Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-03

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reveal the newest weapons in the
war on disease at their SIND n
nual convention will be held in
Philadelphia. starting June g.
Some 5000 physicians. the largest
assembly Of doctors anywhere in
the world. will attend this years
session OF the American Medical
Association to discuss everything
from a new method OF treating
w%hooping cough by use Of ether
to a means OF studying living
tissue through a window in a
RABBITS ear.
one important activity viii be
the scientific exhibit, devoted not
only 70 new discoveries, but also
TO special demonstrations which
serve as a post graduate course
in helping practicing physicians TO
keep abreast OF modern advances.
Here leading p~athologists will
discuss disease tissues. removed
from patients in Philadelphia hos
pitfalls during the actual course Of
the meeting. Treatment OF frac-
lures including use Of plaster Of
paris and restoration OF function
after healing will be demonstrated.
"a special exhibit has been ar
ranged TO show the much-discussed
method OF treating varicose veins
by injection OF material that OBJ
!iterates the veins. one apparatus
10 be shown determines the color
ing OF the blood 10 the thousandth
OF a gram. Tularemia and psitta-
COSTS Cparrot fever) are some Of the
extraordinary conditions which
will be fully exemplified.
An artificial stomach will be ex-
hiblted as will a machine for pro-
duction OF high temperatures. or
artificial fever. which has been
found beneficial in certain nervous
conditions. Another unique in
StFument measures the breathing Of
newborn infants.
Several investigators at the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania. who rave
devised a way 10 study living It's
sue through a window" az trans
parent material inserted in a rab-
bits car will demonstrate this dis
c0very.
Another feature never shown
before viii be the rearing OF
larvae of flies, which recent. work
has shown TO be beneficial in the
treatment OF osteomyelitis. an in
lection OF the bone marrow.
While the specialists will de-
vote much Of their time to extra
ordinary conditions. such common
conditions as eruption of the skin
and athletes foot will be exhibit
ed.
investigators will explain how
they have tracked down and kept
check on some 250,000 charlatans,
patent medicines and other forms
Of quackery in the health field.
Almost every important scientific
group IN the field Of the care OF
public health will exhibit the pro-
greSs that 1t has made in recent
years in overcoming such condi-
tons as rheumatism. veneral dis
ease. cancer. diseases transmitted
by animals TO man ard similar dis
orders.
Heart disease. now the leading
cause or death in the United states.
will occupy a prominent place in
the program.
Cancer, the nemesis % middle
age. will receive attention in some
Is papers from the points az view
OF the surgeon. radiologist. the
ophthalmologist and the otolaryn-
gologist.
Isolation OF the female sex hor-
none announced last year. slim
ulated research in this field. which
will be the subject OF a symposium
in the section on obstetrics and
gynecOl0ry.
Two New York physicians will
discuss the effect that milk from
cows fed or irradiated yeast or
ergosrerol has on children with
ricketts,.
Nutrition. application OF special
diets. and the associations newly
organized committee TO pass judy
ment on foods that are advertised
as having he~alth-giving properties,
viii come in for discussion.
Motion pictures. increasingly re-
cognized as q valuable method o.
presenting medical education. will
be used in a number OF exhibits.
This convention. which attracts
worldwide interest. includes q
representative BODY OF iT3 dele
gates who define the policies OF
the organization and elect officers