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just. The report Of the committee vas accented.
and the recommendations were unanimously sdopted
On motion Of Dr.. q. B. WooD, q Pa, it was de-
termined that the association would hereafter
award two annual prizes for essays of the value of
one hundred dollars sach in lieu Of the FIVE prizes of
fifty dollars each.
4 number Of scientific reports were presented by
jects treated of had been referred all of which were
directed to be handed over to the Committee on
Publication for insertion in the volume of Transac-
tons, (The President here left the chair, which
was taken by DIR. Simmons, of s. C.. one of the
Vice Presdents.) The amendments to the consti-
tuition were referred back to the committee pro-
posing them, with instructions to incorporate an
additional amendment or two: Upon this an at
tempt was made to lay the whole subject on the
table, which, however, was unsuccessful
The Committee on Nominations recommended the
names ofseveral gentlemen to constitute committees
report upon assigned subjects ct the next annual
DIR. j. M. Smith, Of N. Y, was made chairman of
the Committee on Prize Essays.
vote of thanks was passed to Doctors Moultrie
and Wexford, the late and present Presidents and
to the Secretaries for the able manner in which they
had severaly discharged their duties Thanks
were also unanimously voted to the proprietors Of
the church in which the meetings had been held,
for the gratuitous use of their building
The Committee on Publication having been autho-
rized to assess members for any additional amount
beyond the three dollars annual tax that might be
necessary to complete the publication of the next
volume OF proceedings, and some other business of
minor Importance having been transacted, the as
ISOLATION. at half-past seven o'clock, p. NJ, ad-
j0urned SINE DIE
We regret that we have been unable to give even
the shortest synopsis of the many valuable and
highly interesting scientific reports on the various
subjects that had been ordered to be examined, and
which were presented to this meeting Besides those
specially referred to in the foregoing summary of
proceedings, there were many Others of great value,
which could not be read for want of time and espe-
cially those on 8 Epdemics," by the venerable DR..
Drake, Dr. w. Hooke, and their associates, and one
by DR.. Porcher, of South Carolina; also, those on
to be published, they will soon be laid before the
profession and the public, and predict that the
contents of the forthcoming volume of Transactions
VIII prove highly valuable acquisition to science,
I'd exhibit in favorable light the zeal, industry
al ability of American physicians.
soc. AL GATHERINGS AND HOSPITALITY OF THE vIR-
GINIANs.
Bcs DIES the entertainment and excursion in their
honor Siven by the Danyille Railroad Company
the mem bers of the association were most hospta-
bly, receiy cd and entertained by their colleagues OF
the faculty, and by the citizens of Richmond.
Small dinner parties daily given by several. of
the most prominent physicians, and on every even
ing during their stay they were handsomely enter
tanned at the houses of others. The Governors
mansion was thrown open to them on Thursday
evening, and each member furnished with Il
,ard, granting him free admission to the State and
CikU ,Hhraries, the penitentiary, the armory the
tobacco fac tories, the cotton and woollen factories
the flour mills cemeteries, and other places of inte
rest And on Frida, night, after the adjournment,
an elegant entertainment Wa gwen by the Medical
Society Of Virginia, at the Exchanss botei, where
three hundred guests were seated. banu 81 music
was in attendance. The dinner served in bal
lard's best style; and the utmost harmony and
good feeling prevailed lnnumerable toasts were
drank, and many speeches made, not the least anus
ing and interesting of which were from the Honora-
BILE Henry A. Wise and w. r. Tunstall, Esq who
had been invited to meet the association Although
it was two o'clock before the company dispersed,
most Of the guests took their departure by the early
morning trains, and by noon of Saturday, nearly all
had left, leaving with them, we trust, kindly recol
lections oftheir visit to the capital Of sold yir-
gnia."