Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-16
BUREAU MEETINGS
CLOSING FEATURE
homeopathic Convention DEL
egates Pay Tribute to Late
DR.. Hahnemann.

With meetings Of the bureaus of pc
dology. sanitary science and obstetrics.
and with ceremonies at the Hahnemann
memorial, the thirty-fourth convention
OF the Southern Homeopathic Medical
Association today ended Its proceed
ings.
Martha Clarke Burritt OF this city
presided as chairman over the pedology
bureaus meeting. at the Shoreham this
morning. washingtonians contributing
To the program. including Or. J. 7.
I.cake OF the public health service. Miss
rulia Lathrop. head of the childrens
bureau Of the Department of Labor. and
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett Of Alexandria.
national president OF the Florence Crit
tenton Mission.
DR.. @. w. johnson of DanvilIe. Va,
H.. a. -ies.-.~ .er Inc ..ee..ng OF
the bureau of obstetrics at O'Clock.
which was the last convention meeting
scheduled. Washingtonians on the pro-
gram being DR.. l. d. Wilson. DIR. G. c,
Birdsall and DR.. Richard Kingsman.
Hahnemann Statue Decorated
All o'clock the convention decorated
The statue of Samuel Hahnemann.
founder of the school Of homeopathy.
After members and guests had gath
cred at the memorial. situated just east
of Scott Circle northwest, DIR. ]. NJ.
Lee of Rochester, n. Y, president OF
the American Institute of Homeopathy.
representing the north, and DR.. A.
Leight Munroe Of Miami. Fla, repre-
senting the southern followers of
Hahnemann, together placed n hand
some wreath on the statue. while fronds
of ferns were strewn on the broad ap-
preaching steps by all present. Through
tho courtesy Of Col. c. q. Long. bu-
zler Of the United States Marine Corps.
played appropriate calls and an Amer
lean nag was q feature of the decora-
tions. The ceremonies were arranged
by DR.. Cora Smith King and were pre-
sided over by DR.. Richard Kingsman,
both Of this city.
Speakers Pay Tribute.
wreath gave a brief appropriate speech.
DR.. Munroe said:
With heart filled with love and soul
bowed down with reverence l now place
man who. through the discovery of
great therapeutic law, has been the in
strument used by God for the salvation
of more lives and the relief of more
suffering than any other Individual in
the history of the world DR.. Lees
tribute was.
DIR. Samuel Hahnemann's profound
learning and scientific attachments en-
aoled him to bring the medicine of his
time from the polypharmacy of crude
and nauseating remedies down to its
present state. His name will go down in
history as one of the greatest, if not
the greatest, medical reformer of the
ages"
Dr.. II. NJ Stevenson of Baltimore was
reelected president of the association
yesterday afternoon and Dr. Frank A.
Swartwout Of this city was reelected
secretary-treaSurer.
Urges Change in Medical Training.
A complete readjustment of the whole
scheme OF medical training, which. he
asserted. is responsible for the grow
ing dearth OF physicians of all schools,
was strongly urged by DR.. Burton
Haseltine Of Chicago before the
convention yesterday. Specialization
earlier in the medical students career
and cooperation later with specialists
in other branches, with general prac-
tice in all branches made subsidiary, is
the remedy. said DR.. Haseltine, who
estimated the annual decrease in stu
dents at reputable medical schools at
1900, Just when the Army and Navy
are calling for $4,000 doctors for every
100000 enlisted men.
The use. OF corn bread, milk molasses
and the following of Biblical dietary
precepts will result in a safe and bal
anced diet that might well be substi-
tuted for the one now in use in the
Army and Navy, according to Dr. Har-
rey Wiley, who spoke last night