the dressing of the hair. If the patient be a woman, this one advantage is too obvious to need more than a passing reference. The hat likewise may be worn without the slightest inconvenience.

For several years I have been using some form of hand-made pads of sterile gauze; but feeling that this form of dressing might be of interest to the profession, a little more than a year ago I took the matter up with the J. Ellwood Lee Co., and had them make for me the simple little pad which I here exhibit for your examination. It consists of twelve layers of surgical gauze passed through a tubular form of gauze mesh to hold them in position, and then cut in sizes, 24x3 inches for adults, and 134x21⁄2 for children.

The pads come packed in small aseptic and hermetically sealed containers. I am informed by the manufacturers that they can be had at a price far less than the small roller bandage.

In conclusion, permit me to emphasize:

Firstly-The importance of selecting an eye dressing that may be applied and removed with the greatest amount of ease both to patient and attendant, and, moreover, to suggest the attendant does not necessarily have to be trained in ocular technique to be able to apply the pad with perfect ease and safety.

Secondly-That there need be no fear of the pad getting out of position, and thereby producing an increased pressure on the eye.

Thirdly-When a wet dressing is desired, the pad is obviously much better than the roller bandage.

Fourthly-When the patient is a woman, we should endeavor to select a dressing that will interfere as little as possible with her hair, especially in cases that may extend through many days of treatment.

DISCUSSION ON DR. HIERS'S PAPER.

Dr. A. W. Stirling, Atlanta: It is very convenient to have such dressing already prepared and at hand. The doctor has it on the outside of the pad gauze, which I think is very advisable. The idea of putting cotton next to the eye is a mistake, as small threads may get inside the lids and set up irritation. If I were to criticise the pad at all I would say it perhaps somewhat lacks resiliency; I would be inclined to interpose some cotton between the layers. An eye-pad should be light and resilient. There is an eye bandage which I have been in the habit of using called the Moorfields bandage, made of knitted wool with tapes at the four corners and a tape going across the top of the head.

Dr. F. P. Calhoun, Atlanta: First, there is liability of the roller bandage to slip; and, second, the patients complain of the heat. This dressing does away with both these objections. One good feature, too, is that several layers may be applied to the eye by means of adhesive plaster. I am in the habit of using in the summer pieces of gauze next the eye, then a layer of cotton over that, and having it held in place by small pieces of ising glass plaster.

Dr. J. L. Hiers, Savannah (closing): With reference to what Dr. Stirling has said about cotton being laid between the layers of gauze, I would say that in studying this subject we find that it is difficult to get up anything for an eye-dressing that will be absolutely perfect for every condition, and in the construction of this pad I endeavored to make it applicable and best suited to conditions in general. We know that sometimes it is necessary to use a wet dressing and with cotton between the

layers it gets soggy and increases the weight of the dressing.

I thank Dr. Calhoun for the point he emphasized as to its being more comfortable in summer.

In connection with his remark about the adhesive strips, I would say that in using it as a pressure bandage in staphyloma or perforated cornea you can increase the pressure to almost any extent with the adhesive strips, by applying them both perpendicular and horizontally.

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

OF THE

Medical Association of Georgia.

CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I.-NAME OF THE ASSOCIATION. The name and title of this organization shall be the Medical Association of Georgia.

ARTICLE II.-Purposes oF THE ASSOCIATION. The purposes of this Association shall be to federate and bring into one compact organization the entire medical profession of the State of Georgia; to extend medical knowledge and advance medical science; to elevate the standard of medical education, and to secure the enactment and enforcement of just medical laws; to promote friendly intercourse among physicians; to guard and foster the material interests of its members and to protect them against imposition; and to enlighten and direct public opinion in regard to the great problems of State medicine, so that the profession shall become more capable and honorable within itself, and more useful to the public, in the prevention and cure of disease, and in prolonging and adding comfort to life.

ARTICLE III.-COMPONENT SOCIETIES.

Component Societies shall consist of those county medical societies which hold charters from this Association.

ARTICLE IV.-COMPOSITION OF THE ASSOCIATION.

SECTION I. This Association shall consist of members and delegates.

SEC. 2. Members. The members of this Association shall be the members of the component county medical so.cieties, to which only white physicians should be eligible.

SEC. 3. Delegates. Delegates shall be those members who are elected in accordance with this constitution and by-laws to represent their respective component societies in the House of Delegates of this Association.

ARTICLE V.-HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

The House of Delegates shall be the business body of the Association, and shall consist of (1) Delegates elected by the component county societies; (2) the Councilors, and (3) er officio, the President and Secretary of this Association.

ARTICLE VI.-COUNCIL.

The Council shall consist of the Councilors, and the President and Secretary, ex officio. Besides its duties mentioned in the by-laws, it shall constitute the Finance Committee of the House of Delegates. Five Councilors shall constitute a quorum.

ARTICLE VH.-SECTIONS AND DISTRICT SOCIETIES.

The House of Delegates may provide for a division of the scientific work of the Association into appropriate sections, and for the organization of such Councilor District Societies as will promote the best interests of the profession, such societies to be composed exclusively of members of component societies.