Bisbee daily review., 1920-11-21
Better Cooperation Between Public and Surgeons is Plea
 Made At Medical Convention

PHOENIX, Nov. 19.-Before a large audience of physicians. surgeons nurses and lyamen, representative of the American College of Surgeons meeting in Phoenix fer two day clinical congress this week outlined the aims and standards of the con gress. and the cooperation which must obtain between the surgeons. the hospital and the general public if the right to the best in surgery is to be upheld. The meeting was the first of its kind tc be held in Arizona and was designed primarily for the layman in order that he may net on- fly enforce his demand for the best Of surgery when he needs an opera tion. but that he may obtain it in d scientific institution adapted to the ! highest standards e. surgical prac- t!ce.
 The plan of the meeting was las ed upon an explanation Of the Ameri- can College of Surgeons and it's aims ; the steps which must be taken by the people of the state to maintain high standards; and an outline of the rules for the standardization of hos pitals. Dr. Winfred Wylie. Phoenix. was chairman of the meeting.
 Gov. Thomas E. Campbell deliver ed an addi ess of weIuYIne 10 tne surgeons and gave brief summary of
 what is cont4inplatel by the state government as aids to complete the cooperation with the public health service of the United States govern nent
 The first speaker of the American College of Surgeons was Dr. Franklin Ii. Ms-.l, secretary general of the American College of Surgeons and 1 formerly member of the advisory committee, council of national defense His subject was The Organization or the American College of Surgeons" and his address was a definition of the aims Of tho organization and what it was attempting to do for the advancement of surgery not only for the profession, but for the public at large After outlining the work Of surgeons in the great war and the ad- vancement of the science which that conflict has caused he said in part:
 An Opportune Time
 Because Of the facts brought out by the war we believe that we are coming to you now at an opportune time We believe that you want to continue the gocd work you conce.v- ed and carried out during the days of conflict, that you want to Go some thing big and good and worthwhile.
 What is the American College of e.. n. as guild, an organization which has something more in view than it's own advancement. Briefly it has four aims in mind: The elevation Of the profession, the doing away with un- necessary surgery, the improVemc:sl of hospital efficiency, and the guid- ance of the public so that it can ben eft by the work of the organization.
 Tt believes that every surgeon should prepare himself for his impor- tant work by a thorough training Tn the science and art of his speciality by laboratory training in the technt- que of surgery, by actual work in as- sociation with surgeons of acknowl- edged ability and experience and by definite hospital training
 Tt believes that man who is am biticus to become a surgeon should be trained under experienced men in an apprenticeship of at least two years. It believes that hospitals should be brought to afford the sur geon every facility for the safe per formance Of his work. And # be- lieves finally, that every individual who practices surgery should not on F. be thoroughly educated as medi- cal man and he should do his work in an approved environment, but that he should also be man of the high est honor in his financial dealings with his patients and his fellow prac- ticioners"
 How The People Can Help
 The next speaker was Dr. Frederic A Rpslpy r,rOfaSso. Of cf,rgpr- at fbp