the purpose of receiving it. This was granted, and the Secretary read the following recommendations:

For President, T. G. Richardson, of Louisiana; Vice Presidents, J. P. White, New York; Moses Gunn, Illinois; G. W. Russell, Connecticut; A. Dunlap, Ohio. Chairman of Section of Medicine, Materia-Medica, and Physiology, A. L. Loomis, New York; Secretary J. H. Etheridge, Illinois. Chairman Section of Obstetrics and diseases of Women and Children, E. W. Jencks, Michigan; Secretary, H. O. Marcy, Massachusetts. Chairman Section of Surgery and Anatomy, H. H. Smith, Pennsylvania; Secretary, E. Z. Early, Arkansas. Chairman Section of Medical Jurisprudence, Chemistry and Psychology, W. Kempster, Wisconsin; Secretary, E. A. Hildreth, West Virginia. Chairman Section of State Medicine and Public Hygiene, J. L. Cabell, Virginia; Secretary, A. J. Marsh, New Jersey. Next place of meeting, Buffalo, N. Y. Time, first Tuesday in June, 1878.

The report was unanimously adopted.

Discussion on Dr. Squibbs' paper was then commenced, and Dr. H.C. Wood, of Philadelphia, denied that any pecuniary considerations affected the action of gentlemen on this matter. It was a point of honor with them, and not of money. His uncle, Dr. George B. Wood, one of the earliest Presidents of the Association who was unable to be present on account of failing health and intellect, expressed his belief that the proposed measure meant a disruption and dissolution of the Association. That gentleman did not want the Association to put upon record that he had prostituted his position, and that conventions had been manipulated in order to allow him and Dr. Bache to build up their private fortunes out of the present Pharmacopoeia. He did not pretend to speak for the University of Pennsylvania, but expressed his own opinions entirely. He contended that the present system of a decennial convention to revise the Pharmacopoeia was a good one, and that no necessity existed for any such change as that proposed. Dr. Squibb had stated that if the Association prepared a Pharmacopoeia it would have to do it alone. Another would also be prepared in this case, and that of the Association would have to contend against it.

It would not be a fight between the University of Pennsylvania and the American Medical Association, but between a Pharmacopoeia recognized by the body of pharmaceutists and that indorsed by a majority of the Association. The consequence would be that two Pharmacopoeias would exist side by side, and to which the law of the survival of the fittest would not apply. One would be used in one part of the Union; the other in another section only. The American Medical Association could not agree even on so simple a matter as the nomenclature of disease, and it was not at all likely that they would be able to agree on such a measure as that proposed by Dr. Squibb. He looked upon the Association as a gathering of medical men for social and scientific intercourse, and not as a despot to dictate what opinions a man should hold.

Dr. Brodie, of Michigan, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the President, to whom shall be referred the paper of Dr. Squibb, and 'all the papers on the subject of the Pharmacopoeia, with full authority to examine into the whole question as to the propriety of this Association being a factor in whole or in part in its publication, and report at the next annual meeting.

Dr. N. S. Davis believed that if the Association entered as a factor with any other body in the preparation of a Pharmacopoeia, it would have to assume whatever of praise or odium attached to that work. While yielding to none in his respect for the Association, he held that they should keep free from incurring pecuniary obligations, from purchasing copywright interests, and contracting entangling alliances. He believed in allowing the Convention to do its work, and to send such men to that Convention as it could depend on. He favored the indefinite postponement of the whole matter, and made a motion accordingly.

Dr. Brodie withdrew his resolution, and the motion of Dr. Davis was at once put to a vote and carried by a large majority.

The Association then adjourned till 9:30 a. m. next day.

FRIDAY, JUNE 8, FOURTH DAY.

After opening routine business, C. M. Fitch, M. D., of Chicago, was elected a member of the association by invitation; and Drs. L. H. Chew, of Naperville, Ill., and S. O. Ritchie, of Chicago, were elected permanent members.

Dr. Atkinson, the Secretary, presented a list of charges against the Michigan State Medical Society, the import whereof was that it had aided and abetted the Michigan University in graduating scholars in an irregular and exclusive medical course of study. Referred to Judicial Council.

He submitted also the report of the Permanent Secretary, made in conformity with an order issued in 1875, on State Boards of Health, showing that circulars had been forwarded to the Executive of each State in which a health board had not already been organized, urging the need and utility of such boards, and soliciting that the subject be brought before the legislature; that State Boards now exist in Alabama, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin, and that resolutions had been introduced into other State Legislatures to effect the establishment of boards; and suggesting that the committee be continued.

This report was ordered to be entered upon the minutes.

The Secretary also read a report by Dr. Seguin, of New York, on the subject of uniformity in medical observation and record, showing the paramount need that existed for such uniformity, and recommending that the association send delegates to the convention of 1880, who should advocate the devisement and institution of a plan to secure more systematic operation in that matter. Received and entered.

The Secretary moved that Thomas M. Dysdale, of Philadelphia, be appointed a delegate to foreign medical associations; and that Clifton E. King, of Boston, be appointed likewise to the Canada Association. These gentlemen were so appointed. The minutes of the Judicial Council were entered without reading.

Reports from the Chairman of the Sections on Obstetrics,

State Medicine and Public Hygiene, Surgery and Anatomy, Medical Jurisprudence, and Practice of Medicine were duly submitted by the Secretary and referred to the Committee of Publication.

The Nominating Committe presented the following names for officers, and they were elected:

Assistant Secretary-E. W. Brush.

Committee of Arrangement―T. F. Rochester, J. F. Miner, E. R. Barnes, C. C. Wyckoff, M. B. Folnele, W. C. Phelps, E. W. Brush, all of New York.

Committee on Publication-W. B. Atkinson, F. M. Drysdale, A. Fricke, S. D. Gross, C. Wister, R. J. Dunglison, of Pennsylvania; W. Lee, of the District of Columbia.

Treasurer-R. J. Dunglison, of Pennsylvania.

Librarian-W. Lee, District of Columbia.

Committee on Library-Johnson Elliott, District of Columbia.

Members of Section on State Medicine and Public Hygiene-J. Cochrane, Alabama; A. M. Carrigan, Arkansas; W. F. Cheney, California; C. Denison, Colorado; C. A. Lindsley, Connecticut; W. Marshall, Delaware; T. Antisell, District of Columbia; J. P. Logan, Georgia; H. A. Johnson, Illinois; T. M. Stevens, Indiana; A. G. Field, Iowa; D. W. Stremont, Kansas; S. Brandles, Kentucky; S. M. Berriss, Louisiana; E. F. Sawyer, Maine; C. H. Ohr, Maryland; H. J. Bowditch, Massachusetts; H. P. Baker, Michigan; C. M. Hewitt, Minnesota; W. Johnstone, Mississippi; J. W. Trader, Missouri; M. W. Russell, New Hampshire; E. M. Hunt, New Jersey; E. Harris, New York; J. Comegys, Ohio; B. Lee, Pennsylvania; E. M. Snow, Rhode Island; R. A. Kinloch, South Caroli na; T. A. Achison, Tennessee; A. E. Carothers, Texas; J. L. Cabell, Virginia; L. C. Butler, Vermont; J. Frissell, West Virginia; E. S. Griffith, Wisconsin; J. W. Betton, Florida; C. J. O'Hogan, North Carolina; J. S. Billings, United States Army; J. Wilson, United States Navy.

Committee on Necrology-J. M. Toner, District of Columbia, Chairman; W. H. Ross, District of Columbia, Secretary; J. W. Barclay, Alabama; T. E. Merrell, Arkansas; M. Baker, California; G. W. Russell, Connecticut; L. P. Bush, Delaware; W. W. Johnson, District of Columbia; T. S. Hopkins, Georgia; J. H. Hollister, Illinois; J. Moffit, Indiana; S. B. Thrall, Iowa; L. P. Yandell, Kentucky; S. C. Gordon, Maine; A. L. Norris, Massachuseets; D. J. McKerr, Maryland; W. W. Breakey, Michigan; E. C. Cross, Minnesota; A. J. Steele, Missouri; J. Braine, New Jersey; N. J. Pittman, North Carolina; J. Jones, Louisiana; G. M. Smith, New York; G. Mitchell, Ohio: W. C. Warriner, Oregon; H. C. Wood, Pennsylvania; C. W. Parsons, Rhode Island; A. N. Talley, South Carolina; J. B. Lindsley, Tennessee; J. H. Stalnmaker, Texas; W. D. Hooper, Virginia; D. Mason, Wisconsin; O. F. Fassett, Vermont; P. F. Whitehead, Mississippi; W. L. Schenck, Kansas; L. G. Hill, New Hampshire; R. W. Haslitt, West Virginia; J. J. Woodward, United States Army; J. Wilson, United States Navy.

Judicial Council-J. K. Bartlett, Wisconsin: T. F. Staples, Minnesota; E. Grissom, North Carolina; W. F. Robertson, S. Lilly, New Jersey; W. M. McPheeters, Missouri; A. T. Woodward, Vermont. The foregoing in place of seven whose terms expire by limitation. P. O. Hooper, of Ar kansas, in place of A. Dunlap, whose term expires in 1878.

Committee on Prize Essays-E. M. Moore, F. Lothrop, W. Miner, H. R Hopkins, E. W. Dean.

The above were in addition to those elected on the previous day.

Dr. T. D. Fitch moved to amend in Section 2, the article relating to permanent members by striking out, "and such other members as may receive the appointment by unanimous vote." The amendment went over under the rules.

A resolution was also offered through the Secretary to create a section on Ophthalmology, Otology and Laryngology. It was laid on the table until the next meeting.

Dr. N. S. Davis moved the following amendments to the By-laws which lie upon the table until the next annual meeting:

1st. Strike out the whole of the paragraph on page 680 of the Volume of Transactions for 1876, which paragraph commences with "Papers appropriate to the several Sections" etc.

Reasons. The provision is impracticable and in conflict with the duties of the Committee of Arrangements as specified in the Constitution.

2d. Strike out the third paragraph of Section VIII., and the second paragraph of Section IX., page 683, both relating to medical colleges.

Reason. Both are obsolete and useless, as medical colleges are no longer represented in the Association.

The report of Drs. J. J. Woodward, U. S. N., and Edouard Seguin, on the progress of uniformity in the means of observation and record of physic, was submitted as follows:

"During your last session you have voted that the question of uniformity in the means of medical observation and of medical records should be presented in your name to the International Medical Congress soon to meet in Philadelphia. This Congress received your communication with an interest enhanced by the warm recommendation of its illustrious President, Prof. Samuel D. Gross, in his inaugural address; and the International Medical Congress, in its turn, voted the