| Show I INfECTION Of fEET COMMON AMONG RECRUITS State Medical Association Hears Addresses of Prominent Doctors Whirlwind deliverance of addresses and thoroughness in dealing with them were the features of the opening session session session ses ses- sion of the twenty-fifth twenty annual meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing of the Utah State Medical as association association association as- as today in the Hotel Utah With the exception of speeches made by Dr George W W. Middleton president of the association no speaker wa wag permitted t to consume more than twenty minutes for the deliverance of his paper At the tho opening of the meeting a message was read from Dr V William WilliamC III lam C C. MacCarty telling that he would be unable to be on hand for tor the opening opening opening open open- ing of the convention due to delay caused by train service Dr MacCarty MacCarty MacCarty Mac Mac- Carty is from Rochester Minn and andIs andis andis is connected with the Mayo Bros clinic lIe He is expected to arrive this I j evening venir g in time to attend the annual annual annual an an- nual banquet A message was re received received received re- re from Dr John R R. Caulk aulk of StLouis St St. Louis Mo 1 Dr Caulk was Caulk was taken illa ill illa illa a few hours before his d departure p and will be unable to attend the convention convention convention con con- this year The following subjects were dealt with this morning at the convention P Pyloric loric in Infancy i Drs rs E E. E H H. H Smith of Ogden W W. Yo H H. Blood of Salt Lake and Helmina of Salt Lake Ortho Orthopedic Surgery in American and British Hospitals Drs D D. K Allen J J E E. Tyree S. S C. C Baldwin and E E. Holbrook In dealing with this subject Dr Allen who has re recently recently recently re- re returned from service with the arm army stated that he at one time saw cases of ot foot infection and va various various various va- va rious kinds of foot troubles in one lot of new recruits who came to the Ea Eastern tern camp where he was stationed Dr Allen spent five months In a British army hospital at Cardiff Wales Vales He stated that the past war had done more to bring out latent phases of surgery than an anything thing else lse during the four past decades Dr Holbrook in speaking of the above subject said that the foot strain suffered by the soldiers in the arm army i during the past war cost the government gov gov- govI I more mone money than did any I II other ether one branch of the medical de de- de Dr Holbrook declared that the styles of shoes that have been worn by the majority of young people peo- peo pie for tor the past fifteen years had ruined thousands of pairs of feet and that tha the government spent vast sums of money correcting imperfect feet and experimenting with shoes that could be worn comfortably without further injuring injuring in injuring in- in juring them The morning session was attended by more than members of the association as association association as- as many of whom were ere forced to stand and listen to the lectures be because because because be- be cause of the crowded condition of the room Dr Jane at the head of the committee on entertainment has arranged the annual banquet which will be held tonight at the Hotel Utah Covers will be laid for members of the association their wives and friends All members of the association who have served with the army or navy and their wives will be entertained as guests A musical program will be g given gen en enduring during the evening at which time the following will take part Romania Hyde orchestra with Gladys Wicken and LYdia White Boothby Margaret Remain Romain of New York and David Reese eese of ot Salt Lake |
