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ditch's address will be followed by a re-
ception at the Arlington Hotel, which will
begin at $3.50 o'clock. The banquet to-
morrow evening will be held at the same
hostelry-
Fourteen Constituent Societies.
The congress of American physicians and
surgeons is made up of fourteen individual
component associations and societies of ply
sicians and surgeons. all of which are hold
ing their annual meetings this year in con-
| nection with the congress. The meetings
OF the individual societies are held In the
morning and early afternoon. that their de-
liberations may not conflict with the pro-
ceedingS of the general body.
With the single exception of the Ameri-
can biological Society, all of the component
organizations were in session this morning
Tie biological Society met yesterday in
thirty-third annual session in ladies' parlor
No. at the Arlington Hotel, and Conclud-
ed its business.
The American Ophthalmological Society
began its thirty y-sixth annual meeting this
morning in ladies' parlor No. = of the Ar
hngton Hotel, with President Oliver F.
"Gdsworth of Boston in the chair. An
other session will be held tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
Among the papers presented this morning
Were: An operation for atrophic entro-
pion, especially of the lower lid" DR. a. f.
Ewing; Operative treatment of entropion
by the transportation of a flap of mucous
membrane DIR. ]. f. Weeks; Optic afro
ply from blows on the forehead and tenn
pie DIR. j. A. SpaIding: Three cases of
vascular tumor of the orbit successfully
treated by operation" DR.. c. S. Bull: His
tory of a case of removal of an orbital sar-
coma with preservation of normal vision"
DIR. c. A. Oliver: Improved method of
measuring relative convcrgence and accom-
medation,' DIR. l.. Howe: Uncommon ex-
pressions of frontal-sinus lesion. DR.. r.
SaItlcr: A case of primary (traumatic) nOn-
lufpClIVf thrombosis Df the
Operation (by DIR. Frank Harticy) with re-
marks. DIR. H. Knapp: Brief report of
pGst-mortem examination, with specimens
Of case of leontiasis OSsea in which ocular
symptoms We're present. Dr. R. Sattler
'Excision of the lachrymal sac and gland
followed by an unusual variety of neuro-
alytic-keratitis, Dr. c. A. Vaesey; The
histology OF the lachrymal gland in chronic
Gacryccystitis. Dr. Geo. f. &c Schwcinitz:
'On the advantages of strong portable
magnets in eye surgery DR.. j. A. Lippin-
cott: An opacity of the posterior capsule
o. the lens due to the remains of the mem
brana yasculosa lentis.' DR.. A G. Thomson:
breaking up of cGrtex and irrigation as
the third step in the extraction of cata-
ract' Dr. c. F. Clark; The corncal sec
ton for cataract extraction and the cata-
ract knife. DIR. E,dw. Jackson: Secondary
glaucoma-a clinical report DIR. John T
Carpenter; Spasm of accommodation in
Lippincott; Frontal headaches apparently
ocular; their recognition and treatment y
DIR, A z. Ewing.
Disease of Nervous system.
The American Neurological Association,
DR.. Edward d. Fisher of New York, presi-
dent, began its twentysixth annual meet
ing yesterday at the Hotel Normandie, a
second session being held this morning The
concluding session will be held tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock, at which time off,
GERS for the ensuing year will probably be
elected. The discussion of the association
this morning was confined to the neuron
doctrine in its relationship to disease of the
nervous system, the papers on the subject
being follows:
The anatomico-cyt tological relationship
of the neuron to disease of the nervous
SYSTEM" by DR.. l.. F. Barker of Baltimore.
THE pathological changes in the neuron In
nervous disease, by DR.. William e. Spiller
of Philadelphia; How far does it affect
our conception of nervous disease and its
treatment, by DR.. 3. Sachs of New York:
THE physiological significance of the size
and shape of the neurone." by Dr. H. III
Donaldson of Chicago; .'Focal cerebral
symptoms without gross anatomical
changes as seen in % uraemia and (2) ma
laria,' by Dr. James Hendrie Lloyd of
Philadelphia; "A case of malaria prese Mt
ing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. with
necropsy," by DIR. VIM. G. Spiller of Phila-
delphia; Revised Interpretation of the CEN
tral assures of the educated suicides brain
exhibited TO the association in 1884, by DR.
Burt G. Wilder of Ithaca.
Papers on GynecoIogy.
A second meeting of the American Gyne-
cological Society, which is in twenty-fifth
annual session at the lecture hall Of CO.
lumbian University, was held this morning
| at 10 o'clock. DR.. George ]. Engelman of
Boston. president. The society will meet
| again tomorrow morning for the reception
| of papers and in the afternoon will yisi.
| Marshall Hall, where anniversary exercises
will be held. Many interesting and valu-
| able "reminiscences concerning the early
| organization and work of the society will
| then be presented by prominent members
| The papers read in full or by title this
| morning, for future publication, were as
| follows:
bronchial disease not invariably con-
| traindcation for ether anesthesa In alb
| dominal surgery" by Thaddeus A Reamy,
| NJ. D.. of Cincinnati: THE treatment of
| full term ectopic CESSATION. should not the
| child receive more consideration by Ed
| win B. Cragin, NJ. D., of New York. THE
| relationship between dysmenorrhea and
| appendicitis by Archibald McLaren NJ
| D.. of St. Paul, MINI
| The presidents address was delivered at
| IL o'clock.
| Meeting of Dermatologists.
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