Evening star., 1923-11-13
COPELAND UPH0I|LDS
HONOR0F MEDICINE
Senator Speaks Before Con-
.vention of Southern
Doctors Here.

ator Royal S. Copeland. former health
commissioner Of New York. In an
address before. the members of the
seventeenth annual convention of the
Southern Medical Association at the
Ebbitt Hotel today.
Senator Copeland who spoke at
the public health section of the as
ISOLATION. made strong plea for ed
ucation in public health matters.
In one congested square mile In
New York city, where often twelve &c
fifteen people live in three rooms, he
said, the infant mortality rate is fif.
ty per 1000, while In the "plutocratic'
acea of 9TH avenue, he continued, the
rate Is 100 per 1000, just double tina,
of the poorer section
Taught Proper Care.
1.-THE reason" Senator Copeland
said. Ties in the fact that in the con.
gested area mothers have beer
taught how to take care of their ba.
bies.
Let us coordinate all the grea,
public health activities to disseminate
knowledge on how to live and how &c
the span of life" the senator conclud-
ed. IF we do that We have served
well our day and generation"
A resolution declaring their inten.
ton to ease the burden of President
Coolidge by not expecting him tc
shake hands with the members of the
association was adopted by the or.
Eanization's council this morning
The members will be received at the
White House by the President on
Thursday morning. Prior to the re.
Ceptton by the President on Thursday
the ladies attending the convention
will be received by Mrs. Coolidge
Danger of Industrialism.
Practice of medicine I'm this country
rs in danger of becoming Industrial.
lied, not to say sociali2cd or govern
mental'zed. In spite of the witness OF
the corrupting and destroying char
acter of the German sooialis+ic Sys.
TEN. and the poverty and general In
ct1ciency Of the British system. SO de-
structiVe :" 0rofessional morale as
recently to threaten an unthfnka lie
strike of r.-y ans against it's in
tolerable eNactionS," DR. NJ L. Graves
of Galveston, Ten. declared today in
opening a conference on medical edu-
cation.
Deploring the diminishing in.
fuence of medical men in the Iifs
of the country" DR. Graves urgef
that in addition to scientific activitie.
they should develop leadership ir
thought culture. ideals and citizen.
ship.
Medical colleges that boast OF
small classes and of the great mum.
Der or applicants turne,l away, he
said. were laying themselves open tc
tho criticism Of tending. to esta ab!isl
medical aristocracy." and if tbs
practice were continued they woule
IND it increasingly difficult to get
public support in the shape OF
necessary appropriations.
He also nale a I!cas for n =
proper for the profession to acqu in,
the public, through the press, with
discoveries and achievements ir
medicine and surgery.
There is no room for nationalisn
In mecicin" and science" said DR.
George +. Vincent of New York. pres
ident Of the Rockefeller Foundation
IN an address at the formal oper
session at the Memorial Continenta
Han last night. For the benefit 0!
all nations should work together"
The need of the nation Is for Z
more definite systematic and compre.
hensive plan of health education,
said DR.. W. S. Leathers of the Uni.
versity of Mississippi president o,
the association
state health departments have made
progress along these lines. according
T. - sneaker. but he said that much
more could be done through greater
-. - Ion with the. schools and
Medical schools. in particular" DR.
Leathers pointed out, should revise
their curricula to pay more attention
TO the teaching of preventive medi.
cine.
Health Work in Schools.
More uniform and sane health pro-
gram is needed in the schools. where
teachers trained in health education
should be provided, the president
The public should be brought to
u g
periodical health examinations' said
DIR. Leathers.
That day has passed when medi-
cine cine a allows itself to be sought by the
leigh. state health officer of North
Carolina.
DR.. Rankin recommended within
the next six months meeting of ali
state medical officers In the south to
formulate a statement on their pub
iic health policies. He strongly urged
tue Southern Medical Association to
make arrangements for this meeting
curing this convention.
Other speakers were DR. Irwin
Abell of Louisville, DR.. J. w. Barks
dale OF jackson. Miss, and DIR. Stew
art X. Roberts of Atlanta. Ga
Problem OF Malaria.
Malaria is a rural problem. and
remedial measures have been applied
win difficulty because of the lethargy
that they have been victims of the
malady all their lives and conse-
Guently doubt the efficacy of measures
for Tor its eradication" declared DR.. S.
health officer of Alabama. at a meet
ing of the. national malaria commit
tee yesterday.
Health officers Of the various states
ines OF the association, and the fed
erai government has opened nm a
number OF specially prepared scien-
tifc exhibits for the visiting physi-
clans and surgeons. There are eight
cen sections meetings. at the conven-
tion. They are: Section on medicine.
section on pediatrics. section. on neu-
rology and psychiatry; Southern Gas.
Observation-Disclosures Association; section
on pathoiogy: section on radiofogy;
section on dermatology and syphfl.
ology; section on surgery: section on
hone and joint surgery: Southern
States Association of Railway. sur.
geons; section on urology: section on
opstetrics; section on eye. ear, nose
and throat; section on public health;
national malaria committee (confer-
ence on malaria); conference on
medical education: conference eni
southern states statfsticians; South
ern Association of Anesthetists.
The following officers were elected
yesterday by the section on derma
tology: DR.. Edward S. Lane. Okla
homa City. chairman; DR.. Lloyd Ket.
ron, Baltimore. vice chairman; DR.. J.
NJ. King of Nashville, secretary. The
Southern States Association of Rail-
way Surgeons elected DR.. S. s. Gales
of Roanoke, Va, PRESIDENT. DIR. n. =
Newell. Chattanooga, vice president
and Or. J. w. Palmer OF Alley, Ga.
secretary.
The chairmen. Of the Washington
committee are. General chairman. Dr.
Thomas A. Grover: vice genera
chairman. DR.. ssPhilip. 8. Roy; general
secretary. DIR. William Cabeil Moore