The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-05
EXHIBITS
Will BE BIG FEATURE
TO Have Prominent Place at Conyen-
ton OF Southern Medical
~. Association.
WOMEN PHYSICIANS TO MEET
VIII Convene In Second Annual Ses-
sion Simultaneously With Mems
Organization - Student Reunions
and Clinics to Provide Variety.

Scientific exhibits to DO shown in
Rtchmond during the annual conven-
ton OF the Southern Medical Associa-
ton. November a,12. promise to be OF
unusual Interest to laymen, as well as
to the hundreds of physicians and
surgeons from every section OF the
South who will attend the gathering.
Convention headquarters will be es-
tablished at the Jefferson Hotel, and
the numerous scientific and commercial
exhibits will be shown in, the hotel
lobby and in several adjoining rooms.
Among the more important .of the cS-
1iibits will be that of the Thompson
McFaddcn Pellagra Commission and
the Tulane School of Tropical Medi-
cine. The displays Will be lin charge
of scientin. experts and competent
Z demonstrators.
I IL has announced that the COM
mercial exhibits this year will be more
extensive than at any previous conven-
ton of the association. 1t Is thought
that the display of books, instruments,
medical appliances and pharmaceutical
ard biological preparations will be an
NTH active feature of the gathering, and
Ione which will be thoroughly apprc-
Vested by the surgeons. specialist and
general practitioner.
RAILWAY SURGEONS
TO HOLD MEETING
! On Monday. November ., the day
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tion OF the Southern Medical Associa-
ton, the Southern Association of Rail-
way Surgeons will meet in annual ses
sion in the palmroom of the Jefferson
Hotel. This meeting will be called to
order by President DIR. Duncan Eve, of
Nashville, Tenn. The questions to be
3 considered Will be of common practical
interest y large proportion of South
tern surgeons who do railroad work
are afiliated with this association.
On the afternoon OF the opening day
OF the. convention the second annual
session of the Association of Southern
Medical Women will be held in the
women's parlor of the Jefferson Hotel.
This association was organized one
year ago, when the parent associa-
tion held its convention at Lexington,
Ky. 1t was believed that as SO many
Southern women are now engaged In
the practice of medicine that it was
entirely proper for them TO combine
in some reorganization for their mutual
benefit. The association is not in
tended-for scientific work, but meets at
the sarile.+time and place as the South
ern Medical Association.
HEALTH TRAIN is
81 OBJECT OF INTEREST
An, object Of peculiar interest to
many of the physicians who will at
tend the Richmond convention will be
the Louisiana Health Train" which
Dr. Oscar Bowling, president of the
Louisiana State Board Of Health, or
ganized and has exhibited throughout
the United States Everywhere the
train has been exhibited it has been
visited by throngs Of interested OBJ
servers from every walk in life. The
Health Train" 1t is said. has per-
formed n valuable mission of educa-
ton. The exhibit is designed to arouse
and direct public attention to the i'm
! of sanitary neuSuraS
In some respects the approaching
conventions promises to eclipse any
medical gathering previously held in
the South: Coming as they will from
every section of the South, the dele
gates attending the convention will
represent the medical Views and re-
quirements OF Il varied and vast ter
ritory, and the circumstances are be-
l!eved to be such that the best cul-
ture and highest ability in Southern
meeting. Every phase of medicine and
surgery will receive attention ana the
latest developments in the scientific
world, Will be fully discussed.
An especially interesting feature OF
the convention will be the reunions Of
the alumni of various medical colleges.
On Friday and Saturday, after the con-
vention sessions, men of prominence
and ability Will present various clinics
F.. for the entertainment and instruction of
those who choose to enjoy them. while
those who prefer q more sportive form
OF recreation may witness Il game of
Football on Saturday. Railroads of the
South have granted special round trip
rates to the Richmond Convention,
good for two weeks. This will enable
those delegates who wish to do so TO
visit the Northern cities TO Wat Hess
clinics before returning TO their.Sonth
ern homes.