pursue it with success. And while he speedily showed proficiency in its several branches,-in chemistry especially, he exhibited a familiarity and thoroughness that were equally admirable and exceptionable. In microscopy also he had made no inconsiderable attainments, and this at a time when there were not the incentives from competition that exist now. Thus early did he give evidence of the sagacity and industry which in the future were to secure him the confidence of his patients, the esteem of his brethren in the profession, and an eminent rank among its distinguished practitioners. It is gratifying to know that no promise of his beautiful youth was blighted; that no hope which had beamed along the future pathway of his life had perished unfulfilled; that the most sanguine expectations of his professional success and usefulness was more than realized prior to his premature death." (Dr. Ed. G. Waters).

Dr. Buckler was an able, honorable and conscientious physician. He was essentially a medical man. All his tastes, his reading, the very nature of his mind tended to the formation of the medical character. In his mental constitution, to great positiveness and directness of judgment, were added quickness of perception and rapidity of thought and, as a consequent outcome, earnestness of opinion. His reading embraced both medicine and the collateral sciences. He was eminently practical in the investigation and treatment of disease, whilst at all times cherishing the true scientific spirit. In every relation he upheld in the highest degree the honor and dignity of the profession. As a man he was bold, frank and independent. Absolutely free from cant, he despised all ostentation and self-adulation. He possessed a remarkable personal magnetism, which not only attracted, but held fast the many friends who appreciated the sincerity, manliness and originality of his character." (Dr. John Morris),

"To his skill," said another of the speakers, (Dr. Wm. Lee) I not only owe my life, but on several occasions, that of one of my children. My acquaintance with Dr. Buckler dates from the early part of our late war, when he was on a visit to the vicinity of Burkettsville, Md. Shortly after his arrival were fought the battles of South Mountain, Antietam and Crampton's Gap, and many of the wounded were taken to the homes of residents, then he, with myself and others, nursed and attended with untiring energy a number of the wounded on both sides, and although solicited by telegrams to return to the city, he would not give up his noble work of charity till all were cared for.

Among his many other gifts, that of endearing himself to his patients stands out most forcibly, for not only was he ready to attend the wealthy, but the needy poor found him ever willing to benefit them by his skill. Being nature's nobleman-a gentleman-he never violated the Code of Ethics by forgetting the obligations due a fellow practitioner, and to the youngest members of the profession was he especially courteous, and ever ready to benefit them with experience and unerring judgment." (Dr. Wm. Lee).

Such is a meagre outline of the eloquent tributes to the memory of Dr. Riggin Buckler, from those of his brethren that knew him best, and we may add, that few of his survivors can justly hope, and none desire to receive after death, a higher meed of praise.

ANDREW HARTMAN, was born in Greencastle, Pa., May 4th, 1818. His parents were of German descent. He received his classical education in Gettysburg, Pa., and his medical education at Washington Medical College, Baltimore, where he graduated 1839. He began practice in North Bloomfield, Ohio, and in 1840 married Miss Elizabeth Ann Allen, daughter of Mr. James Allen, of Baltimore. In 1845, Dr. Hartman, on account of impaired health, removed to Baltimore, where he continued in practice till his death, December 15th, 1884.

Dr. Hartman stood high as a practitioner. He became a member of this Faculty in 1847 and was at one time its Vice President. He was a member of the Baltimore Medical Association-and its President in 1868. He was also a member of the American Medical Association, and a delegate to the International Medical Congress at Philadelphia in 1876. He was acting Assistant Surgeon in McKims' United States Army General Hospital at Baltimore, from January 1863 to July 1865. He was examining physician for the third Congressional District of Maryland, in the draft of 1862, and appointed by Governor Bradford to the care of the Maryland wounded at Antietam.

Dr. Hartman was a sincere Christian- —a hard working and zealous member of the Methodist Church, and a humane and charitable gentleman. In addition to his numerous religious and professional duties, he found time to co-operate with the Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor. With that benevolent Society he was actively associated from 1849 to 1852, and no man in the city gave more time, or gratuitous labor to the poor, and no part of the community had reason to, an'l did mourn his death, more

than they for like his divine master, who dignified our profession by assuming the title of the "great Physician," he was a "Friend to the Poor."

GEO. S. KINNEMON was born in Baltimore, 1848. He attended the Public Schools of Baltimore, but completed his classical education at Central Institute-a private seminary. After spending two or three years as clerk in Poole & Hunt's office, he removed to Chicago, but ill-health compelled him to return to his native city. He soon after commenced to read medicine, and pursuing the study with great devotion and zeal, he graduated at the medical department of Maryland University, 1874, and at once entered on practice. He was a member of this Faculty and of the Baltimore Medical Association. He was the attending Physician of the Baltimore Eastern Dispensary, from 1879 to 1882. He continued in active and increasing practice from 1874 till 1881, when he was attacked by pneumonia, from which he never fully recovered. In August 1884 a pulmonary hemorrhage occurred, followed by rapid phthisis, which terminated his life December 12th, 1884.

"Dr. G. S. Kinnemon's most striking point of character," says one who knew him intimately and well, "was his unswerving fidelity to truth, even though it cost him the sacrifice of great personal benefit." He was also a quick and keen observer of character, and in the possession of this trait lay much of his professional success.

JAMES ROBERT WARD (son of the late Joshua Ward and Mary [Veasey], sister of the late Governor Thomas W. Veasey, of Maryland) was born in Cecll County, Maryland. 1807.

He received his academic education in Baltimore under the tuition of David W. Boisseau, an eminent teacher, of whom Dr. Ward was a favorite pupil. He studied medicine under the late Prof. Nathaniel Potter, and during his pupilage formed intimacies with the late N. R. Smith and Rd. Sprigg Steuart, which ripened into warm friendship, lasting during their lives. Dr. Ward graduated at the Maryland Medical University in 1828; soon after which he was attached as surgeon to a United States vessel, sent on a special mission to the coast of Africa. After touching at Sierra Leone and Liberia, he returned with his ship to Baltimore. His health being delicate, he located to practice for its benefit, in Washington County, Maryland, where his name is still held in grateful remembrance by many old families whom he attended there, as well as in Berkley County, Virginia.

In 1837 he removed to Govanstown, Baltimore County, Maryland,

where he continued to pursue his profession with great success and acceptability till his death, April 29th, 1884.

Dr. Ward was for five years a director of the House of Refuge ; a member of this Faculty; a member of the Academy of Medicine and its President in 1880, and at the time of his death President of the State Board of Health of Maryland; in which position his large practical experience in sanitation, and his energy in promoting the public health, rendered his services particularly valuable.

Dr. Ward was a physician of rare skill and ability, but it was his virtues as a man, his large-hearted benevolence toward the sick and suffering poor, that gives him even a higher claim on the respect. and grateful remembrance of the community who reaped the benefits of his active and untiring zeal in their behalf, and on the affectionate regard of his professional brethren. He is justly characterized in his obituary, as a man

"Of soul sincere

In action faithful and in honor clear;

Who broke no promise, served no private ends,

Who sought no title, and who lost no friend,

Ennobled by himself, by all approved,

Praised, wept and honored by the friends he loved."

Respectfully submitted,

JNO. R. QUINAN,
ED. G. WATERS,

T. B. EVANS,

R. H. REICHE,

W. A. B. SELLMAN,

Committee on Memoirs.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DIRECTORY FOR

NURSES.

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the

Medical and Chirurgical Faculty:

The Committee on the Nurses' Directory respectfully reports that the Directory has not prospered during the past thirteen months as in their opinion it should have done. It was hoped, we may say expected, that such advertisement as has been made during the past

year through the daily press, by postal cards and by the circular voluntarily printed for the Directory by the publication committee, would have resulted in a decided increase of interest manifested in the Directory and of work done by it. Such has not been the case. As will be seen by the appended report of the registrar, Dr. G. Henry Chabot, the total number of applications for nurses during the past thirteen months was eighty-nine, of whom sixty-four were engaged. Twenty-nine persons applied for registration of whom twenty were passed by the committee. There are now sixty nurses on the list of the Directory; of these eight are white male, fourtyfour white female, five colored male and three colored female. One wet nurse was registered.

The total receipts to May 1st, 1885, from April 1st, 1884, are $113.46; the total disbursements, $80.93, leaving a cash balance of $33.53. The Directory has no debts. A small sum is still due it, but is reported non-collectable.

It will be found on comparing this report with that of last year, that the amount of receipts, disimbursements and the cash balance of this report are somewhat larger than those of the last report, but it will also be found that the number of applications for nurses and the number engaged are less. This of course means that although the collections are greater, the amount of work done is less than during last year, and that despite the fact that there are onethird more nurses registered and awaiting employment. This is most discouraging, because the committee brought the Directory to the notice of the public and physicians as thoroughly and repeatedly as its funds admitted of,-certainly more than last year-and it was to be expected that it would be more generally known and appreciated in its third than in its second year.

That the Directory has done so small an amount of business may be due to several causes; perhaps its patrons were bewildered by its change of location, or perhaps the system of cash payments, more rigidly insisted upon, displeased some; perhaps some physicians are as yet unaware that there is a place where good nurses can be obtained with little trouble and small cost; or perhaps there are still some people who prefer hunting up nurses themselves, thinking the time so spent by them is not worth the small fee charged by the Directory for furnishing probably the same nurses; possibly, and we suggest this with diffidence, some physicians prefer that their nurses should only be employed through themselves or with their permission.