A CARD. THE Committee of Publication regret that they have not been able to undertake the publication of all the papers submitted to the State Medical Society, at its second Session. A desire to keep the work within reasonable bounds, and a knowledge of the state of the Society's funds, have imposed upon the Committee the necessity of making abstracts, that present all the material facts, of such of the reports as were best adapted to that process. It may not be amiss to say that the mere fact of publication by the State Medical Society does not necessarily make the Society endorse the opinions and sentiments of the Reports; they rest upon their own merits. THEODORE S. BELL, E. D. FOREE, G. W. RONALD. TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Kentucky State Medical Society. Ar the second annual meeting of the State Medical Society, held in the Circuit Court room, in Louisville, on the 20th day of October, 1852, at 1 o'clock, P. M., the President, Dr. W. L. Sutton, took the chair and called the Society to order. Dr. J. B. Flint offered the following amendment to Section 2d of Article III. of the Constitution: Any regular practitioner in the State of Kentucky may become a candidate for admission to the Society, by the nomination of any member thereof, and if, at that time, or at any subsequent meeting, he receive a majority of the votes of the members present, sign the constitution, and pay the initiatory fee, he shall become a member. Lies over one day. Dr. Gross moved to call the roll of members, when the following were found to be present: N. B. Anderson, R. J. Breckenridge, W. S. Chipley, W. R. Chew, J. Dudley, E. C. Drain, J. C. Darby, A. Evans, J. B. Flint, E. D. Foree, S. D. Gross, W. H. Miller, J. P. Letcher, Henry Miller, T. G. Richardson, W. L. Sutton, W. C. Sneed, C. H. Spillman, D. D. Thompson. Various members proposed candidates for membership, numbering in all forty-six, Dr. Henry Miller seconding the whole list. Dr. H. Miller moved the appointment of a committee to prepare a plan for the order of proceedings, to report at the meeting after recess. The President appointed Drs. Breckenridge, Anderson, and Spillman. The Society, upon motion, took a recess until 3 o'clock. 3 O'CLOCK, P. M. The Society met pursuant to adjournment, the President in the chair. An invitation from Dr. L. P. Yandell, Dean of the Medical Faculty, Louisville University, to visit the Medical Department, was read, received and accepted. Dr. Miller moved to ballot for the candidates for membership, whereupon the following gentlemen were unanimously elected: Dr. Lewellyn Powell, Louisville, Dr. Jno. Whitney, Lexington, Wm. M. Chambers, Covington, U. E. Ewing, do Chas. D. Bruce, do Thos. J. Moore, Harrodsburg, Jas. Knapp, Louisville, R. C. Hewett, do Mandeville Thum, G. W. Thum, B. M. Wible, do B. F. Trabue, Glasgow, N. B. Cromwell, Lexington, Dr. Breckenridge, on the mode of proceedings, reported as follows: The Committee appointed to prepare an order of business for the Government of the State Medical Society, during its present Session, would recommend the following: 1. Election of Members. 2. Appointment of Committee for nominating officers, for ensuing year. 3. Miscellaneous business. 4. President's address, at 7 1-2 o'clock, P. M., to-morrow. Reading of the various reports of the Standing Committees. Unfinished business from last year. The Committee would respectfully suggest that 15 or 20 minutes, at the opening of each session, be set apart for the purpose of receiving such resolutions as may be offered. Dr. Gross moved that the thanks of the Society be given to the Committee of Publication of the Indiana State Medical Society, |