The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-05

OF ladies and citizens were also in attend.
ance. The President, John Il. Hodgen, VI.
D., OF st. Louis, occupied the chair. and
was prompt in action and efficient IN the
! discharge of his duties. The emphasis
which marked his crisp, clear. and speedy
use Of the gayel showed thai he meant busi.
ness. Several members appeared IN the
front OF the ball i'm The act OF extracting the
| aroma from divers specimens Of "imported
| Havana cigars, but they speedily cast
away TIE fragrant and soothing weed when
| informed that this mode OF pleasure was in
| teIdicted 10y the rules.
| COMMITTEE REPORTS.
! The first business in order being reports
! from committees. The chairman Of the Com.
mitice on Arrangements asked that the mat
! ter be passed by, as the committee had not
yet completed lis labors.
The announcement Of the Committee
on Nominations was only partial. The
/ BY Laws reqnire that there shall be a mem
! Der from each state represented in the AS
sociation. About one halt OF the States
I represented on The list appeared in blank,
aud The matter was consequently referred
back TO the committee with request to
complete the list according TO the usual
custom. The committee immediately retired
/
THE CODE OF ETHICS.
/ The President stated that the next buSi.
ness iD order was action on the proposed
amendment 10 the Code oI Ethics aS fol-
! lows: Article !. paragraph 1St, add "aud
! hence il Is cons iderCd dcrOga,Ory TO the in-
toreSis OF the public ana honor Of the pro-
/ Il, sion for any physician or teacher to aid
! in any way the medical teaching or gradua-
! tion Of persons knowing them 10 he sup
pOrteIs and intended practitioners OF some
/ irregular and exclusive system Of medicine"
Dr. Cohen, oi Philadelphia, called for
/ the reading Of the entire paragraph which
was thus proposed to be amended, and Sec-
Ielary Atkinson evolved the required Sec
/ ti0u from the iniriclcles OF a bulky volume
I of Association reports, and declared lis con.
I tents ScriQfim.
Dr. Marcy, of Massachusetts, moved that
tic further consideration OF the matter be
indt initely postponed.
The count Of the secretary, who took the
vote on thi, motion, made it appear that
there were - votes in the affirmative and
- in the negative. Before the vote was de-
/ claTed, however, two members ciimed and
exercised the right # casting negative
vote. 20 the motion was lost.
Dr. Dun,ter. OF Michigan, then ascended
the rOstrum and addressed The body with
vieOr and inciSiyc spritedneSS in opposition
TO the adoption of the amendment. He was
occasionally sarcasticiI, but always Logical
: and mltter-Of-fact. His technical phrases,
wbIIe not cOnspicuOusly numerous, abound
ed i'm sufficient quantities 10 demonstrate
that doctors logic take naturally to that
sort of adOrnment. 1t was, said he, claimed
that the pToicsio Cf medicine was lIbe-
raj one. 1t would not seem so ii this
amendment was adopted. There eX-
isted no controlling legal. moral, sOcili,
or professional reason TO mpcl it, adoption.
''You must close your clinics, your amphi-
theatre must be shut up" he added, &" IL you
resolve, rs a profession, 10 move III the mar
row pathway suggested by this 9mend'
ment." The opposition was evidently
strengthened by Or. Dduster's broad and
liberal exposition OF the beneficial effect OF
a spread of medical knowledge rather than
a contraction.
DIR. Davis, of Chicago, said he desired to
discuss the question. He wanted to give a
history OF the matter leading TO the intro.
ductiOn Of the amendment. lie thought il
was a good thing, aud would require, per-
hans, bali an hour TO eliminate lIs views on
the subiec,, but did not propose discussion
al the present time.
| DIR. Howard, OF Baltimore, said he had
crown weary Of the whole subject. Ii was
heard od infnitum at the last meeting OF
! the Association in Georgia. Ii in order, he
would like TO move its indefinite postpone
ment.
| DIR. Morris, of North Carolina, claimed
that the other side had not been heard yet,
and no iii effect would enSue 10 anybody by
| full Ventilation.
The motion to indefinitely postpone was
| defeated. IL was then made the special Or
der for tomorrow.
| REPORT on NEUROLOGY.
Dr. J. NJ. Toner presented the annual re-
mort on neurology, in which he says:
..Whilc the Society has reason TO be
grateful for the fidelity with which some OF
| the members have discharged Tie duties as
signed them, there are few WHO have TO-
tally neglected the obligations they owe TO
This body, and by such course defrauded
the dead Of that re>pectful notice which
this Society, in its wisdom, has deemed
Droper and made provision to give to
every member who has preserved an
interest in it to the end OF his life.
Notice in the neurological report OF
the American Medical Association In
popt OF honor may be considered sort
OF Westminster interment or monumental
record among the highest medical worthles
in the Uniled states, and is chcrl,hed
nrivilege that is acquired under Tie rules
hv every member of Ihe Association. tbs
riobt 10 a notice in The report can only be
IoSf by some unworthy act OF the member
himself. We should be just TO the dead,
and every member should feel personal
interest in the matter and SEE that a respect
able memorial record l. neiiLer negIcc'ed
too long nor entirely omitted.
Zone error find to be prevalent IN the
minds OF nv associates, which is that men,
bers consider IL their duly only TO prepare
notices Of those who may die WitDih tno
year for which they are serving on the com"
mittee. while the facts are that all members
whO have died in good standing, whether
In actual afiiliatiOn with this BODY at Inc
time Of their demise or not, are equally,
under the rules, entitled 10 notice, no mat
ter how many years have elapsed since
their death.
II trust the index, accompanyin this re-
port, OF deceased physicians who have ie-
ceiyed notices, and whose names are scat
tered throughout its many volumes OF trans
actions, will prove 10 be Of convenience and
yalue I'm making whatever has been pub
lished by us on this subject available and
more valuable TO the student and the public
than they are OF present."
Tine index referred TO by DIR. Toner con.
tains the names OF over fifteen hundred
deceased American physicians who have
received comparatively full biographical
notice and who have been classed among
the leading medical men OF the United
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