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SECOND DAY.

WEDNESDAY, April 14th, 1875.

The Association met April 14th pursuant to adjournment, at the Hall of the Medical and Surgical Society of Montgomery, and was called to order by the President at 10 o'clock A. M.

Some reports, under 5th order, from County Societies, were read by the Secretary.

The report of the Board of Censors was again postponed until to-morrow morning, by request of the Senior Censor.

Dr. Cochran now read a paper on Small Pox, commencing with its history as it appeared in Mobile in 1864–5, giving an interesting history of that terrible pestilence in several large cities, and entering at length into the causes, mode of spread, treatment, curative and preventive, the subject of vaccination, and all other important questions involved in the subject.

At the conclusion of the reading of the report there was a somewhat lengthy discussion on the subject, participated in by Drs. Gaines, Guild, Baldwin, Cochran, Gaston and Seelye.

Dr. W. A. Bradfield now read a report of cases of Puerperal Eclampsia and a case of Necrosis, in which amputation was performed by aid of Esmarch's apparatus. These reports may be found in their proper place.

He exhibited the spicule of bone removed, and Esmarch's apparatus used by him.

On motion of Dr. Michel the annual address of the Presi dent was referred to the Board of Censors.

Dr. E. A. Semple invited the association and profession to meet him to-night, immediately after Dr. Ketchum's address, at the residence of Mr. Joel White, to partake of his hospitality.

The Association now adjourned until 8 o'clock this evening, when it reassembled to attend in a body the address of Dr. Geo. A. Ketchum, of Mobile.

The House of Counsellors to convene this afternoon at 2

o'clock, in this place.

The Association to-day lunched at the residence of Dr. J. S. Weatherly, President.

NIGHT SESSION.

The Association met at 8 o'clock P. M., and attended the address of Dr. Ketchum.

Dr. Weatherly introduced to the audience Dr. G. A. Ketchum, and in doing so said that Dr. Summers, who had been appointed Orator, was absent in Europe, and Dr. Johnston of Marion, alternate, was unexpectedly prevented from attending by sickness in his family, which made it necessary for him to be absent from the State at this time. Dr. Ketchum had, at the request of the Association, consented to deliver an address, rather than that this part of the annual Proceedings should be omitted. His address was without previous notice or preparation for the occasion, but he was satisfied it would interest the audience.

Dr. Ketchum selected as the subject of his address the Code of Ethics of the Profession. He referred to the first Code, established by Hippocrates, and the advancement the profession has made from that day to the present, as well in its Ethics as in the science of medicine. He treated the present Code of Ethics under the following heads: (1.) The duty of the physician to his patients; (2.) The duty of the patient to his physician; (3.) The duty of the members of

the profession to each other; (4.) The duty of the profession to the public, and the duty of the public to the profession. Under these several heads, the learned gentleman discussed his subject with great ability and much eloquence. The style of his address was admirable, and the manner of its delivery most excellent and agreeable.

There was a large audience present, all of whom were well pleased.

THIRD DAY.

THURSDAY, April 15th, 1875.

The Association met pursuant to adjournment on Thursday, April 15th, at the Hall of the Medical and Surgical Society of Montgomery, and were called to order by the President, Dr. Weatherly, in the Chair, at half-past ten o'clock.

The report of the Board of Censors being announced as ready, the Senior Censor, Dr. Jerome Cochran, proceeded to read it.

THE SECOND ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

Board of Censors of the Medical Association

OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA,

INTRODUCTION.

In the report which we submitted last year, we gave expression to some sen▾ timents which we desire to repeat with as much emphasis as we are capable of using. They are these:

"We have no hesitation in saying that the Medical Profession is fully able to bring about a reformation of all the evils from which it suffers. But this consummation most devoutly to be wished, cannot be accomplished by wishing-cannot be accomplished either by means of grandiloquent speeches and paper resolutions--can indeed be accomplished only in one way, namely: by wise and resolute work, and by thorough organization and concert of action among the members of the Profession.

"To construct out of the scattered members of our Profession a powerful organization, and through this organization to secure concert of action and the prevalence of wise and prudent counsels-this is the mission of our Association."

It is fitting that this mission of our Association should always be borne in mind so that we may always appreciate our obligations and responsibilities, so that we may see clearly what our duty is and pursue it with unwavering resolution, so that each one of us may always remember that it is not for his own advancement that he is to labor, but for the advancement in honor, dignity and influence of the Profession of Medicine.

It is also well that we should understand further that the primary and principal object of our Association is not the cultivation of the Science and Art of Medicine. Truly this is a matter not to be neglected, and incidentally we hope to accomplish something in this direction also. But it is not this which

we have chiefly at heart. Studies of this sort might perhaps be pursued quite as profitably, and much less expensively, at home. We will appreciate most adequately the real character of the Association if we regard it as a Medical Legislature, having for its highest function the governmental direction of the Medical Profession of the State; while its other functions, important as they may be in themselves, are, in comparison with this, of quite subordinate rank. It will not be amiss here to quote that Article of our Constitution, namely, the third, which relates to the objects of the Association. It is in these words: "ARTICLE 3. The objects of this Association shall be to organize the Medical Profession of the State in the most efficient manner possible; to encourage a high standard of medical education, and regulate the qualifications of practitioners of medicine within the State; to promote professional brotherhood and encourage a high standard of professional ethics; to combine the influence of all the medical men in the State so as to secure by legislative enactments their own legitimate rights and privileges, and the protection of the people against all medical quackery and humbug; to encourage the study of the medical botany, medical climatology, and medical topography of the State; to secure careful and reliable accounts of all the endemic and epidemic diseases of the State; in a word, to watch over and protect, encourage and aggrandize all the interests of the Medical Profession of the State."

THE STATE-BOARD OF HEALTH.

At the session of the Association last year, in Selma, the Board of Censors was instructed to present for the consideration of the General Assembly of the State a bill entitled "A bill to establish Boards of Health in the State of Alabama."

We have to report that in reference to this matter we have endeavored to fulfill the wishes of the Association. We submitted the bill to the General Assembly, together with a printed memorial, explaining the grounds upon which the Medical Association deemed it advisable that it should be enacted into a law. The memorial in question is here subjoined:

"Nos etiam Speravimus meliora,"

THE MEMORIAL OF THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE OF

ALABAMA.

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives

of the State of Alabama, in General Assembly convened:

We, the Board of Censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, at the last annual session of the Association, which was held in the city

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