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and renew our VOW. Of fidelity to its constitution

summons brooks no refusal. At his post Of dut!
| at the noon Of his days labor, With but moment
warning, he was hidden to lay down his tools an
leave his unfinished work for other hands. In til
ful'ness of his honor and his fsue was he stricken
OF his beautiful character - citizen. husband
But iii would this hour be ed, If we did not paus
to point to the brl liant career Of Hodgen % worth
of emuala ion andiimitation nor solid attainmentI
quick perception, clear Judgment, and an energ
remarkably above all hia fellows, hts place WIS ~
sured among the eminent men Of his time. OF hin
it can be truly laid. that he was endowed With
"The king becoming graces,
"As justice, verify, temperance. stablenesss
| devotion, patience, courage, fcrtitude."
These rapidly thinning ranks remind US that we toe
| who form The link between the founders of the as
sociaton and the young members of the profession
must soon yield our places; andit beho0ves thOs
who are 10 follow us to rcfsct thattn short time th
burdcns and cares necessary to sustain tbs homo
usefulness and dignity Of the profession, will res
| on their shoulders. The permanent Withdrawal o
only very few of our experienced and rsv red vet
Grams, would not only entail sad and serious los
up uspersonally hut would be almost irreparab!e Il
the Legislative and Judicial ADMINISTRATION OF our at
| fairs Our you; ger brethren, some Of whom ar.
meeting with for the first time, will pardon mi
thsn II urge them to enter upon ths'e responsbii
ties with zeal and determination equal to that Of
present at the birth of this society and who havs
maintained It's character unternished to its pres
eDt vigorous manhood.
have attempted, by reference at Least, to direc
our relation to science, and our duties. anything
| I have said may appear ptesumptuous, you vii
chsritaby impute the blame to earnest desire fol
the successful accomplishment Of the aims of THU
association, aud Jealous regard for Its honor and
good name; believing, as do that II We 60 forward
IN the future the noble men before US nave gone
In the quest Of truth, with earnest seeking and nm
selfish devotion, we Will be of good IN our day and
generation. and ally perform tho work found 10 ou
hands to do.
The address was listened to with close at.
iention and deep interest by the crowded as
sembly, and was frequently interrupted by
genuine applause. At the close, on motion OF
DR.. Brodie, the thanks OF the association was
rendered to President Hooper for his able and
Interesting address. and copy OF it requested
for publication.
LETTER FROM DIR. WOODWARD.
The secretary then read the following let
WAR DEPARTMENT., ]
SURGEON GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81, 1882.
Gentlemen of the American Medical Associa.
ton:
At your Richmond meeting last May, you
conferred upon me the great honor OF elect
ing me your president for the present year.
At the time was just Receiving from the eff
feet of serious injury and was unable to be
with you. I cannot now flnd language to tell
you how highly I prizsd, and shall always
prize this token OF your esteem. Although Of
course fully understood that your action
was especially intended to express your appre
citation of the services OF tue medical corps
of the army and OF their various efforts to ad.
vance the interests OF medical science in
America, yet could not but feel the compll-
ment of being selected by you as In some sort
the representative OF that noble body of medl-
cal men, and looked forward with the great
est pleasure to meeting you at st. Paul. Un-
fortunately, on account OF seriously impaired
health, find this will be impossible. I must
trust your generosity to forgive nv in
ability to perform the duties entrusted to me.
May not also hope for your sympathy and
good wishes. Your obedient servant,
j. J. Woodward,
Surgeon U. 8. Army.
1t will be remembered that DR.. Wood ward,
the president of the Association, Is in Europe
on account Of his health. The Secretary wae
instructed to send cable telegram to DR..
Woodward, conveying the creating OF the
association.
FROM DR.. HoLroN.
BRArrLEBoRo, vt, June q, 1889.
Iregret exceedingly that circumstances over
which have no control will prevent my being
present at the twenty. third annual meeting of
the American Medical association. Please ex.
press to the members present my best wishes
for their general welfare, and that this meet
ing may be q success. Let there be no lower.
ing of the associations standard, but let its
aims and scientific standards be as high and
noble as they have been in the past, and let
them be advanced as becomes the advocates of
scientific medicine. Yours truly,
HENRY D. HoIroS.
DECLINES BEING A DELICATE.
No. 2s5 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, !
May %, 1882.
J. Manlius Smith, N D Secretary New
York State Medical Society-Dear sir:-I,have
Just received from you my certificate as dele
gate from the New York State Medical society
to the American Medical association, to be
held in st. Paul on the 9th of June. As the
state society has ignored the code OF ethics by
which they were bound as members Of the as
ISOLATION, can not see how they can expect
their delegate to be received by an association
whose laws they refuse to obey, and which
/ therefore respectfully decline to act as Its
delegate, and hereby return my certificate.
Very respectfully, LEWIS A. sAYRB, MD.
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION.
Or. Davis, Of Chicago, presented the fol.
lowing preamble and resolutions, which were
referred to the section on state medicine:
WHEREAS, Alcoholic intemperance ia a pro.
life cause OF disease, and prevention, through
education of the people, Is one of Its most
powerful antidotes;
ResoIued, That we approve teaching the
children and youth in the schools and edu-
cational institutions In this country, as facts
of hygiene, the physiological dangers and
evils resulting from the use OF alcoholic bev.
erages; and,
WHEREAS, 1t Is the acknowledged duty of
the state to provide for such education of the
people as Is essential to good citizenship;
Resotued, That we recommend state legisla.
lures to enact laws requiring the physio-
logical dangers and evils resulting from the
use of alcoholic beverages, taught in all
schools supported by public money or under
state control.
A communication was read from the Allan.
tie City Medical society, of New Jersey, in.
viting the association to hold its next annual
meeting at Atlantic City, N. j., promising to
entertain the members free of expense.
DR., Shoemaker, OF Philadelphia, said before
any action was taken upon the invitation il
Was as well perhaps to inquire into what the
free entertainment meant. The New Jersey
State Medical society had been he d at Atlantic
City upon similar invitation, and the men,
bers had to pay their own bills. II the asso-
citation decided to accept the invitation Phila
delphia and Camden would have to pay the
expense. Laughter And SO long as it
came SO near to Philadelphia he would prefer
that the latter place be selected.
The communication was referred to the
committee on nominations.
The permanent secretary then real The list
Of registered members of the association,
which amounted 10 $50 names.
Announcements were made of the meetings
of the delegations from the different states 10
select members OF the various committees,
after which the convention adjourned until
10 a. m. to-day.
SECTION ON THE PRACTICE OF
MEDICINE.
The section on the practice of medicine, ma
terra medica and physiology met according to
the programme. at the ODara houee at n m