Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-05-06
NASHVILLE:
PROCEEDINGS or THE 18th ANNUAL SESSION
OF TIE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Nav 5th, 1857.


Secretaries
Dr.. C. K. Winston, chairman Of the comm. e
Of arrangements, welcomed the members O. the As
sOeiatiOn to Nashville, in the following ne Al
eloquent address, extending to them its hospital 0ss
Ar. President and Gestlszsss Of The AmsrieHs h. q
seal 4ss0eiatoH:-This, believe, is the tenth annu
al meeting Of this Association. As Chairman Of
the Committee Of Arrangements and Reception
am charged with the agreeable duty of welcoming
you to the State Of Tennessee and the city Of Nash
11Ie. only regret that have not language TO ex-
press this sentiment with sufficient cordiaIity.
only add gentlemen, IN common phrase, You are
more than welcome"
You are the representatives Of profession distin-
gushed alike for ats antiquity, its scientific attain
ments, and its usefulness. Ii constitutes the true
Ank between science and Neutrality-suspicious. and
2 philanthropy, moral Intellectual and physical
lou come from every portion Of this glorious
republication the kennebec to the Rio Grande-
Eram orange groves and golden sands-from noun
sens clad in eternal snow, and valleys smiling in
Perpetual Yerdure. You come not for purposes Of
aggrandlzement or personal ambition, nor yet
20 advance the schemes Of parties stir up the
antlPathles Of sections. % You know North, no
South, East, West; -. but you come as a
conRany Of philanthrOpists band Of brethren,
that y0E may pour the acquisitions Of another year
into common treasury, kneel side by side at a
common altar, and drink the living water as it
gushes from a common fountain You have come
10 maintain the dignity TO elevate the ensign of a
profession to which you have devoted your lives,
Hnd to which you have linked your fortunes
You are the cultiyators of a profession eminently
progressive, and admitting the fullest extent the
spirit and genius of enterprise. So much may not
be so fully said Of others. Who could expect at
this, any other day, to embellish the Common
taries Of Blackstone, or improve the pleadings Of
Chitty, or repoise the scales Of justice? Where
are the men with Commissions never so divine who
would atJempH tOa recast the logic which made
Felix remble, adorn the doctrine Of justification
by faith? Who hopes now to shed additional light
on the pathway 10 the skies, sing in strains
immortal, the Tiumphs Of the cross? Not with
Medicine-yours is rising orb-magnifcent in its
prOportiOhs-While others have reached the Zenith,
yours has but begun to mount the heavens-while
others have begun to fade, yours knows no eclipse,
e nor decline. You revere the Of Hipocrates
ana Sydenham, Of Brown and Cullen, with host Of
others; you treasure up their maXims, and admire
the genius with which they struck out truths,
but you acknowledge master, you fall down at
the feet Of GamalieL You have come % the day
Of free thought, Of free investigation, and free
speech. You call in question the most hoary, as
well as the most recent fact, and you are daily re-
vealiDg, in floods Of Light, principles hid from the
foundation Of the world
You are err;iuently the students Of nature While
ohersmay be lea 'Slong dubious paths by mortal ped
ngogues, your teacbe dwels in the realms Of eter-
nal light and guides with and unseen and unerrlng
10 essences and frst - 'le formative chrys-
cal a1,I - an1 uIs' causes. ,ansnarent bafora
la ana germinal dot alike II m. I I
~ 1ou are taught the mysteries u 'iiS -I'-tls
e. ~ the scaIpeI and retOrt are your -
-oNs' "Alle you revel in the wonders of the D VIZ
scope world You understand soT1eyrbat tta 10. =
~ TAlcn mote or a mountain is formed a mound
ga Ila1l IS made. The spear Of grass which lifts |
-s Ieal ID the distant solitude the IordIy OAK and
an In oeGar' instruct you, while air and earth
I'M sea- with the creeping multitude Weld treas
lles az your command.
ca are the veterans Of thousand battle fields
,--s oL mortal strife, where meets man in san
Sl'IJ CONNECT but where a secret and impaIpa |
ii0 1ood tyFant who has regned from Adam iii |
L0W,-dsposes his secret forces and directs +t. !
ce11Iy shaIJs. When others have turned back af {
irrigated and aghast, you, sngle-haBded and oIo1o
nav e met the pesulenCe which Walketh in dark !
ness ana the destruction (which marcbetb at mon |
day. despoiled them of ssthe arnor yvberoi -
the field. vs. -Oi1 d
We're the victories which you have won. the con- ]
quests WhIchyOu have achived known Won yyuIJ T fl
crowned with laurel more Unfading than those which
entWlnGd the 0rOWs Of Greek or Roman eonorprors g
but more and better than all, you are the lovers !
OF your race the friends Of humanity Scattered -
ABOUT al over this happy land, you emphaticallv 1
90 ABOUT doing good" Your hearts beat in uni L
son Win human Wo--your ears open to the cry S
VI human distress, whether IL comes from the howell al
'r paIace-you wipe away the orphans tear and | g
muse t1e widow heart to sing for jOy"-upon your
'1"s ualiy descend ''the blessings Of those who /
we're ready to perish"
10 such body Of men, thus actuated thus com 10
ny we extenda cordial welcome We feel honored | We
y your sresence and expect to be improved and |
--Vajed by your intercourse. We throw wide our
lrs and invite you TO the inequalities of oIr homes
md TO the kinder affections Of our hearts m
After this address, DR.. Winston proceeded to call NJ
be roll from which it appeared that twenty States eli
.ere represented, and hundred and forty-siz del
gates in attendance, as follows: Ii
CgU7sc,icut-C Charles Hooker. -
lrar H0mBSEtre-N III A SmaIIpv ,
nd March.
Asg Jasey-R NJ Cooper
f.7asg Z, 2 DunglisOn, schneck, Wis
gs..ysa-HF Campbell c Walton, NJ Powers.
ID Means, p Logan, NJ H Oliver, I S Powell
q Howard, RID Arnold, G Paddleford, and p | Ya
i.E51ma-G Merriwether Reese. A
.Eluder, W Canton W Il Thornton P C VIM Pa
. Malone, J Bass, C Norris, Soweu, and
IS Morris ~,
.essss-F A Bamsey, Rodgers, R o Curry, -
a aenoIr, c Johnston, VI Boyd q r Grant 1ou
4 Archison, 5 Mayfeld, d Kelly, L Maddin.
ID Winston, Mayheld, sR Owen, W Jones | for
. Ford, &C Foster, II Calender ] H Morton ! 7
H., buchanan, Ioyte, n Perkins, J b Linds- ~
F.. X Winston, p f Eve, W 2 Moore NJ smith ia
.-.lI, Avent, II II Clayton, II NJ Whitaker / tur
Malone NJ Woodson A b Ewing Martin | Z
BIS bowling, p Woodward, R EvUns, Lips | Cor
.. VI Ear--~-- q L.--s, > 81 yv.t--, W Uas- / moo
/
as, Ira ConWeu, J Burford, W II Childress W at
.eatham, Towns, NJ Brannock b C Jell- / Lou
BE- p Davis, Smith and E llanlove 5oI
sl77a-SO Scruggs, A New, Beard, and u
tgnner. d
'Hetg-S Arman, r W Gains B Flint W Lar
ION, ) Brecknridge, S Porter, W S Chip han
VI Bemoss q Ray, W A Atchison, Z G Da- viii
and / Almon
nv II Byford, " W Hit, J Mendenhan, ~
AID, johnson, D W Yaudeu.
..a-l Hobbs II Luce J NJ Steel K with
.rs T X Edmiston, and W A Hills f1rt
.. .lrl-S Pollak, Fraser J Moore and ! -
Pope.
t...rln-A Palmer, L Robson, Zina Pitch
% Grodie, Il Cobb, NJ Gum L Davenport, aud {
lyme.
Asa Horr, " Watson, D McGugen, W "
son. and J C Hughes. 50
Oh k0chne, J N MOsgrove B Brown, 800 800
u Ferris. y
asV-H Mckinney, and K Bartlett. coo
" Cgro.Ha-E Henderson, d S Moore, 100 q
lbs and Il S Bailey 2 20
sIpi-F Shuford, and J S Cain 50 d
.rHsIs-E Grundy NIcGayock 50
Felix Robertson, John Shelby and John Over 10 f
se made permanent members of the Assoeia rs, % 3
rs invitation. These gentlemen are our Oldest 1000
and we're among the first graduates of the IS9 o
...-r+g Of pannsvIysnie Dob