Am,  Jour.  Phaim 
June, 1880 
Editorial. 
J35 
cians  and  Surgeons  Medical  Departnnent  of  Columbia  College  j  Dartmouth  Medical 
College,  Hanover,  N.  H.  ;  Connecticut  Medical  Society,  Rush  Medical  College, 
Chicago}  Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society,  State  University  of  Iowa  Medical 
Department,  Iowa  State  Medical  Society,  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan  School  of  Pharmacy  5  College  of  Physicians,  Philadelphia  5  Med- 
ical Department  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  University  of  the  City  of  New  York  Medical- 
Department,  Medical  Department  of  Medicine  and  Surgery  of  Michigan  Univer- 
sity, Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy,  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy,  Woman's 
Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  Medical  College  of  Indiana,  Medical  Society  of 
the  State  of  New  York,  College  of  Medicine  of  Syracuse  University,  Medical 
Department  of  U.  S.  Navy,  U.  S.  Marine  Hospital  Service  ;  Miami  Medical  College, 
Cincinnati;  Pennsylvania  College  of  Pharmacy,  Missouri  Medical  College,  St. 
Louis;  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  the  City  of  New  York;  Medicai 
Department  of  Howard  Univerity,  Washington,  D.  C.  ;  University  of  Albany, 
N.  Y.  ;  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia;  New  York  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine; Medical  and  Chirurgical  Faculty  of  Maryland,  Baltimore;  University  of 
Maryland,  Women's  Medical  College,  New  York  ;  North  Carolina  State  Medical 
Association. 
Objection  was  made  to  admitting  the  delegates  from  some  of  the  bodies,  on  the 
ground  that  they  were  not  strictly  entitled  to  seats  under  the  call  of  the  Convention, 
which  embraced  "incorporated  State  Medical  Societies,  incorporated  Medical  Col- 
leges, incorporated  Colleges  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  incorporated  Colleges 
of  Pharmacy." 
Dr.  Busey,  of  Washington,  moved  to  admit  delegates  from  Medical  Departments 
o\  the  Army  and  Navy  and  from  the  Marine  Hospital  Service;  also  those  from  the 
Medical  Society  of  the  District  of  Columbia.  Carried. 
The  motion  by  Prof  R.  E.  Rogers  to  admit  the  delegates  from  Philadelphia 
County  Medical  Society  gave  rise  to  considerable  discussion. 
Prof.  Remington  moved  that  the  Chairman  of  the  delegation  from  the  Philadel- 
phia County  Medical  Society,  Dr.  Heniy  H.  Smith,  be  invited  to  state  the  circum- 
stances which  led  to  the  appointment  of  these  delegates.  Dr.  Smith  explained  that 
the  Society  had  been  invited  to  send  delegates  by  Dr.  Morgan,  the  only  remaining 
officer  of  the  previous  convention,  that  they  had  taken  considerable  interest  in  the 
work  of  revising  the  Pharmacopoeia,  had  prepared  a  report  upon  the  revision,  which 
had  occupied  them  considerable  time,  and  that  they  had  not  anticipated  any  objec- 
tion to  the  admission  of  their  delegation,  as  similar  bodies  had  been  received  at  pre- 
vious conventions  without  challenge.  ^ 
After  hearing  the  statement  of  Dr.  Smith  the  Convention  decided  to  admit  the 
delegation,  and  Prof.  Rogers'  motion  was  therefore  carried. 
COMMITTEE  ON  NOMINATION. 
Mr.  Thomas  Doliber,  of  Boston,  moved  that  a  committee  on  nominations  be 
appointed,  consisting  of  one  member  from  each  body  represented  in  the  Convention, 
which  was  carried,  whereupon  the  Secretary  called  upon  each  of  the  various  delega- 
tions to  name  one  of  their  number  to  serve  upon  this  committee,  when  the  following 
were  appointed:    S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  A.  B.  Taylor,  C.  Louis  Diehl,  Jos.  Roberts, 
