The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1921-05-06
MEDICO MEETING
HERE NEXT WEEK
Physicians and Surgeons From All
Parts West Tennessee To
Gather I'm Paris.


Paris will have the pleasure of
entertaining next week many of the
leading physicians and surgeons of
the state. who will attend the thir-
tieth annual meeting of the West
Tennessee Medical and Surgical AS
sociation here next Thursday and
Friday, May IL and 13.
DIR. VIM. T. Black OF Memphis is
president of the association, which
was organized at Humboldt in 1892,
with DR.. T. j. Happle of Trenton
the first president and Dr. l. A.
McSwaln of this city, secretary and
treasurer, which office he has held
efficiently for thirty years Other
officers are, DIR. j. p. Baird, Dyers-
burg, vice-president; DIR. w. b. Bond,
Martin, president; DIR. George
Il. McSwain, Paris, assistant secre-
tary.
The association meets every other
year at Jackson, alternate years at
other West Tennessee towns. 1t
accomplishes much constructive and
cooperative professional work at
fifty of the leading physicians and
surgeons of West Tennessee are af-
filiated with this organization.
Instructive and interesting discus
sions of medical and surgical import
ance will compose the program of
the association meeting in Paris
hll addresses will be professional,
and will represent deep thoughtful
study or valuable professional ex-
pcrience. Many lectures will be
illustrated by moving picture slides.
All meetings of the association
win be held at the Masonic Hall
except the illustrated addresses, Fri
day morning, which viii be at the
Dixie Theatre. Preparations are be-
ing made to entertain 100 visitors
Some of the most prominent state
surgeons and physicians who are
expected to attend are: DR. w. ID.
Haggard, Nashville; DR.. j. A. Girls
ler, Memphis: DR.. w. T. Fessey,
Nashville; DR.. Willis c. Campbell,
Memphis; DR.. E. Dunbar Newell,
Chattanooga, DR.. E. M. Sanders,
Nashville; DIR. Eugene j. Johnson,
Memphis; DIR. viii Mason, Murray;
DR.. r. L. Motley. Dyersburg; DR.. S.
M. Heron, Jackson.
The association will hold its first
session at 2 o'clock Thursday after
room, and both morning and after
noon sessions on Friday. DR.. Chas.
Hendley will welcome the associa-
tion in behalf of the Henry County
physicians, Mayor John r. Rison, Jr.,
for the citizens of Paris These ad-
a ~ H. M,
Frank D. Smythe, OF Memphis, and
DIR. w. d. Haggard, of Nashville.
The program for the entire meet
ing here includes: The value of
Y Ray examinations in pulmonary
disease from the standpoint of the
general practitioner, DIR. o. o. Jones,
jackson. A suggestive thought on
rIercury and syphilis, DIR. j. d.
Hopper jackson. The question of
removal of the tonsils, DR.. S. M.
Heron, Jackson. Avoidable errors
In diagnosis, DR.. Herman Hawkins,
jackson. Case reports. DR.. George
McSwain, Paris. Spinal anesthesia,
Dir. W.. F. Fessey, Nashville. To
open discussion, DR.. George McSwain,
Paris. Ulcerations of the bladder
with report of two cases, DR.. John
e. Hall, Nashville The diagnosis
o; vague disorders of the knee joint,
Or. e. M. Sanders, Nashville. A
paper, DIR. r. L. Motley, Dyersburg.
The difficulties of accurate surgical
diagnosis, DR.. E. Dunbar Newell,
Chattanooga. The proper technique
OF hysterectomy, illustrated, DR..
Frank Smythe, Memphis. Duodonal
ulcers, illustrated, DR.. r. L. Sanders,
Memphis; to show slides and open
discussion, DR.. r. j.. McCaughan,
Memphis. X-Ray diagnosis of gall
stones and gall bladder diseases,
illustrated, DR.. W.. o. Floyd, Nash
Vile. The rational management of
the enlarged prostate, illustrated DIR.
II. L. Douglass Nashville. The
benefit of radium in inoperable re-
current cancer and other conditions,
illustrated. Drs. w. ID. Haggard and
C r. Crutchfield, Nashville. The
physics of uterine displacements, il
lnstrated, DR., j. J., Cuttings, Mem
phis. Cancer of the uterus, DR.. |.
L. Burch, Nashville. Cancer, DR.. w.
T. Black, Memphis. Salpingitis, DR..
j. Hugh Carter, Memphis. Sympo-
SUM on Goitre, (a) goitre, DIR. Eu-
gene j. Johnson, Memphis; (b) sur
gical and non-surgical goitres, DR..
j A. Crisler, Memphis; (c) the
thyroid gland, DIR. Charles Hendley,
Paris; Cd the criteria of operability
and protective measures in hyper
throidisrb DR.. ]. l.. McGehee, Jr.,
Memphis; TO discuss, DR.. E. NJ.
Holder and DR.. w. ID. Haggard.
Urteral calcul. DR.. Geo. R. Liver
more, Memphis. Negligence in car
N,g for eross-eyed children, DR.. A. c.
Lewis, Memphis. Mobilization of
stiff joints, illustrated, DR.. Willis G.
Campbell, Memphis. A paper, by DR..
Viii Mason, Murray. Voluntary
-papers or those received after pro-
gram had been printed. Advantages
of combined newer methods of
radio-therapy, Howard King M. D.,
and C. M. Hamilton, M. d. Newer
methods of intraspinal treatment of
reurosyphilis, VIM. Litterer, Nash
vile.