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the year 1836, be held at Manchester ; and that Dr. Holme be re- 

 quested to accept the office of President-elect, which was carried 

 unanimously. 



Dr. Barlow (of Bath) proposed — that the thanks of the meeting 

 be given to Dr. John Johnstone,, the late President of the Associa- 

 tion ; and that he be appointed a permanent Vice-President. This 

 resolution was seconded by Dr. Bevan (of Monmouth) and carried 

 unanimously. 



Dr. Conolly (of Warwick) said, that if he had had the choosing 

 of the resolution he was about to propose, he could not have selected 

 one which would have given him greater pleasure. The purport of 

 the resolution was — that the thanks of the meeting be given to Dr. 

 Hastings and Mr. Sheppard, the Secretariesof the Association ; and 

 that they be requested to continue their services. It was impossible 

 for any one, who, like himself, had had the pleasure of attending 

 all the meetings of the Association, to submit the present motion 

 without at the same time recalling the very great degree of pleasure 

 which he, in common, he believed, with all other members of the 

 Association, had derived from meeting his professional brethren. 

 Such opportunities as these were almost the only means that 

 medical men had of seeing gathered together much that was estima- 

 ble in their profession, and enjoying that intercourse of those means 

 of communication from which, under ordinary circumstances, they 

 were debarred. He felt how deeply the Association was indebted 

 to the gentlemen who were named in the resolution, and he trusted 

 that their valuable services would not be withdrawn. Mr. Hetling 

 (of Bristol) seconded the resolution, which w^as carried unanimously. 



Several other resolutions, relating to the affairs of the Association, 

 were severally moved and seconded by Dr. Booth, Dr. Symonds, 

 Mr. Wingfield, Dr. Streeten, Dr. Bompass, Dr. Holme, Dr. Scott, 

 Mr. Wickenden, Mr. Griffiths, Dr. Fox, Mr. Wickham, Dr. Robert- 

 son, Mr. Morris, Dr. W. Connolly, and Mr. T. Griffiths. 



In the course of the morning Dr. Scott read the Report of the 

 Committee, appointed at Birmingham, in 1834, to consider the 

 practicability of establishing a Benevolent Society, in connection 

 with the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association. 



The report of the committee was unanimously adopted, and its 

 recommendations ordered to be carried into effect. 



Mr. Wickenden read the report of the library committee appoint- 

 ed last year, and Mr. Hebb an interesting report respecting the state 

 of medicine in Holland, from Dr. Nieuwenhuys, of Amsterdam. — 

 Several communications were also made by Mr. Smith, of Southam, 

 Mr. Rumsey, and other gentlemen, shewing the oppressive nature of 

 the new Poor Law Act, wuth respect to the attendance of medical 

 practitioners upon the poor; and a committee was appointed to 

 report thereon at the next anniversary meeting of the Association. 



The business of the day having been brought to a satisfactory 

 conclusion. Dr. Johnstone took the chair, and, upon the motion of 

 Dr. Hastings, seconded by Mr. Addison, a most cordial vote of 



