Smyrna times., 1926-10-20
STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY MEETS
officers Elected and Numerous Topics
Discussed at Sessions Held I'm Dover

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Discussed at Sessions Held I'm Dover
The Delaware State Medical Society
closed its annual meeting Wednesday
noon, last week, after hearing an adj
dress by DR.. Wendell C. Phillips,
President Of American Medical As
isociation, who emphasized upon the
physicians of the State to install and
keep up the practice of recording their
cases so that when information of any
kind is needed the physician can have
complete record of his patient.
He urged the country, as well as
the town physician to be a factor in
personal public health education, so
that they can be successfully classed
as physician of education, morality,
physiology and socially.
The second address was by Eugene
T. Lies, of Chicago, on constructive
Recreation for Restless Age" DR..
Hannah M. Stone, of New York City,
spoke on constructive Methods of
Choice" dealing with the sex relation
between man and woman. "Fallacies
of Birth Control was stressed by E.
L. Hoffman, Ph. d., consulting stats
tician of Prudential Life Insurance
Company, N. j., in which he assailed
the theory as advanced by DIR. Stone,
contending that human nature was
human nature and could be nothing
else.
The last address was by DR.. S.
Josephine Baker, of New York City,
on ''The Prevention of Maternal and
Infant Mortality"
DIR. Harold Springer, of Whining
ton, was elected head of the Medical
Society. 1t was decided to hold the
meeting next year at Farnhurst.
The 18th annual session of the
Medical Society of Delaware convened
at Dover Tuesday afternoon. The
House of Delegates met in the Dover
Century Club at 8 o'clock, at which
the business of the association was
transacted, including the reports of
officers, committees, delegates and
nomination of officers, all of which
were submitted to the society proper,
which convened Wednesday morning
at o'clock in Dover Century Club
and were ratified by that body. The
officers selected by the House of Del
egates together with the various del
egates to the several societies outside
Of the state and in the state, as well
as the standing committees for the
year, was as follows:
First vice-president, DR.. G. F. Jones
Sussex county; second vice-president,
DR.. James Martin, Magnolia; secre-
tary, DR.. w. o. LaMotte, Wilmington;
treasurer, DR.. S. G. Rumford, Will
mington; councillor, DR.. W. T. Jones.
Delegates to American Medical As
sociation, DR.. w. o. LaMotte, Will
mington; alternate, Dr.. 0. s. Allen.
Delegate to Maryland Medical So
ciety, DR.. G. ". Wood; delegate to
Pennsylvania Medical Society, DIR.
Earl Bell; delegate to New Jersey
Medical Society, DIR. w. G. Deakyne;
delegate to New York Medical Society
DR.. E. H. Lenderman.
Delegates to State Pharmaceutical
Society, Drs. Fl. H. Manning, I. I,
Chapman and @. J. Prickett.
Committee on scientific work, Drs.
M. A. Aarumiany, G. de J. Harbordt,
J. B. NAPLES.
Committee on public policy and
Legislation, Drs. A. T. Davis, J. w.
Bastian, o. w. James.
Committee on medical education,
Drs. H. w. Briggs, Joseph S. McDan-
iel, James Beebe.
Neurology, Drs. L. S. Conwell, H.
Lynch. H. Palmer.
Publication, Drs. w. E. Bird, A.
Robin, w. o. LaMotte.
Committee on hospital, Drs: Joseph
S. Mcdaniel, ]. R. Elliott, Joseph P.
Wales.
After the adjournment of the House
Of Delegates, dinner was served to
the members and guests Of the so
ciety by the Kent County Medical So
ciety at Dover Century Club rooms.