The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
DOCTORS GATHER AT CAPITAL FOR 1924 CONVENTION Governor Brandon To Well come Physicians As An
 nual Session Opens SENATOR M'KELLAR
 IS CHIEF SPEAKER Birmingham Doctors To Give Papers On Use
 Of Insulin
(State Capital Rureaul

l MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 12-- The fifty-seventh annual convention of the Medical association of the state of Alabama opens here Tuesday, April 15, and an attendance of some 400 medical men is expected. The pro- gram includes some of the leading med ical authorities of the country. New thoughts and timely discussiona of medical problems will be brought to the attention of members of the pro | fession, according to officials of the association. | One of the most interesting features of the program is the public meeting ar ranged for Wednesday evening, at which United States Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, will deliver an address. 4 | Dr. W. W. Harper of Selma, preki- dent of the state medical associatipn, has expressed himself as delighted with the 1924 convention program. We consider ourselves fortunate" he said, fin securing for addresses, papers, clinical work and demonstrations the men whose names appear on the pro gram.
 Gov. ". W. Brandon will say the | capital city for the state at large, Mayor W. A. Gunter for the city of Montgomery and Dr. T. Brannon Hub bard, president of the Montgemery County Medical society, for the doe tors of the capital city. Invocation will be given by Dr. Charles H. Pratt, pastor of the Trinity Presbyterian church. These preliminaries, it is ex- pected, will be followed by the annual address of the president, Dr. w. W. Harper of Selma.
 Public Meeting Planned
 One feature of the program, which it is expected, will carry the members of the organization and their guesfs| away from the technical and the medi- cal thoughts of the meeting for the time being will be the public meeting aH- nOuneed for Wednesday night, AprU 16, at o'clock at the Grand theatre. At this time, there will be a musical program rendered by the Masenle home band, under direction of it's lea6- CT, to be followed by an address by Dr. s. W. Welch, state health officer, and this to be followed by an address by United States Senator Kennesh H. MeKellar, of Tennessee. Senator Me heIIar was. born ST Richmond, Ala in Dallas county, and was educated ak the University of Alabama st Tusea- loOsa. He is one of the friends of early manhood of Governor Brandon and was a boy neighbor of Dr. Har- per, now president of the medical as- sociation of the native state of both men.
 Other convention features which are being looked forward to with more than passing interest will be the pedia- tric symposium "Diarrheas of Infam- cy," and the "dibetic symposium" Thursday afternoon.
 On the former, papers will be RtV. en by Dr. Jerome Meyer, Birminsham; Dr. D. T. Mccall, Mobile; Dr. c. H. Rice, Montgomery and Dr. Ross Shy der of Birmingham.
 Uses Of InsuIin With the discovery of insulin by Canadian doctor, who was recently visitor to Alabama, the uses of it in fighting disease have become quite important to the medical profesaian ee the state. The 'Diabetie SymposiuM~ of Thursday afternoon will consist of three papers by Birmingham physicians who will cover the various phases of the use of insulin in practical appli- cation. They are Doctors James Me Lester, Scale Harris and Earle Dren. nen.
 Brilliant Men Coming
 As already indicated, many of the most brilliant medical men of America are to be found on the program for the coming convention. Some of them are Dr. Roger l. Lee, associate professor of medicine, Harvard university; Mir. Daniel Fiske Jones, chief surgeon ef the Massachusetts General hospital: Dr. Bronson Brothers, instructor of nervous diseases of children, HarvaG3 medical school; Dr. Dawson Furniss, professor of diseases of women in the New York Post Graduate Medical school, an Alabama man, being a broth of Dr. N. Furniss of Selma; Dr. Den- nette Adams, lecturer in medicine, University of North Carolina; Dr. Denegre Martin, professor of surgery in New Orleans Poly Clinic; Dr. J. R. Garner, chief surgeon, West Point rail- road; Dr. William Engelbaeh, St. Louis, authority on ductless glands; Dr. James s. Stone, chief surgeon Children's hospital, Boston. ey1
 Alabama Doctors Be Heard
 Dr. James s. Stone of Boston, will gives the Jerome Cochran lecture Wednesday morning at II o'clock, talk ing for his subject, Abdominal Diag- noses in Children"
 Birmingham doctors on the program are Groee Harrison, G. F. Douglas, D. c. Donald. Jerome Meyer, Ross Synder, James McLester, Scale Harris, Earle Drennen and Courtney Shrop- shire
 From Mobile are Doctors G. c. Kill patrick. F. s. Sledge. Engene Thames, D. T. Mccall and Heustiss DOnde
 From Montgomery, Doctors Woodfin B. Cobb, l.. c. Ravens, K. F. Marcy, c. H. Rice and W. 4. Sellers.
 From Selma. Dr. ". W. Harper, Dr. B. B. ROgan and Dr. W. W. Burns.
 Other Alabama doctors on the pro- gram will be Dr. W. B. Palmer, Fur man; Dr. A A. Jackson. Florence 1; Dr. O. \. Edge. Troy Dr. H. Earle Con well, Fairfield; Dr. F. A. Kay, Tus- calOosa; Dr. A. S. Frasier, Dothan; Dr. R. B. Beard, Troy; Dr. P. r. Salter, Eufaula; Dr. G. l.. Faucet. Gadsden; Dr. Jere Watson, AnnistOn.