this is to get it before our society so that we may thoroughly understand what it is upon which we shall be called to discuss and adopt. The object, as I understand it, Dr. Wyeth, who makes this plea as a representative of The American Medical Association, being president last year of The American Medical Association, makes this plea to us that we adopt in our state society that which will benefit not only our state society but the county as well, which will reflect credit of course upon the county medical society, and on the state medical society and in turn upon the American Medical Association; therefore the foundation of all this work must be in the county medical society. Now the object for us to attain is this, that we strengthen our state medical society by strengthening the county medical society, and the county medical societies will be the foundation, all dues being collected there. Now it seems to me that the thing for us to do would be to consider first what can our county medical societies do. Of course this does not take into consideration the fact of having district societies. It is also provided that people outside of county societies can join the state society. But where there be a county medical society, we are to join it. We are to have the dues collected there for the state and county, at least it seems to me it would be wise to have that done, and then any member who becomes a member of the county medical society necessarily becomes a member of the state medical society and necessarily becomes a member of the American Medical Association in turn. Now, then, it seems to me that will strengthen our society all the way down, increase our numbers and make us of some real value to ourselves and to the public. As we are, we are of real value, but we can be of more real value.

Now in regard to publication, the matter as to publication has been brought up; we publish the transactions in a volume of this sort. It is expensive in the first place. The question then arises, can we afford it? Now then if we charge five dollars in a county medical society so that we can collect both dues there, two dollars for the county medical society and three dollars for the state, that will make ample funds in the state treasury to pay for all transactions outside of the papers. We can curtail our expenses so as to meet those demands. Which is the more val

uable to us is for us to consider. Shall we do away with these transactions, that is to say, the papers—and I will speak in a moment where they can be published to advantage, and perhaps to greater advantage than here-shall we do away with those and hope to get a better representation of medical men in the state and county, or shall we curtail the number of men in our county societies by increasing the dues for the sake of those papers. That is the thing that stares us in the face. That is simply all there is to it. Which is the more valuable, members or these papers? Now then we have no recourse with regard to members. If the members are not here we cannot do a thing. We do have recourse with regard to the printed material. Have some state organ, official organ which shall publish all of these proceedings after they have been acted upon by the committee as they are in this work, as they have always been acted upon heretofore. Then after they are published we get our reprints and we would get these journals just as promptly as we do now the American Medical Association reports. It seems to me it is better. We then can bind up those which we think are of most value to us. We can make use of them in such volume as we wish. Now there are lots of papers in here which we never read, all valuable papers, but they are not of particular interest to me or to you or to some one else. But don't you see that by the other method you can simply curtail those which are of special interest to you and make use of them that way. Now I see Dr. Singer is here, and perhaps he will be good enough to present his paper. We will all have a chance to discuss these matters later.

Dr. W. F. Singer here read his paper entitled “Puerperal Sepsis," which was discussed by Drs. Love, McHugh, Sol. Kahn, Maurice Kahn and Singer.

On motion of Dr. Maurice Kahn the society took a recess. until 1:30 p. m.

TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1902.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

Society called to order at 1:30 by Dr. T. J. Forhan, third vice president.

The first paper read was by Dr. Maurice Kahn entitled "Pulse and Respiration at an Elevation of 10,200 Feet," which was discussed by Drs. Collins, Forhan, Sol. Kahn, Cattermole and Boyd.

Dr. Hopkins: I would like to make a motion that the nominations for the nominating committee be considered to-morrow morning at II o'clock.

Motion seconded and carried.

Paper, “Amnesia, With Report of a Case," by Dr. S. D. Hopkins of Denver.

Paper, "Medical Legislation and Registration," by Dr. S. D. Van Meter of Denver. Discussed by Drs. Freeman and Van Meter.

The President: I shall at this time ask Dr. Whitehead to read his paper.

Dr. Work: I move you, in view of the long time that Dr. Whitehead has been a member of this society, now twenty-nine years, and now an honorary member of this society and an expresident of the society, that the time limit be removed and he be allowed the time necessary to read his paper.

Motion seconded and carried.

Dr. Whitehead was greeted with vigorous and prolonged applause as he ascended the platform. His paper was entitled

"A Contribution to the Surgical Literature of the Colorado State Medical Society."

Dr. Munn: Mr. President, more than once in the history. of the profession of Colorado, presidents of this society, in their annual addresses, have congratulated the profession upon the high standard which it has generally maintained; and, in seeking the secret of the success, the secret of this general high standard of the profession, we cannot overlook the very high attainments of that group of men who first organized this society and who first did major surgery in the West. In that group of men Dr. Whitehead has occupied no small place, and among them he held a position of no little honor and responsibility. When we recol-lect the names of such men as Whitehead, and Buckingham, and Steele, and Bancroft, men who learned their surgery in the old schools and who practiced it in this new country under the conditions prevailing before the principles of antisepsis were recognized, but who practiced it with such uniform success, performing major operations with such remarkable results, we have reason to congratulate ourselves on the personnel of these men and that they have left their imprint upon our institutions, upon our society and upon the younger men who have associated with them; and it is a matter of congratulation to us that we still have Dr. Whitehead with us and we have been able to listen to this brief abstract of his papers this afternoon. I move, sir, a vote of thanks to Dr. Whitehead for the address he has given us. (Applause.)

Dr. W. W. Grant: It gives me a great deal of pleasure to second the motion of my friend, Munn. I think we should all feel honored that we have a man still with us who though an old man has yet sufficient interest in the profession to give us his experiences that must prove valuable to the profession of Colorado and to the profession of this entire country, for Dr. Whitehead is not only of Colorado, but he is a national and an international representative of the best American surgery of the past years. I think we all should feel glad to have not only his experiences, but a point of special value is that his cases have been followed up, and we see not only these ingenious contrivances and the dis

tinguished skill which he used in operating, but we have here histories of cases which have been followed up ten and fifteen and even thirty years, which must prove of great benefit to the profession in the matter of drawing conclusions from past surgery.

A unanimous standing vote was given.

Dr. Corwin: I read the following telegram:

"Dr. Corwin, care Colorado State Medical Society:

"Getting well slowly. Hope you may have a successful DR. G. E. TYLER."

meeting.

I have with your sanction sent the following telegram:

"Dr. G. E. Tyler, Denver, Colorado:

"The society is delighted to learn you are improving, but regret you are unable to be with us. With best wishes.

"R. W. CORWIN."

Dr. W. G. Lockhard's paper, entitled "Relapsing Septicæmia," was read by Dr. C. V. Marmaduke, on account of the inability of Dr. Lockhard to be present.

Dr. Munn: I want to make a motion, and, if necessary, to make a few remarks in reference to a matter which I had expected to bring up to-morrow or the next day, but as I am going away I want to ask the privilege of bringing it up now. The presidents of the state medical society in their addresses for a number of years have dwelt upon the importance to the profession of Colorado of the union of the teaching forces in medical colleges in the city of Denver. It was a matter of such great importance that I think every member of the State Medical Society felt that it ought to be accomplished, and that if it ever was accomplished the thanks of the society were due to those through whose instrumentality it came, and that we would perforce be under some degree of obligation to give loyal and honest and honorable support to those who had consummated the union so that there might be established in Colorado one representative school of medicine. To four men, Dr. E. C. Rivers, Dr. Thomas H. Hawkins, Dr.