42 Proceedings of the A T ewport Natural History Society. 
words “Anna, virumque canof (“I sing not his deeds alone, 
but the man himself/’) so shall I speak of Jenner. 
At the present time the first successful vaccination is 
being celebrated at many centres. A week before the actual 
anniversary, the date of the meeting being fixed, and im¬ 
possible to alter, the American Medical Association devoted 
a day to Jenner’s memory, at its annual session, at Atlanta, 
Ga. The opening address, a review of Jenner’s life and 
discovery, was contributed (though too feeble himself to be 
present) by the venerable Dr. N. S. Davis, of Chicago, the 
founder of the Association fifty years ago, who will be re¬ 
membered as the leader at its meeting in Newport in 1889. 
It was followed by a resume by Surgeon-General Geo. M. 
Sternberg, of the U. S. Army, of the “Scientific Researches 
relating to the Specific Infectious Agent of Small-pox and the 
Production of Artificial Immunity from the Disease.” Dr. C. 
N. Hewitt, of Minnesota, presented a paper entitled “A 
Tribute to the Memory of Edward Jenner;” Dr. Francis 
E. Martin, of Boston, another upon “The Propagation, 
Preservation and Use of Vaccine Virus;” Dr. Eugene Fos¬ 
ter, of Georgia, another upon “The Statistical Evidences 
of the Value of Vaccination to the Human Race;” while 
your present lecturer submitted an article upon “The 
Memorials of Jenner,” including monuments, busts, paint¬ 
ings, engravings and medals. 
During the week following, the State of Pennsylvania, 
represented by its Health Board and the State Medical 
Society, held a festival, and there w^ere others also in the 
cities of Baltimore and Brooklyn, N. Y., the latter of which 
was of extreme interest. The celebration was under /.he 
auspices of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, 
and was very largely attended. Addresses were made by 
Dr. George McNaughton, Dr. William Pepper, of Philadel¬ 
phia, late Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and a 
Newport resident, the Rt. Rev. H. C. Potter, Bishop of 
New York, also of Newport; Prof. William Welch, of 
Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Joseph H. Hunt, and Dr. 
