El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-21
DOCTORSNOURN
FOR DR.. HUSK
Medical Society Holds Me
mortal Meeting; Medical
Library is Growing.

The monthly meeting Of the FL Faso
County Medical society Monday night
took the form OF a memorial meeting
for DR.. Carlos Husk. who died from
typhus fever Monday afternoon IN
Laredo after talking the Guggenheim
typhus expedition into the interior TO
study the disease. and try the prevent
i've serum which was discovered by
DR.. Oltsky and Dr. Plot1 in the MI
Sinai hospital in New York
Or Husl made his last public ap-
pearance in FI Paso before the Medical
society when he gave a talk on typhuS
and how to nrevent its spread and made
a deem imDression uDon the members
Of the society by his knowledge OF the
dreaded disease and MS enthusiasm
over the possibilities OF the preventive
serum. DR.. Husk was eX-president
Of the International Medical assocla-
ton.
"The death or DR.. Hus1 was a blow
to the Medical society." said DR. F.. c..
Carpenter "He was Tidely known and
was active i'm medical work in this SEQ
ton and his talk before the society
W as an excellent and highly instructive
summary Of the typhGs situation
To Draft Resolutions.
A committee composed OF DIT L. c.
WithersDOOn and Dr. II. r. stevenson
was appointed to draft appropriate
resolutions of regret because Of the
death of Or. Husk.
The retail druggists were guests OF
the society At the meeting Monday
night which was held'in the club rooms
o. the society in the Roberts Banner
building. DR. VI. 3. Wesson called
attention to the close relationship in
the two fields of woHl1 and the bene-L
Cts derived from cooperation in the
community. He also called attention to
the great increase Jpn the prices OF
drugs because of the war and showed
that some Of the drugs had become so
expensive that prescriptions which, Is
months ago. cost IS cents, now cost 50
or more Or. WessOu also called atten-
ton to the wide circulation and pub
Lefty which the Medical society bulletin
had given El Paso as d medical center.
Library Growing.
Mrs. n. Watterson gave a talk on the
reeds and advantages OF tine library
that is now being established by the
society. Several thousand volumes are
now on the shelves of the society. she
said. and many books have been sent
here by the New York Academy OF
Medicine and other medical libraries
ina eastern cities as well rs prominent
physicians here and in the east II
was pointed out that with the help or
tie local physicians, i'll is expected that
I'll PasO viii soon have a medical
library that viii be Invaluable to the
profession. This library has been made
possible it was shown. by the gener-
osity OF Messrs. Roberts and Banner.
who gave the society the use Of the
club rooms in their building. the rental
for which would amount TO $500 n year.
Books GiTcn.
The following have contributed dur
ing the past month Books OF recent
issue to the library.
Dr. NJ o. Wright, Bryant and Bucks
American Practice or Surgery. eight
volumes
Or. T. C. witherspoon. Keen's Sur
gerry. six volumes and other books
Dr. T.. T. Rogers. Il. Y. Bergman
system OF Practical Surgery. five vol
umes.
Dr. p. j.. stevens Eelly's Operative
CynecolOgv. two volumes
Or W W Waite. 40 books on in
itctious diseases. immunity. levers. etc
Or. Award White $50 books on
medicine and surgery
Or. Z. r. Carpenter 100 books or
eye, ear nose and throat
Dr. r. r. Irwin. $50 books on medf-
cine. surgery. and specialties. The 20
G. irwin loan cOllection1
Mai J. r. McAndr5ws. Fl Bliss
Texas. 81 books
Or. ]. T. Bush. Woods Library ~
= iahdaId Medical Authors. 100 volumes
DIR. F. p Miller. 70 books on medi- l
cine and surgerW
Or g. A. Reinemund. four books or
medicine and surgerv
DR. c. J.. Braden. Murphy Clinics and {
Chicago Clinics. permanent subscrip- (
ton.
DR.. ". l. Brown and Dir =. 4. Pickett
cmposing the program .committee an /
rounced that the next meeting I'm Anril
VIII be a chemical meeting.