Vol. 60, 1909 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

North Carolina Medical College Opens.
The North Carolina Medical College
opened, September Slh, for the session
I'Mi'i-io. The opening exercises were attended
by about sixty students already matriculated.
There are prospects for as
many more.
Dr. W. O. Nisbet, dean of the college,
extended greetings of welcome to the students.
President J. P. Munroe made the
formal opening address, speaking words of
encouragement and caution as to the proper
way in which to attack the studies to which
they shall now address themselves and the
best methods by which to derive the most
possible good from their collegiate medical
courses.
There are two young women students
among the number already registered.
Dr. Sidney D. Porter, of Moreauville,
I. a., was recently elected Special Medical
Insjjector to fill position made vacant by the
resignation of Dr. C. Milo Brady.
I he Board of Trustees of the Mississiiipi
Insane Hospital has decided to make permanent
the tuberculosis camp which was estalilished
during the latter part of (^lov.
\'ardaraan's administration. At that time
the board lacked funds for completing the
Duildings as planned, and temporary canvas
tents were brought into service. The
exiieriment proved so successful in the
marked imi)rovement of patients that the
Hoard has decided to make the camp a
[permanent institution.
The North Carolina State Nurses' Associaliun
held its seventh annual meeting at
W ii-htsville, August 18th and 19th. The
sessions were presided over by Miss C. li.
I'foll, of Winstou-Salem. A number of
nurses were in attendance. Several physicians
of note addressed tiie association in
adtlition to the large number of papers presented
by members. The State ICxamining
Hoard for Nurses met at the same time.
Ouite a large numtjer of nurses applied for
registration.
The Virginia Department of Health has
uii.pted a novel plan to carry out investi-
;.;aii..ns in typhoid lever epidemics. The
W'Xk is being undertaken especially in the
Sh.nandoah Valley, Staunton being the
cenler of operations.
.\ '.raveling laboratory has been placed
in the \'alley under the supervision of Assistant
Health Commissioner A. W. Freeman
and Dr. H. T. Marshall, professor of
ba. it-riology in the University of Virginia.
Di A. P. Waddill is in immediate charge
of tile laboratory.
The Louisiana State Board of Health
has recently completed an oflBcial list of all
registered practitioners of medicine in the
State. The total number of physicians is
2033, of which number 701 are in Orleans
parish alone. According to the estimate
made June 1, 1906, by the Bureau of the
Census, the population of Louisiana is
1,539,449, and making a calculation based
on this estimate, it is shown that there is
one physician for every 7.52 persons in the
State. In Orleans parish, making a similar
calculation based on a population of 350,-
000, shows there is one physician for every
495 persons in that city.
The Anti-tuberculosis Association of
Chattanooga, Tenn., is making splendid
efforts to obtain funds with which to establish
a hospital for tuberculous patients.
Hamilton county has donated a tract of
land containing seventeen acres, together
with $3,500 in money. The city of Chattanooga
has promised a like sum, and this
with other subscriptions makes a sum
amounting to about $10,000 available. The
building committee proposes to make a start
with this amount. It is the purpose of the
Association to make this hospital a purely
local institution, to exclude patients outside
the county of Hamilton.
Marriages.
Dr. T. O. Copbedge. of Castalia, N. C,
and Miss Anna Mae Spears, of Boonville,
N. C, were married Wednesday, August
4th, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John A. Spears.
Dr. aud Mrs. Cophedge are now at home
in Castalia, where Dr. Cophedge is engaged
in the practice of medicine.
Dr. A. Roy Hogg, a prominent young physician
of Haralson, Ga., and Miss Gertrude
Allen, of Atlanta, Ga., were married August
24th, at the home of the bride's mother,
Mrs. N. E. Allen.
Dr. Hogg is a graduate of the Medical
College of Georgia. Class of 1905. Dr.
and Mrs. Hogg are at home to their friends
in Haralson, Ga.. where Dr. Hogg is engaged
in the practice of his profession.
Deaths.
Dr. Ralph B. Hanahan, one of the most
prominent citizens of Winnsboro, S. C,
died at his home July 31st. He was not a
native of Winnsboro, although he had spent
practically all of hig life there. He had
been a sufferer from heart disease for a long
time, and his death was not unexpected.
Dr. Hjniaban graduated from the Charles-