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NATIONAL MEDICAL CONVENTION. 
Society, and Samuel G. Baker, M. D.,and William A. Aiken, 
M. D., delegates from the University of Maryland, reached 
Washington ; and, by public notice in the papers, stated their 
full concurrence in the measures adopted by the Convention. 
The Convention elected Lewis Condict, M. D., of New 
Jersey, President ; George B. Wood, M. D., of Philadelphia, 
Vice President ; N. W. Worthington, M. D., of Georgetown, 
D. C, Secretary ; and Harvey Lindsly, M. D., of Washing- 
ton, Assistant Secretary. 
With the view of giving the various medical interests of the 
country their due weight in the deliberations of the Conven- 
tion, the Surgeon General of the Army, and the Senior Naval 
Surgeon at Washington, were invited to participate in the 
proceedings. 
After some other preliminary business, the Convention 
adopted the following resolution, offered by Dr. Bache : 
Resolved, That the delegates from the different medical 
bodies represented in this Convention, be requested to present 
any written communications with which they may have been 
charged. 
Upon calling over the several delegations, it appeared, that 
no written communication had been forwarded to the Conven- 
tion, except by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Dr. 
Bache presented from this College several documents, which 
he stated had been prepared with great industry and care, 
with a view to facilitate the revision and emendation of the 
Pharmacopoeia of 1830. This communication elicited discus- 
sion ; but with a view to more definite action, Dr. Lindsly 
proposed the following resolution, which was adopted. 
Resolved, That the communication from the College of 
Physicians of Philadelphia be referred to a Committee, who 
shall also be instructed to report apian by which the revision 
and publication of the Pharmacopoeia may be carried into ef- 
fect. 
It was resolved that the Committee should consist of five 
members, to be named by the President ; and Drs. Bache, 
Davis, Stevens, Cohen, and Dunn, were appointed. 
