Show I SURGEONS CLOSE MEET AFTER D 2 DAY 2 A Y SESSION Medics Exchange Knowledge and Impart Advice in Series of Conferences After two da days s 's of exchanging knowledge and Imparting advice to the public members of the American College of ot Surgeons Friday had baa comple completed com corn d their sectional m meeting here and were en route either to their homes or another similar gathering In Spokane Wash Scientific sessions at nt the Hotel Utah Thursday night t concluded the program which included clinics hos hos- pEtal lital conferences and a community health meeting Interesting facts about brain tumors tu mors were reported at t one of the act ci cl meetings b by Dr Alfred W W. Adson of the Mayo Foundation gr graduate grad d. d schooL Among Arnone them was WD the f fact act that brain tumor Is Js more preva lent ent than generally believed It occurs in two out of every thou thou- sand and p persons which means that WO persons In Iq the United States will willbe wille be e afflicted with it during durIn a genera genera- Ion tIon he said Dr Adson an eminent brain sur eon said that In 58 per cent of cases tumors can cnn be b r removed moved completely S or partially In the remainder they theyS S can be controlled temporarily by Xray X X- S ray or Of radium treatments Symptoms he said are arc bursting burUm headaches in early mornin morning hours explosive vomiting and Impairment of the vision Dr Di- Irvin Abel Abell of the University of Louisville spoke on types of ot Intes disease Dr Frank D D. Dickson Dickson Dick Dick- son of l Kansas discussed fractures of the ankle Joint Dr Charles A. A Dukes of Oakland spoke on chest surgery Dr Robert B. B Greenough of Boston on on n treatment of breast cancer and Dr Allen AUen B. B Kanaval of Chicago on treatment of tuberculosis of the ten don sheaths Dr Thomas E. E Carmody of Denver spoke o ou economic drawbacks drawback of facial fa In cia cial and oral deformities at nt a night session cession of eye ear nose and throat specialist He lie showed lantern slides of many deformities which were cured by urge surgery Other speakers at this ses session ion were Dr Pr Albert H. H Aland of ot Ogden and Dr T. T. E. E Beyer of Denver |