Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-30
Officers Appear Before Men,
bers of Medical Society
Of Virginia.
SICKNESS AND DEATH
LOWERED AT VERA CRUZ
Maj. Lyster Tells of Activities Dur
ing U. S. Occupation of
Mexican Port.

The sanitary work done by United
States Army officers at Vera Cruz was
explained to the delegates to the forty
fifth annual convention of the Medical
Society of Virginia, at the concluding
session at the New Willard Hotel today
by Maj. T. c. Lyster, U: S. A. The paper
read by Maj. Lyster was discussed by
Maj. John B. Noble, L. S. A, and also
by Brig. Gen. William c. Gorgas, sur
geon general, U. S. A.
Maj. Lyster said that during the occu-
patton of Vera Cruz by the American
forces 1t has not been necessary to
promulgate a single sanitary regula-
ton, but merely to enforce those which
already existed, which were found TO
be entirely adequate when followed
closely. He said that the sickness and
death rate in the city has been greatly
lowered by the work done by the
American medical officers, and that the
department of public health OF the e,ss
is now on a good working basis. NO
friction is anticipated, he said. when
the forces withdraw and the ADMINS
tration of the department Is leIt 70 w
Mexican officials. who have retainea
their positions during the Afhelio1i,
much rom the work done by the SAM
tary officers of the army.
Tells of Work in Tropics.
Brig, Gen Gorgas supplemented MAJ.
LISTERS talk by a general outline OF
sanitary work in tropical lands. he
said that If a white man in the tropics
deyotes the same amount of time and
effort to sanitation that he does IN
cold climates to provide a warm and
sanitary habitation he need never fear
disease. The remarks of DIR. Gorgas
were received with much applause
Other papers read at the closing SEES
sion were "a Report of torty-slx Cases
of tuberculosis Treated by Artificla!
Pneumothorax," by DIR. J. J. Lloyd of
Catawpa Sanatarlum, Va, and me
Tragedy of the Late Diagnosis OF
tuberculosis" by DR.. NJ. c. Sycle of
Lynchburg read a paper on The At
tack on the House Fly" which was
discussed by DR.. L. o. Howard of the
Department of Agriculture.
This afternoon the delegates went TO
the Walter Reed Memorial Hospital to
inspect the buildings and witness
special ambulance drill.
Effect Of Anesthetics.
That certain anesthetics cause insen-
sibility to pain by acid action on the
blood, and that when a patents blood
was more acid than usual, the excess
acidity often caused death was the
statement made by DR.. George w. Grille
OF Cleveland, Ohio, a guest of honor Of
the convention, during the course of a
paper read at the session of the con-
vention last night. Injections OF aka.
line solutions into the blood to combat
the acidity may save the patients life,
DIR. Grille said. The paper was discussed
by DR.. William P. Carr Of this city.
A symposium on fractures was fea-
ture Of the session. The papers read
were as follows: THE Prognosis and
Conservative Treatment of Fractures.
Notably End Results DIR. w. P. Carr,
Washington, D. c.; The Open Treat
ment of Fractures, Its Technique" DR..
Diagnosis and Prognosis of Fractures
Of the Skull-Treatment of Sequences"
DIR. Hugh NJ. Taylor, Richmond. Va;
''X-Ray Diagnosis of Fractures From a
Medico-Legal Standpoint" DR.. A. L..
Gray, Richmond, Va.
other papers included 1.-The Early
Treatment of Clubfoot," DIR. w. P. Ma
thews Richmond. Va. and 'Tortion of
the Omentum With and Without Can
grene." DR.. c. c. Coleman, Richmond,
Va.
At the annual election of officers Of
the society yesterday afternoon DR..
Samuel Lille OF Lynchburg was chosen
president. Other officers elected were:
DR. Samuel B. Moore, first vice presi-
dent: Dr. Joseph T. Buxton, second vice
president; DR.. ]. w. Preston, third vice
president; DR.. Paulus A Irving, secre-
tary. and DR.. NJ. w. Peyser, treasurer.
The following committees were elect
ed: judiciary, Drs. c. r. Gtandy, C. 7.
St. Clair, George G. Williams. l. E. HUFF.
Joseph Grice, Hugh MCGUIRE and Reid
White: membership, Drs. w. d. Turner,
NJ l. Dalton. W. G. Driver. J. Bowling
Jones. Aaron and Jeffrey; legislative.
Drs. George A. Slower, Fl. Stuart Mac
Lean. Greer Baughmann. ]. Wilton
Hope and w. b. Payne; neurological,
Drs. ]. Ayler. S. T. A. Kent and W. A
Bell.
Richmond Next Meeting Place.
DIR. Robert c. Bryan was elected dele
gate to the American Medical Associ-
alton, with DR.. S. S. Gale as alternate.
Richmond was selected for the next
meeting place. The retiring president
DR.. Stephen Harnsberger, and Brig.
Gen. William c. Gorgas surgeon gen
era1. u. S. A, were elected honorary
members of the society.
Yesterday afternoon the delegates to
the convention were the guests of local
physicians and members of the Cham
Der of Commerce on an automobile ride
to Fort Myer, where they witnessed a
special cavalry drill. Last night they
were entertained at the New Willard
Hotel at smoker and buffet supper
provided by the Medical Society of the
District.
1t was decided to confer with the As
ISOLATION of Army Officers of the Con-
federacy regarding the erection of a
monument at Richmond to DIR. Samuel
El~1 o.