BIG MEDICAL CONGRESS.
THE FEBRUARY GATHERING.
SOME IMPORTANT VISITORS.
The general arrangements in connection with the Australasian Medical Congress to be held in Auckland next February are now well advanced, says the Herald. It is anticipated that a minimum of 300 medical men will attend the congress, and as they will practically all be accompanied by their wives, the total number of visitors will be at least 600. All the Australian States are sending representatives, in addition to which the various State Governments and Fiji have appointed medical men to represent them. Amongst the visitors will be Mr Wm. J. Mayo, of Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A., probably one of the leading surgeons of the world. So vast is Mr Mayo’s practice that his brother, three relatives, and himself, aided by a staff of 12 assistants, are required to carry it on. . Between them they perform between 20 and 30 operations every morning. Mr Mayo is bringing with him Dr Christopher Graham, his chief of staff, and both will be accompanied by their wives. Other very probable visitors will be Sir Frederick Treves and Sir Victor Horsley, the celebrated English surgeons, who, with several others, have been invited to attend, and who, if they can get away, will come. The fact that the Royal Society is meeting in Australia in August next, and that many British medical men will be attending, somewhat militates against ’the possibility of very many of them being present at the Auckland congress, which will last a week. Considerable difficulty is anticipated in the housing of so large a party of visitors, especially as the Exhibition will still be open. A good many, however, will be staying with friends in the city and suburbs.
The full meetings of the congress are to be held in the new hall at the Y.M.C.A. building, the public reception to the delegates in the Town Hall, and the work of the various sections will be carried out at the Technical School and the Training College. The local committees of the sections are all at work, and preparations are well forward. Of the subjects so far arranged for addresses at the congress, “Malignant Disease, its Causation and Treatment,” is set down, subject to the approval ot Mr W. J. Mayo, and Dr Truby King will discourse on “Eugenics and the Education e>f the Young.” The following are the presidents and local secretaries of the different sections, the names in parentheses being those of the secretaries s
Medicine: Dr Sinclair Gillies, of Sydney (Drs W. C. W. McDowell and li. Robertson.) Surgery : Mr Hamilton Russell, of Melbourne (Dr Casement G, Aickin and Mr Gore Gillon). Obstetrics: Sir David Harding, ot Brisbane (Dr Tracy R. Inglis). Pathology: Professor D. A. Welch, of Sydney (Dr E. H. B. Milsom). Public Health : Not yet elected (Dr H. G. Monk). Ophthalmology: Dr F. Antill Pockley, of Sydney (Dr Geo. Fenwick). Neurology : Dr Chisholm Ross, of Sydney (Dr A. N. McKelvie).
Diseases of Children : Dr H. Swift, of Adelaide (Dr G. Bruton Sweet). Naval and Military: Colonel Chas. Ryan, of Melbourne (Drs W. H. Parkes and R, H. Walton). Dermatology and Radiology (X-rays): Dr Herschell Harris, of Sydney (Dr A. Clark). Laryngology: Dr Russell Nolan, of Sydney (Dr W. A. Fairdough).
Each of the sections named has from three to five vice-presidents. It should be noted that medical men in the country where a congress is held cannot hold office as presidents or vice-presidents.
The social events in connection with the congress will include a harbour excursion, a motor run to Titirangi (under the auspices of the City Council), several “At Homes,” a dance to be given by the president of the Auckland branch of the British Medical Association, the public reception on the first night, an al fresco entertainment by the New Zealand branch of ,the British Medical Association, a public lecture by Professor Berry, of Adelaide, and on the final night a dinner. It is anticipated, also, that at the conclusion of the sittings the majority ot the visitors will go to Rotorua as guests of the Government.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1115, 28 June 1913, Page 4
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681BIG MEDICAL CONGRESS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1115, 28 June 1913, Page 4
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