Evening star., 1923-11-22
BELIEVES SALT AIR
PREVENTS GO|TER
Physician Declares Iodine
! Obtained From Sea Food
, Also a Preventive.

Salt air and sea food as preven-
tiyes of goiter were discussed by DR..
A. III. Gordon in an address today
before the thirty-ninth annual con-
vention of the Southern Homeopathic
Medical Association. at the Hotel
Washington.
DR.. Gordon pointed out that people
near the ocean take into their bodies
small quantities of iodine from the
air they breathe and the fish and sea
food they eat, and from salt water
bathing.
THE vast majority of heart diseases
respond to treatment If taken care
of early, and a large number OF cases
are curable," declared DR.. q. Harlan
Wells of Chicago in d paper read be-
fore the association this morning.
Officers Are Chosen.
The following officers were elected
Danville. Va. president; DIR. H. B.
Baker, Richmond, Va, first vice presi
dent; DR.. Douglas Caulkens, Knox
VILE. Tenn. second vice president: DR..
Ralph Ferris. Richmond. Va. secre-
tary treasurer, and DR.. c. w. Taber,
Richmond. corresponding secretary.
Trustees of the association elected.
DIR. +. >. Swartwout OF Washington,
retiring president of the organiza-
ton: DR.. F. L. Juett of Lexington.
Va. The board of censors. DR.. w. r.
Andrews. Warrington, w. Va; DR.. H.
~. Wiggers, Cincinnati, Ohio: DR.. H.
II. Simmons. Chestertown. Md; DR..
Helen Ellis. Knoxville. Tenn, and DR..
S. j. B. Meade of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The annual convention banquet will
be held at the Hotel Washington to-
night Senator Royal S. Copeland of
New York. Brig. Gen. Charles f. Saw
Yer and Lieut.. Commander Joel T.
Boone will make addresses. DR.. H. NJ.
Stevenson of Baltimore presided at
this mornings sessions.
Harding Trail Praised.
The Presidents thorghtfulness for
others and his forgetfulness of him
self is the reason that we mourn him
today declared Lieut.. Commander
Joel t. Boone, one of the physicians
Harding in his last illness. in an ad-
dress a the first general sessions of
the thirty ninth annual convention OF
the Southern Homeopathic Medical
Association at the Washington Hotel
last night.
Lieut. Commander Boone declared
that the late Executive started on
his Alaskan trip tired out from weeks s
OF hard work in Washington, and
while on his tour found no chance
speeches prepared and given by the
late President in short space of
time were also pointed out as one of
the great strains on MrS Harding.
Need OF Practice Told.
The danger of training young ply
sicians in the principals of medicine
without being trained in their appli-
cation was discussed by DR.. Ray Ly-
man Wilbur, president of the Leland
Stanford University, who also attend
ed the late President in his last ILL
ness.
The shortage of homeopathic ply
sl> >ians in the country was deplored
by DR. Frank A. Swartwout of WASH
1ngton. president of the association.
in his annual address He urged a
larger number of schools for the
training of doctors. He stated that
every homeopathic medical school had
more applicants for entrance than
it had accommodations for.
Other speakers were: DIR. Eugene
Gnderhill of Philadelphia, DR.. Will
liam r. King of Washington. who
presided at the meeting. and Rev j.
j. Muir. chaplain of the Senate, who
pronounced the invocation.