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well as the important and ever-expanding subject of sanitary 
medicine, including meat and milk inspection—that the possi¬ 
bilities of human exertion will not permit of such vast and 
varied accomplishments, save possibly where there are excep¬ 
tional opportunities. We are convinced, therefore, that the 
introduction of clinical work into local, State, and national 
association meetings will be of the greatest benefit to their mem¬ 
bers, and is destined to reach a high degree of popularity, and 
to remain upon their programmes as a permanent fixture. Dr. 
Robert W. Kllis, of New York City, read a very thoughtful 
paper upon this subject at the meeting of the State Society last 
month, and while it is referred to at some length in this issue 
of the Rkview in the report of that meeting, we shall print the 
paper in its entirety in the next number. The Minnesota 
Association gave up nearly its entire programme to surgical 
clinics in August, and its very conservative Secretary, Dr. D. 
Hay, closed his report of the meeting by saying that it was the 
most successful in every way that had ever been held in the 
State. 
In the case of the National Association, other subjects were 
not neglected; even more could have been considered, since 
each evening was given up to pleasure. It became only an 
addition of great value, and when the facilities are better, and 
the proposed surgical procedures are described by the operator 
in a paper to be read before the association prior to the demon¬ 
stration, they will be even more highly appreciated than they 
were at Omaha. 
Taking the early fall meetings in general—especially the 
American, the New York, the Pennsylvania, and the Minnesota 
they were well attended, valuable, and encouraging, and have 
given an impetus to association work that will exert an influ¬ 
ence for years to come. 
THE CASE OF DR. HUIDEKOPER. 
Dr. R. S. Huidekoper, who was appointed at the outbreak 
of the war to a high position in the Medical Department, is the 
