Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-21
800 DOCTORS
OFTEXASHERE
FORFIRSTDAY
City Attorney Wei
comes Visitors For
Mayor; Physicians
Survey Work

With formal opening CO.
the 63rd annual convention
concluded at noon. members
Of the State Medical Associa-
ton Of Texas settled down
Tuesday afternoon 70 = sur
vey Of the most recent deyel-
Opments iii their unceaslng
war on disease. At IL so,
the total registration ~ doc
tors and visitors had passed
800. Of which 500 members
)f the association
Scientic sessions TIM HcrtArun un
surgery. medicine. diseases uf wnMa-
en- and children. diseases cf E1ea
ear. nose and threat. pubic heaitA-
lradioloEy and phySicthHrapy. npmnen
at ID. m. Tuesday and are schnd-
uled 70 end ~ o'cicok.
At $50 y. m. Tuesday tine annual
memorial exercises I'm hunnr uH llA
deceased physicians OF the state Will
be held in the auditorium ct shr
junior college.
Brownsville officially welcomed
the doctors I'm the opening exnr-
cises which began at io.&3 n. -
when Dr. III. O. Works uf Bruwus-
vile. chairman uf the arrangements
committee, called tho meeting -
70 order. with about Gu0 pcrscaz
present I'm the auditorium
Acting for Mayor A. B- Co.'s.
City Attorney III. II. Gaihraith &C.
livered the address of welcome tn
which he described the iAymMn'a
faith In the healing power ot ply
siclans, and extolled the Climate cf
the Valley. we really do nut nFmd
doctors I'm this wonderful climate
Major Gaihraith said. and we ray
our physicians merely ~ lef w. kruw
how fortunate we are in not hmwtmE
I the many diseases which other parts
| or the country are afflicted
Dr. WV. E. WhlEham uf AfrAtirr.
president OK the lower Rio GRANGE
Valley Medical society delivered thn
welcoming address cn behalf cf that
organization. Hg described tine pr~E-
reSs of medical work I'm THIS re-
gion ard declared that hospital t.
cilIties and equipment in tire Va
lev are not surpassed hy arr utlrr
parts Of Texas.
"A real d-raShIoned welcrrne~
was extended on behalf uf thr Val
/ ley auxiliary hv Mrs O.. M- Cash NO
San Benito- Mrs Joe Gliherfr wifa
or a past president cf the mems
organization and president uf the
state auxiliary. responded. telling nf
the growth uf the auxiliary ard ifS
accomplishment in enc field uf hy-
giene and health education
Invocation was delivered NV IT, o..
Macintosh and the bcnccicttcr -
Rev. wi. wv. Marshall
Criticism OF what wrTe described
rs grave defects III the wnrkmens
compensation law ard H1gEeEtiur frg
statewide campaign tn correct
these were made NV Dr. Felix NH.
Miller or IT Paso. president. in the
annual address
Startling statements ln curnTr-
ton with the theory of the calne
or cancer occupied y large p1rtiou
OF the presidents address. Furml
infection nS a cansatlre fMranr
through chronic irritation. TN the
basis of his theory wv cancer as
described by Dr Miller Arm hAs mn-
dress.
Among the past presidents un ere
platform at the opening exercises
we're Doctors G.. M. RnEHrr. Dallas:
j. u. Oshurn. Ciebnrne: r. w. Knn1
Houston: NJ ~ Graves. Houston.
Joe Gilbert. Austin: ~ P Ricr. Mar
lin; P. G. Coleman. Colorado. N. n.
Moore. Houston: y. G. Chase. Fr-s
Worth: ~ C. Red. Houston. ard
j. H. McCrncken. Mineral wells Dr,
Joe Dildy. Brcwnwnod. president
elect. was also On the platform.
Efforts to reach nn agreement rr
a definite program Ann regard tn rnr-
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