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roll of this Association ; that he be expelled from its membership, 
and that he be notified of this action of the meeting by the Secre¬ 
tary.” Motion carried by a unanimous vote. 
The Chairman of the Committee on Obituary reported no re¬ 
ply from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat in regard to charges for 
insertion of obituary; whereupon the meeting voted “that their 
silence be construed as affirming that said obituary had been in¬ 
serted free of expense, and that no further action be taken by 
the Association.” 
The meeting then listened to a very interesting paper by Mr. 
Agersborg. Subject: “ The Pathology and Treatment of Par¬ 
turient Fever.” The subject was very ably treated by the essay¬ 
ist, and an interesting discussion followed, participated in by a 
number of the members, at the conclusion of which a unanimous 
vote of thanks was extended to the author. 
At the next meeting, held January 19th, at the conclusion of 
the regular order of business, Mr. Moulton read a paper on the 
subject of “ Heredity ; the part it plays in the production of 
disease.” The paper was very interesting, the essayist arguing 
that any disease of the animal organization, whether of structure 
or function, was liable to transmission from parent to offspring, 
though the hereditary character of a functional derangement, un¬ 
accompanied by any apparent structural change, may be more 
frequently overlooked, but is nevertheless as well established. 
Considerable discussion ensued on the subject, and the thanks 
of the meeting were extended to the author of the paper. 
Announcement was made that a paper would be read at the 
next meeting by Mr. Weise, and the w r eek following by Mr. 
Traver. 
No other business coming before the meeting, it was ad 
journed. 
L. S. Howard, Secretary. 
