ROCKY MOUNTAIN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. I 3 
Pacific was thus happily concluded; but, cherishing a 
lively recollection of the fi:-iendships formed on the 
journey and during our sojourn, the desire was spon- 
taneous and irresistible among the physicians from the 
East to take some measure for perpetuating a remem- 
brance of the occasion as long as any of us, the par- 
ticipants, might survive. Thus was formed the Rocky 
Mountain Medical Association.* 
As the membership is limited to the physicians who 
actually crossed the Rocky Mountains to attend the 
National Medical Convention in May, 1871, it is evi- 
The Rocky Mountain Medical Association originally consisted of 
123 members. Of these 19 are now deceased. The greatest age at- 
tained by any deceased member was 74 years. The youngest was, at 
the time of his death, 32. The average age of the 19 deceased is 58 
years. Of those living, the oldest is 76 and the youngest 31 years. 
Of the 99 living members whose ages have been ascertained, the aver- 
is 53+ years. Five members have not responded to inquiries. 
The members represent graduates from 25 American medical col- 
leges; of whom Jefferson Medical College claims 19 ; the University 
of Pennsylvania, 16; the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New 
York, 9; the Ohio Medical College, 8; University of New York, 7; 
the Cleveland Medical College, 7 ; Harvard, 6, and the Rush Medical 
College, 6 ; the other colleges, five or below. 
The States furnished delegates as follows : Alabama, i ; Colorado, 
3 ; Connecticut, 7 ; Delaware, i ; District of Columbia, i ; Illinois, 9; 
Indiana, 8; Iowa, 4; Kansas, i ; Kentucky, 3 ; Maryland, 2; Massa- 
chusetts, 4; Michigan, 4; Missouri, 4; Minnesota, 4; Nebraska, i; 
New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, 3; New York, 13; Ohio, 18; 
Pennsylvania, 21 ; Rhode Island, 2; Vermont, 2; West Virginia, 4; 
Wisconsin, 2. 
The birthplace of the 1 18 members has been ascertained : Connecti- 
cut, 8; Georgia, i ; Illinois, 3; Indiana, 2; Kentucky, I ; Maryland, 
2; MassTchusetts, 8 ; North Carolina, 4; New Hampshire, 4; New 
Jersey, 4; New York, 18; Ohio, 13; Pennsylvania, 30; Rhode Isl- 
and, I ; Tennessee, 3 ; Vermont, 7 ; Virginia, 3 ; South Carolina, I ; 
Austria, i; Germany, i ; England, 2 ; Ireland, i. Not learned, 5. 
