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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
following were rejected: Drs. Wm. A. Birch, Thos. D. Young, 
Bichard Clionn and Jos. Oechsle. 
Tlie meeting was called to order at 1 p. m., and the above 
report was rendered by the Chairman. Dr. McCoart took ex¬ 
ception to the report, and especially to the rejection of Dr. Wm.. 
A. Birch, and in championing his student’s cause, he called upon 
the Chair to have Mr. Birch come before the Association and to 
allow the Board of Censors to examine him. As his preceptor, 
he claimed his ability as a teacher t and that his student was able 
to pass a favorable examination, and followed these remarks witli 
a motion for exceptions to the Board’s decision, but it was ruled 
out of order, the President quoting from the Constitution that 
the decision of the Board was final, and he so ruled. Dr. 
McCoart moved that exception be taken to the Chair’s ruling, 
and that the report referring to Mr. Wm. A. Birch be laid upon 
the table. The motion as to whether the exception should be 
allowed was placed before the body, and the Chair was sustained. 
It was then moved and seconded that the report be accepted as 
read, and carried. 
The report of Corresponding Secretary was then heard and 
approved. The Treasurer’s report followed and was accepted. 
The reading of essays being in order, Dr. Beinhart responded 
with an article upon vertigo stomach staggers. The discus¬ 
sion following was indulged in by Dr. Hooker, who objected 
to the large use of purgatives in such cases; and by Dr. Blank, 
who referred to a case of superpurgation which followed the ad¬ 
ministration of 8 drams of aloes, terminating in death. The 
essayist quoted one case where he gave 60 minims of croton oil. 
Dr. Knight advocated small doses of aloes and charcoal for a 
week, then dropping it for a day or so, and continuing again, 
claiming that it regulated the condition of the digestive organs. 
Dr. Glass then brought up the disease now prevalent, which 
causes a disordered condition of the lower part of the limbs, and 
gave a synopsis of the trouble. As the causes he referred to the 
long continued ice and snow, which being followed by a long 
continued thaw, and the dirt and slush aided by the use of salt 
on the tracks made a good freezing mixture, which in contact 
