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MEETING OF THE PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND 

 SURGICAL ASSOCIATION. 



The members of this excellent Institution, held their fourth an- 

 niversary at Manchester. The members of the Council met on the 

 20th of July, to make the necessary arrangements for the public 

 business of the meeting, when a discussion took place relative to the 

 place of holding the next anniversary : — Cheltenham was finally 

 determined upon, and Dr. Boisragon proposed as president. 



In the evening, the members of the Association assembled at the 

 Royal Institution, when the attendance was unusually numerous, 

 including, among other distingished individuals, Professor Kidd, 

 Drs. Fox, J. Johnstone, T. Starr, Hastings, R. Streeten, Barlow, 

 J. Conolly, Goldie, J. C. Williams, Jeffreys, Bardsley, Chaytor, 

 Holme ; Messrs. Crosse, Nankivell, H. L. Smith, C. H. Hebb, 

 J. A. Ransome, — Turner, &c. &c. 



Dr. Holme having been called to the chair, opened the business 

 with a short address, which he concluded by proposing that Dr. 

 Hastings be requested to read the report of the council. 



This report gave a succinct outline of the proceedings of the As- 

 sociation, and announced the gratifying fact that the number of 

 members amounted to six hundred, being an increase of one hun- 

 dred since the anniversary meeting at Oxford. The report then 

 alluded to a similar Association formed in the eastern provinces ; 

 the members of which had come to the unanimous resolution of 

 seeking an intimate connexion with the parent Association, for the 

 purpose of co-operating with it in the advancement of medical sci- 

 ence. The finances of the institution, which are in a very flourish- 

 ing state, and the published Transactions of the society, next came 

 under consideration. It was announced that, in compliance with 

 the resolution passed last year respecting the formation of a bene- 

 volent fund, various local committees had been formed, with whom 

 the central committee were in communication. 



The report of the council was approved and adopted on the mo- 

 tion of Professor Kidd, seconded by Dr. John Johnstone. 



Several other resolutions, relating to the affairs of the Associa- 

 tion were subsequently moved and seconded by Mr. Tudor, Dr. 

 Jeffreys, Dr. Scott, Mr. Ransome, Dr. Barlow, Mr. Hebb, Dr. J. 

 Conolly, Dr. Brown, Dr. Goldie, and Mr. Johnson. 



Mr. Turner, of Manchester, after paying a warm tribute to his 

 friend, proposed, that Dr. James Lomax Bardsley be requested to 

 deliver the Retrospective Address at the anniversary meeting for 

 1837, which was seconded by Dr. Streeten, of Worcester. 



The report of the committee of the Benevolent Branch of the 

 Association was then read, and a resolution passed, that the regu- 

 lations of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Benevolent Society, 

 proposed by the central committee, be adopted. 



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