hibited; (2) presented a patient upon whom he had operated for umbilical hernia, showing good results of the Mayo operations; (3) and also a patient with esophageal stricture treated by dilatation.

Election of a Delegate-Dr. Frank Warner was elected a delegate to the House of Delegates of the State Medical Association. Drs. I. B. Hamlin and O. H. Sellenings were elected to membership.

GUERNSEY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.

The Guernsey County Medical Society met at Cambridge Jan. 2. Papers were presented by Dr. John Dudley Dunham, Columbus, on "Catarrh of the Stomach." Dr. Fred Fletcher read a paper on "The Preliminary Preparation and PostOperative Treatment for Abdominal Section." The attendance was good.

CLEVELAND ACADEMY OF MEDICINE.

The twenty-ninth regular meeting of the Clinical and Pathological Section was held Friday, Dec. 1, at the Cleveland Medical Library. Program: "A Type of Appendicitis with Remarks upon the Alimentary Canal," Dr. C. A. Hamann; Report of Cases Observed During Pregnancy: Transverse Vaginal Septum; Congenital Displacement of the Urinary Bladder, Dr. F. S. Clark; Report of Three Surgical Cases, Dr. R. E. Skeel.

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KNOX COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of the Knox County Medical Society was held at Mt. Vernon Friday, Dec. 8. The following officers were elected: President, John E. Russell; Vice-President, George D. Arndt; Secretary, Harry W. Blair.

The Jefferson County Medical Association held its regular meeting Dec. 11. Officers were elected as follows: President, H. C. Wood, of Smithfield; Vice-President, Joseph Robertson; Secretary, J. R. Mossgrove; Treasurer, W. E. Kerr. Member Board of Censors, H. C. Minor, of Toronto.

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Editorial.

TESTIMONIAL BANQUET TO DOCTOR SENN.

The testimonial banquet given to Dr. Nicholas Senn, November 11 last, was a high tribute to one of America's foremost surgeons. There were 686 prominent physicians and surgeons present while from 40 to 50 were turned away because proper accommodations could not be provided for them. The occasion was distinguished no more by the large attendance than by the personnel of the guests collected from all parts of the United States.

Dr. Joseph D. Bryant, on behalf of the physicians present, presented a gold medallion to Dr. Senn. On one side of the medallion was a likeness of the recipient and on the other the inscription, "To Nicholas Senn, the Master Surgeon, from

His Fellows. November 11, 1905." A silver loving cup was presented by Dr. L. G. Nolte on behalf of Dr. Senn's former private pupils. It is said the occasion was a memorable one; good fellowship prevailed, and Dr. Senn, the center of attrac tion, received a tremendous ovation.

In presenting the medallion the speaker referred to Dr. Senn as "one whom the profession delights to honor." He said, "Along the pathway of medical endeavor for nearly a quarter of a century are seen and noted enduring examples illustrative of his wise forethought and generous co-operation. Instances of his surgical technic foretell notable results that now proclaim great surgical triumphs. The organization of military medicine, of no recent date, has yielded an abund ant harvest because of his early conceptions and continued earnest efforts. The books made by him, and those given by him, will testify, respectively, to the bright sunshine of active life and the somber shadow of recollection. Human affiictions, which before his time yielded only to indomitable fate, now yield to the outcome of the inspiration of his teaching and the handiwork of his technic. Long-deferred and defeated hopes are now revealed in the happy opportunities contributed by the saving graces of reparative wisdom and skill of which he has given the lion's share. Dr. Senn is classed as a distinguished man, a distinguished surgeon-distinguished not only because of his surgical attainments, but because of the high standard of his ethical instincts and ennobling attributes of a generous nature."

"May I not," said the speaker, "as a humble servant of joyous friends, present to him, in their behalf, this beautiful symbol of the love and respect they cherish for him; the likeness of a sterling man, embossed on pure gold, and bearing the legend of true distinction."

In accepting the medallion Dr. Senn said that he appreciated its value much more than he would a decoration by royal hand. That would mean the judgment of one man, this is an expression of love, respect, and good wishes from the noblest of all professions.

Dr. William J. Mayo gave Dr. Senn credit for having done his full share in establishing American surgery. "Dr.

Senn's Principles of Surgery," he said, "did much to make clear the position of the general profession in regard to the fundamental truths of surgical pathology and practice."

In a series of letters from abroad he had written up the work of foreign surgeons in such an "absorbing and facinating style that every man felt as though he himself had visited these climes and seen these men work. Through the influence of these letters many American students went abroad especially to Germany, until American surgery was thus Germanized under his leadership. At a time when American surgery was relatively held in contempt, Senn, by a series of brilliant articles on practical subjects, made the surgeons of the world respect America."

"It is fitting, therefore," said the speaker, that the profession should acknowledge their indebtedness to this man. whose work has been an inspiration to ambitious Americans. This and many things more the profession owes to him a lasting debt." Other speakers testified to his "substantial surgical contributions to the medical service of the army," to his invaluable influence in medical associations, to his good citizenship and patriotism, to his delightful companionship as a traveler, to his remarkable versatility as a writer, to his altruistic spirit of self-sacrifice, to the "intensity of his earnestness. and his painstaking thoroughness in every detail of investigation. These eloquent tributes were concluded by the confident forecast that "Dr. Senn will close his professional career as he began it, and as he has lived it through every hour of his life with sincerity, intelligence and dignity of effort, and with an eye single to the best interests, the greatest happiness of his fellow-men, and the greatest advancement of his brethren in the medical profession."

Such expressions of kindness and appreciation give dig nity and beauty to professional life and add not a little to the promotion of good will among men.