The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-30
VIRGINIA PHYSICIANS
MEET NEXT IN RICHMOND
DIR. Samuel Lille. Of Lynchburg, Is
Chosen President, and Other
Officers Elected.
WASHINGTON MEETING ENDS
Delegates rendered Dinner by Dis
trict of Columbia Medical Society.
Papers Dealing With Trachoma
Feature of Last Days Session.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
WASHINGTON, October 29.--After
electing DR.. Samuel Lie. of Lynch
burg, as president and selecting Rich
niond as It's next meeting place. tho
Virginia Medical Society was given
dinner tonight by the Medical Society
of the District of Columbia at the New
Willard Hotel
Other officers elected were DR.. Sam
uel B. Moore, of Alexandria, first vice
president; J. T. Buxton, of Newport
News. second vice president: j. w.
Preston, OF Roanoke, third Weep
ident: Paulus a. Irving, of Farmvillc,
secretary. and Or. NJ. w. Peyser of
Richmond treasurer
Judiciary committee-C r. Grandy,
off Norfolk. chairman; C. r. st. Clair.
OF Biuetield George w. William. I. L.
Hun. Joseph Grice, of Portsmouth,:
Hugh. Mcclure. Of Alexandria. and
Reid White, of Lexington.
Membership commttce-Dr. w. ID.
Turner, of Norfolk. chairman: II. l..
Dalton. of Floyd; w. 0. Driver, Of
Norfolk; j. d. Jones. of Petersburg,
and Aaron Jeffrey, of Newport News
Legislative committee-Dr George
a. Slower. of South Boston, chairman;
II. Stuart Mclean and Greer Baugh-
, Portsmouth. and w. b. Payne. of
stanton.
For neurological committce-Dr. ].
w. Ayler. chairman; S. It. A. Kent and
w. a. Bell.
DIR Robert C. Bryan. of Richmond.
was chosen as delegate and DR.. S. a.
Gale as alternate 10 the American
Medical Association.
HONORARY MEMBERS
OF MEDICAL SOCIETY
DIR. stephen Hornsberger. the retir-
ing president, and Dr.. w. G.. Gorgas,
srrgeon-gcneral Of the United States
Army, were elected honorary members
of the society.
The resolution of DR.. Samuel +.
Lewis. asking that some steps be taken
toward furthering the movement for
the erection OF monument to Surgeon
General Samuel Preston Moore, of the
Confederate Navy. was given serious
consideration. and as result the fol-
lowing was adopted:
Resolved. by the Medical Society OF
Virginia, assembled In the city of
Washington, that II Is deeply interested
IL the matter and shat committee of
ten OF It's members, one from each Com
cressional District he appointed by the
president of the society to cooperate
In the work Of erecting the monument.
with the committee of association of
the medical officers OF the army and
navy OF the Confederate States"
Papers dealing with trachona, It's
cause. prevalence and treatment. occu-
pied the attention of the delegates at
sto-day's session. one read by DIR. Talia-
ferro Clark, OF the Gnited States Public
Health Service. a guest OF honor OF the
convention, dealt with the cause and
prevalence OF the disease. The subject
ii a paper read by Or. John McMuilen.
oi the United States Public Health Ser
y,ces was "Trnchoma, An Important
Public Health Problem, and the Meth :
fds Adopted For the Control OF This
Disease in Eastern Kentucky"
! DR. Clark declared that the disease
is more prevalent among the white
population than the colored Large
numbers of Indians are affected, he said,
records OF the Public Health Service
showing that, of the number examined,
2t.7 per cent were sufferers from the
disease.
statistics concerning the prevalence
of trachoma in Virginia were of par
ticular interest to the convention. The
disease Is more prevalent he said, in
,he counties contiguous to West Vir-
ginia and Kentucky, States In which
large numbers OF people are affected.
OF the inhahi OF Buchanan County
examined, IS per cent had trachoma; in
Dickinson County, per cent were af-
fected. and in Wise County, 9 per cent.
EFFORTS OF SERVICE
DIVIDED INTO TWO CLASSES
- DIR. AIcMullen said the efforts of the
Public Health Service TO combat the
disease are divided into two classes,
prevention and eradication. In con-
ncct!on with the former, talks on
health and sanitation are given by sur
Eeons of the service In the. schools,
teachers Institutes of the VARIOUS coun-
ties and churches. Hospitals are be-
ing established by the service for the
treatment OF the disease, three being
located III the eastern section of Ken
lucky.
-, a..
there was a discussion on the subject.
in which the following physicians par
tic.patcd:
DR.. Thomas F. staley. Bristol; Dr.
s. c. Bowen. Richmond: DIR. James
Morrison. LynchhurG: DIR. Joseph \.
White, Richmond; DE. George ]. Tomp-
kins, Lynchburg: DIR. Clarence Porter
Jones. Newport News; DIR. c. r.. Dufour
Washington: Dr. G. NJ. Miller. Rich
nond. and DIR. II. s. Hedges.
Other papers read We're: The Con-
servation OF Vision" DIR. 2Joscph a.
: White, Richmond, and 1.-The Midwife
Problem In Virginia" DR.. w. y.
Picker, Richmond
Others who contributed TO the after
noon program were DR.. G. Paul
LaRoquc. of Richmond; DIR. Leslie .B
Wiggs, of Richmond; DR.. J. n. Upshur.
of Richmond: DR.. w. B. Barham. of
Newsoms; DIR. j. McCaw Thompkins. of
Richmond, and DR.. l.. II. Smith and Dr.
&C Motley, ofsAblngdon.
AT the sessfsn last night technical
. subjects were discussed by DR.. b. f.
Gray, DR.. John F.. VIM. Dr. Greer
Baughman. DR.. II. Stuart MacLean and
DIR. ST. George IT. Grinnan, all of Rich
mond: DR.. George Tucker Harrison, of
Charlottesville: Dr. Halves Campbell. of
Enfield. DR.. w. l.. Harris. of Norfolk:
DIR. y. l.. Tynes. of Staunton, and DR.
Tom y. Williams, of Washington.
p.tIlIDING Still, RTIRIEn
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