Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-30
SIXTY-FIvE HERE
FOR YEARLY MEET
Of MEDICAL BODY
Session Opened Friday
Morning; Instructive Pro-
Gram Is Being Presented
at Chamber of Commerce

| SiXty-fivc medical men were reg
istered during the first day of the
annual meeting Of the New Mexico
Medical association, which openeI
at the rooms of the Chamber OF
Commerce yesterday morning.
Others are expected here today to
swell the attendance figure close 10
the hundred mark.
The sessions opened with a meet
ing of the house of delegates, fiji
teen members of that body being
present. The morning program
was largely given over to an ad-
dress by DR.. Evelyn Frisbie, on the
'Thcraphy Of the Gndocrine." The
paper was discussed by Doctors
lSWope, Prentiss and Miller,
| At the afternoon session, DR.. ID.
f. SmalIhorst, of FL Paso, gave an
| illustrated lecture on ptosis of the
stomach. This was followed by an
other illustrated lecture by DR.. J. F.
Percy, of San Diego, on a phase Of
presented a paper discussing a case
| VI D'llf ltHlOll III ~ pilillSs
DR.. Howard r. Raper, radiodont-
ist, of Albuquerque, presented an
illustrated lecture on Dental DiaS
| nosis.'
Tooth Diagnosis Vital.
| Nothing in the world is mora
worthless than an incorrect dag
nosis," he said. IF the wrong tooth
is taken out, It's gone, It's
lost. If a diseased tooth is not
taken out, il may destroy the jaw
bone and cause serious systemic
disease. Also some dentist may
hand a hundred dollars worth Of
dental work on it.
THE treatment dentists gave
teeth IN the past, after the tooth
had ached, and the pulp (nerve)
became diseased and had to be
taken out, has been a failure. 1t
has resulted in the loss of much
bone and the development of much
sickness During the past few years
many teeth have becen extracted
which should have not been
extracted. AS a result of this there
is developing reaction against eX-
traction even in cases where 1t
should be done. The public is ask
! ing again to have his teeth treat
ed instead of pulled and dentistry
is reluctantly complying.
Now the crisis of this situation
is this: win dentistry go back to
treating teeth as in the past, which
was a tragic failure, or will the
profession treat teeth in n new
surgicalIy-clean, more scientific,
better way; a way which gives some
promise Of success. 60
THE biggest thing which stands
in the way of the new treatment is
its almost prohibitive cost. The
only real solution to the dental
| problem lies in cooperation be-
tween the profession and the public
| to the end of preventing primary
toothache and thereby preventing
the necessity of the expensive treat
ment which becomes necessary
when decay reaches the pulp
(nerve). Cavities in teeth must
be found and filled before they
reach the nerve
Banquet Friday Evening.
There was banquet at the
| Country club for the doctors and
their wives Friday evening. Today
the wives of the Albuquerque med
ical men will be hostesses to the
wives of the visiting doctors at
| O'Clock luncheon at the Alvarado
/ hotel.
/ Out-of-state physicians in at
! tendance at the meeting are: DR..
| Elliott c. Prentiss. DR., d. r.
| Smallhorst, DR.. X. d. Lynch and
DR.. Wait of El Paso and DR.. j. j..
Percy Of San Diego, Calf.
| The program for today follows;
| Morning session. 8 a. m, meet
ing OF the house of delegates; $50
a. m, general meeting.
Address, Public Health'--Dr.
Charles Giese, Colorado Springs.
Paper, Influenza and Tubercu-
losis'-Dr. Charles NJ. Hendricks,
Ell Paso, Tex.
Paper, THE Relation of the
Tonsil to Systematic Infection
DIR. T. e. Presley, Roswell. Dis
cussion, DIR. G. X. Angle.
Case report, Newer Methods of
Treating Pellagra"--Dr. NJ. X.
| Wylder. General discussion.
Recess from IL noon to 4 p. m.
Meeting of the house of delegates
and election of officers at p, m.
1880 p. m. Paper, "Headaches
From the Oculist's Standpoint
DR.. II. L. Brehmer. Discussion,
DR.. C. S. Losey. Las Vegas.
Paper, "Diverticula of the Blad-
der"-Dr. X. d. Lynch. FL PaSo,
Tex. Discussion. DR.. J. +. Percy,
San Diego, Calf.
Paper, "The Autogenous Bone
Inlay, It's Indications and Advan-
tages"-Dr. ]. w. Hannett. Gallup
Discussion. Dir. H. A. Miller, Clovis
Paper, THE Diagnosis of Non
| Tuberculous Diseases of the
Chest"-Dr. A. G. Shortle. Dis
cussion, DR.. Carl MILKY