1902 DISBURSEMENTS. June, A. G. Long, reporting on meeting, Minneapolis... $ 70.00 60.00 40.00 June 25, Philip Fay, signs for annual meeting. 2.00 July 29, Beard Art and Stationery Co., for Executive Committee 48.20 Aug. 9, G. W. Cunningham Co., printing envelopes, etc., W. 31.35 Aug. 9, Brown, Tracy & Sperry Co., carbon notebook for 1.25 Aug. 23, J. L. Cuff, typewritter, Dr. Fullerton. 50.00 5.50 Sept. 17, G. W. Cunningham & Co., letterheads, Dr. Fullerton Sept. 18, A. G. Long, balance reporting and transcribing annual meeting 1.75 62.00 Sept. 25, Mildred Magin, typewriting for Secretary. Oct. 21, G. W. Cunningham & Co., blanks for Secretary. Dec. 26, W. W. Furber, overpaid dues. 3.50 75.00 .20 50.00 6.00 87.25 500.00 57.97 6.00 3.00 1903 Jan. 10, Brown, Tracy & Sperry Co., letter file, Secretary.. Jan. 22, G. W. Cunningham & Co., 500 stamp envelopes, Secretary .25 12.50 Jan. 22, G. W. Cunningham & Co., 200 large envelopes, Secretary 1.50 Jan. 22, Postage, Transactions, A. H. Steen... .17 Feb. 5, Beard Art and Stationery Co., Legislative Committee 4.55 Feb. 6, F. W. Bigelow, 500 stamped envelopes, Treasurer. 12.10 28.75 11.01 20.50 April 7, Beard Art and Stationery Co., Committee on Medical Legislation... 11.35 April 7, G. W. Cunningham & Co., letterheads, Secretary.. 2.00 9.45 May 26, Chas. N. Bell, attorney for Legislative Committee.. 100.00 May 27, Beard Art and Stationery Co., Legislative Com- Credit to June 15, 1903... Balance on hand June 15, 1903. 11.35 5.00 9.00 100.00 100.00 . $1,600.45 2,015.63 $3,616.08 On motion of Dr. McDavitt the report of the treasurer was referred to the committee on finance. On motion of Dr. McDavitt the bill of Dr. Fullerton for $11.01, covering deficiency in the appropriation for the use of the state organizer, was ordered paid. On motion of Dr. McDavitt the treasurer was instructed to collect delinquent dues from the members of the association, even though they may be members of county organizations. The secretary submitted resolutions submitted by the Ophthalmological and Otological Section of the American Medical Association, urging that greater attention be paid to the sight and hearing of school pupils, and on motion of Dr. McDavitt the resolutions were unanimously adopted. The resolutions are as follows: At the last meeting of the American Medical Association, held in New Orleans, May, 1903, the Section on Ophthalmology, and the American Medical Association as a whole, adopted the following resolution: "WHEREAS, The value of perfect sight and hearing is not fully appreciated by educators, and neglect of the delicate organs of vision and hearing often leads to disease of these structures; therefore, be it "Resolved, That it is the sense of the American Medical Association that measures be taken by boards of health, boards of education and school authorities, and, where possible, legislation be secured, looking to the examination of the eyes and ears of all school children, that disease in its incipiency may be discovered and corrected." The secretary read a communication from W. A. King, chief statistician of the Census Bureau, requesting the cooperation of the association in securing some "Legislative Re quirement for Registration of Vital Statistics," and on motion of Dr. McDavitt the communication was referred to a committee of five, to be appointed by the president, to report at the next annual meeting. Dr. Herbert W. Davis, chairman of the finance committee, reported that the treasurer's accounts had been carefully examined and found correct in every respect. On motion of Dr. McDavitt the report was adopted and ordered placed on file. After the delivery of the president's address Dr. W. S. Fullerton moved that the recommendations contained therein be referred to a committee of ten, to report at the Friday morning session. Dr. Workman moved to amend the motion to the effect that the committee consist of five instead of ten members. The motion as amended being put to a vote prevailed. The original motion was then voted on and prevailed. Dr. A. W. Abbott, member from Minnesota of the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association, submitted the following report: REPORT OF MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Your representatives to the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association were in attendance during the whole session, both morning and afternoon, as well as during the afternoon and evening of the day before the meeting. There are so many matters of importance that necessarily come up before what is really the business committee of so large an Association that the entire time of each session, for two or three years at least, will be needed to transact the business. It will be necessary, therefore, in the election of your delegates, to select such members of this Association as are willing to forego the pleasure and profit of the work in the various sections and devote themselves entirely to the work in the House of Delegates. The official minutes of the House of Delegates will be found in the May 16, 1903, number of The Journal of the American Medical Association. We desire, however, to call your especial attention to some of the reports presented by various committees. The reports of the Committee on Venereal Diseases and that of the Committee on Medical Education are worthy of careful reading. From the report of the Board of Trustees we note that in five years the Association has increased from about 6,500 to about 12,540. Cash received from members from $32,200 to $59,180. The business of The Journal from $47,140 to $130,031. The net assets of the Association, including $74,546 real estate, are $139,939. On account of contemplated changes effected at this meeting copies of the "Code of Ethics" were not mailed to students as is customary, but this will be done in the immediate future. The only very important change in what is now called the "Principles of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association" instead of the "Code of Medical Ethics of the American Medical Association" is the striking out of all of part II referring to the relation of patients and the public to the profession. The report of the Committee on Reorganization was most encouraging. It is hoped that soon a large majority of the reputable members of the profession will become affiliated through the county and district societies with the general association. It was pointed out that, when this consummation has been reached, the weight of the influence for the good of the profession, but more especially for that of the public, must be not only morally but politically great. This vast body working as a unit will command the respect heretofore due but little accorded to the scattered efforts of individuals or societies. Among the minor advantages to be gained attention was called to the fact that The Journal is ready to furnish copies of the Constitution and By-laws to county and district societies organized in accordance with the constitution of the parent society at a trifling cost. It is also the intention to complete as far as possible a full card register of all the physicians of the United States, both regular and otherwise, with all important data, and publish the same from time to time at a very small part of the cost of a register now obtainable, A letter just received from the Secretary of the American Medical Association states that the new constitution as amended at New Orleans is now on the press and will be ready in about a week. WM. DAVIS, Dr. Abbott: I wish to say in addition that the business committee of the House of Delegates is a committee which looks into all the business as it is brought to the notice of the House of Delegates, and I wish to congratulate the association on the fact that Dr. Wm. Davis is a member of that committee. I wish also to say that the association is honored by the appointment of Dr. Mayo of Rochester as orator in the Surgical Section. I have it from good authority also that your member of the board of trustees, Dr. John Fulton, has been of special assistance and value to that committee. On motion of Dr. McDavitt the report of Dr. Abbott was received and ordered placed on file. Dr. W. S. Fullerton, state organizer, presented the following report: REPORT OF STATE ORGANIZER. The work of organizing the medical profession of this state into county and district societies, on the plan of the reorganized American Medical Association, was begun in August, 1902. At that time there were in the state fifteen medical societies (not including the "Academy of Medicine"). Of these ten were county societies and five were district societies without defined boundaries. Since that time there have been organized sixteen new county and district societies, covering thirty-nine counties, while nearly all of the old county societies have reorganized to conform to the new Constitution and By-laws of the American Medical Association. On account of local conditions the district society is a necessity in this state. Where county societies are not advisable on account of scarcity of numbers, the grouping of counties, while necessarily somewhat arbitrary for the sake of system, has been done on the basis of railway facilities with a view of saving the member's time when attending the stated meetings of his society. In some instances it has been necessary to divide a county in order to make a convenient disposition, and a few counties under existing conditions are hardly possible to combine satisfactorily. Of the eighty-two counties in the state sixty are organized on the new basis, forming twenty-six societies in affiliation with the State Association and the American Medical Association. Those still unorganized are, begining in the southeast corner of the state, Houston and Fillmore, numbering 6 and 22 men respectively. The two counties should form a joint society. Dodge, with 9 men, is recommended to be apportioned to Mower, Olmsted and Steele, according to convenience. Waseca and that part of Le Sueur east of Le Sueur Center and along the line of the M. & St. L. Ry. is recommended to form the Waseca District and County Society. The remainder of Le Sueur county along the line of the Omaha railway has been apportioned to Nicollet County. Wabasha County, which now has a county society meeting annually, but not affiliated with the State Association, is recommended to be divided into three divisions, so that Lake City and the towns along the narrow gauge join Goodhue County Society. Wabasha, Kellogg, Weaver, Minneiska join Winona County, and Plainview and Elgin join Olmsted County. Jackson County should join the counties forming the Southwestern Minnesota District and County Society. A strong effort was made to have Redwood County unite with Brown. Redwood has about twenty men, but railway accommodation makes it impossible to meet at a convenient central point in their own county, while Sleepy Eye or New Ulm accommodates them all. This union is therefore recommended. Sibley County should also join Brown. Carver, Scott and Dakota |