The hour for the annual election of officers having arrived, Dr. Simpson, of Minneapolis, and Dr. Lincoln, of Wabasha, were nominated. Dr. Lincoln received a majority of votes, and upon motion, his election was made unanimous.

Further elections resulted as follows:

E. J. Davis, of Mankato, First Vice-President.

James Davenport, of St. Paul, Second Vice-President. R. L. Moore, of Spring Valley, Third Vice-President. S. B. Sheardown, of Stockton, Treasurer.

C. H. Boardman, of St. Paul, Recording Secretary. Clara E. Atkinson, of St. Paul, Corresponding Secretary.

Drs. R. S. McMurdy, of Minneapolis, and A. W. Stinchfield, of Eyota, were elected Censors for three years.

Honorary membership was conferred upon Drs. Fenger and C. T. Parkes, of Chicago, Dr. Geo. B. Ayers, of Omaha, and Dr. C. Carli, of Stillwater. Upon presentation to the Society, Dr. Lincoln returned his thanks for the honor bestowed upon him, and expressed his appreciation of it as an evidence of confidence and esteem; he also appealed to the Society to co-operate heartily with him in the pursuance of such measures as may be adopted for the common advantage.

The report of the Committee on Hygiene, Climatology and Epidemics, in the absence of the Chairman, Dr. Rosser, was ordered to be published.

Votes of thanks were tendered to the physicians of Minneapolis and to the retiring President, Dr. Millard.

The claims of Albert Lea and of Stillwater were presented as places suitable for the next meeting of the Society, and, on motion, Stillwater was selected.

The following committees were announced:

Executive Committee.-P. H. Millard, Chairman, W. H. Pratt, O. J. Evans, E. J. Abbott and J. C. Rhodes.

Committee on Practical Medicine.-A. W. Abbott, Chairman, W. T. Adams, A. W. Stinchfield, C. W. Tinker and F. M. Rose.

Committee on Surgery.-C. H. Hunter, Chairman, T. S. McDavitt, F. E. Bissell, J. G. Brigham and F. J. Cressy.

Committee on Obstetrics.-T. C. Clarke, Chairman, J. H. Fairfield, Ida Clarke, A. J. Murdock and H. L. McKinstry.

Committee on Epidemics, Hyg. and Clim.-S. P. Dodge, Chairman, C. B. Witherle, C. N. Hewitt, N. S. Tefft and B. J. Merrill.

Committee on Finance.-W. Thorn, Chairman, S. D. Flagg, F H. Milligan, E. B. Bigelow and J. H. Dunn. Committee on Necrology.-Franklin Staples, W. H. Hollister, Wm. Frisbee, V. P. Kennedy and D. Leasure. Committee on Publication.-C. H. Boardman, Jay Owens, A. E. Senkler, Talbot Jones and S. B. Sheardown.

Committee on Nervous Diseases.-J. H. James, Chairman, Wm. Davis, C. L. Wells, G. H. Knight, Mary G. Hood, C. Gronwald and C. E. Riggs.

Committee on Gynecology.-G. F. French, Chairman, N. K. Whittemore, Clara E. Atkinson, D. B. Collins, G. R. Maloney, Ira N. Bishop, Talbot Jones and W. L. Beebe.

Committe on Diseases of Children.-C. E. Smith, Chairman, A. T. Wass, Bruno Jaehrig, W. H. Powell, J. F. Force, W. W. Furber, D. F. Brooks, C. N. Clarke and J. E. Finch.

Committee on Materia Medica.-Wm. Frisbie, Chairman, James Davenport, Chas Dolan, G. W. Emery and A. W. Giddings.

Committee on Ophthalmology.-J. F. Fulton, Chairman, A. Blitz and J. W. Chamberlain.

Committtee on Medical Education.-D. W. Hand,

Chairman, Franklin Staples, A. W. Parsons, S. B. Sperry and R. S. McMurdy.

Committee on Medical Jurisprudence.-Chas. Hill, Chairman, A. F. Ritchie, H. H. Kimball, A. Wharton and C. H. Boardman.

Delegates to American Medical Association. - F. A. Blackman, J. E. Bowers, Wm. W. Mayo, S. C. McCormick, C. H. Boardman, J. H Stewart, Sen., J. W. Andrews, Otis Ayer, A. W. Daniels, C. N. Hewitt, Talbot Jones, J. C. Rosser, E. J. Davis, R. L. Moore, C. A. Wheaton, A. W. Abbott, Mary G. Hood, F. M. Rose, A. F. Ritchie, A. T. Conley, C. F. McComb, N. T. Whittemore and D. S. Cummings.

The Society then adjourned to meet at Stillwater, upon the 3d Tuesday of June, 1884, at 10 A. M.

C. H. BOARDMAN,

Secretary.

ADDRESS OF WELCOME.

Gentlemen and Ladies, Members of the Minnesota State Medical Society:

To me has been assigned the pleasant duty, in behalf of the medical profession of Minneapolis, of extending to you a most hearty and cordial welcome; and although I have misimproved my opportunities, and have not done what I ought for the advancement of medical science and art—if in my brief address of welcome I can say something that will excite an effort in others more favorably situated or more fortunately endowed, I shall feel that this opportunity may not be without result; and I assure you it is a personal pleasure, for I have always felt the importance, perhaps necessity, of a more general and active concert of the members of the medical profession to accomplish the great purposes of eliciting truth, preserving principles, and benefiting mankind.

We cannot develop our physical, mental or moral capabilities alone. Neither can the great purposes of life, for which we are intended, be accomplished, or the comfort or happiness which we are constituted to enjoy be realized without the co-operation and companionship of others.

The natural characteristics of men being as various as their faces, the comparison of diverse minds results in their modification and improvement. And as no two persons are placed in exactly the same position, or surrounded by the same circumstances for mental observa

tions and discipline, interchanging of experiences and acquisitions enlarges the capacity and enriches the understanding of all.

So generally has the advantage and even necessity of association for the advancement of useful knowledge been recognized, that learned societies, consisting of intellectual men voluntarily united for this purpose, have been formed and continued for many years under names indicative of the particular branch of learning they have been designed to promote.

These associations have not for their object only the acquiring of knowledge, but the more useful one of communicating it—in announcing discoveries, deducing general laws from numerous facts, correcting false theories, and rendering it accessible, useful and pleasing. All have been to a greater or less degree useful to mankind in general by enlarging the boundaries of learning, increasing the conveniences of human life, and teaching us how to make acquisitions; but especially have they been of advantage to the various professions for whose benefit they were organized, and by which they have been sustained. If such men as Abernethy, Brodie, Bateman, Sir Astley Cooper, Cline, Lawrence, and many others of similar ability and standing, originators and supporters of the London Medical and Chirurgical Society, thought association necessary for mutual improvement and the advancement of medical science, the medical men of this time might properly distrust their judgment were they to doubt the utility of medical societies.

But there are special reasons why the medical profession should enjoy the full benefit of associated talent, and feel the influence of a liberal and earnest consideration of the various topics which must claim the attention of the physician.

The time in which we live demands an enlightened and catholic spirit pervading the whole body; so that im