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thanks was accorded to the president. Dr. Kidd. The meeting then 

 broke up, and in the afternoon the members and their friends, 

 amounting to nearly two hundred, dined together at the Star Hotel. 

 Dr. Kidd presided at the dinner table, as chairman, and several dis- 

 tinguished members of the University, as well as many eminent 

 individuals belonging to the profession, were present. 



That each succeeding anniversary of the Association shall be 

 equally distinguished with that which has so lately been held in the 

 halls of this ancient and revered seat of learning, is scarcely to be 

 anticipated; but no reflecting mind can witness these cheering 

 scenes, without wishing all prosperity and success to an institution 

 of such unquestionable merit. The main end and object of this so- 

 ciety is the amelioration of the condition of our fellow men ; for, 

 whoever has felt the ills attendant upon the frailty that suffering 

 mortality is heir to, will hail with gratitude and delight these works 

 of benevolence, by which the knowledge of that divine science of 

 medicine is extended far and wide, and the influence of its cultiva- 

 tors — ever exerted for good — increased. Let, therefore, the mem- 

 bers of the medical profession continue their exertions in the cause 

 of their science. The reward they will obtain is not lightly to be 

 esteemed. It is the consciousness of having in their day, and to 

 their power, done what they can towards improving the condition of 

 suffering humanity — and though the civic crown may be for a time 

 withheld — the unfading wreath of honor, which adorns many an 

 elevated name shall still be his who devotes his time and his best 

 energies to the alleviation of pain and disease. 



BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 



FIRST ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 



Thursday, the 27th of August, being the day appointed for 

 holding the Anniversary Meeting of this institution, a great number 

 of patrons and friends assembled at the Museum, in Paradise-street, 

 having been previously entertained at breakfast, at Dee's Royal 

 Hotelj by Mr. Sands Cox, the founder of the School. The party 

 then adjourned to the School of Medicine, at which Dr. Edward 

 Johnstone presided ; and the report, which was a most satisfactory 

 document, was read by Dr. John Johnstone, the Vice-President. 

 This report, of course, embraced every variety of information con- 

 nected with the establishment, and was amply conclusive of the 

 rapid advancement to perfection of all its departments. It appears 

 that there are now ninety students inscribed on the register of the 

 School, being an increase of more than thirty on any former year. 



