The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-09
WEN orr NATIONAL pMINE>rE
ON CONNINTA ~ I'NOGtAM

WtsN uE NAIIONNt 49, DhtNt u
On CONSt:NIh ~ PROGRAM
Men prominent IN private practice
aud many who have earned u nations
praise Will bc hero TO attend the con
vcntion ana to take purt IN its dclibcr.-
tions and To discuss tie newest cIrcs
and treatments OF disease now occupy
ing the attention. Uf ncdicai sciencc.
.\monE tho more prominent ucu who
VIII he here arc Dr. Harvey ". Wicy.
pure food expert and formerly clicf
chemist Tor the Dctn rtmcut rt hgri-
culture; Rupert IT, I;iuc. surgeon gen
oral OF tho United states i'ublic Health
Service, lately c!nployctl IN wipiug out
the buboniv plague in Nr~ orleans: Dr.
Nv. l.. Itodnlan, president OF tho Alpnr-.
lean Medical .,ssociations ami canrcr
specialist: Surgeoii-ticncral ". &.
Uorgas. OF tile United Statce Army. WHO
made the ronama Zone tho bealthest
spot In the world; Us. cary Y. Gray
son. SURGEON in the I[nitcd states Navy
and physician 10 the President: pr.
Howard \, kcIly, specialist in radio
thcrapy IN John Hopkins Hospital. Bal
tlmore: D.. Cunningham. cN-t;ovcruoT
OF Alabama: Alpjor Robert Patterson,
who was III charge of III first Rcd
cross ship scat by the United states
10 aid tho sufferers In tho European
war zonc: pr. W. y. Wthorspouu. for
,ner president OF the American Medical
AssUciation: Dr. G. &. Sass. OF New Or
leans. malaria specialist and many
Others.
WILL TELL on MEM TREATMENT \,
USED ron BEUtUi.OSiS
mother. physician who 'irs achieved
famo in tho profession and ,vho wtn
be here is Or. Silvo Won Rick. ot .Nsh"-
Vile. y. g.. Who is said 10 have done
more in tho war against the white
DlnSue than amy other physician. lie
has. il is said. cffectcd cures cf tubcr-
culosis hy tho Injection of e watcry cv-
tract, which was before tho Friedman
turtle serum. nud which is said To- have
suggested the latter treatment. lT
l;uck viii join in i'ic discussion on as
Symposium On tuberculosis
MANY women will hc among tho dele
gates. ono of them being DIR. Mary T..
l.apham. of Highlands. y. e.. who will
icad {, technical paper on "Thc Plcural
iinuslons of Artificial PucumothoraN."
There viii be moro women at this CON
Nenticn than at amy ono previous They
lave now formed an organization
known AT tho Association Of Southern
Medical Wonrn, which will meet to-
'horrow In the Jefferson Hotel
Tho Southern Medical Association
VAS formed eight Years ago in Missis-
sippl. growing ont Of tho mississippi
Valley Medical Association. 1t is in
dependent OF the American Medical As
ISOLATION. having been founded cx-
peculiar TO the South. It's work liug
tcen mainly study OF pellagra. yell
low fever. hook worm aud malaria,
which are most prevalent in the south
crn states. In harmonizinE work done
along different lines, the association
has greatly lessened tho death rate
due TO hook worm, pcllagra and ycl-
low fever. and, through the efforts Of
Surgeon General Blue, Il member of the
association. the bubonic plague WAS
wiped out In short order after its late
appearance in New Orleans.
TEALTII TRAIN FROM
LOUISIANA ON ENIIIBIT
y health train from Louisiana. in
charge OF DIR. Bowling, will be one Of
tho features OF the convention. IT con.
Sists of three cars, containing pcrma-
ncnt exhibits showing tho success Of
UhySician$ in combating disease in
Louisiana and ncighbnring States. The
train will be parked AT Allen Avenue
OH Broad street. and will be open to
\iew every day through the convention.
While the convention will I'm large
part devote itself to the reading aud
| discussion of technical papers, there
will be several public meetings i'm
which problems and health movements
of nation-wid importance will hc dis
cussed in entertaining and Instructive
I style. Though the convention will not
/ formally open until tomorrow morning
[ there viii he u meeting for the public
{ In tho auditorium Of the Jefferson iIo-l
tel tonight at S o'clock, when Dr
| Harvey w. Wiley. food expert ana
Ciather Of Il cueenic boy, will speak on
The Wealth Of Health. DR.. Wiley is
! q figure Of national prominence and
i commands an eminent position in the
medical profession. lie will lie fol-
lowed by DR.. Howard y. Kelly, of
Johns Hopkins Hospital, who will make G
an address or Radio -thcrapy." Dir.
4 Kelly is specialist in the radium
lcure for cancer. which. though still in