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

kooai SommSSoo IN NoTtn SaF0tina
Capital Busy With PIsns For Enter
tanning the Sixteenth Annual ses-
zion Of the National Organization.
Noted Men to Conduct Clinics.
The sixteenth annual session Of the
National Medical association will be
held In Raleigh. N. O., from Aug. Is
to ~, inclusive. The invitation for
this meeting was extended by the
North Carolina Medical. Dental and
Pharmaceutical association and was
supplemented by personal invitations
from the mayor Of Raleigh and the
president Of the board Of trade. The
physicians in the city Of Raleigh have
organized into an effective committee
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
ana very interesting.
The men of North Carolina 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 to carry out their
plans. Shaw hospital, which has been
temporarily closed. will 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 conduct clinics are: Drs. Cur
IDS, Warfield 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 is no doubt that every depart
ment Of surgery will be 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: Chapman Of Kansas
City. Mo-: Landers Of Tuskegee, Ala:
and Anderson Of Jacksonville. Fla.
There will be numerous demonstra-
tons In the pharmaceutical section
which will be under the charge Of Dr.
Marble Of Yazoo City, Miss, and DR.
McCauley Of Raleigh. N. @.
There Is every indica ton that the at
tendance will be very large, for the
secretary of the association has been
informed from all actions Of the coun-
try that the profession is 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.. is
arranging a program that will include
variety Of subjects in all the de-
partments Of medicine. The officers Of
the association are DR.. A. M. Brown,
president; DR.. J. M. G. Ramsey, vice
president; DR.. e. J. La Branche, Sec
ond vice president, and DR.. George e.
Cannon, chairman executive board