change the By-Laws. I am in favor of postponing the consideration of the By-Laws until the next meeting.

Carried.

The President stated that the next thing for consideration was the next place of meeting.

The Secretary said two invitations had been received, one from Brunswick, the other from the New Cumberland Island Hotel Company.

On motion, Cumberland Island was selected as the next place of meeting.

Dr. Hiers: I desire to offer a resolution:

Resolved, That we, the Medical Association of Georgia, heartily appreciate the constant and marked courtesies extended to us by the local profession and citizens of the city of Macon during our session drawing to a close, and that we will each of us carry to our homes the most pleasant recollections of our stay in Georgia's Central City; that we also express our thanks to the railroads and transportation companies for their kindness in giving us reduced rates. Seconded and unanimously carried.

Dr. Moore: I wish to offer a resolution:

Resolved, That this Association recommends the passage by the Legislature of an act to create a Commissioner of Health and Drainage for the State of Georgia.

Seconded.

Dr. Morgan: I wish to offer as a substitute that the Association appoint as a committee of one Dr. LeHardy, who is conversant with the question, has given it a great deal of attention, and is one of the best authorities in the South, and to properly bring it to the attention of the public and the legislature at the next meeting. This gives him the indorsement of the Association.

Seconded and carried.

The President-elect was then escorted to the chair.

The retiring President said: "I feel a great deal of satis

faction in having had the honor to preside over the greatest meeting in the history of the Association, and I desire to return to you my thanks for the interest you have displayed and thanks to the various committees that have worked unceasingly throughout the year to make this meeting a success. It is my earnest hope that you will appreciate more fully what has been done and will continue to give your earnest co-operation to the newly elected officers, who are fully competent to carry forward the good work and give us grander results than what we have yet achieved. It is with much pleasure that I present to you your new President, upon whom the responsibility of this office now rests." [Ap plause.]

The President-elect, Dr. Morgan, was warmly received on rising to speak. He said:

"Mr. President, and Gentlemen: Words are entirely inadequate to express the high appreciation for the honor this Association has conferred upon me. It is a high honor, one worthy the aspiration of any physician in this country. I consider it one of the highest honors that can fall to the lot of a medical man in this State, to be President of this Association. This honor came to me absolutely unsought and unexpected. You probably have bestowed it upon unworthy shoulders. No one man can make a success of this Association; but if the President, be he whoever he may, has the hearty co-operation of the members, he can make it a grand success.

"Our retiring President has set a high standard for us, one that is exceedingly difficult to equal, and almost impossible to excel, and all I can possibly promise you is that my very best efforts shall be devoted to keeping it up with this high standard, and I shall expect your entire hearty co-operation in everything. I shall call upon you freely, as I regard the President of this Association as the servant of it, elected to this office, not to honor himself, but to carry

out the wishes and the best interests of the Association. Regarding the trust as such, I will do all in my power to make our next year as prosperous as this one has been." [Applause.]

Dr. Hiers also made a brief speech, thanking the Association for electing him one of the Vice-Presidents.

On motion of Dr. Drake, a vote of thanks was extended to the Macon Medical Society for its hospitality, entertainment and kind treatment of the Medical Association of Georgia at its meeting here.

Seconded and carried.

The President said that it was necessary to have a Committee of Arrangements for next year.

Dr. Moore said that inasmuch as Cumberland Island had been selected as the place of meeting, it would be wise to confer with the Cumberland Island Hotel Company as to arrangements, etc.

The President appointed the following delegates to the American Medical Association:

Wm. H. Doughty.

J. C. King.

E. C. Goodrich.

J. H. Shorter..

J. B. S. Holmes. J. B. Morgan... Wm. H. Elliott. T. D. Walker.. Wm. O'Daniel. G. W. Mulligan. Eugene Foster.. R. B. Barron. Chas. C. Hicks. H. McHatton.

J. W. Bailey.

A. W. Calhoun..

B. R. Doster, Jr..

F. W. McRae..

H. F. Scott..

J. H. Goss..

R. R. Kime..

L. G. Hardman...

J. W. Eberhart.

H. R. Slack...

L. H. Jones..

Geo. H. Noble

W. F. Westmoreland

R. H. Taylor

H. P. Cooper

A. M. Burt

J. H. Duggan

K. P. Moore

The following papers were read by title:

1. "A Study of the Refraction of One Thousand Eyes," by Dr. C. H. Peete, of Macon.

2. "Impurities of Drinking Water," by Dr. C. B. Hurt,

of Atlanta.

3. "Functional Weakness in Organically Healthy Eyes," by Dr. J. H. Shorter, of Macon.

4. "Some Amusing Instances of Nasal Reflex," by Dr. A. G. Hobbs, of Atlanta.

5. "The Neuroses of Children," by Dr. Catherine Collins, of Atlanta.

6. "Some Recent Surgical Cases," by Dr. Hunter P. Cooper, of Atlanta.

7. "Cystitis," by Dr. Frank M. Ridley, of LaGrange. 8. "Fractures of Skull, with Report of Cases," by Dr. W. B. Tate, of Tate.

9. "The Induction of Premature Labor in the Interest of the Mother and Child," by Dr. E. R. Corson, of Savannah.

10. "Obstetric Surgery," by Dr. Joseph Eve Allen, of Au

gusta.

11. "Ascites in Abdominal Surgery," by Dr. Virgil O. Hardon, of Atlanta.

12. "The Treatment of Pleuritis," by Dr. Newt. Anderson, of Eudora.

13. "Laparo-Hysterotomy, Report of a Successful Case, and a Plea for its More Frequent Adoption," by Dr. A. Moody Burt, of Sparta.

14. "Hernia," by Dr. W. F. Westmoreland, of Atlanta. 15. "Puerperal Infection, its Causes and Treatment," by Dr. I. H. Goss, of Athens.

16. "Spinal Paralysis," by Dr. W. J. Cox, of Barnesville. 17. "Some Practical Suggestions in Regard to the Tongue, Pulse and Temperature," by Dr. W. S. Kendrick, of Atlanta.

18. "Morphine and its Effects," by Dr. Addison K. Bell, of Madison.

19. "Some Remarks on the Treatment of of Chronic Otorrhea," by Dr. Dunbar Roy, of Atlanta.

20. "Keratitis Parenchymatosa, a Review of Seven Cases," by Dr. T. E. Mitchell, of Columbus.

21. "Report of a Case of Extra-uterine Pregnancy," by Dr. J. R. Shannon, of Cabaniss.

22. "Report of Case of Empyema in Infant, Aged Seven Months, with Operation and Recovery," by Dr. T. R. Garlinton, of Rome.

23. "Fracture of the Skull, with Report of Cases," by Dr. W. S. Elkin, of Atlanta.

24. "Chorea," by Dr. Hugh Hagan, of Atlanta.

25. "Report of Case of Central Laceration of Perineum Case," by Dr. W. A. Crowe, of Atlanta.