, Tenn, June 1S.-The an
nual session of the Volunteer State
Medical Association opened here this
morning at the Mt. Lebanon Baptist
Church, Rev. B. l.. Ivory, ID. d., pas
tor. DR.. Kittrell, of Memphis, the
president of the association, called
the meeting to order and asked DR..
S. S. Caruthers, of Nashville, to lead
the singing. DR.. A. Nj. Townsend, of
Nashville, presided at the organ. The
association Joined in singing "All hail
the power of Jesus name. Prayer
was offered by Rev. DR.. S. Collier,
pastor of Mt. Tabor Presbyterian
Church. Stand up, stand up Tor
Jesus" was sung. The president an
nounced that he deemed it fitting at
that juncture that a short memorial
service be held in cOmmemoration
of the late DR.. r. F. Boyd, who was
the founder of the association. Dr.
Caruthers sang Asleep In Jesus"
Rev. DR.. G. W. Bugg, of Nashville,
offered prayer. The association sang
Nearer my God to Thee" Drs. j. T.
Phillips, ]. A. Lester, c. V. Roman,
C. o. Hunter, M. V. Boutte, G. h.
Bandy, A. NJ. Townsend, B. F. Davis,
j. H. Hale and l.. E. Martin made
short talks on the life of DR.. Boyd.
The expressions were in the highest
praise of the deceased. Many OF the
delegates were moved to tears as the
noble character of the deceased was
eulogized. The memorial service
closed with singing Life is like a
mountain railroad" the song that DR..
Hunter, of Columbia, said DR.. Boyd
sang all the way from Mckenzie to
Nashville on the return from the meet
ing of the Grand Court of Calanthe
which he attended just a few days be-
fore his death.
After the reading and adoption of
the minutes, by consent OF the asso-
citation DR.. A. Crookshank, of Fay
etteville, was permitted to exhibit a
case of Pellagra.
The following visitors were intro
duced: Prof. w. j. Johnson, president
of Roger Williams University; Rev.
D. S. Collier, pastor Presbyterian
Church; Rev. Riley, Sergeant Flem-
ing, Mr.. Armstrong, Miss c. f. john
son, teacher Of the High School, Mr..
]. B. Webster, a retired soldier; Miss
Williams, a trained nurse; Miss Bes-
sic Patton, of Memphis; Mr.. j. j. Lay,
photographer of Nashville, and Rev.
Chain.
DR.. NJ. V. Boutte of Nashville, vice
president took the chair and present
ed the president, who read his an
nual address. The address in full was
as follows
Fellows of the State Medical Dental
and Pharmaceutical Society;
The pages of history are written
large with lessons of how nation after
nation has fallen through physical de-
generation and all its attendant evils
consequent upon the ignoring of laws,
which are today called the simple
laws of health. The only difference
between these people Of earlier times
and ourselves is that they knew not
these laws, and therefore needed
them not, while we of today
know but do not observe them.
Upon every hand there is evil
dence that we are in many respects
following in their footsteps, and as a
proof of this it is not necessary for
us to go to the older and more en-
lightened states. 1t is to be found
abundantly in the midsJ of our own
Volunteer State. While physical de-
fects and their attendant social evil,
are in evidence i'm the rising genera
ton even of this broad city in which
we meet today, In plain words we
are not observing the simple laws Of
hygiene, and posterity will have to
suffer the consequences. Fortunate 1t
is that during the past three quarters
of a century there has gradually
evolved from the science of medicine
and the science of hygiene. The
former has been mainly curative Of
disease, while the latter has for its
object the prevention Of disease, the
elongation of life, the putting off of
death until the last possible moment;
thus perfectine mans environment so
that his powers of vital resistance
may not be weakened by the troubles
Of disease reducing organism.
In the evolution of the science Of
hygiene the thoughts and minds of
the members of the Medical profes-