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Liautard with an order for as many copies of the same as the Association may 
deem required. 
Thanking you for the courtesy shown me during my term of office, wishing 
you a pleasant and profitable meeting and expressing a bright hope in the future 
prosperity and usefulness of our Association, I remain, 
Yours fraternally, 
Reynolds, III., Nov. 13, 1890. Tait Butler. 
Dr. Brown : I am very much interested in Dr. Butler’s statements. I think 
we ought all to be subscribers and readers of the journals. 
Dr. G. A. Johnson: It seems to me the journals are so scientific that the 
ordinary member of the profession is discouraged from sending practical papers 
for publication. 
Dr. W. L. Williams : The intensely scientific articles are printed in such ex¬ 
cess of more practical interest because the practical papers cannot be obtained 
and the columns of the journals must be occupied. I do not know of any in¬ 
stance of a refusal to publish any practical contribution sent them. 
Dr. Johnson : I was solicited for a paper read by me before this Society last 
year. I forwarded the paper, but it has not been published as yet. 
Dr. Derwent: I sent a report of a, to me, interesting case to one of the jour¬ 
nals, which was promptly published. 
Dr. Morse : I very much admire the high tone of our journals. Let us 
help to maintain the high plane which they occupy and get upon that level our¬ 
selves. Our practical papers can be scientific. 
Dr. Johnson : Who as practitioners care to read about the anatomy of wild 
fowls and monkeys, and long-drawn-out articles on tuberculosis in birds. 
Dr. Williams : It occurs to me that all articles on tuberculosis, even in 
birds, are worthy of our perusal since this disease is found to be so widely dis¬ 
tributed throughout the animal kingdom ; then if the reader does not feel any 
interest in some special articles published, he can omit them; others may enjoy 
and appreciate them. 
Dr. Stewart: I am satisfied that any paper prepared with reasonable care by 
any member of this Association will be quite sure of publication if it reaches the 
editorial office. The management of our journals are very glad to receive con¬ 
tributions and reports of cases, and will be pleased to increase the space allotted 
to this class of material if the supply is abundant. So I would suggest that you 
lay aside any hesitation you may have in this matter and send reports of your 
cases to the journals. Dr. Butler’s address cannot be considered as flattering us 
as an active Association. I hope we may act upon some of his suggestions and 
do some work of merit this coming year. Cannot we gather the facts for several 
papers by co-operative observation and study ? I think we can. 
Dr. Williams explained a plan whereby the Society as a whole could work 
together in the study of one subject and the construction of one paper, and of¬ 
fered to take the subject of osteo-porosis. On this plan Dr. G. A. Johnson will 
take the cornstalk disease, and Dr. Morse will take operations on the sciatic 
nerve for the cure of spavin. Others will be solicited. 
Dr. W. L. Williams read a very valuable paper on “Odontomes,” and illus¬ 
trated his paper by exhibiting many specimens of the several varieties of tooth 
tumors. 
