"We are pleased to learn that the physicians of the south-
western portion of Georgia have organized themselves into a
medical body, under the name and style of the Southwestern
Georgia Medical Association. This organization was effected on
the 18th of April last, at Fort Valley, with the following officers
chosen for the year, namely: Dr. AV. M. Mathews, of Fort Val-
ley, President; Dr. K. P. Moore, of Knoxville, Vice-President;
Dr. R. T. Persons, of Fort Valley, Secretary; Dr. W. J. Green,
of Fort Valley, Treasurer.
In many portions of our State the population is so sparse as
to render it difficult to get up a sufficient membership in any one
county for an effective medical organization, but by the associa-
tion of several counties together, good and useful societies can
be formed which are calculated to advance the professional inter-
ests of the members and to elevate the profession in general.
We trust we may be able to present to our readers more of the
transactions of this Association, and that others of like character
with this, and with the Middle Georgia Medical Association,
which has been in existence for some time past, will continue to
be formed in different sections of the State.

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