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EDITORIAL. 
From the Medical Society of Delaware, Drs. Tsaac Jump and J. 
W. Thomson. 
From the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, Drs. 
David Stewart and Joshua I. Cohen. 
From the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, Drs. J. C. 
Hall and Harvey Lindsly. 
From the National Medical College of the District of Columbia, 
Drs. Joshua Riley, Thomas Miller, and Edward Foreman. 
From the Medical Department of the National Institute, D. C, 
Drs. Jas. Wynne and S. D. Gale. 
From the Georgetown Medical College, Dr. F. Howard. 
And from the Rush Medical College^IUinois, Dr. G. N. Fitch. 
The credentials of delegates from the New Hampshire Medical 
Institution, the University of Buffalo, the Medical Department of 
Hampden Sidney College, the Medical Society of South Carolina, 
the Medical College of Ohio, the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy, 
the Missouri Medical Society, and the Medical Faculty of the Uni- 
versity of Iowa, were presented by the Vice President of the Con- 
vention of 1840 ; but these delegates did not make their appearance 
during the session of the convention. 
A temporary organization was effected by calling Dr. Lewis Con- 
dict, President of the Convention of 1840, to the chair, and appoint- 
ing Dr. Harvey Lindsly, Secretary. A committee of five was then 
appointed, consisting of Dr. Bache, Dr. Mauran, Dr. Thomson, Dr. 
Miller, and Mr. Coggeshall, to nominate the permanent officers of 
the convention, with instructions to name two Vice Presidents, in 
stead of one, as had been the custom on former occasions. This 
committee retired, and, after a short consultation, reported the names 
of the following delegates, viz : 
For President, Dr. George B. Wood, of Pennsylvania. 
For Vice Presidents, Dr. Joseph Mauran, of Rhode Island, and Dr. 
D. Y. Simons, of South Carolina. 
For Secretary, Dr. Harvey Lindsly, of the District of Columbia : 
and for Assistant Secretary, Dr. Edward Foreman, of the same 
place. 
The nominations were confirmed by the convention, and the Pre- 
sident took the chair. 
[A committee of three were appointed to examine the credentials 
of the delegates who reported in acco rdance with the preceding list. 
It was on motion Resolved, that an invitation be extended to the 
Surgeon General of the Army, and the Chief of the Naval Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery to sit with the Convention and take part in 
its proceedings. 
And after some discussion, it was further Resolved, to invite such 
members of the two Houses of Congress as might be medical gradu- 
ates, to participate in the deliberations of the convention.] 
In conformity with the directions of the preceding convention, the 
Committee of Revision and Publication appointed by that body, pre- 
sented a report of their proceedings, which was accepted. 
The delegates of the several medical bodies represented in the 
