The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-04
Superintendent of Topeka Hos
pitaI Heads Kansas Doctors.
Work of X. U. School Medicine
Is COmpIimented.
NO new LAWS RECOMMENDED
Report of Committee Does Not
Locate X. q. School.
Death Rate Among Kansas
Physicians Is High.

The complete list of officers elsctea
this morning by the house of delesates
of the Kansas Medical society is as
follows:
President, DIR. NJ. L. Perry. super
intendent of the state hospital, Topeka.
Vice presidents. DR.. ]. r. Scott, OF
tawa; DR.. Leon sMatassarin, Wichita;
DR.. E. E. Morrison, Great Bend.
Treasurer, DIR. George NJ. Gray,
Kansas City. Kan, who was appointed
to fill out the uneXpired term OF the
late DIR. L. H. Mum.
The secretary, DR.. J. F. Hassig, OF
Kansas City, Kan, has still year OF
his term to serve.
Councillors were elected as follows.
From the third district DR.. P. :.
Mitchell. lola: from the sixth district
DR.. f. s. Edgerton. Wichita; from the
ninth district, DR.. c. 5. Kenney. Nor
ton, retiring president; from the tenth
district, DR. D. r. Stoner, Ellis: from
the twelfth district. DIR. w. f. Fee,
Meade.
LindIey on Program.
The chief speakers. on today's pro-
gram were DIR. Frederick Tice. head OF
the medical department of the uni
Versity of Illinois, and Chancellor +.
sas
The meeting will close this after
noon, following the delivery of the ad-
dresses scheduled.
legislation which should be supported
by Kansas physicians have been made
to the Kansas Medical society by the
committees which reported to the
house of delegates of the society at
that organizations first meeting We'd
nesday night The physicians believe
in the continued support Of public
! health wonk, and the support OF the
state m edjcal school. They will not.
so far has yet been determined.
| back any particular legislation.
Complimented Medical Faculty.
The faculty of the school of medi-
cine of the state university was COM
plinented on the graduates which
they are turning out in the report OF
the committee on the school of medi-
cine, but the committee believes that
there should be a dean of that school
who would not also hold a clinical
professorship. The committee assert
ed in it's report which was adopted by
the house of delegates, that the job
of being dean of the school of medi-
cine is a job large enough to occupy
all of one mans time.
The committee also recommended
that there be more men holding medi-
cal degrees in the faculty which gives
the first two years work at Lawrence.
The report did not touch on the
matter of location of the school. The
members of the committee on the
school of m edicine are: DIR. c. c. Nes-
Harry w. Horn. wichita; DR.. Alfred
O'Donnel1, Ellsworth; DR.. Frank A.
Trump, Ottawa. and DIR. J. J. Brown
lee. Hutchinson.
High Death Rate.
The report of the committee on
neurology showed that the death rate
among Kansas doctors during 1921
was much higher than the average
death rate of the population OF The
United States and Canada There
- ~ ,4-vau
ported during the year. The commit
tee estimated, according to an estab-
lfshed rule for such calculation, that
the actual number of physicians dying
was thirty-nine. There are 2,202 doc
tors in the state. according to the rec
ords of the society. This gives death
rate among the physicians. of 1855
per 900. while the average death rate
of the United States and Canada for
1921 was but 1896 per 1890 OF pop
uiation.
twenty-five Of the doctors who died
during the year were in active praC-
tice, and twelve had retired. The
ages of the doctors who died ranged
from thirty-one to ninety-three years.
The members of the committee on
neurology were: DR.. z. Liegett, Os-
wego. chairman; DR.. J. F. Hassig.
Kansas CITY; DR.. w. z. McVey. To-
800 Doctors Registered.
. When the morning session OF the
convention opened there were nearly
800 doctors registered, and more have
been arriving all day.
The first move on today program
was the second and final session OF
the house Of delegates held in the
senate chamber at the state house.
The Shawnee county members Of the
house of delegates are: DIR. W. z. Nc
Vey DIR. c. Z. joss. DR.. ]. n. Beasley.
DIR. M. @. Sloo. DIR. Earle c. Brown
and DR.. G. r. Menninger.