The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-22
MEDICAL MEN
MEET TODAY
HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF AMERI-
ICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
IN SESSION.
Preliminary Reports Received -Gener.
al Sessions of the Association Open
at Atlantic City Tuesday.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., June 22.-
The 65th annual meeting the Ameri
can Medical association began this
morning when the house of delegates
the legislative body of the association
was called to order in the sun parlol
of the Hotel Traymore by the presi-
dent, Doctor John A. Witherspoon OF
Nashville, Tenn. The first session was
devoted exclusively to the presentation
of reports by the officers and boards
of the association. Following the re-
port of the committee on credentials,
President Witherspoon made a short
address and appointed the reference
committees for the session.
Has Big Membership.
The report of the secretary showed
the American Medical association was
Al ,029. During the past year, 344 Eel
lows have died; 1868 have resigned and
there have been added $500 names to
the list of Fellows. The secretary
presented resolutions from the Medic
al Society of the State of California
inviting the association to meet in San
Francisco in 1915 and to unite with the
American Public Health association,
the American Society for Tropical
Medicine and other organizations in
holding congress on tropical medicine
and hygiene in San Francisco.
The secretary also presented resolu-
tions from the Medical Society of the
State of New York urging amendment
to the national food and drugs act and
that congress be asked to provide for
the mental examination of immigrants
by specially trained physicians in or
der to detect and exclude those suffer-
ing from mental diseases.
Growth in Work.
The report of the board of trustees
showed a marked growth in the work
of the association during the past year
with a corresponding increase in the
of The Journal, which now
has over $4,000 subscribers. The
sreasurer's report showed balance for
last year of $14O,52372. The auditors
report showed total assets of $557 Az
and liabilities of $17,18543 with prop
srty and plant valued at $337, ,971.16. |
The association expenses for 1913 were |
S79, ,479.05, of which $1S,084.26 was
expenses, $18,465.14 was
spent for public education, $8,617.54 |
or medical education, $10,509.47 for
propaganda against frauds and fakes.
The report of the council on health
ind public instruction showed that this
,ody has now been in existence for |
our years and has outlined a compre-
lensive program which includes three
lines of action. These are:
General Lines of Action.
1. A thorough investigation of pres
mt public health conditions in the
United States with view to securing
hases of the public health problem
hat is now available.
2. The education of the public by
very possible means to an under
landing of the enormous advances
4 scientific medical knowledge during
he last generation and the possibility
f utilizing such knowledge in the {
recention of disease, the reduction Of
ne death rate and the prolongation of
uman life. e
8. The crystallizing of educated |
ublic sentiment in securing necessary
ublic health laws, regulations and {
rdinances which will render possible I
conservation of human life commen- c
lrate with our advancing knowledge i
nd which will render such laws eff e
,ctive through the only force availa- t
lie in this country; namely, educated Q
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