TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

ational Eclectic Medical Association,

FOR THE YEARS 1883-84.

INCLUDING THE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEET-
ING, HELD AT THE CITY OF TOPEKA,
KANSAS, JUNE, 1883.

THE ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD AT CINCINNATI, OHIO, BEGINNING
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1884, AND CONTINUING THREE DAYS.
SEE PAGE 406 FOR PARTICULARS.

Part II-Scientific Reports, Papers from Sections, etc.

(§ A.) Surgery, General and Special...

Progress of Surgery (Address) by Milton Jay, M. D., Chairman of Section, Chi-

cago, Ill.....

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Report on Surgical Progress, by L. E. Russell, M.D., Springfield, Ohio, Secretary 83

Thoughts on Surgical Practice, by Charles Band, M. D., Crete, Nebraska..... 90

Fractures Improved Apparatus and Methods in their Treatment, by E. Youn-

kin, M. D., St. Louis, Mo.......

Bronchotomy, by W. R. G. Samuels, M. D., F. A. S., San Francisco, Cal...

Railroad Surgery, by L. E. Russell, M. D., Springfield, Ohio....

When Shall We Amputate? by J. W. Pruitt, M. D., Russellville, Arkansas...

Antiseptic Wound-Dressing, by David Wark, M. D., New York, N. Y..

Prostatic Calculus, by A. J. Howe, M. D., Cincinnati, Ohio

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Meddling and Mistreating of a Case, by G. C. Chaney, M. D., Independence,

Kansas...

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Plastic Operation, by T. Hodge Jones, M. D., Lamar, Missouri....

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Notes on Syphilis, by A. J. Howe, M. D..

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Rest in Conservative Surgery, by S. E. Martin, M. D., Topeka, Kansas.

(§ B.) Medicine, General and Special..........

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Sanitary House-Drainage (Address), by Milbrey Green, M. D., Boston, Mass.,

Chairman of Section..

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Medicine (Report), by J. A. Munk, M. D., Topeka, Kansas, Secretary..

Early Brain and Physical Culture, by Alexander Wilder, M. D...

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