CONTENTS. Part E. Essays and Cases. I.—An Address delivered at the first Meeting of the Associa- tion. By CHARLES HASTINGS, M. D. Physician to the Worcester General Infirmary... II.-On the Objects and Modes of Medical Investigation. By EDW. BARLOW, M. D. Physician to the Bath United Hospital, and to the Bath Hospital .............. III.-Theory of the Frontal Sinus. By E. MILLIGAN, M. D. IV. On Imperforate Hymen. By JAS. MILMAN COLEY, Esq. of Bridgnorth, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London; Member of the Medical and Philosophical Society of St. Bartholomew's, &c. .... V.-Some Observations on the Peculiarities of Diseases in PAGE. VI. Upon the Reciprocal Influence of the Mind and Body of Man, in Health and Disease. By JONAS MALDEN, M.D. Senior Physician to the Worcester General Infirmary. 109 VIII.-Some Observations on the Value of the different Signs which distinguish the Sac in Strangulated Hernia; with some practical Remarks on the Operation, and Cases in Illustration. By J. H. JAMES, Surgeon to the Devon and Exeter Hospital....... IX.-Case of Hydrocephalus. By THOS. STEWART TRAILL, M.D. late of Liverpool; now Professor of Medical Jurispru- dence in the University of Edinburgh................ X.-A Proposal to establish County Natural History Societies, for ascertaining the Circumstances, in all Localities, which are productive of Disease, or conducive to Health. By J. CONOLLY, M. D. Warwick, late Pro- fessor of the Practice of Medicine in the London XI.-History of a Case of what has been commonly called Spina XII.-Case of Melanosis. By DAVID WILLIAMS, M. D. Physician to the Liverpool North Dispensary. With a Portrait... 244 XIII-Some Observations on the Necessity, the Utility, and the Precursory Symptoms of Sleep. By ROGER Wake- FIELD SCOTT, M. D. Physician to the Liverpool South XIV. Case of Aneurism of the Basilar Artery, suddenly giving way, and occasioning Death by Pressure on the Medulla Oblongata. By EGERTON A. JENNINGS, F. L.S. Surgeon to the Leamington Charitable Bathing Insti- tution. With a Plate........... XV.-On fixing the Scapula, in Dislocations of the Humerus. By JONATHAN TOOGOOD, Senior Surgeon of the Bridg- water Infirmary.............................................. XVI.-Case of Osteo-Sarcoma of both Jaws, in which Ampu- tation of the Joint was effected, and very considerable Portions of each Bone were removed by Operation. Part EE. Reports of Enfirmaries and Dispensaries. XVII. Report of the Birmingham Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye, from March 1 to December 31, 1832. By MR. MIDDLEMORE, Assistant Surgeon to the Eye In- XVIII-A Report of the Out-Cases attended by MR. PARSONS, at the Birmingham Infirmary, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, XIX.-Report of the State of Disease in the City of Worcester, during the year 1832, with a Summary of the Atmos- pherical Phenomena during the same Period. By ON Thursday, July 19th, 1832, a Meeting of more than fifty Medical Gentlemen took place, agreeably to advertisement, in the Board Room of the Worcester Infirmary, for the purpose of forming an Association under the above name. The venerable Dr. Johnstone, of Birmingham, was unanimously called to the Chair; there were also present the following eminent individuals :-Dr. Kidd, Regius Professor of Physic, Oxford; Dr. Barlow, of Bath; Dr. Conolly, of Warwick; Dr. W. Conolly, of Cheltenham; Dr. Corrie, of Birmingham; Dr. Evans, jun. of Ross; Dr. Thomas, of Rose Lawn; Mr. Hodgson, of Birmingham; Mr. W. Sands Cox, of Birmingham; Mr. Soden, of Bath; Mr. Hetling, of Bristol; and many others, including most of the resident Faculty of Worcester and the neighbouring towns. The following resolutions were passed unanimously : 1st. That a Provincial Medical and Surgical Association be now formed. 2nd. That the management of the Association be conducted by a President and Council, and two Secretaries, to be elected annually, agreeably to the following Provisional Constitution : The Association to be managed by a President, two Secretaries, and a Council. The several officers to be appointed annually, by a general meeting of members convened for that purpose, at whichever of the principal towns may be appointed; the place of such meeting being prospectively notified each year. At this meeting shall be presented a Report, prepared by the Secretaries, of the general state of the Association, its proceedings, and pecuniary accounts; the Report to be afterwards printed, and a copy supplied to every member. At this meeting it is also proposed, that one of the members shall be appointed to give, at the next Annual Meeting, an account of the state or progress of Medical Science during the last year, or an Oration on some subject connected with Medical Science, or a Biographical Memoir of some eminent cultivator of Medical Science, who may have resided in the Provinces. PRESIDENT. The office of President to be honorary, and conferred on some senior Physician or Surgeon of eminence, resident in any of the provincial towns comprised in the circle of the Association. SECRETARIES. The two Secretaries to be resident in Worcester, the place of publication, their duties being to attend to the printing of the transactions, and to correct the press; to be present at the meetings of the Council, and to keep the minutes thereof; to correspond with the members of the Association; to receive and submit to the Council all papers transmitted for publication; and to keep the financial accounts of the Association. COUNCIL. The Council to consist of members, to be selected from the principal provincial towns. The Council, with whom must rest the chief responsibility of publication, to have full power of deciding on all papers transmitted, and the consent of three of its members must be obtained before any paper can be published. It shall also be the duty of the Council to receive the subscriptions, when due, in their respective districts. Each member of the Association to pay one guinea on admission, and the same amount, annually, afterwards; the subscription to commence from the 1st of January each year, and to be considered as due, unless notice of its being withdrawn be given to one of the Secretaries, antecedently to the year for which it would be payable; for such subscription each member shall receive a copy of each part of the transactions published. Each volume to contain a list of all the members. 3rd.-That Dr. Johnstone, of Birmingham, be elected President of the Association for the ensuing year; that Dr. Carrick, of Bristol, be elected President for the year 1833-4. 4th. That Dr. Hastings and Mr. Sheppard be Secretaries. 5th. That the following Members, with power to add to their number, do constitute the Council for the ensuing year. 6th. That each Member of the Association do pay the sum of one guinea per annum, towards printing the transactions of the Association, and defraying the incidental expenses, and that subscriptions do commence from the 1st of January, 1832. |