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toner's address. 
as friends by the warm-hearted and generous physicians 
of California. 
To those who had traveled but little, the extent of 
unoccupied territory traversed in crossing the conti- 
nent was truly surprising. Fortunately, the journey 
was not only performed in luxurious palace-cars, but 
it was made without interruption or accident, and in 
the company of cultivated persons, thus giving ample 
leisure to make observations and to exchange views 
and reflections. The tediousness which ordinarily 
attends such a journey was in this instance entirely 
absent, owing to the presence of so many charming 
ladies, the wives and daughters of physicians. I but 
express the general sentiment when I acknowledge 
our great indebtedness to the ladies for much of the 
pleasure of the trip."^ 
^ All the ladies who accompanied physicians to California have 
been accepted as honorary members of the Rocky Mountain Medical 
Association. A few gentlemen, not physicians, who traveled in com- 
pany with us were also accepted as honorary members. The follow- 
ing list contains the names and residences of most, if not all, the 
ladies. If any have been omitted, it has occurred from inadvertence 
or want of data. 
Allman, Mrs. Mary, of Wheeling, W. Va., accompanied by Dr. J. 
Frissell. 
Atkinson, Mrs., of Philadelphia, Pa., accompanied by her son, Dr. 
W. B. Atkinson. 
Atlee, Miss M., of Philadelphia, Pa., accompanied by her father, Dr. 
W. L. Atlee. 
Brown, Mrs. R., of Bellefontaine, Ohio, accompanied by her hus- 
band, Dr. B. S. Brown. 
Catlin, Mrs. A. D., of West Meriden, Conn., accompanied by the 
husband, Dr. B. H. Catlin. 
Cooper, Mrs. A. A., accompanied by her father. Dr. J. W. Russell 
Courtenay, Mrs., and two daughters, Miss Nellie and Miss Emma, 
of Louisville, Ky., accompanied by Dr. D. W. Yandell. 
