The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-11

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Papers describing various method,
" treatment OF tuberculosis were read
/ by ]. j. LLOYD. OF Catawba sanatorium,
! T. p. Minor, of Asheville. and NJ. r.
i-apham, of Highlands " C.. afte,
! winch general discussion on all pa.
/ pcrs was had. The Joint session ad.
iourned until 1850 this morning. wher
symposiums on other diseases will b,
taken up.
B The section on public health viii
! this morning in separate session dis
cuss the hookworm disease and pei.
> iaRrn. and this afternoon. with tn,
section on medicine, Will discuss ma
,aria. Surgeon General w. C. Gorsas
y. :. A., the man who made the Pan.
anna Canal Zone healthful, will have
an important part IN this discussion
j. Medical Women Elect.
shortly after adjournment of the
Joint session the Association OF South
ern Medical Women held its second
/ animal business meeting in the salon
Officers were elected as follows: Pres
ldent. DIR. Mary f. f.aphan. of High
! lan6s, y. c.: vice-president, DR. Mary
Parsons, OF Washington. ID. g., and
secretary treasurer. DR.. l.. Rosa II.
CAN'T, Of Spartanburg, s. G.
The final session OF this association
private dining-room of the Jefferson.
where the annual banquet will be had
and various committees for the com
ing year will he named.
In the palm room the section on
surgery assembled at gao yesterday
afternoon with Dr. p c. Perry of
Jacksonville. In the chair. The feat4
ure Of the afternoons discussions was
that ON the application uf methods
used I'm military surgery tn general
surgical practice. 1t was shown that
in many cases military surgery can
be applied with greater success than
the methods common to the civilian
surgeon
Military Surgery Valuable.
Leading this discussion was pg
Joseph Colt Bloodgood Of. Baltimore
a civilian surgeon He spoke strongly
IN favor of the application of some
Of the methods OF military surgeons TO
many of the more common cases, es
peeislly In the earlier treatment Of
various sorts of wounds. and advocated
q study OF military surgery. declaring
II would he found helpful ia the treat
ment Of many cases. Dr. Floodeood
also told Of aiding the organization
recently in London OF nursing corps
for the European war.
Surgeon General GorRRS followed.
telling of the methods used at Santiago
when the army surgeons found them
selves without necessary equipment
and had 70 improvise equipment in the
emergency. The resourcefnlness of the
military surgeon at such times. he
showed WAS little short Of remarka-
BILE.
Colonel Charles Richard, OF the
United states Army. gave considera-
tion in his address 10 the Transports
ton Of wounded. and explained why
unusual care must be taken. even in
giving emergency treatment to The in
jured. who have tn be removed in some
manner from one poipt to another
Other speakers during the afternoon
were Or. =, G, Perry, Jacksonville;
LeGrand Query. of Columbia. 5, G.: b.
~ Bernheim. OF Baltimore George IT,
Tyler. of Greenville. S. C.; stuart Nc
CURE. of this city: William Kohltnann.
OF New orleans. and Drs Richardson
and Novek. Baltimore. and pr Griffith,
of Asheviile.
Diseases of the Eye.
The section on surgery viii open its
session this morning with an address
by Or. George Ben Johnston and DIR.
s w Budd, of Richmond on "Tetany
Following Partial Thyroidectomy."
Speakers on trachomR. some Of whom
tDIH tf HIS pfGNtitittt lt''' '3+ "a Nii - III
the mountain sections of the south
while others told Of efforts being made
to reduce it, were heard at the sec
tion on opthaluoIoEy, ThtnologY. oto-
logy and LaryuRnlogy. whose sessions
we're held in room sac. Among those
heard were Homer Dupuy, of New Or
leans c. II. pufour. Of Washington;
j. White. and Clifton NJ Miller of
Richmond: ]. A. Stucky. of Lexington.
lE,V1
Iervey. Of Greenvllle. s. G. n w.
Bledsoc. of Covington, Ky; Dudley S.
REYNOLDS, of Louisville; r W. Moore
IF Huntingdon, w. Va; Ashton Elanch-
ard ot Shreveport. La, and ]. y. Blue,
OF Memphis. Tenn.
Meetings Of sections will continue
through today arid tomorrow morning.
The convention Will conclude Thurs
Gns uoon With the election Of OH
GERS.
The Association Welcomed.
q Tho convention was opened yesterday
morning ia the auditorium OF the JEFF
ferson with the welcoming addresses,
The annual address of the president,
the responses and reports Of councillors
and tue secretary treasurer, More
than 55d physicians. members Of III"
association. we're registered and most
Of these were IN the auditorium when
Dr sicGuire Newton. chairman of the
local committee, called DIR. Stuart Me
Guire, president OF the association, TO
the chair and presented Rev. Russell
Bowie rector Of ST. PauFs Church W no
pronounced the Invocation.
Lieutenant Governor J. Taylor ELY
SOP. on behalf of the state of Nir-
ginia: Mayor George Atnsle, for the
city of Richmond and DR., Joseph a.
White, speaking or the medical pro-