Phoenix tribune., 1919-04-19
EIGHTH ANNUAL clinic
AT JOHN H. ANDREW
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Seventy Physicians and Surgeons
Present at Tuskegee Institute, Ala
bama-Two Hundred and Fifty
Cases Treated-Forty Operations
Performed.

FeTTOTmeQ.
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Alabama,
April 6.-The John A. Andrew Clini-
cal Society closed its second annual
session at the John A. Andrew Me-
moral Hospital, Tuskegee Institute,
Alabama, last night, April 5, with a
banquet, following which the last sci
entific session was held for discussion
and transaction of the final business
of the society
The day had been an extremely busy
one The operating rooms were
opened promptly at 1880 a. m, and
every minute during the day until 80
p. m. operations were being per.
formed. A very great variety of cases
was on hand, some of which were OF
unusual interest and rarity. There
were cases present that are encoun-
tered only at infrequent intervals.
Twenty-four operations were per-
formed during the day, and it is very
probable that on no other occasion has
there been such an aggregation of
Negro surgeons of ability with such
an accompanying variety of cases.
The clinic opened up on Thursday
night. April g. During the entire clinic
thirty-three operations were per-
formed-the great majority of them
l-lnajorss At this. writing, April 6, ev-
cry patient is in good, comfortable
condition, with no indication of
pending serious result These patients
have come from number of different
places in this state, as well as adjoin-
ing, one having come~from Oklahoma
On Friday, the 4th, the entire day
was devoted to the examination and
treatment of out-patients especially,
and bedside examinations of patients
in the wards preparatory to their op-
Grafton on the following day. The
waiting rooms, halls and verandas
were simply crowded with patients,
eager and anxious to avail themselves
of the unusual opportunity presented
them, and the physicians had all they
could do to attend to those present
seeking relief.
! There were seventy physicians,
pharmacists, dentists and surgeons
present from all parts of the South:
Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina.
! South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and
Georgia, as well as from the far
North, such as Chicago and Washing
ton-a rather rare collection of much
of the leading talent in the Negro
medical profession. Three different
occasions brought together this body
of men, including one woman physi-
clan: First, the meeting of the Ala
bama Medical, Dental and Pharma-
ceutical Association, which continued
from April to 8 then the opening
of the second annual meeting of the
John A. Andrew Clinical Society, and
the eighth annual clinic of the John
A. Andrew Memorial Hospital
On Thursday night a 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 Ne
| gro professional men. The subject,
tuberculosis Among the Negroes,
and What the Negro Physicians Are
Doing to Combat It," was thoroughly
discussed from a number of angles by
large number of the physicians and
surgeons and dentists, who gave from
three to five-minute talks; also other
health conditions of the race, includ-
ing suggestions for improvement. The
venereal disease situation as it affects
the Negro race was also discussed
A paper was read by the medical
/ director of the John A. Andrew Me-
mortal Hospital, in which he gave
some interesting statistics on the
work of the hospital during the past
five years. He stated that 6S28 cases
had been treated in the wards of the
hospital during this period, with
total of % deaths; that of this num-
ber 379 had received surgical opera
tions with only eight deaths; that dur
| ing the recent epidemic. 449 cases of
influenza were treated with no deaths,
and 80 cases of pneumonia with one
death. He also stated that since the
Nurses Training School was founded
127 nurses had been graduated and