Evening star., 1921-06-20
INSANITY GROWING,
DOCTORS ARE TOLD

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Insanitysis on the increase. due to
the world war and its aIterS aSn'
today told prominent physicians from
all parts of the country gathered
for the eeventy-seventh annual Con.
| vention Of the American INSTITUTE Oh
Homeopathy at the Willard Hotei:
Among the 100000 or more per-
sons locked up in the insane asylums
Of the United States. the farmers
outnumber by far any other Grass
Of people. DR.. J. M. Lee declared.
Work. worry and lack OF recreatlon
insanity, DR.. Lee said. Farmers
work hard, worry much and have
little recreation. ne said. They are
therefore more susceptible to tnsan-
ity.
C1erxynaen In Healthy Glass.
Clergymen on the other hand en-
ploy their minds in many directions
and while they are active constantly,
the diversity Of their interests serves
to keep their minds in a healthy
state, DR.. Lee pointed out. Physi-.
clans. lawyers and the other pro-
fessions are practically in the anne
|, category, he said.
Our methods of living. our methodS
of eating and the general hustle and
tendency to worry and brood make
for throwing the mental machinery
out Of gear" he said.
The conventions first session this
morning was formally opened with
Of the institute. DR.. r. A. McCann Of
Dayton, Ohio. who told of the neces-
sity for continuing the affairs OF the
organization on a businesslike basis.
The initial session was turned over
principally to the reading OF reports
of committees and announcements.
Immediately following the business
session various technical bureaus OF the
institute held successive meetings in the
large assembly room on the tenth
floor.
Many Bureau Sessions.
Affiliated bureaus and organizations
which are meeting this afternoon In
Stella. @. Root Stamford. Conn. chair,
man: National Society of Physical
Therapeutics. DR.. T. Howard Plank:
Chicago. I'LL: chairman; 0uFsau Frank,n in
elsetsothf5aPs RsSs1 P51sdelpbia pa. chairman:
bureau of phototherapy: DR.. Earnest
P. Mills, Ogden, Utah. chairman; bu-
reau of radiotherapy. DR.. ]. D. Glo.
son. Denver. Col, chairman; bureau
Philadelphia, Pa. chairman; bureau
of hydrotherapy. DR.. Cornelia c:
Brant, Brooklyn. n. Y. chairman. and
the bureau Of materia medica, DR..
Anna Johnston, Pittsburgh, Pa, chair
man.
One of the more interesting pa
pers which were read at the after
noon session of the bureau of radio
therapy was one on "A New E-Ray
Technic in the Treatment of Malig-
nances." by DR.. William H. Dieffen-
I,oN 80 L. nj fHy
bach told the bureau of his discov-
cry of a new method OF using the
X-ray for treating ulcers and cancer
with favorable results. The process
consists in impregnating the tissues
Of the sore with silver salt and
cases where recovery had been facili-
tated in this way.
Cheerful Surroundings Vital.
Importance OF cheerful surround
ings. good food. dynamotherapy in
curing tuberculosis. instead of drugs.
was emphasized before the bureau Of
phctothe-apy by DR.. Hyman Lischner,
Diego. Calf. where world war vet
Grams are being cared for.
District Commissioner Oyster will
officially welcome the delegates at a
reception tonight at s o'clock at the
willard Hotel DR.. Gertrude Mack,
dent of the institute. will respond.
DR.. McCann will make the principal ad
dress. following which thS officers will
receive the delegates and guests. DIR.
Roy Upham will preside. There will
be music and dancing.
DR.. Upham, in speaking at the pre-
liminary session yesterday. called at
tention to a shortage of $4,000 ply
sicians in this country and urged that
every effort be made to have the con-
dition remedied. He said that the
Woman's National Homeopathic League
had been organized to assist medical
students through college.
Other Speakers Today.
Others who spoke follow: DR.. w. z.
Jacobs. Brooklyn. n. Y; DR.. H. NJ.
Stevenson. Baltimore: DR.. c. E. Fisher,
San Francisco; DR.. Gilbert Fitzpatrick.
Chicago. and William A. Person, Phil
adelphia.
DR.. H. E. Beebe. necrologist of the
institute for the past thirty years. an
nounced the death of sixty-eight men,
bers of the institute during the past
year. at memorial exercises held last
night.
The sessions Of the convention will
continue daily through Friday.
TRIBuTE TO HAHNEMANN