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


With formal opening of
the 63rd annual convention
concluded at noon. members
Of the State Medical AsS0cia-
ton of Texas settled down
Tuesday afternoon 20 a sur
vey of the most recent devel-
0pments i'm their unceasinE
war on disease. At 1880.
the total registration OF doc
tors and visitors had passed
300, of which 500 members
Of the association.
Scientic sessions in sections nEn
surgery. medicine. diseases uf wunn-
en- and children. diseases q eJes
ear. nose and thruat. public health
radiology and pnysiuthcrmpy. cpennd
at .. m Tuesday and are sche6-
uled I'd end at O'Clock
At 40 D. III. Tuesday the annual
memorial exercises I'm honor cf i1a
deceased physicians rf thn state whIi
be held in the auditorium of re
junior college
Brownsville officially welcomed
the doctors In the opening exer-
cises which began at ln.45 m- m-
when DR.. ID. u. Works of Bruwrs-
vile. chairman OF the arrnngnmnnka
committee. called the meeting tn
TO order. with about coo persons
present An the auditorium
Acting for Mayur A- B. Cole.
City Attorney II. ,. Galhraith de-
livered the address uf welcome An
which he described tire lnymmnn
faith In the healing power CT ply
sicians. and extulled the climate nf
the Valley. we really DO not need
doctors in this wonderful climate
Major Galhrnlth said. and wr ray
our physicians merely 70 Iet uz know
how fortunate we are in not having
the many diseases which other parts
of the country are afflicted
DIR. WV. H.. WhiEham nf MrAIinn.
president or the lower Rio GFmnnc
Valley Medical society delivered the
welcoming address un behalf uf THAT
organization. He described the prog
ress OF medical work I'm thia pr-
gion and declared that hospital fm-
cilities and equipment in the VAL
ley are not surpassed hy any other
parts of Texas.
"A real old-fashioned welcome
was extended un behalf nf tine VA
ley auxiliary by Mrs. e.. MI Cash W.
San Benito. Mrs. Joe Gilbert. wife
or past president uf the mems
organization and president 20 tire
state auxiliary. responded. telling nf
the growth 0f the auxiliary and itS
accomplishments IN the field OF hy-
giene and health education.
Invocation was delivered NV R. O.
Macintosh and the benediction by
Rev. W. wv. Marshall.
Criticism OF what we're described
as grave defects" I'm the wurkmnn'x
compensation law and suggestion fur
q statewide campaign 70 correct
these were made nv Dr. Felix P
Miller OF El PmS0. president. ln thr
annual address.
Startling statements in cunnnr-
tion with the theory ar the rnuHr
OF cancer occupied n large portion
OF the presidents address. Focal
! infection as a causative factor
through chronic irritation. tE the
basis or his theory rr cancer mH
described BY DR.. Miller In hls ad-
| dress.
Among the past presidents un thr
| platform at the opening exercises
were Doctors c. M. RnHzer. Dallas.
j. ID. Osburr. ClebHrne: R- wv Krrx.
| Houston: M. l.. Graves. Houston.
Joe Gilbert. Austin. S- P Rice. Ma
lin: u. e.. Coleman. Colorado. ". IT..
Moore. Houston. j. c. Chase. Fort
Worth: 81 g.. Red. Houston. ard
j. III. McCracken. Mineral wells Dr.
Joe Dildy. Brownwood. president
elect. was also un thH platform.
Efforts 20 reach an agreement On
definite program I'm regard tn Ger
Continued On pare ten1