ing of Ohio; Second Vice-President, William Watson of Iowa; Third Vice-President, W. B. Rodgers of Tennessee; Fourth Vice-President, F. S. Bascom of Utah; Treasurer, Henry P. Newman, Venetian Building, Chicago, Ill.; Secretary, Wm. B. Atkinson of Pennsylvania; Assistant Secretary, G. H. Rohé of Maryland; Librarian, George W. Webster of Illinois.

Chairman Committee of Arrangements, Julian J. Chisolm of Maryland.

Board of Trustees, Alonzo Garcelon, President, Maine, 1895; P. H. Millard, Minnesota, 1895; J. W. Graham, Colorado, vice D. C. Patterson (deceased), 1895; John E. Woodbridge, Ohio (unexpired term), 1896; E. E. Montgomery, Pennsylvania, 1896; E. Fletcher Ingals, Illinois, 1896; Joseph Eastman, Indiana, 1897; J. T. Priestly, Iowa, 1897; D. W. Graham, Illinois, 1897.

Judicial Council, 1894-5.-Elected 1894: D. W. Crouse, Iowa; R. C. Moore, Nebraska; T. D. Crothers, Connecticut; G. B. Gillespie, Tennessee; W. T. Bishop, Pennsylvania; C. H. Hughes, Missouri; Ida J. Heiberger, District of Columbia. Elected 1893: X. C. Scott, Ohio; G. W. Stoner, U. S. Marine Hospital Service; J. McFadden Gaston, Georgia; T. A. Foster, Maine; I. N. Quimby, New Jersey; H. Brown, Kentucky (one vacancy). Elected 1892 N. S. Davis, Illinois; John Morris, Maryland; H. D. Didama, New York; J. B. Roberts, Pennsylvania; J. M. Emmart, Iowa; C. V. Voorhees, Michigan; W. E. B. Davis, Alabama; A. Morgan Cartledge, Kentucky,, Address on Medicine, William E. Quine, Illinois; Address on Surgery, C. A. Wheaton, Minnesota; Address on State Medicine, H. D. Holton, Vermont; Place of Meeting, Baltimore, Md., May 7-10, 1895.

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Officers of SECTIONS, 1894-5. Physiology and Dietetics.-E. H. Woolsey, Oakland, Cal., Chairman; C. G. Chaddock, St. Lonis, Secretary.

Surgery and Anatomy.-J. Ransohoff, Cincinnati, Chairman; R. H. Sayre, New York, Secretary.

Practice of Medicine.-E. W. Kellogg, Milwaukee, Chairman; W. E. Quine, Chicago, Secretary.

Neurology and Medical Jurisprudence.Daniel R. Brower, Chicago, Chairman; T. D. Crothers, Hartford, Conn., Secretary.

Obstetrics and Diseases of Women.-F. H. Martin, Chicago, Chairman; X. O. Werder, Pittsburg, Secretary.

Ophthalmology.-Edward Jackson, Philadelphia, Chairman; H. V. Würdemann, Milwaukee, Secretary.

State Medicine.-Liston H. Montgomery, Chicago, Chairman; C. H. Sheppard, Brooklyn, Secretary.

Laryngology and Otology.-J. F. Fulton, St. Paul, Chairman; T. J. Gallaher, Pittsburg, Secretary.

Diseases of Children.-E. H. Small, Pittsburg, Chairman; G. W. McNeil, Secretary.

Materia Medica and Pharmacy.-W. Helpsey, St. Louis, Chairman; G. F. Hanson, San Francisco, Secretary.

Dermatology and Syphilography.—E. A. Regensburger, San Francisco, Chairman; D. H. Rand, Portland, Ore., Secretary.

Dental and Oral Surgery.-M. H. Fletcher, Cincinnati, Chairman; E. S. Talbot, Chicago, Secretary.

EXECUTIVE Or Business COMMITTEE, 1894-5.

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State Medicine: C. A. Lindsley, New Haven, Conn.; H. S. Orme, Los Angeles, Cal.; J. J. Kinyoun, Washington, D. C. Dermatology and Syphilography: L. D. Bulkley, New York; L. A. Duhring, Philadelphia; A. H. Ohmann-Dumesnil, St. Louis, Mo. rology and Medical Jurisprudence: J. G. Kiernan, Chicago, Ill.; John W. Givens, Blackfoot, Idaho; A. E. Regensburger, San Francisco, Cal. Materia Medica and Pharmacy: F. Woodbury, Philadelphia; F. E. Stewart, Watkins, N. Y. (one vacancy). Physiology and Dietetics: I. N. Love, St. Louis, Mo.; W. T. Bishop, Harrisburg, Pa.; Ephraim Cutter, New York. Practice of Medicine: G. C. Stockton, Buffalo, N. Y.; H. A. Hare, Philadelphia (one vacancy). Surgery and Anatomy: J. B. Roberts, Philadelphia; J. T. Jelks, Hot Springs, Ark.; J. M. Matthews, Louisville, Ky. Obstetrics and Diseases of Women: J. Eastman, Indianapolis, Ind; E. E. Montgomery, Philadelphia; J. Milton Duff, Pittsburg, Pa. Ophthalmology: A. R. Baker, Cleveland, Ohio; S. D. Risley, Philadelphia; J. L. Thompson, Indianapolis, Ind. Laryngology and Otology: E. Fletcher Ingals, Chicago, Ill.; E. L. Shurley, Detroit, Mich.; J. E. Boylan, Cincinnati, Ohio. Diseases of Children W. S. Christopher, Chicago, Ill.; C. G. Jennings, Detroit, Mich.; W. Perry Watson, Jersey City, N. J. Oral and Dental Surgery: M. H. Fletcher, Cincinnati, Ohio; A. E. Baldwin, Chicago, Ill.; J. Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Legislature of Pennsylvania has decreed that kissing the Bible shall be dispensed with.

The Women's Medical College of Baltimore held its annual commencement last Wednesday afternoon.

The Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania will meet at Chambersburg, May 21, 22, 23 and 24, 1895.

It is announced that Dr. William H. Welch of Baltimore has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

A late Iowa Supreme Court decision makes a physician liable for damages accruing from his having dismissed a case too soon.

The Association of Acting Assistant Surgeons of the United States Army will hold a special meeting in Baltimore on the 8th of May.

The entire staff of the Ottawa General Hospital resigned recently as a result of a disagreement between the staff and the board of directors.

Dr. J. J. Chisolm will give a reception to the members of the American Medical Association on Tuesday evening, May 6, from 8 to 10 o'clock P. M.

The Medical Examining Board of Virginia will hold its first session under the new law, for examination of candidates for license to practice medicine, in Virginia, May 8 and 9, 1895.

A bill has been introduced in the City Council of Baltimore, at the instigation of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, to compel physicians to report cases of typhoid fever.

The Richard Gundry Home for the treatment of mental and nervous diseases at Catonsville will be glad to have delegates to the American Medical Association visit that institution.

Medicine, a monthly journal of medicine and surgery, has just made its appearance in Chicago. Dr. Harold N. Moyer is the editor and Mr. George S. Davis of Detroit the publisher.

An ordinance providing for the introduction of physical training in the public schools and fixing the salary of the instructor at $1500 has passed the second branch of the City Council of Baltimore.

A severe outbreak of typhoid fever at Stamford, Connecticut, has been traced to an infected well, from which water was used to wash the milk cans of a dairyman along whose route the disease was traced.

Drs. E. G. Janeway, F. S. Dennis, J. D. Bryant, W. T. Bull and E. M. Hamilton have formed a syndicate for the purpose of establishing at Flushing, Long Island, a hospital to which they can send their patients.

Dr. B. T. Winchester, who is manager of the exhibit at the Cyclorama, announces that possession of space will be given to exhibitors at the Cyclorama on Saturday, May 4. A force of carpenters, painters, decorators, etc., will be on the ground to facilitate the work.

The Legislature of Montana recently passed a new medical practice act, in which many of the defects of the old law, which rendered the prosecution of offenders almost impossible, are remedied. Applicants who shall have been graduated after July 1, 1898, will be obliged to show proof of having attended four courses.

There are in the United States 140 medical schools, according to the reports of the Regents of the University of New York. Of these, fourteen require absolutely a four years' course of medical lectures, nearly one hundred schools announce that they graduate on three terms of lectures and about twenty-six on two terms, the length of the terms varying from five to nine months.

WASHINGTON NOTES.

At the regular meeting of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, on April 24, Dr. J. Taber Johnson read an able paper on the "Treatment of Ovarian Tumors, Including the Technique of Ovariotomy." It was discussed by Drs. I. S. Stone, J. Wesley Bovée, A. F. A. King, Ward and Crosson.

Dr. A. A. Snyder presented a patient upon whom he had operated for Fracture of the Skull. He also presented a specimen of Epithelioma of the Jaw and Right Lung.

Drs. S. S. Adams, Anderson and Kinyoun were to have reported cases of Diphtheria treated by the Antitoxine Method, but all the time had been consumed and the Society adjourned.

Dr. William Osler of Baltimore, at the next meeting of the Society, will read a paper on "The Practical Outcome of Laveran's Researches on Malaria." At the same meeting Dr. J. W. Bovée is expected to show "A Large Uterine Fibroid Removed by the Vagina."

The Medical Department of the Columbian University will have its Commencement Exercises on the evening of May 2. There will be thirty-seven graduates in medicine, two of whom are women.

On Tuesday, April 30, Dr. Joseph M. Toner had a beautiful reception, in celebration of his 70th birthday. All the members of the Medical Association of the District of Columbia, numbering about four hundred, were invited. There are only a few, some seven or more, left, of the members of the Association when Dr. Toner was elected.

PUBLIC SERVICE.

OFFICIAL LIST OF CHANGES IN THE STATIONS AND DUTIES OF MEDICAL Officers.

UNITED STATES ARMY.

Week ending April 29, 1895. Lieutenant-Colonel Dallas Bache, Deputy Surgeon-General, to be Assistant SurgeonGeneral with rank of Colonel, April 18, 1895.

Major David L. Huntington, Surgeon, to be Deputy Surgeon-General with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, April 18, 1895.

Captain William C. Shannon, Ássistant Surgeon, to be Surgeon, with the rank of Major, Apri 18, 1895.

UNITED STATES NAVY.

Week ending April 27, 1895.

Assistant Surgeon M. W. Barnum ordered to examination for promotion, May 15 next. Assistant Surgeon J. E. Page ordered to examination for promotion, May 15 next.

Assistant Surgeon F. G. Brathwaite ordered to the Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va.

Medical Inspector T. C. Walton ordered as Delegate to American Medical Association, Baltimore, Md.

Surgeon S. H. Dickson ordered as Delegate to American Medical Association, Baltimore, Md.

UNITED STATES MARINE SERVICE.

Fifteen days ending April 15, 1895.

George Purviance, Surgeon, detailed as chairman Retiring Board for physical examination officers of Revenue Cutter Service, April 8, 1895.

H. W. Austin, Surgeon, detailed as member Retiring Board for physical examination officers of Revenue Cutter Service, April 8, 1895.

H. R. Carter, Detailed as recorder Retiring Board for physical examination officers of Revenue Cutter Service, April 8, 1895.

A. H. Glennan, Passed Assistant Surgeon, granted leave of absence for three days, April 9, 1895.

J. B. Stoner, Passed Assistant Surgeon, when relieved to proceed to Philadelphia, Pa., for duty, April 5, 1895.

G. M. Guitéras, Passed Assistant Surgeon, granted leave of absence for six days, April 5 and 8, 1895.

J. C. Perry, Passed Assistant Surgeon, to proceed to Portland, Or., and assume command of service, April 5, 1895.

J. M. Eager, Passed Assistant Surgeon, to proceed to Gulf Quarantine Station for temporary duty, April 5, 1895.

W. J. S. Stewart, Assistant Surgeon, to proceed to Philadelphia, Pa., for temporary duty, April 9, 1895.

Seaton Norman, Assistant Surgeon, to proceed to Norfolk, Va., for temporary duty, April 9, 1895.

H. S. Cumming, Assistant Surgeon, to proceed to Boston, Mass., for temporary duty, April 9, 1895.

BOOK REVIEWS.

SURGICAL PATHOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS. By John Collins Warren, M. D., Professor of Surgery in Harvard College, etc. Illustrated. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1895. Pp. 7 to 832. Price, $6.

This book brings to mind the classical work of Billroth on Surgical Pathology. The opening chapter is on bacteriology, followed by one on surgical bacteria; these sections have the merit of being short and comprehensive.

CONSULTATION ETHICS. Medical News.

INTERNATIONAL CLINICS. A Quarterly of Clinical Lectures on Medicine, etc. By Professors and Lecturers in the leading Medical Colleges of the United States, etc. Edited by Judson Daland, M. D.; J. Mitchell Bruce, M. D., F. R. C. P., London; David W. Finlay, M. D., F. R. C. P., Aberdeen. Volume IV, Fourth Series. Volume V, First Series. Illustrated. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippin

cott Co.; 1895. Pp. 365.

These lectures are up to their usual standard and have become very popular. Every volume contains hints as to diagnosis and treatment not usually found in the ordinary text-book and presented in a colloquial way which renders it attractive. A set of these works on the book-shelf makes a convenient reference work and has been extremely useful to the busy, practical man.

A MANUAL OF BANDAGING. Adapted for self-instruction. By C. Henri Leonard, A.M., M. D., Professor of the Medical and Surgical Diseases of Women, and Clinical Gynecology in the Detroit College of Medicine. Sixth edition, with 139 engravings. Cloth, octavo, 189 pages. Price $1.50. The Illustrated Medical Journal Co., Publishers, Detroit, Mich.

This little book is well illustrated and the directions for bandaging are clear, but it is doubtful if any book on bandaging can be of much practical use without demonstrations. To the man removed from teaching centers, such a book as a guide and an obliging friend as a model would perhaps be of some use.

REPRINTS, ETC., RECEIVED.

Twentieth Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Board of Health of the State of Michigan for 1892.

Ninth Annual Report of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Transactions of the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the American Laryngological Association for 1894. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1895.

THERE are not a few who judge that their personal reputation and fame and experience give them the right to be careless of others' rights, and to neglect the finer and gentler considerations that were much more punctiliously observed when they were younger and less famous.

ABUSE OF MEDICAL CHARITIES.
Atlantic Medical Weekly.

THE abuse of our organized medical charities is a topic upon which much has been written during the last few years, but in spite of the controversy excited the evil still exists, and possibly has increased, for with the building of new hospitals, the organization of new dispensaries and the establishment of numerous free clinics, the facilities for obtaining charitable medical advice and the temptation for the well-to-do to avail themselves of the opportunity to avoid paying a fee has increased in like ratio.

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN MEDICINE. Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.

IT is altogether to be regretted that even the rising generations of physicians are not imbued with this idea. In spite of the hopeful scientific tendencies of the last half century, there still exists a depressing atmosphere of practicality. Young men of marked ability are forever weighing their scientific tastes in the balance with the practical demands of their profession, and entirely apart from the pressure of circumstances, are finding the greater weight of inducement in the practical fields.

SUBSTITUTION.

American Medico-Surgical Bulletin. THERE is a very prevalent erroneous idea in the minds of some druggists (especially among the ill-educated) to the effect that a substitution of a prescribed brand involves little or no danger to the consumer and is therefore quite "permissible." This mistaken impression is further supported by the equally prevalent notion that many physicians are in the habit of specifying for whim, rather than the cause. This latter plea is found upheld by many substitutors-when reproached for what they did-by the pretense that "the brand used was just as good as the one specified."

WHOLE NO. 737

THE dwellers in cities have a very deep concern in the prevalence of typhoid fever in country towns and districts. In the first place we treat in the city many cases which originate in the country, cases which too often go to swell our mortality bills. During the past six years I have had under my care in the public or private wards of the Johns Hopkins Hospital 89 patients who have come from outside the city limits. The figures are as follows, from a total of nearly 400: Patients from Baltimore County, 58; from Maryland outside Baltimore County, 14; from outside Maryland, 17.

Secondly, we take our holidays in the country at the latter half of the summer and in the autumn, the very seasons when typhoid fever is most prevalent. Since we have no means of knowing the number of cases which occur annually in the city, we have of course no way of ascertaining how many have been the unfortunates who, in seeking health in country resorts and seaside places, have found serious illness and not infrequently death.

General impressions are not of much value, but I think there are many doctors in practice in this town who could give some specific figures as to the number of persons who have returned to town with the disease, or who

have been attacked while in the country. Cases of the kind have not infrequently come under my observation during the past five or six years, and I know of instances in which many members of a family have been infected during their residence in country places.

Thirdly, our water supply is derived from streams which pass through fairly populous districts in which every autumn typhoid fever prevails.

And lastly, the country sends daily for our consumption an enormous quantity of a food material; namely, milk, which is especially liable under suitable circumstances to infection with typhoid germs.

The following questions may be profitably discussed by this meeting: First, the prevalence of typhoid fever in country districts. We naturally turn for the statistics to the Report of the State Board of Health. So far as I can read in the last published report of this body for the years 1892-93 the references to typhoid fever are very scanty, and no statements are to be found from which one may glean any information about the incidence of the disease in the counties and towns of the State. I would like very much to ask the Chairman and the Secretary of the Board the reasons for this omission. The matter is of ex