The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-04-19
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day was devoted to the examination
and treatment Of ott-patients especi-
ally. and beside examinations Of
patients in the wards preparatory
to their operation on the following
day. The waiting rooms, balls, and
yarandas were simply crowded with
patients, eager and anxious to avail
themselves OF the unusual opportun-
ity presented them, and the physici-
san had all they could do to attend
to those present seeking relief.
There were seventy physicians, phar-
macists, dentists and surgeons present
from all parts Of the South; Ken
lucky, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Florida, Alabama, and
Georgia, as well as from the far
North, such as Chicago and Wash
ington--a rather rare collection Of
much of the leading talent in the
Negro medical profession. Three diff
erent occasions brought together this
body Of men, including one woman
physician: First, the meeting OF the
Alabama Medical, Dental and Phar-
nlaceutical Association, which con-
tinued from April 1st to 3rd; then
the opening of the Second Annual
Meeting of the John A. Andrew Clin-
ical Society; and the Eighth Annual
Clinic of the John A. Andrew Mem
orial Hospital.
On Thursday night public meet
ing was held in the Institute Chapel,
where about two thousand people
were assembled to witness the pro
gram conducted by these seventy
Negro professional men. The sub
ject, Tuberculosis Among the Ne
groes, and What the Negro Physici-
ans are Doing to Combat It," was
thoroughly discussed from number
of angles by large number of the
physicians and surgeons and dentists
who gave from three to five minute
talks; also other health bconditions
of the race, including suggestions
for improvement The veneral dis
ease situation as it affects the Ne
gro race was also discussed.
A paper was read by the Medical
Director Of the John A. Andrew
/, Memorial Hospital, in which he gave
some interesting statistics on the
work of the Hospital during the
past FIVE years. He stated that 682s
cases had been treated in the wards
of the Hospital during this period
with a total Of % deaths; that OF
this number $40 had received sur
gicai operations with only eight
deaths: that during the recent eni.
denic, 44g caeek Of Influenza Werl
| treated with no deaths, and 32 cases
of pneumonia with one death. He
also stated that since the Nurses
Training School was founded, 12i
nurses had been graduated and SEN
out, and that they are doing insti.
/ tutional work as heads or small hos
pitals and private sanitariums in Z
number of towns and cities in differ
ent parts of the South; as far Nortl
as Indianapolis, Ind, and. that 1
number of the graduates we're en-
! gagged In Public Health Nursing, un
der the United States Public Health
Service in Little Rock, Arkansas
| Columbia, South Carolina; Colum
bus and Macon. Georgia. and som,
other places. also that others hat
been engaged in Cleveland, Ohio
Birmingham and Montgomery. Ala
The Trustees of the Tuskegee Nor
NAL and Industrial Institute wer,
present on this occasion, and wit
messed with great interest the diff
ferent exercises of the week, an,
expressed thier hearty appreciation
and approval Of the John A. Andrew
Clinical Society and the work of tn
John A. Andrew Memorial Hospita
and its Annual Clinics.