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MINUTES OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

The first meeting of the House of Delegates was called to order on Wednesday, May 25, at 10 o'clock, at the New Haven Medical Society rooms, Young Men's Christian Association Building, 152 Temple Street, New Haven, by the President, Dr. Samuel D. Gilbert of New Haven. There were present Dr. Oliver C. Smith, Dr. Charles S. Rodman, Dr. Gould A. Shelton, Dr. John B. Kent, Dr. Elias Pratt, Dr. James M. Keniston and Dr. Thomas F. Rockwell (councilors), Dr. Frederick B. Willard, Dr. Thomas G. Sloan, Dr. Jeremiah D. Eggleston, Dr. Ralph A. McDonnell, Dr. James L. Moriarty, Dr. Charles A. Monagan, Dr. Charles J. Bartlett, Dr. James D. Gold, Dr. William J. Tracey, Dr. Frederick C. Graves, Dr. Jesse M. Coburn, Dr. Robert C. White, Dr. Seldom B. Overlock, Dr. Charles I. Page, Dr. George N. Lawson and Dr. Frank L. Smith (delegates), the President, Dr. Samuel D. Gilbert, and the Secretary, Dr. Walter R. Steiner. The following reports were then read and accepted:

(1) Report of the Secretary, Dr. Walter R. Steiner (Hartford):

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

During the past year we have had prepared, in accordance with Chapter VI, Section 4, of our By-Laws, a card index of all the members of the Society. By its use we hope the State Secretary may better keep up with the changes in our membership, for the suspended members can now be so listed in it. When they become regular again, by the payment of their back dues, they can be readily transferred into the alphabetical list. Consequently, we trust the county secretaries will keep the State Secretary informed, by postal cards, so that the

delinquents may be properly classified as regular members again, when they have paid up.

During the year we have also had prepared a card index of those physicians in this State who are not members of this Society, and have sent a list of them in the various counties to the county secretaries, so that these secretaries may be able to obtain for membership in our Society the eligible and desirable physicians in such lists. This non-affiliated physicians index may be kept up-to-date by the coöperation of the county secretaries. It was prepared from the Directory of Physicians which was published by the American Medical Association in the early part of this year. From its study we learn that there are one thousand four hundred and twenty-four physicians in Connecticut, of whom five hundred and sixty-six are not affiliated with us. Of this number, one hundred and twentytwo are homeopaths and thirty-six eclectics, so that, if these sects stick to their creeds, there remain four hundred and eight doctors who are non-affiliated. Of course some of these would be undesirable as members, but, I am confident, a few at least would be found in this group who would make desirable accessions.

Our membership, including the twenty-one honorary members, shows an increase of six over that of last year, making our total number now eight hundred and sixty-nine. The Fairfield County Association has added the most new members, the number being thirteen. New Haven comes next with twelve, Hartford follows with eleven, Litchfield with four, New London with three and Windham with two. The names of the new members in the County Association, with graduation and places of residence, we give below. They number forty-five in all.

Henry Bickford, Eclectic Med. Col., 1868, Hartford.

Paul Waterman, Cornell, 1898, Hartford.

William Bradford Bartlett, Harvard, 1906, Hartford.
Howard Buckley Haylett, Vermont, 1907, Hartford.
Domenico De Bonis, Naples, 1890, Hartford.

Jeremiah Everett McSweeney, Vermont, 1891, Hartford.

John Carter Rowley, Harvard, 1906, Hartford.
Richard Joseph Dwyer, Jefferson, 1908, Hartford.
Edward James Whalen, Yale, 1908, Hartford.

George William Eddy, Vermont, 1904, Collinsville.
Thomas Grant Alcorn, Columbia, 1896, Thompsonville.
Frederick George Beck, Yale, 1903, New Haven.
Henry Kingsley Hine, Md. Med. Col., 1908, Waterbury.
Raynham Townshend, P. & S., N. Y., 1905, New Haven.
Joseph Lee Gilmore, Yale, 1904, West Haven.
John Wagner Ives, Yale, 1900, Milford.

Jeremiah Joseph Cohane, Yale, 1898, New Haven.
Frank Atwater Elmes, Yale, 1905, Derby.

Frank Lyman Phillips, Yale, 1906, New Haven.

Charles Fitzgerald, Vermont, 1898, New Haven.

James Aloysius Grady, Georgetown Univ., 1903, Waterbury.
Charles Edwin Sanford, Yale, 1906, New Haven.

John Aloysius Murphy, New York Univ., 1897, New Haven.
Frank Martin Dunn, Balt. Med. Col., 1908, New London.
James Green Burr, Balt. Med. Col., 1893, Baltic.

Robert R. Agnew, Yale, 1908, Jewett City.

William Harvey Stowe, Yale, 1888, South Norwalk.

William Hanford Allee, P. & S., N. Y., 1899, Ridgefield.

Ralph William Crane, Yale, 1905, Stamford.

William Truitt Godfrey, Yale, 1907, Stamford.
Albert Edward Belisle, Jefferson, 1908, Bridgeport.
George Walter Hawley, Cornell, 1899, Bridgeport.
Charles B. Keeler, Hahn., Chicago, 1888, New Canaan.
Charles Levi Ditcher, Maryland, 1905, Stamford.
Walter Louis Scofield, Vermont, 1907, Stamford.
Edward Williamson, Bellevue, 1886, Stamford.
Samuel Martin Shirk, Hahn., Phila., 1891, Stamford.
Sarah Elizabeth Finch, Cornell, 1894, Sound Beach.
DeRuyter Howland, P. & S., N. Y., 1906, Stratford.
Joseph Napoleon Perriault, Tufts, 1907, Danielson.
Francis Downing, Baltimore Med. Col., 1908, Moosup.
James Hugh Kane, Maryland Med. Col., 1904, Thomaston.
Benjamin Earle Bostwick, L. I. Col. Hosp., 1890, New Milford.
Nelson L. Deming, P. & S., N. Y., 1893, Litchfield.
Charles Henry Turkington, Johns Hopkins, 1907, Litchfield.

The largest gain in the County Associations is seen in Fairfield, with a net gain of six; Hartford follows with three; Windham and Litchfield with two each; New London with

one; New Haven presents a loss of five, Tolland of two, and Middlesex of one. We have lost during the year fifty-eight members, distributed as follows: By death, twelve; by removal, twenty-one; by suspension, twenty; by expulsion, four; by resignation, one. Our total number is distributed among the counties as follows:

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Death has removed one ex-President during the year-Dr. Samuel B. St. John, who was known far beyond the confines of this State. His buoyant spirit, his devotion to duty and his sterling, upright life will leave an imprint behind him in the memory of his friends and be an example, we trust, to coming generations of physicians in Connecticut. Death has, also, claimed another member, Dr. John P. C. Foster, who was, probably, not so well known, but whose work to combat the great white plague in Connecticut was second to none. was taken away when the State sorely needed his continued excellent supervision of the Tuberculosis Commission. Fortunately his idea of county homes for the consumptive, which the Commission was putting into execution, and the stamp he put upon that Commission's work, as well as his prominence in the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, will cause his name to be honored

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and long remembered by all in this State, who are interested in the struggle to wipe out this preventable disease.

The committee to solicit money for the James J. Carroll Fund, composed of Dr. W. H. Carmalt, New Haven, Dr. James M. Keniston, Middletown, and the Secretary, was informed of the completion of the fund at the onset of its labors in June, 1909.

The semi-annual meetings, in the fall, continue to be a success. The meeting at Bridgeport was well attended. The proceedings of our Society have appeared, as during the year previous, in the Yale Medical Journal and were also published in book form, both of which the members still receive, as per agreement.

Respectfully submitted,

WALTER R. STEINER.

(2) Report of the President, Dr. Samuel D. Gilbert (New Haven) :

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT.

Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

The business of the Society devolves on you, and I would emphasize the remarks of my predecessor with reference to the responsibility which all delegates should feel as to their duty in attending all the sessions of this body. No man should accept the appointment merely as a personal compliment, but should realize that its acceptance means responsibility and work.

As to medical progress and work in the State. The commissions to carry out the work of the sterilization act have been appointed, and able and wise men have been selected from our Society for the positions. The tuberculosis sanatoriums provided by the State are nearing completion, one practically finished. The death of Dr. Foster, Chairman of the Tuberculosis Commission, occurring at this time was a public calamity; but I believe his work will be ably carried on, and the important object of caring for tuberculosis patients success

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