The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-03

CONFERENCE in
SESSION TODAY
DR.. RICHARD DAWSON, MA
TIoNALLY KNOWN SUR
cEoN, PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
AT MEETING IN MIAMI
Especial to The citixenl


| ic surgeon, of Chicago, was the
principal speaker at the Confer
ence on Tuberculosis sponsored
annually by the Florida Tubercu-
losis and Health Association be-
ing held here today and tomorrow.
DR.. Dawson is consuitant thor
acic surgeon at the Chicago Mu-
nicipal Sanatorium and is widely
known for his work in the field
Of chest surgery. He is associate
professor of surgery, Cook Coun-
ty Graduate School of Medicine:
instructor in Surgery, University
CT Illinois; president, Chicago Tu-
berculosis Society; Fellow, Ameri-
can college of Surgeons. Auth
critics declare DIR. Dawson has
done a large amount of work in
the development of procedures
and technique for surgically treat
ing cases of pulmonary.
Surgical Treatment
The surgical treatment of pull
monary tuberculosis has done
much to reduce the spread of this
disease, according to DIR. T. 2.
Cason, chairman Of the Program
Committee Of the Conference.
TIE use of air as spiint to
the lung closes the cavities from
which tuberculosis germs are be-
ing spread from sick to well, DR..
Cason continued. The more dras-
tic surgical procedures which in
clude collapse of diaphragm, and
the removal of the ribs are also
means of cnrbing the spread Of
this disease.
In addition to DR.. Dawson, DR..
r. D. Thompson, new.y appointed
as medical director and superin-
dent for the State tuberculosis
sanatorium, opening within a few
months at Orlando. is another
speaker on the program. DR..
Thompson is well known in tuber-
culcsis and sanatorium circles in
this country. His subject viii be-:
"The Sanatorium With Reference
to the Surgical Treatment Of
Pulmonary tuberculosis"
Others On Program
Others on the program include;
Conrad Van Hyning, Jacksonville,
Tuberculosis, Sociological Pro-
gram: Mrs. Rolla Southwo~th.
Jacksonville, The WPA and Flor
ida's tuberculosis Program; WIZ
liam Hardness, Miami Beach,
Health Education in the Program
of the State Board of Public In
struction; DIR. William II. Pickett,
Pensacola, tuberculosis in the
Program of County Health Unit;
Mrs. Howard Dial, Sarasota, In
fluencing Family Attitude Toward
Tuberculosis Through Parent
Teacher Association Cooperation;
IE. C. Drummer, M. D., Miami,
Pneumothorax with Specific Ref
erance to Its Bilateral Applica,
ton: John w. Snyder, M. D., Mi
ami, The Phrenic Nerve Operation
in the Treatment of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis.
Gerard Raap, NJ. D., Miami, The
Pathological Diagnosis of the Min
imal Tuberculous Lesion; Ken
meth Morris, M. D., Jacksonville,
Pre- end Post Operative Care in
the Treatment of Pulmonary Tu-
berculosis; Benton Salt, Phi. D.,
Gainesville, Health Superstitions
of Florida School Children; Will
moth Becker, NJ. D., Tallahassee,
Syphilis as a Contributing Cause
in the Deaths From Pulmonary
tuberculosis; Mrs. Myrtle Co
quist, r. N, Tallahassee, Public
Health Nursing as an Aid to the
Sanatcriam; A. ]. Logic, NJ. D..
Jacksonville, Interrelationship of
Medicine, Surgery and Public
Health in tuberculosis; Elinor Lit
tlejoin, R. N, Jacksonville, Health
Education in the Earl Diagnosis
of tuberculosis; NJ. Jay Flipse,
NJ. D., Miami, Unconstitutional
Care of the tuberculosis Negro;
Ralph Greene, M. D., Miami,
Health in the World Today.