actions are published in the " Boston Medical and Surgical Journal." The annual meeting for the election of officers is held the second Saturday in January. The semi-annual election of new members takes place in April and October.

OFFICERS.

President-R. L. Hodgdon, M. D.

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First Vice-President — C. D. Homans, M. D.
Second Vice-President - W. C. B. Fifield, M. D.
Treasurer-W. L. Richardson, M. D.
Recording Secretary - C. W. Swan, M. D.
Corresponding Secretary - Hall Curtis, M. D.

Prudential Committee — Drs. W. W. Wellington, A. D. Sinclair, C. E. Stedman, William Ingalls.

Publishing Committee - Drs. B. E. Cotting, Francis Minot, F. W. Draper.

S. L. Abbot.

G. J. Arnold.

J. N. Borland.

F. H. Brown.

C. E. Buckingham.
J. R. Chadwick.
B. E. Cotting.
Hall Curtis.
F. W. Draper.
P. O'M. Edson.
W. C. B. Fifield.
E. J. Forster.
R. L. Hodgdon.

MEMBERS.

C. D. Homans.
Alfred Hosmer.
William Ingalls.
G. H. Lyman.
Francis Minot.
Luther Parks.
J. P. Reynolds.
W. L. Richardson.
A. D. Sinclair.
C. E. Stedman.
C. W. Swan.
Henry Tuck.

W. W. Wellington.

The Boston Society of Medical Sciences.

This society was organized September 9, 1869, and has for its object "the promotion of the sciences connected with medicine."

Its meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month, excepting June, July, and August, at half-past seven P. M., at the houses of the members.

Members of the society may invite regular physicians, or scientific persons specially interested in the objects of the society, to be present at the meetings.

Elections for membership take place in April and November. Any regular physician is eligible. The annual assessment is four dollars.

The officers of the society are a Secretary and a Treas urer; a Committee of Publication, consisting of the Secretary (chairman, ex officio) and two other members; and a Nominating Committee, consisting of three members, all elected annually, at the meeting in September.

The scientific communications of the Society are published in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal."

Nominating Committee - Drs. H. K. Oliver, J. C. White, J. C. War

South Boston Medical Club.

The club is composed of Fellows of the Massachusetts Medical Society living in South Boston, and has for its objects professional improvement and social intercourse.

It was organized February 25, 1873, and meets at houses of members on the second Thursday of each month. The annual meeting is held in November.

The club subscribe for and circulate a number of the current medical periodicals.

Association of Life Insurance Examiners.

The association was formed February 19, 1873, for the purpose of uniting the examiners of the various life insurance companies represented in Boston in such a manner as to give mutual coöperation and support; to induce a more full understanding of the duties and responsibilities of medical examiners; and to consider other subjects, important to the members themselves and the companies they represent.

All regularly appointed examiners, in good professional standing, living in Boston or vicinity, are eligible to membership.

The annual meeting is held in Boston on the third Wednesday in February; and other meetings at such times as may be necessary.

Treasurer and Secretary — F. H. Brown, M. D.

Boston Society for Dental Improvement.

The society meets on the second Tuesday of each month, except July and August, at the houses of the members. The number of members is limited to twenty.

OFFICERS.

Secretary and Treasurer―T. O. Loveland, D. M. D., Boston.

Boston Microscopical Society.

Organized in April, 1874, for the purposes indicated by the name of the society.

It consists of President, corresponding and honorary members; the last being limited to ten. Resident members only are entitled to vote, hold office, or transact business; others members may attend the meetings and take

part in the scientific discussions of the society. Any person of respectable character and attainments, who is interested in the subject of microscopy, residing in the city of Boston or its neighborhood, is eligible to membership.

The annual meeting is held on the first Thursday in March; stated meetings for business on the first Thursday in each month, except July and August; and meetings for scientific purposes on the third Thursday of each month, except June, July, and August.

The initiation fee is five dollars, and an annual assessment, not to exceed a similar amount, is paid by each resident member.

OFFICERS.

President - David Hunt, Jr., M. D., Boston.

Vice-Presidents — A. P. Sharples, Boston; A. F. Holt, M. D., Cambridgeport.

Treasurer and Secretary — R. R. Andrews, Cambridge.
Custodian-I. A. Osgood.

Boston Druggists' Association.

Organized in 1875 to secure unity among the members, and for social intercourse. All reputable druggists are eligible to membership on making proper application, and paying an initiation fee of five dollars.

The annual meeting is held on the fourth Tuesday of January, and monthly meetings for social purposes on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

OFFICERS.

President Theodore Metcalf.
Treasurer-S. A. D. Sheppard.
Secretary-W. F. Horton.

Dental Alumni Association of Harvard University.

This association was organized in 1870, for the purpose

of uniting the alumni of the Harvard Dental School.

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