LIBRARY. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 1903-1904. PRESIDENT. SAMUEL B. ST. JOHN, Hartford. VICE-PRESIDENT. WILLIAM H. CARMALT, New Haven. VICE-PRESIDENTS, ex-officio. HOWARD O. ALLEN, WILLIAM B. COGSWELL, HENRY R. LOWE, JEROME S. BISSELL, CHARLES H. HUBBARD, EDWIN T. DAVIS. TREASURER. W. W. KNIGHT. SECRETARY. N. E. WORDIN. ASSISTANT SECRETARY. H. S. MILES. COMMITTEE ON MATTERS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST IN THE STATE. C. J. FOOTE, F. A. MORRELL, L. B. ALMY. STANDING COMMITTEES. Committee to Nominate Physicians to the Retreat for the Insane. Committee on Legislation. L. S. PADDOCK, E. F. PARSONS, N. E. WORDIN, C. S. RODMAN, New Haven County. Committee on Medical Examination. J. FRANCIS CALEF, WALTER L. BARBER. On Honorary Members and Degrees. C. A. LINDSLEY, E. H. WELCH, H. S. FULLER. Committee on Publication. GOULD A. SHELTON, S. B. ST. JOHN, N. E. WORDIN. Committee on Arrangements. S. P. GILBERT, R. S. GOODWIN, JR., F. N. SPERRY. 8 OF THE CONNECTICUT MEDICAL SOCIETY, ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. The President and Fellows of the Connecticut Medical Society met in the Hunt Memorial Building, Hartford, Wednesday afternoon, May twenty-seventh, 1903, and were promptly called to order at two o'clock by the President. The Committee on Credentials reported, the Secretary calling the roll with the following result: FELLOWS, ex-officio. President. GOULD A. SHELTON, Vice President. SAMUEL B. ST. JOHN, Presidents of County Associations. HOWARD O. ALLEN, *HENRY R. ROWE, JOSEPH H. TOWNSEND, JEROME S. BISSELL, FREDERICK H. DART, *CHARLES H. HUBBARD, *WILLIAM B. COGSWELL, *EDWIN T. DAVIS. Secretary. N. E. WORDIN. Assistant Secretary. J. H. TOWNSEND. Treasurer. W. W. KNIGHT. Committee on Matters of Professional Interest in the State. E. K. ROOT, *P. W. STREET, *Absent. F. K. HALLock. 9 *Absent. Alternate for John C. Lynch. Alternate for Frank H. Coops. Alternate for James B. Shannon. §Alternate for Noah H. Wadhams. Alternate for Charles H. Carlin. Alternate for Frank E. Potter. Alternate for Alonzo L. Hurd 10 The record showed an unusually large attendance, some of the Counties having a full delegation. The President then read his ADDRESS TO THE FELLOWS. FELLOWS OF THE CONNECTICUT MEDICAL SOCIETY. Gentlemen : The honor of presiding over the deliberations of the Fellows of the Connecticut Medical Society, is one most keenly appreciated, and for this, the highest honor within the gift of the members of our Society, I desire to present my most grateful thanks. It is a matter of no little interest, to each one of us, to assemble at this annual meeting, and discuss the live questions of the hour, that during the past year have rolled themselves into the work of this convention. The restless activity of the earnest workers in our profession, is continually bringing to us valuable subjects for consideration, and the conditions to be met in governmental changes, both national and state-wise, require adjustment in a manner that must call from us our best judgment and painstaking care. The necessities of our Society are commensurate with its growth, and the upward progress it steadily makes must be jealously watched and as jealously maintained. You will have among your duties at this session, one of greatest importance to the life and conduct of our old time and honored organization. To prune away the useless and worn-out branches of our vine, and replace them by advanced and improved cultures, in harmony with the life of to-day, calls from you your highest and most energetic efforts. Let us enter upon them with an earnestness, born of loyalty to our profession, and of Supreme hope for the lasting good of our Society. You have before you to-day as an inherited gift of |