SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS OF CARLSRUHE. 



BY M. J. NICKLES. 



TRANSLATED FOR THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FROM THE MEMOIRS D'LACADEMIE 

 DE STANISLAS, NANCY, 1859, BY C. A. ALEXANDER. 



I. Scientific Assemblies of Germany. 



A meeting of professors of science and of medicine, which took place 

 at Leipsic, September 18, 1822, laid the foundation of those scientific 

 assemblages of G-ermany which have been since known by the title of 

 "the Association of German Savants and Physicians." These assem- 

 blages are held annually; and being open, without distinction of na- 

 tionality, to all men of science, we have hence enjoyed the privilege of 

 taking part in that which was convened in the course of the present, 

 year, 1858, at Carlsruhe, the capital of the Grand Dutchy of Baden. 



Whether considered with reference to the persons who composed it, 

 the labors communicated, the ideas suggested for consideration, or the 

 enthusiastic reception accorded to the members both by court and 

 people, this thirty-fourth reunion of the association is admitted, with- 

 out contradiction, to have been amongst the most brilliant and mem- 

 orable which has occurred. Before proceeding, however, to give an 

 account of the transactions of the late meeting, it may not be without 

 interest to recite the statutes under which the organization hajs been, 

 advanced to so high a degree of vitality and usefulness. 



Statutes. 



1. The object of the association is to afford to the scientific ant! 

 medical inquirers of Germany an opportunity of becoming personally 

 acquainted with one another. 



2. Whoever in the domain of medicine or the sciences of observation 

 has given the results of his labors to the public^ is recognized as a 

 member, and every one who is engaged in such studies may procure 

 himself to be inscribed as such. A mere inaugural thesis, however, is 

 not in itself regarded as furnishing a title to be enrolled as a member. 



3. The association makes no special nominations and bestows no 

 diplomas. 



The right of voting pertains to those only who are actually present 

 at any session ; and decisions are to be determined by a majority of 

 voices. 



