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accomplishments of this I trust that each member will give his 
earnest support. 
In many States we find our members working hard in their 
efforts to rear up State Associations, through which they are hoping 
to secure legislation, to have the profession work as a unit for any 
good step forward, and at the same time to promote better frater¬ 
nal feelings by mingling together their ideas and experiences and 
thus enhance the practical value of each individual member. In 
the associations formed about one year ago in several States, many 
are found laboring earnestly, while others have found it necessary 
to form other associations, that shall count in their membership 
only those who are graduates of recognized colleges. I shall not 
enter here into the discussion of the wisdom of such movements, 
for brevity would not permit a just consideration of the question. 
In the States of Hew York, Pennsylvania and Iowa, such associ¬ 
ations are now at work, while Hew Jersey will soon move to the 
fore in the same direction. This I do know, that our men have 
accomplished much good by such work, and none have been more 
zealous and faithful. In my own State vicious legislation has 
been defeated, wise legislation agitated, medical schools have been 
led to recognise our graduates, and many of the boldest forms of 
empiricism stamped out; while to the individual members much 
good feeling has been aroused among them, and from discussions 
and reading of papers much more efficient work emanated. We 
have made our meetings worth coming to, and can boast of a larger 
percentage in attendance than any other now in existence. This 
I believe to be one of the best methods of professional advance¬ 
ment, and I would urge every member to identify himself with 
such movements as long as they are maintained within the limits 
of a just propriety and true methods of labor. 
A few of our number have found time, at a great sacrifice, to 
become graduates in human medicine, which is a step to be very 
much encouraged, for it has a two-fold advantage in that it will 
make one a better practitioner and that it will allow you to min¬ 
gle with the medical profession, in their societies, etc. To the 
medical profession we owe much, for from among their number 
we have had some very zealous workers in our college. From 
