10:45, Cases from the Women's Clinic.-Dr. J. M. Slemons, New Haven. II:00, Surgical Cases.-Dr. W. E. Hartshorn, New Haven.

11:15, Neurological Cases.-Dr. Max Mailhouse, New Haven.

11:30, Demonstration of Roentgenological plates.-Dr. J. A. Honeij, New Haven.

11:45, Enlargement of the thymus in children.-Dr. J. I. Linde, New Haven.

Operative Clinics, Grace Hospital, 1418 Chapel Street.

9:00 A. M., Operations on Eye and Throat.-Dr. R. J. Ferguson, New Haven.

10:00 A. M., Thyroidectomy and Presentation of Thyroid Cases.-Dr. W. E. Butler, New Haven; Dr. T. H. Russell, New Haven.

II:00 A. M., Bone Grafting for Fixation of Sacrum.-Dr. E. H. Arnold, New Haven.

Operative Clinic at Hospital of St. Raphael, 1442 Chapel Street. 10:00 A. M. to I P. M., General Surgery.-Dr. W. F. Verdi, New Haven; Dr. W. H. Crowe, New Haven.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 24, 1917, 2:30 O'CLOCK.

President's Address.-Dr. Samuel M. Garlick, Bridgeport. 3:15, "Skull Fractures, their Treatment."-Dr. William Sharpe, New York City, Adjutant Professor Neurological Surgery, New York Polyclinic Medical School (by invitation), (Illustrated by moving pictures). 3:45, “The Mobilization of the Medical Profession."-Dr. Joseph Marshall Flint, New Haven. (At Dr. Flint's request his remarks are not published. They contained many remarks in regard to the war, which he thought inadvisable to put into print.)

4:30, "The Distribution of Fat in the Appendix and its Relation to Inflammatory Processes.”—Dr. George M. Smith, Waterbury. Discussion: Dr. J. M. Flint, New Haven; Dr. A. A. Crane, Waterbury.

Respectfully submitted,

WILDER TILESTON,

Chairman.

(9) Report of the Committee on Honorary Members and

Degrees, by Dr. Max Mailhouse (New Haven):

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON HONORARY
MEMBERS AND DEGREES.

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

The Committee beg leave to report that they have considered the names of Dr. Richard P. Strong of Harvard University, and of Dr. Hermann M. Biggs of New York, nominated as candidates for honorary membership at our last annual meeting, and that we recommend their election.

We further beg leave to report as candidate for honorary membership in our Society the name of Dr. Harvey Cushing of Harvard University and of Cambridge, Mass.

Respectfully submitted,

MAX MAILHOUSE,

Chairman.

(10) Report of the Committee on Arrangements, by Dr. F. N. Sperry (New Haven):

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

The Entertainment Committee reports that they have arranged for the Scientific Sessions, Meeting of the House of Delegates and Meeting of the Council at Hotel Taft. Also that on Wednesday evening, May 23, at 8:30 P. M. there will be held a smoker and on Thursday at 6:30 P. M. the Annual Dinner. With the exception of the Council all meetings will be held in the Palm Room of the Hotel Taft.

No charge will be made for the smoker; tickets for the annual dinner are for sale by the Committee at $2.50 each.

Respectfully submitted,

FREDERICK N. SPERRY,

Chairman.

(11) Report of the Committee on a Sanatorium for the Nervous Poor, by Dr. Frank K. Hallock (Cromwell):

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON A SANATORIUM FOR THE NERVOUS POOR.

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

Owing to the fact that the General Assembly of 1917 would unquestionably adjust and complete the combination of management of the Epileptic Colony and the Institution for Imbeciles and make adequate appropriation therefor, and also consider the establishment of a Psychopathic Hospital at Middletown, a Reformatory for Women and various other medical projects, it was deemed wise by your committee not to appeal to the Legislature this year for the foundation of a Sanatorium for the Nervous Poor. It appeared that the time was not opportune and the general state of affairs in the Commonwealth not propitious for an attempt to be made to establish a new and somewhat novel institution. Sanatoria for persons of small means, treating a considerable group of individuals not suitable for either general or psychopathic hospitals, would be of inestimable advantage and prove, as has been demonstrated in Europe, of real economic value to the State. Let us hope that two years hence may witness the beginning of an active campaign for an institution of this kind.

Respectfully submitted,

FRANK K. HALLOCK,

Chairman.

(12) Report of the Committee on a State Farm for Inebriates, by Dr. F. H. Barnes (Stamford):

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON A STATE

FARM FOR INEBRIATES.

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates: Your committee on a State Farm for Inebriates was called together by the chairman on Thursday, Dec. 21, 1916. The

meeting was held at the Norwich State Hospital. We were received by the Acting Superintendent, Dr. T. F. Erdman, and Board of Trustees at luncheon and afterward were driven in automobiles to the new State Farm for Inebriates. The institution is well removed from the State Hospital for Insane: is over two miles distant with a small village separating the two. The Gallup or Broadview Farm, a tract of land of one hundred acres on the Norwich and Westerly Railroad, is the site of the new hospital. This was purchased from the Lucas estate at a cost of forty-five hundred dollars, with money appropriated by the General Assembly of 1913 for additional farm land to the Norwich State Hospital. On this land was a house and out-buildings which mainly through the work of the patients has been developed into accommodations for sixty-three inmates, the census on the day of our visit. The farm has a good supply of spring water and is very fertile. A sub-drain sewerage system with septic and discharge tanks has been installed. A central dining room with a capacity for one hundred people is in use. A new building of the two-story dormitory type is needed and will be asked for at this session of the Legislature. Money necessary for remodelling the old buildings and constructing the new will be repaid to the State Hospital which advanced it by employing the inebriate labor in enlarging the Hospital dam and storage reservoir. On Dec. 21, 1916, there were over forty patients in the main hospital who should be in the State Farm buildings.

The whole proposition is in an experimental stage but your committee saw enough to convince them that original and scientific work was being accomplished with little overhead expense to the state. It was surprising to note the good work accomplished thus far without one dollar specially appropriated to the farm from the State treasury.

Your committee voted it would be very unwise at this time to ask for another State Farm in the western part of the State. We were convinced the Legislature would not act favorably on such a project until they learn more of the work of the present institution. It was also voted to ask our legislative committee to further the work of getting a necessary appropriation for the furtherance of the good work now being done at Norwich.

There is no permanency in the present buildings as they are all frame and we felt the menace of fire would prohibit the growth of too large a unit at this one place. Shops are needed for the industrial work during inclement weather. A central admission building for receiving new cases should be provided. One of the economic features of the establishment is that there is no charge for executive service, all this is taken care of by the staff of the State Hospital. The supplies are obtained from the same source at cost, a large saving to the State.

We found little to criticize, much to commend. In fact a fine start has been made along the line of taking good care of our inebriate population. Many more things could be said relative to the matter but we must not transgress longer on the time of the House of Delegates which has so many important matters before them.

Respectfully submitted,

F. H. BARNES,

Chairman.

(13) Report of the Committee on Medical Inspection of Schools:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL
INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS.

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates:

Your committee prepared an amendment to the present State law, one intended to simplify its provisions and increase its compulsory features. As the present Act is a part of the School Laws and as Secretary Hine of the State Board of Education had planned a more comprehensive law with the same end in view, it seemed best to our legislative committee to support Secretary Hine's bill with slight modifications. Because of the old disagreement as to whether the authority should be vested with educational or health authorities, this bill lost out in committee.