in mind, coming as they do from sources that should command our attention, allow us to take up in detail the proceedings of the House of Delegates.

The Judicial Council had a sinecure and as Dr. Cantrell said, had nothing to report because of "the perfect working of the law settling all ethical matters in the County Medical Societies.”

The Council on Medical Education makes the most important report of the year. Having obtained its information from a second tour of inspection of all the institutions in this country and Canada engaged in medical instruction and given ample opportunity to those colleges who had expressed their intention of improving their work to do so after their first inspection, they have come out with a report that merits careful consideration. They have honestly laid bare the needs of some institutions and drawn attention to the good work of others by establishing what they have called the "Essentials of an Acceptable Medical College." The fact that the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching brought out its bulletin on medical education at about the same time made the two reports mutually beneficial. Some of those institutions most severely criticised threatened suits for damages and there was so much feeling displayed that it was demonstrated that it could be by the action of a great national organization and a united profession, only, that such work could be undertaken with any hope of success. So far as I have heard there have been no suits brought. Some of the weakest institutions have closed. Others have combined and strengthened and others have evidenced the good part in which they have taken the work by frankly signifying their intentions of improving their condition. Connecticut, as represented by Yale Medical School, comes off on the whole pretty well, in both reports, but is not up to the standard in some counts. In the "Essentials of an Acceptable Medical College" the Council states that a college should have a hospital of its own or one that it completely controls. This is so impersonal, so evidently for the good of the public for which both college and hospital have their existence, that it would seem only necessary to have the need indicated to the two parties concerned to make its accomplishment possible at New Haven.

One of the reports criticises the lack of clinical obstetric facilities at Yale and that the dispensary material is not properly used to its full capacity.

There is a feature in the report that bears on our three licensing boards in Connecticut.-"The time has come, however, when the medical profession and the people of each state should see to it that a single board of competent medical examiners shall control the licensing of all practitioners of medicine and that this board be given full authority." Our state is reported as one of seven that require more than a four years high school education, as a preliminary requirement.

A special committee on anæsthesia reported progress and was continued to complete some special work. The substance of the report was that ether, by the open or drop method, was the anæsthetic of choice, for all anæsthetists not especially skilled; that the use of chloroform for minor surgical conditions should be discouraged, and that it as well as nitrous oxide, either with or without oxygen, should be given only by one especially trained.

The Presidential address by William H. Welch cannot be condensed nor can a synopsis of it be made. The only thing that we can ever do with his writings is to read the entire article, and this address is well worthy of it.

The Scientific Exhibit is becoming a more important factor each year and really merits study. The last year, the following were some of the subjects taken up: 1, Clinical application of research work. 2, The practical value of thorough scientific work, whether in laboratory or hospital. 3, Methods of newer medical teaching. 4, Progress of clinical work in hospitals and dispensaries. 5, Newer methods of dealing with the tuberculosis and other sanitary and hygienic problems, etc.

The attainment of the National Department of Public Health is still for the future. When it became apparent that the Owen bill would not and, perhaps, should not, pass Congress, it was voted that President Welch should appoint a committee, of which he should be a member, to frame a bill to be presented at the next session of Congress. I understand from one of our Congressmen that this bill is still before Congress.

Report of committee on the new official button.

After giving eight years of service on the Committee on Medical Legislation, Dr. Charles A. L. Reed tendered his resignation and gave some personal observations based on that long service. He states that the Bureau on Legislation is the only means of keeping the national organization informed as to State Legislative activities. He believes, however, that no member on a national legislative committee should go into a state to attempt to influence legislation in that state, but that the work of the committee with regard to state assistance should be advisory in an attempt to standardize such work.

There was reported an increase in membership of 241 for the year. I would respectfully draw the attention of this house of delegates to the fact that we as a state have not the membership in the National Society that we should have. If at the present time, each secretary of a county society be requested to make special effort to bring in the membership of his county, and in the future see that each new member has blanks for membership in the A. M. A., and earnest representation of his duty and privilege in joining such a body, we could maintain the membership we should have.

Respectfully submitted,

D. CHESTER BROWN,
E. J. MCKNIGHT.

DR. OLIVER C. SMITH (Hartford): I think that it is appropriate at this time to call attention to a resolution adopted by the Council that a special committee should be appointed to investigate the relations of the State Society with the Yale Medical Journal, and to report at the next meeting of the Council as to whether some means can be taken to reduce the expenses of publication. That is the gist of the resolution. This matter was referred to in every communication which has been read before the House of Delegates this morning. Both the Secretary's and the President's Report, as well as that of the Chairman of the Council, contained a reference to it; and I think

that there should be a fairly representative committee appointed to take into account and report on the recommendations of the President, the Secretary, and the Chairman of the Council. I move that such a committee be appointed.

Motion adopted.

THE PRESIDENT: I will appoint, as the Special Committee to report on the recommendations contained in the Reports of the President, Secretary, and the Chairman of the Council, Dr. Seldom B. Overlock (Pomfret), Dr. John F. Dowling (Hartford), and Dr. William Henry Donaldson (Fairfield).

The House of Delegates will now adjourn until the conclusion of the Scientific Session this afternoon.

Adjourned at I.IO P. M.

AFTERNOON SESSION, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1911.

The meeting was called to order at 5 P. M. by the President, Dr. Frank K. Hallock. There were present Dr. Oliver C. Smith, Dr. William H. Carmalt, Dr. Edward P. Brewer, Dr. Samuel M. Garlick, Dr. George M. Burroughs, Dr. Elias Pratt, Dr. James M. Keniston (councilors), and Dr. Thomas G. Sloan, Dr. Paul P. Swett, Dr. Augustin A. Crane, Dr. Jesse M. Coburn, Dr. William H. Donaldson, Dr. George H. Warner, Dr. Charles W. Gardner, Dr. Seldom B. Overlock, the President and the Secretary.

The following reports were then read and accepted:

(12) Report of the Committee on a Colony for Epileptics, by Dr. Edwin A. Down (Hartford):

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON A COLONY FOR EPILETICS.

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

The Committee on a Colony for Epileptics in this State herewith presents its final report upon the duty intrusted to it. You will doubtless recollect that at the time of our meeting last year a State Commission was at work in search of a farm upon which

to locate the Colony. That work was consummated when the purchase Commission, on August 9, 1910, reported to the Governor that it had secured for the sum of $15,000 the Rock Spring farm of some 220 acres situated in the town of Mansfield in the village called Mansfield Depot, the deeds of the property being delivered to the State on that day. It contains arable and pasture land and some woods. "The topography of the land. and the outlook are beautiful, and there are sufficient building sites. It is located about half a mile from Mansfield Station on the Central Vermont R. R., nine miles from Willimantic, and lies about three miles west of Storrs Agricultural College. The water supply at present is by means of gravity from a spring on the side of a hill about one-third of a mile from the buildings, supplying ample water for present needs and probably capable of supplying considerably more.

"The contour of the land will permit without great expense of a sewage disposal plant. The property combines most of the qualities (and to a considerable degree) which go to make an ideal location for such an institution. On the farm at present are barns and dairy buildings, a fairly large farm-house, and a smaller frame house; the latter is now used as a dwelling by the farmer and his family; the larger house is being fitted up as an office and residence for the superintendent and his family." Pursuant to the statute creating the Colony, Governor Frank B. Weeks, on September 16, 1910, appointed the following as its Board of Trustees:

William J. Barber of Campville and Z. R. Robbins of Norwich, each to serve for one year; Dr. J. H. Mountain of Middletown and W. P. Kelley of Killingly, each to serve for two years; Attorney Carl Foster of Bridgeport and Dr. Max Mailhouse of New Haven, each to serve for three years; and E. H. Deming of Farmington and Dr. W. L. Higgins of South Coventry, each to serve for four years. This Board immediately organized and elected the following as its officers for the ensuing year: President, Dr. Max Mailhouse; Vice President, Dr. J. H. Mountain; Secretary, Dr. W. L. Higgins, and Treasurer, Mr. W. P. Kelley.