The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-07-03
ANNUAL MEETING
OF PHYSICIANS
Medical Association to Hold
Session In Raleigh.
FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

Local Committee In North Carolina
Capital Busy With PlSns For Enter
tanning the sixtssnth Annual See.
slon cf the National Organization.
Noted Men to Conduct Clinics.
The sixteenth annual session Of the
National Medical association win be
held In Raleigh. n O., from Aug. %
b ~, inclusive. The invitation for
this meeting was extended by the
North Carolina Medical, Dental and
! Pharmaceutical association and was
supplemented by personal invitations
from tho mayor Of Raleigh and the
president Of the board OF trade The
physicians In the city Of Raleigh have
organised into an effective COMMITTEES
and, aided by an enthusiastic citizens
body, are making every preparation to
insure the success Of this session Of
the National Medical association.
The meeting which was held last
year In the city Of Nashville. Tenn,
was without doubt the greatest In the
history Of the organization. The at
tendance was unusually large, and the
sessions held In the various sections Of
surgery, medicine, dentistry and phar-
macy were marked with interest and
enthusiasm. The papers read on the
various subjects were Of the highest
order and showed that the men are
making great advances In personal re-
search. The clinics were numerous
and very interesting.
The men Of North Caroifna are de-
termined that the session to be held
In Raleigh shall surpass the one held
In Nashville In 1913 and to that end
are sparing no efforts 10 carry out their
plans. Shaw hospital, which has been
temporarily closed, viii be opened dur
Ing convention week for the holding Of
clinics There will be a number of
these In all the departments Of medi-
cine.
Some Of those who have already In
dicated their intention to be present
and to condiict clinics are: Drs. Cur
tis, War6eld and Carson, Of Washing
ton: Hunter Of Lexington, KY; Brown
Of Birmingham, Ala: williams and
Daley Of Chicago. With such an array
Of distinguished surgeons as these
there 10 no, doubt that every depart
ment Of surgery win bs thoroughly
DEMONSTRATED.
The medical clinics will be conducted
by Drs. Roberts Of New York city,
Williams Of Chicago, Townsend Of
Nashville, Tenn: McCleary Of Jackson
Vile, Fla, and Turner Of st. Paul,
MINI. The dental clinics will be con-
Quoted by Drs. Ferguson and Ramsey
Of Richmond, Va; Chapmsn Of Kansas
City, No.: Landers Of Tuskegee, Ala:
and Anderson Of Jacksonville, Ella.
There win be numerous demonstra-
tions In the pharmaceutical section
which will be, under the charge of DR..
Marble Of YazOo City, Miss, and DR..
McCauley Of Raleigh. N. @.
There II every Indication that the at
tendance win be very large, for the
secretary OF the association has been
informed from all sections Of the coun-
try that the profession Ia thoroughly
awakened to the needs and benefits to
be derived from the National Medical
association. The general secretary, DR..
w. g. Alexander Of Orange, N. J.. IL
arranging program that win include
q variety Of subjects In all the de-
partments Of medicine. The officers Of
the association are DIR. A. NJ. Brown,
president: DR.. J. N. O.. Ramsey. vice
president; DR.. b. J. La Branche, sec
ond vice president and DR.. George ID.
Cannon, chairman executive board.