The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-07
ADJOURNMENT
or the American Medical Association.
Last Days Proceedings.
The New Officers ConHrmed-GeneraI Matters
Disposed of-Courtesies sAcknowIedged-Fi-
nal Adjournment.

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sociation the doors were opened at the usua
hour, buf members seemed slow in assem-
blipg, and 1t was near 10 0'clOck-the open
ing hour-before two thirds, say three hun.
dred, OF the delegates had seated them.
serves. I've early comers OF Thoughtful
tendencies had as usual occupied their
leisure time in the perusal Of before
named popular morning daily newspaper.
Ihere was nothing TO grumble about.
Everything had progressed mildly, lovely,
ana serenely, and with rOseate hue; so the
assembled and assembling VI. D.'s had no
occasion to gather in knots I'm angry council
u discuss rights trsmpled under foot or
wrongs unrcdres>ed. 1t has been happily
distinguishing characl erlstic OF the pres
ent Association that no one member
conceived himself commissioned 10 bore
his felloW-membCr> with an unrc-
Quilted grievance, or imagined he wa,
elected by destiny to make himself too con.
Spicuously numerous Tor comfort. Taken
by and lrec, there was never more
agreeable, able, or useful set Of gentlemen
assembled in this city on any former occl-
sion than the normally widespread but
lately tremendously aggregated members Of
the American Medical Association. Their
proceedings were marked by gravity
which would well belt bodies whose utter
ances, in the eye Of The political public. are
iar more pollcntOus. while he individual
and cpugrcgitcd wisdom Of the members
and body In their speciality or otherwise
was not surpassed or could be. Il was the
highest BODY Of the sort in the United
States, aad equal TO that OF any similar body
representing the collective medical know
ledge and scientific wisdom, il would not be
much OF hazard to say. OF any nation or
any time.
The Association was called to order at 10
O'Clock by President Hodcen, and Rev
Charles Ii. Read. OF the Second Pre>byte-
rian church, opened the proceedings in an
earnest invocation 10 the Throne Of Grace
for Divine guidance and wisdom in the de-
lite,aiOns ii the body.
The first business transacted was The aD-
pOintu mt OF The following Committee on
Ciinicil Observations aud Records: Dr.. y.
:. Davis, OF Chicago (c aiIman) Dr. j. NJ.
Toner. Washington. d. c.; Dr. II. ..
Marcy, Boston; DR.. William II. Gidhi1g-,
Aiken, :. c.; DR.. :. VI. Bemis, New Or.
leans.
CODE or ETHICS.
The special order. being The amendment
10 article /, paragraph !, adding, "and
hence it j. considered derogatoIy to the in
ter,sis Of the public and honor Of the pro-
fc> SION for any physician or teacher to aid
i'm any way the medical teaching or gradul.
ton OF persons knowing them TO he sup
pOrterS and intended practitioners Of some
irregular and exclusive system OF medi-
ci8c," was called up and briefly discussed,
" hen Surgeon Billings, United StasS
army, offered the following as Substitute
for The proposed amendment
alt j. not in accord with the interest Of
the public or the honor Of the prOfe, sion
hat any physician or medical teacher should
XamiGe or sign diplomas or certificates q
proficiency for, or otherwise be specially
with, the graduation Of person,
whom they have good reason TO believe in-
tend to support and practice any exclusive
and irregular system OF medicine"
DR.. Billings said he was induced TO offer
This as present means Of satisfactorily rid-
ding the Association Of a subject on which
there was evidently division OF sentiment.
Those who had alike cbampiOncd and or-
posed the original amendment acqulesccd
in the solution proposed.
The substitute was adopted without dis
sent.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The officers reported by the Committee
on Nominations Thursday, and published
in the Dispatch yesterday, were confirmed
by the Association, together with the fol-
lowing charmen and secretaries OF sections,
named yesterday:
Practice OF Medicine Chairman. DR.. j.
A. Octerlony, Kentucky; Secretary, DR.. ID.
j. Roberts, Tennessee.
Surgery and Anatomy-Ch1irman, DR.. j.
z. Hughes, Iowa; Secretary, William A.
Byrd, Illinois.
b,tetrcs-Chairman DR.. II. Q. Marcy,
Secretary, DR.. c. Y. Mot
ram, Kansas.
Medical Jurisprudence and State Medi-
DR.. a. l.. GihOn, Wash
n9toD, ID. c.; Secretary, Dr. }. II. Sears.
reXaS.
Ophthalmol)ey, Otology, and LaryaroI-
,gy-Cbairman. DR.. y. B. It. John Roosa,
lew York; Secretary, j. Soils Cohen,
Philadelphia, Pd.
Diseases Of Childrcn-Chairman, :. c.
}usey, Washington, ID. c.; secretary, Will
lam Lee. Baltimore, Nd.
Dentistry-Chairman, ID. III. G0odwillie,
Sew York; Secretary, 7. W. Brophy
Illinois.
The Committee on Neurology will remain
: at present constituted, the following
Iames 10 be substituted for those now repre-
enting their respective States or 20 fill Va
qnces, and the chairman Or. Toner to
ave power to appoint such others as he may
esire: f. X. Duval, Arkansas; G. II. Piu-
ev, Conuecticul; Il. +. kittrelI, Mlssis
ippi: G. X. Conn. New Hampshire; ID. B. |
Wallace. Texas; j. Il. Lindsey. TcnneS'
re: A, j. Steele, Missouri: j. ii. kidder, |
ynited states navy; w. j. Bates, West Nir- |
mia; H. NJ. Barnes, Michigan; j. W.
ones, North Carolina; T.. NJ. SNOW, Rhode |
sland.
st. Paul Minn., was chosen as the next
lace OF meeting.
ARMY AND NAVY SURGEONS.
Or. William NJ. Beach, OF London, Ohio,
cad the report Of the committee appointed
consider the social position OF members
I the medical staff Of tue army and navy.
Ie asked that the committee be continued
yer for further inquiry and report I'LL next
ear. The Doctor SAID that there were in
9th grades Of the service for officers pO>si-
ilities OF being a general, lieutenanl-ge
raj, or a commodore; but for the poor sur
con, on land or wafer, his highest po,sibil.
Y, even after service OF half century,
as major i.pay. lie denounced this
ate Of affairs as unjust. and said il was the
lty OF Congress to apply the corrective to
e evil.
DR.. Billings, Of The army, and DR.. Brown,
the navy, spoke on the subject, both
emingly opposed to the spirit OF the re-
)rt.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
DR.. Dudley $. Reynolds, OF Louisville.
v, delivered an address as chairman OF
e Section on OphthalmolOgy, which was a
nyincing argument on that subject, ana
as ordered TO be printed in the archives OF