Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-06-26
ROCKY GLEN SANATORIUM EN-
TERTAINS PHYSICIANS OF
EIGHTH DISTRICT AND
CHESTS

GUESTS
"What would the rose with al
her pride be worth, were there nc
sun to call her brightness forth?'
A lovely June day, pergolas laden
with roses, and a kindly sun sn1n'
ing on cool green lawns and ever
greens greeted the guests who at
tended the Eighth District Medical
meeting at Rocky Glen Sanatorium
Thursday, June 10th. For the past
IA years DR.. Louis Mark and the
Rocky Glen Sanatorium have
been host to this group and each
year has brought renewed pleasure
in meeting old friends, enjoying dis
tinguished speakers and scientific
addresses. Year by year members
and guests have watched the de-
yelopment of Rocky Glen Sanator-
ium and have seen it reach the
front ranks of tuberculosis sana-
toria in the United States today,
with reputation second to none.
The guests were greeted as usual
with delightful melodies from the
Hammond organ, played by Mrs.
Charlotte Hebert of Columbus. The
dining rooms and tables carried out
a color scheme of rose and green,
with bouquets of multicolored sum-
mer flowers. Original favors were
small cups of mints tied in green
celophane paper with rose ribbon
bows. with a card which was a
hand-painted sketch Of the sana-
tOrium.
DR.. D. G.. Ralston, acted as toast
master and introduced Rev. Glenn
L. Tennell, who returned thanks.
DR.. Louis Mark, the host, was then
presented and in most sincere
manner welcomed his guests. Dr..
Marks welcome was in the form Of
a tribute to Harry A. Phillips, who
was for 20 years superintendent of
the sanatorium and who passed
away in October, 1910. DR.. Mark
closed by saying 'In the words OF
the theatre, the show must go on.
I know if Harry Phillips were here
he would be happy to welcome you,
and I'd be happy if he were here
Immediately following the de-
licious dinner which was most ably
served by the ladies of the Trinity
Methodist church, DR.. Ralston in
troduced DR.. A. A. Tombaugh, pres
ident of the Eighth District Society,
and who presided at the business
session. A committee composed OF
DR.. Carl w. Brown, Lancaster; DR..
George f. Swan, Cambridge, and
DR.. D. G. Ralston, was appointed to
prepare resolution in memory of
the late Harry A. Phillips. Officers
elected for the coming year are:
President, DR.. j. L. Weber, Mariet-
ia; secretary DR.. Deane Northrup,
Marietta. The members elected to
dispense with the annual fall meet
ing of the society, upon recommen-
dation of the state association.
After the brief business session,
DR.. Ralston presented some Of the
guest physicians connected with
public health and tuberculosis work
in the state. Among those who
spoke briefly were the president OF
the Ohio State Medical association,
DR.. Harry Paryzek, Cleveland; Dr..
George F. Swan, councillor of the
Eighth District Society, Cambridge;
DIR. Frank Warner, well known sur
geon in Columbus; DR.. Errett Le-
Fever, one of the old deans of med
icine in southeastern Ohio, repre-
sentative from Athens county, and
for many years state senator in this
district; DR.. Claude Davis, Penns-
Vile. member of the State Medical
Board, and DR.. Frank Anderson, su-
perintendent Ohio State Sanator-
ium. Mt. Vernon.
DR.. Ralston then turned the
meeting over to DR.. Mark who in
troduced several outstanding men
connected with and interested in pub |
lie health work in the state. Among
the ones who spoke, were Mr.. Baker
of \he State Highway Patrol, who |
brought greetings from Col. Lynn
Black, superintendent, who was un-
unable to ~bs present; o. P. Van
Schoik, assistApt to State Auditor
Joseph T. Ferguson; Edwin r.
Maher, who is connected with tuber- (
culosis work in Cuyahoga county;
James Shaw, legal department OF
the Industrial Commission Of Ohio; !
T.. r. Cousineau, claims referee OF !
the Industrial Commission, and
DR.. M. Russoff of the Industrial
Commission.
At the conclusion of the eXtempo-
raneous addresses there was an in
termission of 80 minutes, after |
which the guests reassembled for |
the semitic program. DR.. Leon |
Schiff, associate professor of medi-
cine, University of Cincinnati, dis
cussed "Hematemesis and Melena-I
Newer Concepts and used lantern
slides to illustrate his talk. DIR. /
Claude S. Beck. professor of neuro-
surgery, Western Reserve Univer-
sity, Cleveland, spoke on Heart |
Diseases Treated by Surgical Meth
ods," and in connection with his
subject, showed very fine film on
heart surgery. Both discourses re-
ceived high praise from the aud
ience