The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-19
CUNNINGHAM MAKES
INTERESTING SPEECH
TO THE MEDICAL MEN
Birmingham Man Addresses
Conference at Lexington.
WOman's Auxiliary As
sOciatiOn Is Formed

Lexington, Ky. November 1S.-The AS
sociation of Southern Medical Women
dedicated to the furtheranee of public
health campaigns in the south. and the
bringing of its members into closer SYM
pathy, was inaugurated here today as an
auxiliary to the Southern Medical as
sociation. DR. Lillian II. South of Bowl
ing Green, KY. wns chosen as the first
president, and DR.. l.. Rose S. Grentt of
Spartanburg, S. C, as secretary treasurer
membership committee includes, with
these officers, DIR. Stella c. Martinson OF
GRANVILLE, Tenn; DR.. Lydia L. Poage,
Paris, Ky; and DR.. Josephine d. Hunt
of this city The association will meet
annually in conjunction with the Southern
Medical association
Medical Papers Read
Chief interest at today's session of the
Medical association attached TO the sec
ton on medicine, where papers, largely
technical, were read ON the diseases OF
children, cerebro-spinal meningitis an6
other subjects. An address of much gen.
erai interest was delivered in the after
noon by former Gov. r. NJ. Cunningham
of Alabama. He declared that the pur-
pose of the association was to raise uT
teachers to educate the people to care for
their own bodies,' Notwithstanding that
in doing so they would be curtailing theiI
own revenues. He characterized the ply
sicians' task as philanthropic, patriotic
and altruistic. DIR. Cunningham also de
livered a temperance address today to 50t
High school students.
Dr. Linnaeus e. Fafotra, associate pro-
fessor on diseases of children at Column
bia university, and visiting pediatrist OF
Bellevue hospital, New York, urged the
general practitioner of medicine to take
up more extensively the study of pedi-
atrics, that branch of medical science
which deals with diseases of children
He commented on the great improvement
in the general health of babies since
the widespread campaign to secure pure
milk for them began to be effective.
Treatment of Meningitis
The methods employed by the Kentucky
state board of health in the treatment OF
meningitis were described in detail by
DR.. Arthur I. Mccormack and DIR. Lillian
South of Bowling Green, Ky. DR.. Ira
w. Robinson of Dustin, Okla, cautioned
against the use of cocaine in the treat
ment of meningitis because of the danger
of infection from it's use.
The establishment of temporary or i'm
provised hospitals for the treatment OF
meningitis victims was advocated by DIR.
r. II. Won Esedorf of Mobile, Ala. He
said it was impossible, especially in south
ern communities where there We're large
negro populations, to obtain the proper
and necessary sanitary conditions III
homes to treat the disease successfully.
Dr. w. A. Bryan of Nashville, Tenn
presided over meeting of surgeons, who
listened to papers on various aspects ni
surgical research and discovery The pa
pers in the surgery section were purely
technical
An organizat tion of the railway sur
geons, who are affiliated with the paren
association, will be effected tomorrow.
Among those who read papers before
the several sections today were Dr.. J.
w. Galloway, Asheville, N. c.; DR.. James
A. .Atlee, Chattanooga, Tenn; DR., 10
seph Graham, Durham, N. c.; DR.. Dun
can Eve Nashville Tenn; DIR. w. NJ
McCabe, Nashville, Tenn; Dr. James d
Love, Jacksonville, Fla; Dr.. w. A. Mul
herin, Augusta, Ca; and DR.. l.. w
Elias, Aasheville, N. C.