Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-04-23
FORTY-F|VE MEDICOS
ATTEND LOCAL MEET
Most Successful Meeting in History
of Whitman Association Held
Here Wednesday

With SO physicians in attendance
representing the entire Inland EN-
pire, the sessions of the Whitman
County Medical Assn, held Wednes
day afternoon and evening in Pull
man, were the most successful in the
history of the society. Thee meeting
was featured by the attendance d
three physicians who were charter
members of the first Whitman county
medical organization, which had its
inception in 1897. There were DR.
Robert C. Coffey, then a resident OF
Colfax and now located in Portland
Ore, DR.. A. Il. Etuht of Spokane, who
at that time was a citizen of Colfax,
and DR.. ]. L. Harris of Cotton.
DR.. F. A. Bryant of Colfax, presi-
the two sessions, with DR.. M. j. Beis-
tel of Pullman as secretary. At the
business session which preceded the
program of papers and discussions
the invitation of Colfax as the meet
ing place for the next session was ac-
cepted and the date set as Monday,
July 10. The sessions were held in
the chamber of commerce rooms,
with a banquet at the Palace hotel
at 1900 p. m.
The program was opened with a
paper by DR. c. II. Weisman of Spo-
kane, who discussed different meth
DDS of skin grating and presented a
very interesting case of plastic surg
cry, boy who was injured on the
heel in machinery accident The
various methods and technique of
skin grating were explained in de-
tail by DR.. Weisman and the results
of several different cases outlined
The paper was discussed freely by
Drs. Burg of Uniontown, Harris of
Cotton, Else and Coffey of Portland,
Ore, and Cookery and Cunningham
of Spokane.
Hodgkins disease, an Enlargement
of the glands of the neck, was dis
cussed by DR.. j. l.. Gilleland of Pull
man, who explained that little is
known as to the cause of the disease.
He gave the history of two cases,
with blood pictures. DR.. F. Epplen
of Spokane went very thoroughly in
to the history of the disease and de-
scribed minutely the pathology, also
touching upon known treatments for
the ailment. The subject was also
discussed by Drs. Else of Portland,
Patton of Spokane, and others.
DR.. Robert C. Coffey of Portland,
who first proposed the organization
of the Whitman County Medical as
ISOLATION in 1897, gave masterful
paper on acute inflammatory condi-
lions of the abdomen, describing the
various signs, symptoms, diseases
and their treatments DR.. Corfey
presented numerous charts and draw
ings to demonstrate each case dealt
with. The Portland physician locat-
ed in Moscow, Idaho, in 1892, and
yesterday explained to the medicos
that his speciality at that time was
collie and fits" Five years later
he removed to Colfax and thence to
w ha
nowned as surgeon. His paper
was freely discussed by Drs. Cum
bingham of Spokane, Epplen of Spo-
kane, Else of Portland, St. Sure of
Colfax, and Cookery of Spokane.
Sleeping Sickness was the sub
Jeet of paper by Dr. George e.
Price of Spokane. a nerve specialist
late OF Philadelphia He described
sleeping sickness as a new disease of
which comparatively little is known
as to the cause, and outlined the
signs, symptoms and treatment of
the disease in full. The treatment,
he said, is largely governed by the
symptoms, which vary in different
cases, and he expressed the hope that
in the near future a serum will be
discovered which will successfully
combat the disease. A discussion OF
the subject was led by Drs. Patton
OF Spokane and Else OF Portland.
DR.. w. J. Pennock OF Spokane. a
genito urinary specialist, dealt with
cystitis inflammation of the blaa
der). He described the symptoms
diagnosis and treatment of the dis
ease in a manner that was bene
fetal to the general practitioners. DR.
J. d. Windell of Spokane. another
G. U. specialist, also discussed III,
subject.
"Goitre and It's Relation To Basa
MetabolisIn" was discussed by Or
J. Earle Else of Portland, who de