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SECOND DAY.

| Portland, June .. The second days session
of the Maine Medical Association opened at nine
O'Clock this morning.
! The first paper read was on Embolsln, by DIR.
| IIorr of Lewiston.
| DR. Bonney. delegate from the New Hampshire
Medical Association. spoke in very high terms Of
DR.. Crosby of his own State, lately deceased as
an example of embolism.
| Professor Palmer alluded 10 several cases Of
| hemoIrhagic infracton of the lung, which he had
met in practice
Dir. Iors paper accepted and referred to
| the committee on publication.
Professor Palmer of Michigan was elected an
honorary member of the Association.
| The following gentlemen were elected members ;
Dr. {. W. Foster of Auburn, DR.. I. +. Sleeper of
Lewiston, DR.. Marble of Lewiston, DR.. L. F.
Bradford Of Mechanic Falls, DR.. Bcs.ey of Sid
ncy. DR.. L. Ilil1reth, a former member, who has
been absent from the State for several years, was
restored to membership.
Drs. Gordon, Marston, Williams, Hill and Has
kcll were appointed nom mating committee.
DIR. Harlow Of Augusta, read paper on the
Pathology Of Insanity referred to committee
on publication.
DIR. French, in behalf Of the physicians of Port
land, invited the members Of the Association to
collation. at the Falmouth IIoclt this evening, after
the annual Grafton.
Dr. j. I. Gilman, from the committee on Maine
General Hospital, presented his animal report, in
Guiding the statistics Of treatment thus far col
lected. 1t was referred TO committee on publica-
ton.
DR.. French offered the following resolution,
which excited considerable discussion:
Resolved, That in the opinion Of this .issoca-
ton, 1t Is the duty of physicians to impress on
young men intending to study medicine, the ne
cessity of thorough preliminary education, and
TO decline to receive under their instruction such
as are deficient in education or in mental endow-
mcnt-.
This resolution was unanimously adopted.
DR.. Garcelon thought collegiate education
small enough for an introduction to the study of
medicine
Prof. Green alluded to the high stand already
taken by the Maine Medical school in regard to
fnal examinations, and hoped the profession would
uphold the faculty in their efforts to elevate the
standard of medical education.
DR.. Foster moved that committee of five be
appointed to take into consideration the subject of
raising funds fer the Maine General Hospital, as
suggested in the report of DR.. Gilman,
Drs. French, Hill, Buxton, Wedgcwood and
Gordon were appointed to serve on that commit
tee.
A PAPER read by the Secretary from DR..
llamlin of Bangor, on the subject "Shall we lance
the gums of infants in the first dentition;"
Referred to the Com mitee on Publication.
Dir. Garcelon believes thoroughly in the propri-
ETY. of lancng the gums when they aye tense and
painful Does not think children ought to nurse
until the first sixteen teeth are through When
the mother begins to bear the nursing badly the
child should be weancd.
DIR. Stone concurred fully in the views Of DIR.
Garcelon; thinks than even at beginning of sum
mer, although We fear for the child through the
hot weather, il is sometimes better 70 wean the
child.
DR.. Packard, who has been absent for eleven
years, was reelected to membership. The follow
Ing persons were elected to membership: L. l..
Hawkes. of York, Sarah w. Deyoll of Portland.
DR.. Foster, referring back to DR.. IIamlen's pa
per, believes in many cases the children are not
properly nourshed by mothers milk, and he adj
vses better nourishment. Where the mother
fails while nursing, thinks it always better to
wean the child.
The debate was continued at some length by
Drs. Adams, Bates, Wedgewood, Buzzcll, Stone
and Haskell.
Adjourned to , - o'clock p. III.