Pacific Medical Association Meeting
WE have received from Dr. W. R. Simmons, the president of the Pacific Medical Association, the following brief report of the recent meeting of the executive committee of the association, which was held at Mountain View, Cal.:— Our meetings were held in connection with the Bookmen’s Convention and the Union Conference Committee meetings, but time was given for our medical meetings. Not so many of our physicians were present as we had hoped, but during the meeting quite a number came in. There were also several nurses and business men representing the food and vegetarian restaurant work. The meeting at half-past four was devoted to the medical missionary work. Different subjects pertaining to our medical, food, and restaurant work were discussed. One important theme was, “What can be done to forward the interests of the medical missionary work on from the Pacific Coast, and the relation of that work to the Pacific Union Conference.” This subject was taken up with interest, and discussed by a number of the brethren present. Brethren Haynes and Fulton gave reports of the food and restaurant work, and also brought out some new ideas in regard to carrying on this branch of the work. One afternoon of the session was devoted to the report of the different sanitarium interests on the Pacific Coast, reports being made from southern California by Brother E. R. Palmer; from Seattle and Tacoma by Elder E. L. Stewart, and from Los Angeles by Elder C. Santee. While our meetings were not largely attended by the medical men, yet we feel that they were of interest, and profitable to all.