The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-05-06
LOCAL MArxnRs.


LOCAL. 1ATxnHe.
Anerican Medical Association.
Wsdnesday Morning Session.-surgeon Miriam
pipckuey of the United States Navy, addressed the
convention this morning in along and able speech
In advocacy Of the passage of an act Of Congress,
which should define clearly and definitely the rel
alive rank Of the medical officers Of the Navy, com
planning bitterly of the present arrangement which
he regarded as unjust
Resolutions were then offered, endorsing the me.
| mortal of Surgeon Pinckney, praying for the pas
| sage of such an act by Congress-supporting bus
bill as the proper basis for an adjudication OF the
| relative rank of naval physicians-and declaring
that any scale less satisfactory unjust to those
officers and degrading to the profession at large
The resolutions were referred to select commit
tee OF three, with instructions to forward the reso-
utions to Congress, and ask their dispass tomato
consideration of the subject
resolution was also submitted, providing that
NOR in view of the alarming amount of sickness and
tality on board of emigrant ships-the association
memorabilia Congress to require all vessels bring
ing steerage passengers from foreign ports, to have
| a surgeon on board. Laid on the table.
| resolution was appropriately referred, which
| provided, that in lieu of the publication OF the
transactions of the association in book form, tney
be published in journal issued quarterly, which
Journal should advocate the aims of the ASSOCIATION
| The ten.minute rule in regard to speaking, hav'
| ing been adopted, long discussion ensued upon
the report of the committee on the constitution
AMI finally the report, with numerous amend
| ments was re committed with instructions to re-
| port tomorrow.
| long discussion then followed, as to the place
of the next meeting of the association, and finally
| by close vote the city of New York was select
| ed, in place of st. Louis.
| communication from the New York Academy
of Science, proposing certain restrictions IN regard
to the present system of college clinques, was re.
ceived and ordered to be published.
| resolution was then adopted, providing that
| each State Medical Association represented in the
convention send one delegate to represent theAmer-
lean Medical Associations all of the foreign medical
conventions of Europe, and also requiring that said
delegates collate the various improvements In the
sciences connected with medical education, and re.
port at the next annual meeting The society then
| took recess.
A GYMNAsIUM.-There has long been felt,
this kind, the advantages of which have never.
| to our knowledge, been denied by any human
| being. Indeed, they are so palpable, that it
is almost supererogatory to enum crate them.
| By calling into active play nearly all the
physical organs,the exercise ofthe gymnasium
eminently favors the preservation of health
| By acting powerfully upon the skin, increas-
| ing its temperature, and stimulating its func-
tons it revives its tone, and enables il to pass
| off through its pore, much matter which would
| otherwise clog the system and engender dis
ease for when the skin is in proper condi-
| ton, the circulation active, the lungs strong
| and healthy, and the nerves and muscles in a
condition 10 perform their functions properly,
isvery rarely that the person possessing these
| advantages, imbibes disease of any kind what
ever. Walking and riding are, both, excellent
| exercises, as far as they go. The only objec.
ton TO them is, that they do not 60 far enough
that they call into action only limited set of Or
gans-whereas, all the organs are liable to dis
ease, and all require exercise. There is no
other method of accomplishing this general
exercise of the whole body, save that which is
employed in the gymnasium. Of the impor-
lance of such an establishment to persons who
lead sedentary lives, Mr.. Jefferson was so
well convinced, that he designed to have one
at the University, and marked out the ground
for it. Consumption, dyspepsia, diseases of
the skin, and many others, are but too often
engendered by those sedentary habits which
ri la
most every description of persons in city, are
forced into by the circumstances of their bust
ness. TO such, gymnasium opens prospect
of e scape from long suffering, and very often
certain death.
We premise thus much, before mentioning
that Messrs. Hudson and Ouignon, who have
rendered themselves very popular since they
have been here, will leave this city in few
days, with the intention of returning in the
Fall. Their object is to establish a gymnasium
here, ifthey can obtain class of one hundred
persons. We presume there can hardly be
any difficulty about the matter, and We, there.
fore, regard it as "matter accomplished tif
we may be allowed thus to translate French
phrase which has been used pretty extensively
within the last four years.) We understood
them to say, that they would give notice of
their terms through the papers before they
left. In the mean time, ii may be proper 10
observe. that if the northern papers are to be
credited, there are no persons more accom-.
plished in this line than they.
DENIcoTIzED ToBAcco.-We received day or
two since, good supply of this reformed tobacco,
from Charles Schumann e. Co., the manufacturers.
We have not tried the article, but understand from
those who have, that it furnishes most agreeable
and aromatic whiting. The peculiar characters