hear from the "Watch-dog of the Treasury," and I now take great pleasure in presenting Dr. A. M. Owen, of Evansville, Ind., Treasurer of the Pan-American Medical Congress.

Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen:-We are told, that "Where two or three are gathered together, there will I be also," and I am right with you. You spoke of the "Watch-dog of the Treasury," and I can assure you that I esteem it an honor to be the watch-dog of the treasury of such an organization as the Pan-American Medical Congress, and am glad indeed to be called upon to speak before so many distinguished gentlemen.

However, I take pleasure in seeing that President Hughes has this evening taken the liberty to attempt to impress upon the minds of the gentlemen of this Congress that he is a genuine chutmuck, and I wish to say to you that it has become evident to me that he is a true, genuine chutmuck, though there are very few chutmucks in the world now. I wondered at first why I was called upon to speak before this great Editors' Association, but I find there are two or three reasons why I should be called upon. One is, because I am a genu

ine chutmuck. I was invited here because at one time I was an editor of an American journal. I was also connected with three medical colleges, but I felt it was for the good of the country that I should leave them all, and secure the abolishment of the latter.

Gentlemen, it is now too late to make a speech, and I will not weary you, but I want to thank you for calling upon me, and congratulate the First Pan-American Medical Congress upon this generous, enthusiastic, auspicious opening.

TOASTMASTER: It is well along toward morning and the fact that we have remained together as long as we have is indicative of our enjoyment. As Gen. Henderson remarked, it was the intention of the toastmaster to call

upon every victim present for a speech because they are all noted speech-makers. There is one, however, that I am confident every one of us will be delighted to hear from. He is a man who has been practicing medicine and surgery in his native State for more than sixty years. He is loved by every man, woman and child in his State. As an evidence of his personal popularity and qualities of head and heart, he was a few years ago elected Governor of his State by the Democracy, he having been a consistent Democrat all his life.

During all these

years, that party had never been successful and were successful on the occasion referred to only in that they had as a standard-bearer so grand and heroic a figure. I take pleasure in presenting to you Gov. Alonzo Garcelon, of Lewiston, Me., who though over eighty years old, is a young man, and will be young as long as he lives, for he long since solved the problem of perpetual youth.

Mr. President and Gentlemen:-My heart and interests have been in the American Medical Association from my earliest years. When I commenced the study of medicine I did so with the determination to avail myself of all the possibilities of acquiring an education which would enable me to practice medicine successfully. There is one thing we must all have to be successful as physicians, and that is common sense. I say to you, fellow-practitioners of medicine, that it is the duty of every man who takes a student in his office to be sure that he has a student who is endowed with common sense. Not all the education in the world will make a man successful unless he has some common sense, and if he is disposed to be a surgeon he must also have some mechanical ingenuity.

In regard to the Pan-American Medical Congress, permit me to say that it has, from the beginning, met

with my warmest sympathy. I have been a pretty constant reader from my earliest life, and have come to the conclusion that we are, as a nation, wonderfully ignorant of our neighbors. One of the things we should learn first is that there are some people who know something besides what we Yankees know. There is much to be said in regard to our sister republics besides what has been said concerning them. For some 300 years the center of civilized government was there. He who reads history will be surprised to learn of the civilization that existed there 200 years ago. The people there have been unfortunate, and disturbed by revolutions, but the fact still remains that we may find there great culture and many schools of learning, and I am sure in this Pan-American Congress we shall find very much to admire, and our regard for those people will be greatly increased. Now, gentlemen, I will not detain you. There is much to be said and much I would like to touch upon, but as we are in the wee hours of the morning, I think it is better for us to adjourn. I see before me the distinguished president of the University of Pennsylvania (Dr. Pepper), and other gentlemen connected with education, but I must say as a looker on, for I am in no way connected with any institution, that the great want of the American medical profession is the elevation of American education throughout the country. I only want to say one word in addition. There is a bill before Congress for education in medicine that ought to receive the encouragement of all, as one of the best means of educating and bringing the institutions of the country up to a point where we can have some uniformity, and reduce or destroy the amount of ignorance and quackery. [Great applause.]

TOASTMASTER: Dr. H. L. E. Johnson, Chairman of the Committee on Transportation, to whom we are all under great obligations for his efficient work, and particularly for his charming personality, will now present himself

and give us the opportunity for giving him at least a round of applause.

Mr. President and Gentlemen:-I attended the Banquet of the Editors' Association in 1886. They then confined their remarks to the Southern States, but they have now put a girdle, as it were, around the entire Western hemisphere. They have called together the members of the entire Western hemisphere to meet in a Medical Congress, to form a body, as has been said, for professional advancenemt. This Congress will surely be

a success.

We should pay a very warm tribute to the Washington Post. The gentlemen on the staff of that paper went before Congress and said they were in favor of it and would support it. Members of the United Press said they were in favor of it and would support Congress in anything they would enter into.

I want to go on record as saying that to Senator Gorman, of Maryland, and the Washington Post we are greatly indebted for the success of the first Pan-American Medical Congress.

In closing, gentlemen of the American Medical Editors' Association, let me congratulate you upon the efficient work that you have done individually and collectively in supporting the the Pan-American Medical Congress, and in so pleasantly setting the ball in motion as you have done this evening.

TOASTMASTER: Your Chairman now decides this session as closed. We thank you, one and all, for coming with us and breaking bread with us, and staying with us so loyally. Before leaving the room, we will all join, led by Major Alfred J. Stofer, in singing the Mississippi Valley Medical refrain,

"Go away, old man, and leave me alone,

For I am a stranger and a long way from home."

SELECTIONS.

NEUROTHERAPY.

CEREBRINE IN THE TREATMENT OF LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA. -Dr. Græme M. Hammond presented a case of locomotor ataxia which he had been treating with hypodermic injections of cerebrine. Six years ago the patient, a man aged forty, had begun to suffer with double vision. This, after several months of treatment, had disappeared, and for a time he had been quite well. Then the typical symptoms of locomotor ataxia came on. There was complete loss of the knee-jerks; he had sharp pains in his legs; the ataxic gait was well marked; there was inability to stand with the eyes closed, even when the legs were some distance apart; he had difficulty in evacuating his bladder and bowels; his sexual power was lost, and he had a sense of constriction around the waist. There were no eye symptoms. The man denied syphilis. Treatment was begun about ten weeks ago, and consisted of a daily hypodermic injection of cerebrine, five minims combined with five minims of water.

Dr. Hammond said he presented the case with some diffidence, on account of the method of treatment employed; no one had had less faith in these animal extracts than himself. The improvement in this case however, had been very marked. The man's sexual functions had been perfectly restored; he had complete control over his bladder and bowels; the sharp pains had disappeared; his general health had improved; he was able to run up and down stairs, and could stand fairly steady with his eyes closed. The knee-jerks, however, had not returned. No other treatment had been employed. The improvement had been gradual and steady, and had begun about a week after the first injection. The cerebrine employed was that prepared by Dr. Wm. A. Hammond.

Dr. Joseph Collins had employed subcutaneous injections of cerebrine, as prepared by Dr. Paul Gibier, in a few cases of locomotor ataxia; the improvement in those cases had been about equal to that in Dr. Hammond's