Medicine: A. M. A.

At Atlantic City, the American Medical Association held, last week, their convention. In 16 sections, scientific papers were read. The House of Delegates held debate-filled sessions to determine the policies of ethical medicine.

Liquor. Whisky, gin, beer and other alcoholic liquors are drugsĀ—this is the decision contained in the resolution passed by the doctors, effectively reversing the stand of the Association taken in 1917, when the doctors said that liquor was not needed in the treatment of disease. "Repeal the provisions in the Volstead Act that limit the doctor to prescribing not...

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