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Medical Profession in this city for their warm and courteous wel- 

 come, and hospitable entertainment, which have strengthened the 

 bonds of personal friendship and professional brotherhood between 

 them and the delegates from other parts of the United States. — 

 Adopted unanimously. 



By Dr. Bowditcii : — 



.Resolved, That the Committee on Public Hygiene be requested to 

 investigate the effects of confinement in prisons and penitentiaries, 

 and of the discipline in general, in those institutions, on the health 

 of their inmates, and report to the next meeting of the Association. 

 — Adopted. 



By Dr. Zulick : — 



Resolved, That the members of this Association be requested/ to 

 transmit to the Chairmen of the appropriate Standing Committees 

 the histories of any important cases which they may meet with in 

 practice. — Passed. 



By Dr. Stout : — 



Resolved, That the power vested in the State and County Medi- 

 cal Societies to confer a license legally to practise medicine is liable 

 to great abuse, and that the Association earnestly recommends the 

 repeal of that power. — Referred to the Standing Committee on Me- 

 dical Education. 



Dr. C. A. Savory gave notice that he would propose to amend the 

 Constitution by making the number of members of each Standing 

 Committee nine instead of seven, and that in the organization of said 

 committees, " each medical body represented in the Association 

 shall be entitled to the appointment of one, at least, of its delegates 

 upon some one of the Standing Committees." 



Dr. Q. Gibbon proposed the following alteration of the constitu- 

 tion in regard to the election of officers, viz., " They shall be nominated 

 by a special committee of one member from each state represented 

 at the meeting, and shall be elected by vote on a general ticket, the 

 candidate having the highest number of votes to be considered the 

 officer elect," &c. — Laid over. 



Dr. L. P. Busn proposed, as an amendment to the Constitution, 

 that members by invitation shall have the same right to participate 

 in the affairs of the Association as permanent members, and not, as 

 now, the same as delegates. — Laid over. 



Dr. F. C. Stewart proposed, as an addition to the Constitution, 

 that "at all meetings of this Association for the transaction of busi- 



