The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-20


AT the Tutwiler at noon today the an
nual convention of the Alabama Medical
association will be called to order by the
president of the association, DIR. Sims of
Talladega James Weatherly, city COM
missioner, and DIR. j. Ross Snyder presi-
dent Of the Jefferson County Medical as
ISOLATION, will deliver addresses of well
come.
In the afternoon the physicians will at
tend lectures on the treatment of dis
eases, and the same course of procedure
will be followed tonight. But underlying
all, the battle for and against the consti-
tuition will be raging. DR.. Sanders and his
following contend that the effort to
change the constitution is an effort to
assail public health in Alabama. The
anti-Sanders faction contends that under
the constitution Jew chosen may and do
perpetuate themselves in office, and in
the creation of a selfish oligarchy strike n
vital blow at democratic ideas and indi-
rectly against the health of the people of
this state.
There was indication last night that Dr.
Sanders would be victorious. His oppo-
nents, however, it is evident, will carry
the battle to the legislature, and do by
statute what the doctors, according to in
dicatons, will not do themselves.
The convention, as matter of fact, be-
gan yesterday. DIR. Snyder, president OF
the Jefferson County Medical association,
opened the day by issuing an ironical crit
icsm of defense of his administration
issued sometimes previous by Or. Sanders.
Unusual interest was attached to a state
ment of DR.. r. M. Cunningham, city
health officer, one of the self-perpetuating
counsellers of the Alabama Medical as
ISOLATION, in which he declared the constt-
tuition of the association, under which he
was perpetual holder of important office,
was undemocratic.
Last night the doctors gathered in the
auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce
and attended a lecture by John B. Elliot,
Jr., an eminent physician of New Orleans
Following the lecture, the doctors visited
various theatres, hotels and clubs.
Wednesday DIR. William Gorgas, sur
geon general of the United States army,
one of the most distinguished sons of
Alabama, will deliver a lecture before the
convention. That evening he will be the
principal figure at a public reception to
be held at the Tutwiler hotel. During the
four-day session of the convention, tho
doctors will be deliberately entertained J
The programme for today follows:
Morning Session-Call to order at IL
o'clock by the president, Benjamin Britt
Simms Talladega. Prayer, Rev. j. w.
johnson, D. D., Birmingham, pastor
First Methodist church. Address of well
come, Hon. James Weatherly, commits
sioner, city Birmingham. Address of
welcome DR.. J. Ross Snyder. Birming-
ham, president Jefferson County Medical
society. Annual message of the presi-i
dent. Benjamin Britt Simms, Talladega
Report of senior vice president, Frank
A. Webb, Calvert. Report of junior vice
president, James y. Ray, Woodstock
Report of the secretary, James Norment
Baker, Montgomery.
Afternoon Session-Call to order 3
p. m. 'Intra-A abdominal Adhesions,"
Henry Boxer, Birmingham; 1.-The Ply
c. Carson, Greensboro; "Intra- Capular
Extraction of Cataract" w. G. Thig-
pen. Montgomery; Some Obstetrical
Complications" v. J. Gragg, Clanton;
"The Early Diagnosis Points of Pull
monary Tuberculosis" w. S. Sanders,
Troy; Personal Observations in the
Management of Pellagra With Report
of Cases." A. L. Harlan. Alexan-
der City; Pain" Charles M. Watson,
Florence; 1.-The Care OF the Teethine
Baby" e. M. Harris Russellville;
"Cholecy stostomy or Cholecysctectomy in
Gall Bladder Diseases w. c. Gewin, Biz
mngham 'Fibroid Tumors of the Uterus.
with Report of SO Cases. W. d. Gaines,
Lafayette.
Evening session, called to order at s
p. m.
"Pelvic Inflammation In Women and
Its Treatment" w. +. Belts, Evergreen;
Fractures of the Elbow in Children
Qantern sides), w. w. Harper, Selma;
1.-THE Technic of Some of the Simpler
Methods of Blood TRANSMISSION, with Spe-
cial Reference to the Use of Kimpton
Brown Tube Qantern Slides. ;. NJ. Ma
son. Birmingham; Heart Lessons and
Complications Arising Therefrom. Russell
A. Smith, Brewton; 1.-The Care OF the
Pregnant Woman" Walter A. Weed, Biz
mingham: observations on Systemic
Blastomycosis in Jefferson County, with
Report OF Cases." G. w. Walsh Birming-
ham, "Acidosis in Children" C. c. Nc
Lean. Birmingham
Makes Oh Feel Lake 10
II suffered with kidney ailrhent for
two years" writes Mrs NJ A. Bridges