CONTENTS. 



PAT, E 



Minutes of the First Annual Meeting of the American Medical 

 Association, .......... 



APPENDIX. 



A. — Report of the Committee on Medical Sciences, .... - 49 



B. — Report of the Committee on Practical Medicine, --.-.- 101 

 B. — 1. — (Edematous Laryngitis successfully treated by Scarifications of the Glottis 



and Epiglottis, 135 



C. — Report of the Committee on Surgery, 159 



C. — 1. — Anaesthetic Agents, their Mode of Exhibition and Physiological Effects, 197 

 C. — 2. — List of Patients who have inhaled Ether or Chloroform for surgical ope- 

 rations in the Massachusetts General Hospital, up to April 1st, 1848, - 215 

 C — 3. — List of Cases in which operations have been performed while under 

 the influence of Ether and Chloroform, in the First Surgical Division of the 



New York Hospital, 218 



C. — 4.— Report of Cases in which Ether and Chloroform were used in surgical 

 operations at the Clinic of the University of Pennsylvania, in the Session of 



1847-48, 220 



C. — 5. — Operations in which Ether or Chloroform was used, at the Clinic of the 

 Jefferson Medical College, - - - - - - - - - -221 



C— 6. 222 



D. — Report of the Committee on Obstetrics, 225 



E. — Report of the Committee on Education, ..-.--- 235 



F. — Report of the Committee on Medical Literature, .----• 249 



G. — Report of the Committee on Publication, 289 



G. — 1. — Report of the Treasurer of the Association, .... - 290 

 G. — 2. — Names of Delegates who have paid the Assessment for 1847, - - 291 

 H. — Code of Ethics adopted by the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, - - '-97 

 I. — A Statement in relation to the United States NavaL Medical Corps, - - 301 

 J. — Communication on Hygiene, from the Medical Department of the National In- 

 stitute, 30j 



