The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-04-21

Inc central Medical Society
composed Of physicians Of this
and four other neighboring coun-
ties, held it's mnthly meeting in
Brandon Tuesday evening, and the
occasion was . great success in
every particular.
Some time ago, a number OF
Jackson doctors, members Of this
society, recognizing the ability of
our fellowtownsman, DR.. w. H.
Watson, made an effort to get him
to locate in Jackson, attempting
to show him that it would be great
~ to his interest and advantage to
practice in a city where hospitals,
laboratories, Xrays, and all other
modern conveniences for the med
ical profession are at all times ac-
cessible to the medical men. DR..
Watson spurned the idea, and
told them that he lived in the best
town in the state Of Mississippi,
and if they did not believe it he
wanted them to hold their next
meeting at Brandon and see for
themselves.
The invitation was readily ac-
cepted, and those who were fortu-
nate enough to attend the meeting
Tuesday night are thoroughly con-
WINGED that DR.. Watson, with the
able assistance Of many of our
good ladies, more than made good
his assertion. This fact was al
so fully attested by the physi-
clans, and they unanimously con-
scented to leave DR.. Watson alone
in the future, provided he would
agree to invite them back to Bran
don at least once year.
The appointed meeting hour
was 8 o'clock sharp, and nearly
everybody was on time, and
marched into Masonic Hall in
double file. The first and most
important thing that attracted at
tention when entering the hall
was the long tables laden with the
seasons choicest edibles. It is a
weu-knwon fact that when il
comes to preparing and serving q
banquet the Brandon ladies are
| without equals, and on this occa.
sion they made an extra effort to
sustain that enviable reputation
and we'll tell the world they
failed not. The menu consisted
of salads, fried chicken, boiled
ham, stuffed eggs, rolls, pickles
new tomatoes, coffee, cakes, and
mints.
| AS the visitors lined into the
hall they were seated at the long
tables, and the invocation hav-
ing been offered by Brother Jor-
dan Lindsey, the filling of the in
ner man proceeded uninterrupted
for nearly an hour.
| During the banquet hour an
entertaining feature of the even
ling occurred when a large birth
day cake, made and presented to
DR.. Watson by Mrs. S. L. Nc
Laurin, was passed and cut by
the visitors. The cordial and sin
cere wish for many happy returns
of the day was unanimous.
! At the conclusion of the ban
i quet, DR.. Hall, of Jackson, presi-
dent of the Society, called upon
Col. Sidney L. McLaurin for a
short address, and in few choice
words he welcomed the visitors t.
our little town, assuring them that
they were in the best town in the
county, the best county in the
state, the best state in the world
lCol. McLaurin's address was wit
tingly responded to by DR.. N. c.
Womack, of Jackson.
| President Hall announced that
the scientific part Of the program
would then be taken up, and intro
duced DR.. E. H. Galloway, OF
jackson, who read q very able pa
per on the "Differential Diagnosis
of Some Of the Common Surgical
Diseases Of the Abdomen" DR..
Galloway is recognized as one Of
the leading and most successful
surgeons Of the country, and his
livery able discussion of his sub
ject measured fully up to the ex-
pectations Of his friends. His pa
per revealed the secret Of his sue
feasibility combined with strict
caution and careful diagnosis, be-
ing certain that he was right be-
fore opening the abdomen Of q
patient. He dwelt at length upon
the subject Of appendicitis, show
ing how easy it is to mistake some
other disease for this trouble, and
warned his fellow physicians to