, 1863-06-04
Fourteenth Animal Meeting Of Ma.
tional Medical Association.


SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION.
The Minutes Of the previous sessions were
read and approved.
A1arge number ofadditional members from
several States were announced as having or.
rived and registered their names US delegates,
including large number of tho physicians
and surgeons Of this city.
The following gentlemen were admitted as
permanent members Of the Association, By
invitation:
DR.. =. Foster, Libertyvil1e, ILL.,; ". 9: Alillar
Rockford, ILL.,; J. A. Brown, Kaukakce City, Iii.
The following permanent members Of the
Association we're elected:
Tihin Sinks, Lcayenworth, Kansas; ". c. Hall,
Fayetteville, O.; Hiram WanzeE, Chicago, ILL.,; e.
X Dean, MaunEport, Ind; q. Z. Robbins. New.
ark, Ill: E; J. Dnftiea, Woodstock, ILL.,; ".
ss' ssyihSs' H. 1'a&t'n Dakota Teri C. H. c'"Ef' Gal
The reports of committees being in order,
on motion, that Of the committee on Medical
Education was postponed until the afternoon
session.
The committee on appointments made their
report, which, on motion, WIS accepted.
Pending Its adoption, it proposing Baltimore,
Maryland, rs the next place Of meeting, con-
siderable discussion arose, various members
proposing different places. The member from
Mary land advocated the feasibility of appoint
Ing the next meeting at Baltimore, as na-
tional measure. It Is for the interest of the
Association and the country to hold the'mcet-
irg as far South as possible. The effect Of
holding it ot Baltimore would be healthy
one upon that city and its medical interests.
Men Of wealth and influence would open their
doors and extend warm hospitality to the
members Of the Association. The question
finally resolving itself into u choice between
unanimously voted for Us the place for hold
Ing the next meeting.
EThe balance Of the report, concerning the
of1iccrs Of the next meeting, committees, ETC.,
vas referred buck to the committee for re-
construction, rendered necessary By the SUBJ
stitution ot New York for Baltimore.
On motion, committee consisting OF one
member from zach State, was appointed to
Investigate and report upon the present, and
better ambulance system i'll the army Of the
United States.
a resolution Of thanks to Dr.. Wilson Jew
81, late acting President, for the able and
dignitit manner In which he has presided
over the deliberations Of the Association, was
unanimously adopted.
A resolution, requiring the appointment Of
committee to urge the compulsory vaccin-
nation Of every person In the United States,
Was referred to Tie section on Hygiene.
The report Of Dr.. 4. z. Gardner, of New
York, regarding the use and abuse Of pessa-
RIGS, the reading Of which was yesterday post
poncd until this morning, was called up, as
next in order, and on motion, the reading Of
1t postponed until next gear.
The Committee appointed to prepare suita.
be resolutions appropriate to The loss Of the
Association By the death Of its late President,
the late Dr.. Ell Ives, Of Connecticut, made
Their anapn} 5nep9},t which, after slight amendment,
The Committee on Voluntary Communica-
TIC rs presented an abstract Of paper BY DR..
Surgical Relatlone,6 which was read by the
author. Approved, and referred to the Com
uittec Of Publication.
This paper Of Dr.. Andrews called up DR..
Hibbard, Of Indiana, who combatcd, In II her
Il lengthy speech, come Of the principal fen
tures pres ented.
Dr.. Andrews replied, in support Of his ar
guments and statements, developing, from
his experience, the truth Of the position
which he assumed.
Other members participated in the discus
sion.
Tie meetings Of Sections having been abol-
ishsd, the President appointed a5 the Com
mittee on Compulsory Vaccination, which
had previously been referred to the Section
on Hygiene, Drs. uibhard, Of Indiana, Jewett,
OF Pennsylyania, and Glisconl, Of Now York,
The meeting then adjourned until after
noon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
~ according CO. to resolution passed tRis morn
Ciira and Japan, Tns invited to address .A the
association He explained to the meeting
the professional bearings Of his proposed
scientific and industrial expedition Of the un-
known parts Of Eastern Asia. Investigation
the materia mcdica, and Into tie ethnology Of
those lands, cannot fail to elicit many facts
which promise to be Of ilcalculable value to
medicine and the collateral sciences. Dr.. H.
further expressed hope that the Association
would take some measures to induce the Hay
tien Government to undertake the acc1imiti-
Eaye IN account Of the success Of the Dutch
III Java, and Of the English in Inda, and fully
believes that in st. Domingo these invaluable
plants might be readily cnltirated, and thus
secure additional supplies Of this great rem.
edy in fevers.
br. Macgowan has been in correspondence
with the Hay tien Ambassador in Washington,
Oh the subject, and golicits the influence Of
the profession, In urging the Institution Of
The necessary experiments in those portions
of America north Of the equator where the
soil and climate seem to afford sufficient en-
courogc1ncLt.
In the course Of his remarks, the speaker
gave m account Of the standing Of the med
ica1 profession in China and Japan, Of their
medical literature, &C., also stnted the re.
ma1kable facts that they have made many dis
coverics In the use Of remedies for certain
diseases, in some cases either actually the
same or very similar to those discovered and
used here.
The Chairman Of Committee Of Arrange.
mentB announced the following names of
physicians who we're elected permanent mem
bers: I. B. Bushtel1, South Bend, Ind; C.
Truesdale, Rock Island, Illinois; ". r.
Fog, Wilmington, Illinois; L. F. Warner,
Hewins, Oak ALA, Wis, aud c. J. Taggart,
Btloit, were elected members By Invitation.
Dr.: G. G: Cox, from the Committee on
Medical Education, read IN able scientific
paper On the subject, reviewing the past his.
tory Of the profession in this respect, and the
absence Of proper attention to the subject
Many valuable suggestions rs to needed i'm
progements, were also made. Alter the rea-
deripg Of this report the Committee submit
ted the following rekolutions, which after dis
cugsion were adopted:
Refo'rkd, That thorough preliminary .educa-
tlon in English, Latin. mathematics and physics,
constitutes an essential prerequisite to the ad
mission Of student Of medicine into the office Of
a medical pseetptor, or as matricu1ant ofa re-
Re<clstd, ThAt the Advancement Of medical cdu-
cation demands more extended and symmetrical
course Of Instruction in the colleges, and more
of doctor OF medicine than at present prevail.
Resclred, That Medical Jurisprudence and Hy-
seine arc highly impostans branches Of Medical
mcdlcrl teachers and schools. I
Rtfctrkd, Tint societies for medical improve |
nt:-ssate district and county, ara important