Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-05-17
NATIONAL MEDICAL CONVENTION.

This Convention, which met at Charleston rs. c.
on Monday Of last week, brought its session to
close on Friday evening. Amongst the business Of
the Convention we notice that Reports were pre-
sented and read on the following subjects:
On surgery practical medicine on obstetrics on
medical literature demonstraive midwifery on medical
education medical science; on hygiene and adue-
rated drugs Also paper entitled experimental inquiry
concerning points connected with the process Of assm
laon and nutrition, and paper the influence Of certain
diet on the functions of respiration and caorcaton, &c
The following subjects were selected and refer
red to special committees, consist of three men,
bers each, to be reported upon at the next meeting
Of the Convention, which is to be held at RICH
noND on the first Tuesday in May next:
l. Causes Of the tubercular dehesis o Blending and
conversion Of the types Of fever g. The mutual relations
yellow fever and bilious remitten fever 4. Epidemic cry
speas s. Acute and chronic diseases Of the neck and Of
uterus; g. Dsngue; 7. The milk sickness, called 8.
Endemic prevalence Of tetanus Diseases Of parasitic ORR
gin TO- Physiological peculses and diseases of negroes
H. The acon Of lead pipes and the diseases which
proceed from il IL. The akaoids which may be substituted
for quna Is. Permanent of educibe hernia H. Re-
suits Of surgical operations for the relief malignant diseases
is. Statistics Of operations for removal of in the bad
der 6 Cold dressings II. The sanitary principles
applicable to the construction of dwellings, H. The tonico
logical and medicinal properties of cryptogamic plants
10. Agency Of the refrigeration produced through upward
radiation Of heat exciting Of diseases 20. Ep
demic diseases Of New England and New York; 81. Ep
demic diseases Of Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and
Maryland a. Epidemic diseases Of Virginis and North
Carolina 49, Epidemic diseases of South Carolna Georgia
Florida, and Alabama a. Epidemic diseases of Mississippi
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas 25. Epidemic diseases Of
Tennessee and Kentucky 26. Epidemic diseases Of Mis-
souri, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin 81. Epidemic diseases
of Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan.
As an additional means of securing valuable con-
tributions, committee of FIVE members was ap-
pointed, whose duty it will be, in the interval be-
tween the present and the next session. to receive
original volunteer papers upon any subject which
their authors may choose to decide upon the
merits OF these papers and to present to the Asso-
citation such of them as they may deem worthy of
its consideration; and, with view 10 increase
competition in papers Of this descriptions they Of
fer prize of fifty dollars, or gold anedal Of that
value, for each of the FIVE papers presented to the
Association, or any smaller number of them, which
the committee may consider most meritorious
Amongst the resolutions adopted are the following
Resolved That the recommendations Of this Association
its former meetings n regard to Education both preliminary
and medical be affirmed, aud that both the schools and
private precepo be still urged % to do their duty as to Sc
cure 10 the community welLeducated profession
Whereas efforts are being made to repeal the law of ls47
which cones protective rank the members Of the Medical
Department Of the army therefore
Resolved That the American Medical Association views
approved February IL ls47 which confers legal rights and
equality with other Staff Departments on the Medical Officers
OF the Army, and gives them position to which the impor
lance and character OF the profession entities them.