Evening star., 1927-04-17
5000 MEDICAL MEN
/. TO MEET At PARLEY
18th Annual Session of
American Association Due
in Washington May 1920.

More than 5000 physicians from all
parts of the United States, Canada
Sand several foreign countries will be
Fin Washington from May 16 to 20 for
1.-THE seventy-eighth annual session of
q the American Medical Association.
81 Local physicians are busy compiler.
Eing arrangements for the reception o.
4his great body Of doctors. The or
&sf7cial address of welcome will be de-
f1ivered by President Coolidge.
Sg Local arrangements are in charge
q ST a committee headed by Or. William
Derry Morgan, 1924 street. the other
m ambers being DR.. Charles 5. White,
sDr. Joseph S. Wall. DR.. c. B. Conklln
ard DIR. Frank Gibson.
= Advisory Council Appointed.
8 An advisory council has been named
%ronsisting of DR.. Charles w. Richard
son, Hubert Work, Secretary of the
%Intericr; Surgeon Generals NJ w. Ire
land of the Army. +. r. Stitt of the
Navy and Hugh s. Cumming of the
Public Health Service; DIR. James +.
sCoupal. the Presidents physician; DR..
C. II. T. Iowndes of the Naval Hos
pital DR.. James NJ. Kennedy of Wal
ter Reed Hospital; DR.. Joel e. Boone.
DIR. D. c. Howard, DR.. William A.
white, DR.. William c. Fowler, DR.. +.
"a. Balloch, DR.. George NJ. Kober, Dr.
william c. Borden, DR.. Philip 5. Roy,
sDr. Thomas A Clayton, DIR. NJ. F.
9uthbert. DR.. Noble P. Barnes, DR..
Louis Mackall, DR.. Francis r. Hagner
eand DR.. John D. Thomas.
Subcommittee chafrmen are as fol
slows: Sections and section work, DR..
j. Russell Verbrycke; finance, DR.. e.
u. Davidson; scientific exhibits, DR..
Thomas A. Grower; technical ex-
shibits, DR.. Frank Leech; entertain
ments, DR.. John A. Foote; halls and
meeting places, DR.. John b. Nichols;
@reception to President, DR.. Thomas 5.
Lee; clinics. DIR. Arthur c. Christie;
alumni gatherings, DR.. James A. Gan
mon: programs. DR.. D. d. Y. Stuart;
Information, DR.: John NJ. Ladd, regis.
.4ration, DR.. ]. Lawn Thompson;
badges. DIR. Samuel S. Adams; print
dng, DR.. w. NJ. Barton; hotels, DR..
John Talbot; local transportation, DR..
ARCHER W. Boswell; clubs and golf,
DIR. Harry H. Kerr; telephone and
Telegraph, DR.. r. Lyman Sexton;
women physicians, DIR. Edith Seville
Coale; ladies' entertainments, Mrs.
Joseph S. Wall; memorial exercises,
Mrs. Charles w. Richardson.
President to Speak May II.
The first general meeting of the as
sociation at which the President viii
speak, viii be held Tuesday night,
May II, at the Auditorium. DR..
sJabez n. jackson of Kansas City,
president-elect of the association, will
be installed in office and will deliver
an address.
y Preliminary to the general meeting
of Tuesday night the house of dele
gates of the association will convene
for two days to transact the business
of the organization. Reports of Off
GERS and special committees will be
heard and addresses will be made by
DR.. Wendell c. Phillips Of New York,
president of the association; DIR. Jack
son, president-elect, and DR.. Freder-
fck c. Warnshuis Of Grand Rapids,
Mich, speaker Of the house of dele
gates. This body is made up Of about
$50 representatives of constituent
State associations, the various depart
Inents of the association, the United
Etates Public Health Service, the
Army and the Navy.
3 Memorial ceremonies in honor of
famous men of the medical profes-
sion will be held Monday afternoon,
May 16, when wreaths viii be placed
by officers of the association on stat
ues Of BENJAMIN Rush, Samuel
Gross and William Crawford Long; on
,busts of w. C.. Gorgas and Walter
Reed and on a painting of John S.
Billings.
4 Pilgrimage to Mount Vernon.
A pilgrimage to Mount Vernon is
also scheduled for Monday, when the
president of the association will place
3 wreath on the tomb of Washington.
The president of the Woman's Auxil-
iary, Mrs. John o. McReynolds of
Dallas, Tex, will place a wreath on
the tomb of Martha Washington.
Ss Tribute will be paid to the physi-
clans who lost their lives in the World
War Tuesday afternoon, May II, in
the Arlington Amphitheater. Maj.
Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of
staff Of the United States Army, will
speak, and President Phillips of the
association viii lay a wreath on the
tomb Of the Unknown Soldier.
MANY alumni societies and inde-
pendent organizations are planning
social meetings during the convention.
Among them are the Medical Veterans
of the World War, of which Surg.
Gen. Ireland is president; the Alumni
Society of the Medical Department
of the University of Pennsylvania,
the Association of American Teachers
Of the Diseases OF Children, the Off
GERS of Base Hospital No. ia and the
Alpha Omega Alpha Fraternity.
Golf Tourney Announced.
The thirteenth annual tournament
OF the American Medical Golfng As
sociation will be held Monday at the
Columbia Country Club at Chevy
Chase, Md.
The meetings OF the is scientific
sections of the association win open
Wednesday morning and continue
through Friday morning. Diagnostlc
clinics are to be held by experts in
Various branches of medicine during
the first two days of the session. The
scientific exhibit, comprising material
assembled from all parts Of the United
States and accompanied by demon
STATIONS by eminent scientists, VIII
be on view throughout the week at
the Washington Auditorium.
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