The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-17
DOCTORS HOLDING
ANNUAL MEETING
Sixty-Fourth Session OF American
Medical Association
Convcncs.
"QUACKERY" is DEPlORED
Members OF Organization Divided
on Secret Division
OF Fees.
"oUACKERY" IS DEPLoRED

| Minneapolis. Mimi. juno ls.-The
sixty-fourtn annual session OF the
American Medical Association openad
to-day with the first meeting of tho
House OF Delegates Or. Abraham
jacob, of New York presided The
being made to curtail IT," said the re
/ the main engineering building at the
/ University Of Minnesota
/ After the report OF the committee on
credentials and the organization Of the
House. the reports Of the officers were
presented. The membership of the as
sociation last year increa sed from "a
2s3 to 37,913, while the membership of
/ the fifty-two constituent associations
during tho year grew from 7o.o21 TO
1o.5$S. according 10 the report OF Sec
rotary DR.. Alexander Craig, Of Chi
cago.
There are c.ool component county So
cieties. organized In 2,96I counties in
the United States The report OF the
board Of trustees showed the business
OF the association 10 he in a prosper
Gus condition. Special attention was
given To the work OF the Journal Of the
American Medical Association in in
vestigating and exposing frauds and
nostrums.
anncIsery Regarded ms Serious.
The patent medicine business and
!
widespread that a world wide effort is
being made to curtain IT," said the re-
port.
representatives. fthe British gov
eminent have called on the American
Association to furnish data for use
in the invesiigatiou OF this subject
! by a British parliamentary committee.
/ Australia and South Africa have asked
4 for data on the same subject.
The principal subject covered by the
report OF the judicial council was it's
/ investigation OF the secret division OF
/ fees and the giving OF commissions by
surgeons and specialists. These
called evils exist. the council found. III
some sections OF the country. but not
/ in others.
In the Now England States and in
the South ii is not prevalent. but is
found most frequently in the large
! cities and the Central States. Seven
ty-seven per cent OF those question
regarding the practice considered It
I unjustifiablc. while 1910 per cent said
that II was justinable and $50 per
cent were doubtful
Council ON Health Reports.
The report o. the council on health
and public Instruction, presented by
Or. Henry r. favill. Of Chicago, chair
man, recommended the appointment Of
a standing committee on public edu-
cation in each State.
The press bulletin, according to the
report. has been continued through
this. its third year. and weekly bull
letin has been sent to approximately
5000 newspapers and other pubiica-
tons throughout the year. this mate
rial being increasingly used by the
newspaper publishers of the country.
There has been established at the head :
quarters OF the association in Chicago
laGI = fnr no
OF drafting laws and compiling authori-
ties and references for the bcnent of
those interested In public health legis-
lation.
The committee on the prevention of
blindness reported the prepa ra ton OF
a model address on the subject. with
l62 lantern slides to illustrate il, for
use in educating the public on the pre-
vention OF blindness. y model law for
consideration OF tho different State
Leg islaturcS has becn drafted.
Probing Mine Accidents.
The committee resuScitation is
preparing a report, which will shortly
be issued, setting forth the best meth
DDS OF resuscitation to be used in mine
accidents This committee is now
studying the hest method OF maintain
ing artificial respiration the causes of
mine accidents and their prevention
The number OF medical colleges
amounting TO loo in 1904, nearly one
half OF the worlds supply. has been
decreased TO ITO. mainly through the
merging OF small schools and the dis
appearance OF commercial medical col
leges
Marked improvement in medical col
leges has been followed by an equally
marked Improvement in the standards
Tor admission To the practice of medi-
cine In the different states" said tho
report of the council on medical edu-
cation.
DR.. George y. Kober, of Washington
chairman of the committee on Red
Cross work. reported that Red Cross
organizations for relief In times of
disaster had been organized in fifty
seven counties, In twcntyfour States
and that these committees were pre-
pared to undertake relief work at a
moments notice
Planning for Monument.
: Plans are being made to erect 9 suit
q bile monument 10 the army and navy
surgeons. both Northern and Southern,
who We're killed during the Civil War.
according 10 the report submitted by
Or. 5. Weir Mitchell. chairman of the
memorial committee.
DR. Isadore Dyer, OF New Orleans,
chairman Of the committee on the COM
pletion of the Panama Canal. recon-
ncnded THAT the association ask Con-
Gress to establish permanent monu-
ment in recognition OF the sanitary
work done In the Canal Zone. and that
this monument take the form of a
hospital FOR tropical diseases. either
in the Canal Zone or in the United
States.