Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-13
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
PHYSICIANS ATTENDING
THE ANNUAL MEETING
HERE.
INTERESTING papers READ
This Is the Twenty eighth Annual
Gathering Of the Associa-
ti0n.

ton.
The twenty. y.eighth session of the
North Dakota State Medical associ-
alton opened yesterday morning at
the Commercial Club hall with the in
vocation offered by Rev. c. W. Harris,
pastor of the Presbyterian church.
This was followed by the address or
welcome, delivered by C. l.. Young,
president Of the Commercial club. Mr..
Young spoke of the rapid advance
ments which have recently been made
in the medical profession, not sur
passed in importance by those OF any
other profession.
He welcomed the visiting doctors to
the city of Bismarck, and referred to
the pride which Bismarck citizens
take in their splendid hospitals, with
their liberal facilities and up to date
equipment.
The response was given by DR.. VIC
tor H. Stickney of Dickinson. first
vice president of the association. DR..
Stickney spoke fthe general salts
faction which was expressed at the
last annual meeting, when it was de-
cided to hold the 1915 meeting in Bis.
marck. He referred to the fact that
the meetings have not been held in
Bismarck for some time, and spoke OF
the desirability of this city as place
of meeting. ..&....r
The Presidents Address.
President r. Hudson Beck, in part,
spoke as follows:
The past year has been moment
ous one in the history Of the world,
and events are transpiring that bid
fair to change the political complexion
of large part. War with all its pri-
vatiOns and horrors is abroad In the
old world. The members Of the pro-
fession in the countries at war have
displayed the same spirit as in times
of peace. and have not been laggard in
leaving homes and families and prac,
tices and taking their places where
most needed and it is these men who
will make the medical history of this
the greatest war of all ages, and !
prophesy that when the history Of this
event shall been written, and when
the the events transpiring shall have
been reviewed by calm reasoning, 1t
will be found that modern medical and
surgical ideas put into execution by
the rank and file Of the profession
have been responsible for increased
efficiency in the troops, and that dl'
sease in epidemic form will not pre-
vail.
We read in the daily press of SER
iously wounded soldiers going back to
the front after a few weeks of hospi'
tai resisence and treatment. This has
not been krown before, except in a
few and fortunate cases, and should
he a glowing tribute to the skill OF the
medical STATS of the various armies.
The profession Of our own country
is represented in the care of the Euro
pean belligerents acquitting themselv'
es with credit and honor. ,,- 80
j Medicine at Panama.
This past year has witnessed the
opening of the Panama canal, mon
umental engineering feat, made posi-
BILE because the medical profession
was quick to see wherein lay the fall
ure of a previous venture. Modern
medicine working hand in hand with
engineering skill made possible the
fulfllment of the desires of the Ameri
can people Reed and Lazear did MOI
lay down their lives in vain. the
plague, securing a fotthold in oul
country in two widely separated cit
ies has been almost entirely eradicat
ed, no human cases having occurred
for weeks, and but few cases among
rodents. Modern sanitation, as evolv
ed and carried ont by medical men
has been the means OF repelllng this
disease. r
Opposition to Quacks.
The past year has also witnessed an
Increased opposition in the part o.
the press toward quacks. A better
and fuller understanding Of the aims
and ideals of qualified and reputable
medical men seems to be gradually
obtaining, and many Of the leading
newspapers are lending their aid II
spreading this knowledge. The news
papers too have in many cases volun
tarilv reduced the income from theil
advertising space by refusing medlca
advertisements. -,
Patent medicine frauds are still
with us. but the good work that the
Journal of the American Medical AS
sociation is engaged in has been thu
means of exposing many of these i'm
posters. The federal government hat
IN MANY cases issued fraud orders ant
nut many concerns out of business b!
refusing them the use Of the mails.
The Harrison Law.
Just a few weeks ago the Harrison
law was made operative, and we hav'
for the first time. I believe, nationa
law aimed to regulate the sale OF hab
Informing narcotic drugs. There ma
heen much misunderstanding on tn
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