shall be held in the month of November. A special meeting may be called by the Executive Committee, or by six members uniting to issue such call, provided that, in either case, all members of the society are duly notified of the time and place of holding such meeting.

ART. IV. Graduates of regularly chartered colleges, and physicians, who have been engaged in practice for four years, each and severally being residents of the counties of New York or Westchester, shall be eligible as candidates for active membership of the society, provided they have not been rejected by or expelled from some other auxiliary society.

ART. V. Non-resident physicians of good standing, possessing the professional qualifications required for resident membership, shall be eligible to honorary membership, to secure which, sufficient evidence in support of their qualifications shall be presented to the Secretary, in person or by proxy, as may satisfy the requirements of the Constitution of the State society and of a majority of the Board of Censors, as to the general professional character of the applicant. The censors, in reporting upon these applications, shall, if requested, present to the society the evidence upon which they have acted in any particular instance; then the candidate may be admitted or rejected, according to the same rule hereinafter provided for the admission of resident members.

ART. VI. Propositions for membership may be announced by any member at a regular meeting. The candidate's name, when presented, shall be laid upon the Secretary's desk in writing, accompanied with the recommendation of at least one resident member, and shall be held by the Secretary subject to the order of the Board of Censors. All votes relating to membership shall be by ballot, and four-fifths of all ballots cast shall be necessary to elect.

ART. VII. Any member may be censured, suspended, invited to withdraw, or expelled, by a vote of two-thirds of the resident, members present at a regular meeting, provided the proceedings be instituted and conducted according to the provisions of Article X of the By-laws. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of this society to make known to the Secretary of the State Society the name or names of any or all who may for any reason cease to be members of this society.

ART. VIII. Every resident of the counties of New York and Westchester admitted to membership shall pay an entrance fee of two dollars into the treasury of the society, and affix his name to the Constitution and By-laws. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer furthermore, on the first of January in each year, to charge each resident member with annual dues to the amount of two dollars, and to call upon the members for the payment of the same, during the transaction of miscellaneous business, at the first regular meeting held in the new year. Non-resident members may be admitted to the privileges of active membership, excepting the one of voting, by the courtesy of the society and voluntary compliance with the rules imposed upon resident members, including the payment of entrance fee and annual dues. But the participation of any non-resident

member in the business affairs of the society may be terminated without previous notice by a vote of two-thirds of the resident members present at any regular meeting. The Secretary of the society shall be exempt from the payment of annual dues during his term of office.

ART. IX. No by-laws shall be adopted, nor assessments made upon the members, excepting by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at a regular meeting, or at a special meeting properly called. Nor shall any resolution be considered valid or binding unless ten of the resident members are present at the meeting when action is taken thereon.

ART. X. No change shall be made in this Constitution without the concurrence of two-thirds of all the resident members present at a regular meeting of this society, with a quorum such as is required in the provisions of Article IX.

BY-LAWS.

ARTICLE I. At the regular meetings of the society the following order of exercises shall be observed:

1. Calling the house to order by the President.

2. Calling the roll by the Secretary.

3. Reading the minutes of the previous meeting.

4. Reports of Censors on propositions for membership.

5. Balloting on candidates for membership.

6. Proposals of candidates for admission.

7. Transaction of miscellaneous business.
8. Reports of cases.

9. Reading of essays.

10. Discussions.

ART. II. Any member desiring to introduce a subject to the society for its discussion may hand the same in writing to the President, and if it meet the approval of the chair, the proponent shall be made the first essayist for the next meeting, making the proposed subject the title of his essay. The President may also appoint a second essayist, by the consent of the appointee, who shall be at liberty to write upon the same subject or upon any other topic he may select. If at the next meeting both are prepared with essays, the first shall lead, and if the second shall have written upon the same subject he shall immediately follow, after which discussion on both papers will be in order. If the subject of second essay shall differ from that of the first, discussion shall follow the reading of the first essay, after which the second essay will be in order. In case no member proposes a subject, the President may appoint two essayists, with the consent of the appointees, and the topics upon which they write, shall constitute the subjects for discussion, each essay being open to comment or criticism at the close of its reading.

ART. III. The President shall appoint a Permanent Committee of four, who shall prepare subjects for discussion, and have them in readiness for presentation when essayists fail to meet their engagements. When the essayists are called by the chair and do not

respond, the chairman of the Permanent Committee, or, in his absence, any member thereof, may propose a subject. The President shall submit it to a vote of the society. If rejected, another shall be proposed and submitted to vote, and so continued until an acceptable subject shall be named. Any member desiring to invite discussion upon a favorite topic may present the same in writing to the Permanent Committee, through whom it may be brought before the Society in the same manner as those subjects are which originate in this committee.

ART. IV. Essays must be brief. If the reading of any one essay occupies a length of time exceeding thirty minutes a point of order may be raised, whereupon the chair shall submit the question to the society as to whether or not further time may be occupied by the essayist.

ART. V. No member shall be permitted to speak more than once upon the same subject, nor be allowed to occupy more than ten minutes in so doing, excepting by special permission from the chair. The President, however, shall extend to the essayist or proponent the courtesy of an opportunity to reply at last to those who have reviewed the essay which he has delivered, or the subject which he has introduced.

ART. VI. Debate shall be governed by the usual parliamentary rules, Cushing's Manual being received as authority.

ART. VII. At each annual meeting of the society, the newlyinstalled President shall, while making customary appointments, name two members who shall act as a publication committee. It shall be the duty of this committee to examine the essays delivered before the society, select therefrom such as are of sufficient general interest to deserve place in any of the publications issued under the auspices of either the State or city society, and, if possible, secure for them such deserved publicity.

ART. VIII. After an essay has been read it shall be laid on the Secretary's desk, and shall remain in his custody till called for by a member of the publication committee.

ART. IX. Seven members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all unimportant business, reading of essays, discussions, presenting reports of cases, etc. But in acting upon all important matters, the provisions of Article IX of the Constitution must be observed.

ART. X. The Advisory Committee shall be recognized as the official guardian of the code of ethics. To render its power effective, it is hereby provided: That if at any time, any member of this Society, in the opinion of any other member, abuses the privileges guaranteed in the code of ethics, he may make complaint to the Advisory Committee regarding the same; that if, in the opinion of the committee, the complaint is well founded, it shall notify the accused member that his case will be heard at a meeting appointed by the Chairman of the Advisory Committee; that if the matter shall be satisfactorily settled between the Committee and the accused member, it shall not be brought publicly to the notice of the Society, nor affect the standing

of the accused member in the same; that if it be a cause of unsurmountable conflict of opinion between the accused and the Committee, in consequence of which the alleged, offense or offenses can not be amicably adjusted, it may then be reported at the first regular meeting of the Society held thereafter; that after due consideration of the case at such meeting, a resolution may be offered that at the next regular meeting ballot shall be taken upon the question of censuring, suspending, inviting to withdraw or expelling the offending member, and requiring the Secretary to give notice to each member whose name is upon the roll, of the proposed action of the Society; that if, at this next meeting, two-thirds of the resident members present shall vote in favor of censuring, suspending, inviting to withdraw or expelling the offending ember, the presiding officer shall formally announce to the Society the result of the balloting, and if it be in favor of expulsion, his name shall be forthwith stricken from the roll and his membership declared to be at that moment ended by announcement from the chair.

ART. XI. The name of the Society shall in no instance be used in any newspaper advertisement or in any book or pamphlet publication by any member, without the written consent of the Advisory Committee, after the matter shall have been submitted to this Committee for their examination. This consent may furthermore be reconsidered and retracted by the Advisory Committee at any meeting called by the Chairman of the same if the publication is such, in the opinion. of three or more members, as to damage the reputation of the Society. In case of any such decision of the Advisory committee, the member feeling aggrieved may, if he chooses so to do, bring the question directly before any regular meeting of the Society, at which a vote of two-thirds of the members present for or against his privilege to use the name of the Society in any specified advertisement, pamphlet or book publication, shall be considered final.

ART. XII. Any amendment to, or alteration of these by-laws, shall be offered and laid over till the next regular meeting of the Society for its action thereon; two-thirds of the votes cast being necessary for its adoption.

MINUTES

OF THE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ECLECTIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, FOR THE YEARS 1875 AND 1876.

January, 1875.

The regular monthly meeting of the Eclectic Medical Society of this city was held on Wednesday evening, January 20, 1875, Alexander Wilder, M. D., President, in the chair.

The following gentlemen were proposed for membership, viz.:

Dr. Hans Gustav Von Lilienshiold, Dr. Franklin N. Wright, Dr. John A. Roesch, Dr. James A. Briggs, Dr. John B. Overton and Dr. Wm. H. Weaber.

The bill of thirty-two dollars, the amount this Society is indebted to the State Society, was handed to Dr. Newton for adjustment.

Dr. Foote reported a very strange case of extra-uterine pregnancy occurring in the person of Mrs. Charles Kuter, of North Bend, Wisconsin, and resulting in an abdominal tumor. The case is a very singular and important one, and the doctor is deserving the thanks of this Society for the trouble he assumed in corresponding with Dr. Humphrey, of Wisconsin, so as to be enabled to present a history of the case, in all its details, to the Society. The report was followed by discussion upon the subject of extra-uterine pregnancy, by Drs. Allen, Von Meyer, Foote, Newpher and others.

The reading of essays being next in order, Dr. Vincent Zolnowski, who had been appointed as essayist at the last meeting, read a very interesting essay on the "Application of Cold Water in Fevers." This was followed by an essay on "Aconite as a Local Anaesthetic in Tetanus, and in Filling Teeth." This latter essay elicited considerable discussion, which was participated in by Drs. Newton, Kunze, Von Meyer, Newpher and others. The chair appointed Drs. J. B. Mix and R. E. Kunze essayists for the next meeting.

On motion, the society adjourned.

H. A. NEWPHER, M. D.,

Secretary.

February, 1875.

The regular monthly meeting was held at the College building, on the evening of the seventeenth of February, Alexander Wilder, M. D., in the chair.

The following gentlemen were duly elected members of the society: