Daily national Democrat., 1861-02-16
Medical Convention.

ing, the Special Committee appointed ON
" edntsday TO prepare resolutions expressive
of the feelings of the Society with reference
to the death of DR.. William Proctor, present.
ed the following, which were unanimously
/ adopted.
Whereas l. has pleased Divine Providence
TO remove from our midst, during the past
wear. worthy and talented member Of the
/ Medical Society OF the State of California,
! DR.. VIM G. Proctor, a high-toned and hon
oraLle gentleman, distinguished for his great
skill and attlinmeu,s in his profession as
wel as for his social virtues therefore be it
Resolcc{ That in.the death Of Wm. G..
| Proctor, we have lost an associate Of rare
! prot, s,ional ability, who was ever manly and
courteous in his relations with his medical
brethren, and whose many sterling qualities
Of head and heart will long endear his mem
ory to those who had the honor and pl- asGre
OF his acquaintance.
Esso}is{ That we deeply deplore this sad
event and sincerely symPathize with his rel
atyes and many friends in this their bereave-
meut
LeSo'yed That the Secretary be requested
to send a copy of this preamble and rcsolu-
tous to the family fth edeceased.
The Secretary was, on motion, requested TO
] y
of the above resolutions,
The Committee to whom had been referred
the annual address Of DR.. Ruwel the late
President reported in favor Of special action
in relation to the suggestions contained
therein, HE reports OF standing committees
were postponed until the afternoon scs.iu un.
a Committee composed oi DIS Taylor, FL
lis and RoWel, was appointed TO report
amendments to the Constitution. The meet
/ iog then adjourned TO 3 o'clock 2. NJ. The
Society again metat 3 u. 81, President II lmH
in the Chair. After the reading OF minutes,
/ Or Cooper resumed thc reading Of report oh
Surgery The report was received and re
t,wcd TO the Committee ON Publication. Dr.
Ellis presented paper on Dirthelin (e'u-
tributcd iy DIR. Hubbard, of MlrYsvilie)
which having been read 10y the Secretary,
was referred to the Committee on Pubiica-
lion. Dr Fierson presented aud read u pa
per on same sulje,,-a.o referred TO Com
hiitt,o uu IubDcajior Dr.. Simmons. TIL
den, Coop-r and Ellis mad. Lrief remarks ON
Pathology aa3 rca'mcf Of the same di-a-r.
Tie Ir,-.irut announced the following
.tunl.ur Com"itfy.s, namely:
On Practical Medicine, Medical L.tHmfegr
and II IE4i.uc-D.s. J. Muui-ou, san Iun-
ci-co e. A. lir1ran.yh, ~olano; T.. g.
Neeh-, Nevada; l.. liubJard lub; j. +. Me-
On .ueory-Drs A. s. Bowie, L S Coop
er, l. Ko~cl san francisco; j. W. Eeius,
Yreka; H. W. Tced Nuba
Ou Oh .tctric --Drs E. b. Ellis, b. IT.
Fier-ou, Sacr1meato; Il. B. Cole, H. A. Shcl
dom, SAN Francisco; !. s. Titus III Dorado.
on Medical IouowpAy, Mc'eoroIo@y, In
douc and Epi.nies-urs II Gibbons, Al
amgja;O. Harvey, III Dorado; w. =. Iidcu,
HWtc, q, w. N.iv Nap.; j. L,.ryoi, Placer
ON Indigenous Botany and Domestic Adul
tcrajjou OF Druys-Drs. R Clark, FL Dorado;
D. W. c. Nice, IDha; G.. j. pheluu, Sacra-
meuto; ". IAN Cane -han, san Jose; w. Ben
mott. >ouoma.
ON Medical Hlaca,lou-Drs Z G.. Meek,
Nevada; e b. Cole, =. y. Sheldon. Z. $.
Cooper, ~aa lrauci-yo; L. i. Ellis, ~aera-
Weatp.
ua pAG.tion-Drs C.. Taylor, il ".
Ink" rlrraHDutu. p s.. Cooper B. 4.
W,u, san Iaucj-c,; j. s.. Titus, III Dora
d..
.on Amluromea's-uss. G.I~ Simmons, 3.
II. Iier=.a, Il. B. Nixon. II. ", liarkucss,
g. lHN .ur. Sacramento.
Prize L-.ays -Ul-. G. Taylor, =. T.
Brown, B. u! Hiueou Sacramento; j. =.
Whitney. san Hrauci 60; J. Cook, Ii Dorado
tie taue.s of tha retiring President was
Waca a.m TIE t.U'e.aullbelro 's.l alter
Di.o. te .ri ouHDtu.uts were Ic'Glel 10
Nr- Harvey atI T.lc DR. Tujeu gave
ua.iceu' 400 amendment to the Constitution,
viz: -a change ils li.r o., lae auHuu
"e .n, from February % MAY l.,- over
Wa.r lun l..e-. ON motion OF pr. E.is,
'uJe ot t...a- WA t.uo,r,t jo tle li.ia MT.
-e.r,iarie. and other officers of the Society.
The u.,.er H Arrangements W,rc aa-
Ge.l.j .o audit -.u .ry bil.- and draw On
t.' Treasurer for the amount. Tile Society
laeu B. burned size dA-S'r. ju,ot, IrI-
"slor MY pusr."-Wc doubt very much
any l..-l4 oi .a.e. without having received
Fl -.mep period aaling his connection with 'he
a|...a.. ..u ili junction similar go the aiovc
4.a.ati.l, .s.u -uMc of hi- patrons, WHO had
t.!..r omhJ'E. at uu article or paragraph
which uts.t have appeared in the paper
>..4 things ar. o, frequent occurrence, AND
".. ever continue to .tr, so long as ue" spa
p..s tgs .s......l uUa Wcu continue Oh cu-
train different opinions, II is Impossible
t. h. 4se ,0...1 o.,., aUu the editor ug VuNlI.h-
yrWho attempts il is sure 10 find ii difficult
o. please either himself or angl,ly else
Entertaining these views, we -haIi ujoaNor
t. i,,aae ourselves, and if, In doing So, we
should aaee.l In pleasing amy one else, we
N..I consider lives most Fortunate.
v bile we ol.,lu then right TO think and act
lrneud.ulv uu all subjects, we have no
H. Ii 'a deprive others otu similar privilege,
at.. .'.a.,a # We oar misfortune SO atur.rt-
att J...'. which we viii never knowingly
DO. W, WiiI ouu,uyur to correct Our error
wa.a convinced Of il hy logical r.a-ouiag;
bat such argument as, \ our statement is
t',e, au until you can learn topo-' No.r-.l.
better ouL m.,e correct one, lou wui I..a-e
withhold my pUftr.' is certainly tAr poorest
i'm the voa5, and serves 90 convince ua OF
one fact only, T. Pc, t,t inability OF the fault
#o3.. to #.. .-0.u.. .ta his accusation.
To thas. v'.. .ay differ with as oc polite
cal "r o'..r sgAjec,-, We can only say, that
oar 'amH, ora open for the discussion of
plue.r.e, md il Wcayc no, sufficiently "uo-t-
,a 80 prove Whyt We assert, We WiI! freely
acLuoVicl- tlat we are in the wrong, and
/ Ih0a establish one fact at l,ast-that il we
lave uut th.a'iiy osub-,autiateour1 Views,
we htfe honesty enough to aJait Quar- error.
+ Iri yuub
Tua ruumA PArmor, AR WAsmocroM
--4he California applicants for oliice says
Sman'ou, writing from Washington, have,
mos, %. rhen abandoned the irll tcmp1rari
/ ly sam BeH IS sharp after tho Colloctor-ap,
aud understand ,Lat a. \. &olo,er is al
work for him. sam will probably have all
! the anti Lccomptou Democracy TO back him,
! hut he will hardly get The place. So far,
/ Rankin stands the best chance aud is likely
/ to win unless some entirely new candidate
/ appears
M $ Whiting comes ND strouelv backed