Emanuel Alexander Hinkle, Cornell, '99, New London. George Robert R. Hertzberg, Dartmouth, '99, Stamford. Calista Vinton Luther, Woman's Coll. of Penna., '85, Ernest Oliver Winship, Univ. Vt., 1900, Rockville. Of these five are from Yale and five from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y., four from the University of Vermont, two each from Dartmouth, Albany Medical College and the Woman's College of Penna. Ten colleges have one each. During the year we have lost by death one Honorary Member, Dr. Edwin Mott Moore of Rochester, N. Y. DR. EDWIN MOTT MOORE. Dr. Edwin Mott Moore died at his home in Rochester, March 3. He was eighty-nine years old. Dr. Moore was born in Rahway, N. J., in 1814, of French Huguenot and English parentage. His family moved to Rochester in 1830, and he was graduated from the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1838 and began the practice of medicine in that city. He was elected to the chair of surgery in the Medical College at Woodstock, Vt., in 1843. For more than twenty-five years he occupied a similar position in the Buffalo Medical College. Among the other offices he has held are those of President of the Medical Society of the State of New York and president of the State Board of Health. Dr. Moore was instrumental in organizing the Rochester Public Health Association. To him is due, more than to any one man, the extensive park system of the city. Dr. Moore had also devoted much time and attention to the University of Rochester, the president of whose board of trustees he had been for many years. He is survived by his wife, Lucy Prescott Moore, and five sons-Dr. E. Mott Moore, Dr. Richard Mott Moore, Lindley Murray Moore and Samuel Prescott Moore, all of Rochester, and Frederick Pettes Moore of Pittsburg— and one daughter, Miss Mary Pettes Moore, of Rochester. The name of Dr. Samuel Thomas Hubbard, New York City, is also to be crossed off from the list of Honorary members. No other record of him can be found. Among the active members the oldest is Jeremiah Burwell of New Hartford. He had reached eighty-four. He graduated from the Berkshire Medical College in 1839. This college has long since gone out of existence. There are but four graduates of it left in our Society, all wellknown men. Dr. Burwell was one of the thirteen who at our centennial had been a member for fifty years. But one remains. The other deaths of the year are W. M. Hudson, Hartford; S. R. Burnap, Windsor Locks; F. C. Tuttle of Naugatuck, who died after he had been elected President of the New Haven County Association; John T. Dooley of Manchester, and D. R. Hinckley of New Haven. The Secretary would again make appeal for all manuscripts to be sent to him at once. Only thus can an early issuance of the Proceedings be assured. N. E. WORDIN, Secretary. Dr. Defendorf read the first paper, entitled The Use and Abuse of Bromides in the Treatment of Nervous Diseases. It met with some discussion. Dr. Down followed with Future Provision of the Insane and Care of Female Misdemeanants. Dr. G. A. Shelton's paper on A Case of Traumatic Tetanus Successfully Treated by Tetanic Anitoxin closed the day's session. THURSDAY, MAY 29. The meeting was called to order by the President at 10 A.M. Delegates to other Societies reported as follows: Dr. Ring stated that he did not go to the meeting of the Maine State Medical Association. For report of Dr. Alton, Delegate to the New Hampshire Medical Association, see Appendix. Dr. Rockwell did not go to the meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Dr. Allen, Delegate to the Rhode Island Medical Society, reported: On June 6, 1901, I attended the annual meeting of the Rhode Island Medical Society as Delegate from the Connecticut State Medical Society. The meeting was held in Masonic Hall, Providence. Together with other Delegates, those from the Connecticut Medical Society were presented and cordially welcomed. Very interesting papers were read by Drs. E. D. Chesebro and S. A. Welch-the subjects being, "Etiology of Acute Peritonitis in Children, with Report of a Case," and "Transient Glycosuria." The annual address by Dr. G. Alder Blumer on The Yesterday and To-day of Mental Medicine was followed by the annual dinner-thus completing a highly instructive and enjoyable occasion. REPORT OF DELEGATES TO THE NEW YORK STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, OCTOBER, 1901. MERIDEN, CONN., May 7th, 1902. Dr. Wyeth, President, in the chair. The President should certainly have been proud of the large attendance, numerous. as every section of the State was well represented; and the Delegates from other States were correspondingly Your Delegates can well understand that such attractions as were presented, outside as well as inside the sessions, could not fail of receiving a full measure of appreciation. The Surgical papers were many, and full of vital interest; but the Medical papers, although exceptionally good, were very few. Dr. Deaver's paper on Appendiceal Fistulae was full of terse facts. It was his opinion that the chief cause of appendiceal fistula was from neglect of the first attack; and a physician who tried to cure appendicitis with drugs, not only failed in his endeavors, but jeopardized the life of his patient by unnecessary delay, and in fact paved the way for subsequent serious conditions-such as suppuration and fistulae. The case was out of the domain of the physician, was purely surgical; and the sooner the Medical practitioner realized this fact the better it would be for appendicitis patients. He cited an instance where a patient had been cured (?) five times by a physician yet the sixth attack of appendicitis assumed such serious aspect that he was turned over to a surgeon for operation. The above paper was ably discussed. Dr. Wiggin, in his genial yet forceful manner, emphasized the fact that the administration of morphine in such cases was a "delusion and a snare," and indorsed the claim that a "No Trespass" sign should be hung on every appendicitis case-Physicians to govern themselves accordingly. We desire to express our thanks to the Committee of Arrangements for the royal manner in which your Delegates were received and entertained. EDWARD D. HALL. Delegates. Dr. J. E. Loveland read his Report on the Progress of Medicine. This was followed by the Report on the Progress of Surgery by Dr. A. G. Cook. Guests representing other Societies were now introduced. Dr. Wiggin responded for the New York State Medical Association. It gives me pleasure to be again the bearer of greetings from my Society. Two years ago when I was here I told you that we were reorganizing our Society on the lines upon which yours had been maintained. We modified our representation according to the needs of the larger State. The result has been satisfactory. There has been an increase in membership from 600 to 1,500 and the income from $3,000 to $13,000 per year. It is possible to get men to pay dues if the administration is successfully carried out. We have also undertaken to publish a Directory of the physicians of New York and New Jersey, to which we have also added your own State. We decided to put in this the names of all practitioners licensed by law. We have changed the form of our annual transactions to a monthly periodical. This enables us to communicate more frequently with the professional men of the State. The question of medical advertising comes in here. We try to keep out those people who are not known to us, especially those whose prescriptions are sold under a trade-mark. patented formula is different. patent office and can be seen. Those which are copyrighted cannot and it is possible for them to be changed every month. We do not know anything about it. As a member of the Committee of Arrangements of the American Medical Association, I extend a welcome to all and urge all to come. The meeting will be large, the papers many and of benefit to all. Every man joining the Association helps to organize the medical profession of the United States. A That is on record in the |