The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-06-12
Membership Gains
1900 In Past Year

Of Tho country for the next five
DAYS The sixty.seven;h annual
meeting Of the American Medical
association opened here today with
rho FIRST meeting Of the house OF
delegates. me legislative body Of
tho association Delegates from all
OF tho states, AZ we'll as IRON Porto
Rico, Hawaii, Alaska Philippine Isl
ands and the Canal zone were called
10 order this morning by Or Albert
Wander Neer of Albany, ~ Y, pres
idrnt OF the association. Dr Van
der Neor as first vico.Presidcnt sue
Cccdcd 10 the presidency last spring
following the death OF the president,
Or William l.. Rodman. OF Philadel-
phla. Following the report OF the
committee on credentials and the
organizations OF the house, the re-
ports rom the various councils and
committees Of the association were
presented.
Tho secretary DIT Alexander r..
Craig, of Chicago, reported that the
membership Of tho association at
present is 1891, gain of $500
during the past year. and that Of
the $4,000 1906 were fellows or
the association. During the past
year, AL fellows died
The report of the board of trus-
tees was presented by Prof William
r. Councilman, Of Harvard Medical
college. Boston, Mass The report
showed that during the past year
the various activities Of the asso-
citation had been carried on with
good results.
The judicial council report, pre-
scented by IT Alexander Lambert, of
New York, recommended the cleo
| ton Of "A speaker for the house of
delegates to preside in place Of the
president and also recommended
that the judicial council be given
! power 70 pass on all cases which
arise between individuals or units
| of the association insofar as they
relate 10 questions OF law and pro
! Cedure but not OF fact. The council
| also recommended the adoption OF
m amendment 10 the constitution
making a trustee eligible for any
other elective Office during his term
of service.
The council on medical education
reviewed the campaign tor the i'm.
provement OF medical education
which has been carried on during
the past 10 years and which has re-
duccd the number of medical col
leges from 1862 In 1914 10 95 al the
present time. with a marked in.
crease in the standards Of admis.
sion, courses Of instruction and re
quiremonts for graduation. There
are now in the United States 40
medical schools which will compare
favorably with the medical schools
Of any other country. The organ.
ization OF national board Of medi.
cal examiners was indorscd by the
council.
The report OF the council on
health and public instruction was
presented by Or Henry VI. Brack
en-, Of ST Paul chairman Of the
council since the death of Or Henry
b. Favill, of Chicago. This Coun
ell has endeavored during the past
year to develop further the program
which 1t has been following for the
last five years and which involves
an investigation OF present public
health conditions. the education OF
the public by every possible means
TO an understanding OF the increas-
ing possibilities OF disease proven
ton and the crystallizing of such
public sentiment for the Conserva
ton OF human life During the last
year. the report OF DT Charles V
Chaplin, Of Providence. r. l., sum
marizing state public health condi.
tons I'm the United States has been
issued. A similar survey or fed
eral and municipal health aciivitie-
is under consideration During
1915, the council printed and
distributed ll33 500 educational
pamphlets on various subjects y
standard study program for women's
clubs covering the feld Of public
health has been prepared and
printed.
The reports OF the suhcommii
tees OF the council were also pre-
scented. The committee ON social
insurance made voluminous report
covering the entire field OF social
and Industrial insurance in ihi-
country and abroad The commit
tee on women and childron's wei
fare has stimulated baby health
conferences throughout the country
in cooperation with the general fed
Grafton OF vomen's clubs Rpd the
children's bureau OF the federal gov
eminent.
The committee on cancer pre-
pared and published educational
pamphlets on this subject for thu
public. The committee on conser
walton OF vision has stimulated ac
tivity for the prevention Of blind
ness and tho protection OF :bp ewes