OFFICERS, COMMITTEES, SECTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1884-85. President. THOMAS S. LATIMER. DELEGATES Examining Board, Western Share S. C. CHEW. THOMAS OPIE. WILLIAM M. KEMP A. FRIEDENWALD, G. LANE TANEYHILL. W. FRED. A. KEMP. HENRY M. WILSON. RICHARD H. THOMAS. JOHN N, MACKENZIE. Section on Microscopy, Micro-Chemistry and Spectral Analysis. CHRISTOPHER JOHNSTON, SR. A. G. HOEN. I. E. ATKINSON. T. B. BRUNE. CHARLES O'DONOVAN, JR. Section on Ophthalmology, Otology and Laryngology. FRANK DONALDSON, SR. HERBERT HARLAN, JACOB H. HARTMAN. H. C. MCSHERRY, RICHARD H. THOMAS. The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, while formally accepting and publishing the reports of the various Sections, and Voluntary Papers read at this session, does not hold itself responsible for the opinions, theories or criticisms therein contained. Contributors to future volumes of Transactions are requested to observe the following rules : I. Write on one side of the paper only. 2. Write without breaks, i. e. do not begin a new sentence on a new line. When you want to begin a new line or paragraph at a given word, place before it in your MS. the sign ¶. 3. Draw a line along the margin of such paragraphs as should be printed in smaller type; for instance, all that is clinical history in reports of cases, etc. 4. Words to be printed in italics should be underscored once; in SMALL CAPITALS twice; in LARGE CAPITALS three times. 5. Changes in the copy are equivalent to resetting, and cause additional expense. Alterations, therefore, in the MS. should be limited to what is of essential importance. 6. Proofs sent for revision should be returned without delay, Applications for membership in the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, should be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, or Chairman of the Examining Board, and should state name in full, postoffice address, where graduated in medicine, date of graduation, and by whom recommended. They must be accompanied by the initiation fee of ten dollars. No membership dues are required for the first year. Attention is called to the following resolution adopted at the annual meeting in 1877: Resolved, That the Publication Committee be instructed to publish no paper that has been previously read before a local medical society, or published in any medical journal prior to the publication of the Transactions of the Faculty. CONTENTS. PAGE. SECTION ON OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY: The Use of Ergot in Obstetrics. By Philip C. Williams, M. D. The Efficacy of Iodoform in Preventing Uterine Colic and Pelvic In- flammation following the Intra-Uterine application of Nitrate of Sil- The Sanitary Needs of the Poor. By C. W. Chancellor, M. D Some Observations on the Vital Statistics of Baltimore in the Past. By REPORT OF SECTION ON MICROSCOPY AND MICRO-CHEMISTRY: Cases of Reflex Cough Due to Nasal Polypi. By John N. Mackenzie, M. D. Result of Operative Measures for Rectal Cancer. By L. McLane Tiffany, M. A., Congenital Anomaly of the Foetal Heart, consisting of the Absence of one of the Segments of the Mitral Valve, in which a Systolic Murmur was heard before Birth. By Eugene F. Cordell, M. D. Maximum Volume of Blood sent out by the Left Ventricle in a single beat, and the Influence of Variations in Venous Pressure, Arterial Pressure, and Pulse Rate upon the Work done by the Heart. By F. Donaldson, Jr., |