Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-12
TIE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSO-
CITATION.
widow aud Orphan Fund-Educated
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widow aud Orphan Fund-Educated
Nurses.
From the intelligence of the Sth we cen
dense the following proceedings of the
third day Of the American Medical Asso-
citation, at its recent session in Washington /:
The report. of the committee on nomina-
tions being in order, the same was present.
ed, and after some debate il was accepted.
The report names New Orleans, Louisiana,
as the place to hold the next meeting Of
the convention, and fixes the time for May
Eext. The following officers of the Con-
vention were nominated by the committee
President, DIR. VIM. O. Baldwin, of Ala
bama; first Vice President, George Men
denhall, of Ohio; second Vice President,
Noble Young, of Washington, d. c.; third
Vice President, DIR. n. p. Monroe, of Maine;
fourth Vice President, S. NJ. Bemis, of
Louisiana; Treasurer. DIR. Caspar Wistar,
of Philadelphia; committee on publica-
ton, DIR. Francis c. Smith, Jr., OF Philadel-
phia, (chairman); DIR. VIM. b. Atkinson,
of Philadelphia DR. IL. p. Askew, of Della
ware; Dr. Richard NJ. Cooper, of New Jer-
sey; j. II. LOveioy, Of the District Of Co
lnmbia; DR.. Wa. Marbury, 'of Pennsyl-
vania.
The committee on the Presidents ad-
dress made their report, accompanied by
the following resolutions:
l. Resolved, That the publishing COM
mittee are hereby invested with the pie
nary power in regard to all papers not
read before the association, or in the sec
ton TO publish or not, as may seem expe-
dent.
2. Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed by the chair to take into con-
sideratiOn the subject of appointment Of a
commissioner in each judicial district or
circuit, whose duty it shall be to aid in the
examination of witnesses in every trial in
volving medical legal testimony, and to re-
port at the next meeting of the association.
3. Resolved, That committee be ap-
pointed to report next year in regard to the
subject of our annual register of the regular
profession of the United States, and in the
meantime TO take necessary measures TO
carry the plan into effect.
4. Resolved, That a committee be ap-
pointed TO take into consideration the sub
iect of the best mode of providing a fund
for the relief Of widows and orphans of de-
ceased physicians, and report 10 the associa-
ton at the next meeting.
5. Resolved, That committee of three
be appointed to take into consideration the
subject of the establishment of veterinary
colleges, and report at our next meeting.
&. Resolved, That all hospitals and pub
lie institutions for the care and treatment
Of the sick should have educated, well
trained nurses only that this association
would strongly recommend the establish.
ment in all our large cities of nurse train
ing institutions.
The first five resolutions were adopted,
and the sixth was referred to a special com
mittee, consisting of Drs. S. ID. Gross, of
Philadelphia; Elisha Harris, of New
York and Charles Lee, of New York.
The Chair then announced the following
committees
Commissioners TO Aid in Trials lnvolv-
ing Scientific Testimony--Drs. John Or
deonaux, of New York A. b. Palmer, of
Michigan Stephen Smith, of New York;
j. w. Dunbar, of Baltimore.
Annual Medical Register-Drs. Packard,
OF Philadelphia William b. Bbbins, of
New York and Ellsworth Elliot, of New
York.
Devising a Plan for the Reliefof Widows
and Orphans of Medical Men-Drs. j II.
Griscam, of New York n. S. Davis, OF
Indiana; aud A. c. Post, Of New York
Veterinary College-Drs. Thos Antisel,
Of Washington, ID. q; G. G. Lee, Of New
York, and John c. Dalton, of New York.
At II o'clock DIR. Alice, Of Pennsylva.
MIA, escorted to the platform the newly
elected President, DR.. William o. Bald
win, of Montgomery, Alabama.
The appearance of these gentlemen was
the signal for enthusiastic applause, and
when silence had been restored. DIR. Alice
introduced DR.. Baldwin to the convention
through the retiring President, Dr. Gross,
and the manner in which the latter vel
coined his successor thrilled the hearts of
all present with patriotic JOY. DR.. Gross
said:
| welcome You "a the representative Of
our lost brethren. May God bless Won;
God bless your people; God bless all Of us.
The incoming President, DIR. Baldwin, Of
Alabama, delivered an eloquent address on
assuming the chair, and concluded As fol-
lows:
In conclusion, | would say We have,
doubtless most of IA, aye, certainly most OF
NJ, in that land of many sorrows from
whence | came, tasted the bitter fruits of
the bloody aud unholy war through which
we have passed, and wept over it, dire ca
lamities. We, as an association, had no
agency in its creation. Ii belongs now,
with all its disasters and miseries. 10 the
dead past. and as toc had no cause for quar-
rel then, We have none now for separation
or arrangement We may not forget our
sorrows for the past, and we will still water
with our most sacred tears the graves of
our noble sons who fell victims to the strife.
But whenever there is a grief at the heart,
a tear for the ashes of the past, let ia wine
from il all traces Of bitterness, aud drape
its memories and sanctify its sadness with
the Christian virtues Of CHARITY, FORGIVE
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