38 MINUTES OF THE TENTH ANNUAL MEETING. assurance, that the recollection of their short sojourn in Tennessee will be cherished as dearly as the remembrance of the far-off sound of water by the exhausted and way worn traveller. By Dr. MEANS Resolved, That the earnest thanks of this body be presented to the authorities of the State and City, who have tendered this mag nificent State Capitol for their sittings during the present session. By Dr. CURREY Resolved, That the thanks of this Association be tendered to the Reporters of the City Press, for the accuracy and promptness with which they have reported the proceedings of the Association, and to the Publishers, for the liberal supply of their morning papers during the Sessions of the Association. By Dr. WISTER— Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be presented to Dr. WM. BRODIE, for the efficiency with which he has discharged his duties as Secretary. By Dr. BYFORD Resolved, That the State and County Societies throughout the Union be requested to recommend their members to purchase the Transactions of the American Medical Association, and that their officers act as agents for the same. On motion of Dr. GUNN, of Michigan, the Association recognized the presentation of a pamphlet by HENRY FRASER CAMPBELL, M. D., claiming "Priority in the Discovery and Naming of the ExcitoSecretory System of Nerves." On motion of Dr. BYFORD, the Association then adjourned sine die. R. C. FOSTER, A. J. SEMMES, Secretaries. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION. THE Committee of Publication respectfully report: That as soon after the adjournment of the Association, at Detroit, as was practicable, volume ix. of the Transactions was put to press, and copies were distributed in the first week of November of last year. The size of the edition was one thousand. The aggregate expense of printing, paper, illustration, and binding, was eighteen hundred and forty-six dollars and eighty-seven cents ($1,846 87). The distribution of the volume was, as in previous instances, effected by express, and where a number was required at any one point, they were sent in large packages, and the services of a resident member of the Association was solicited to superintend their delivery. In some instances, copies were sent by mail, the recipients bearing the expense of postage. The Committee would respectfully urge upon the Association the necessity of keeping down the size of future volumes, as any increase would preclude the possibility of delivery through the post-office, and distant members thus lose the opportunity of receiving the Transactions. The present volume is of the utmost limit receivable by the post-office department. The following gentlemen have rendered essential service to the Association in procuring subscribers to volume ix.: Dr. ALDEN MARCH, Albany, N. Y.; MED. SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE; Dr. C. GOODBRAKE, of Ill.; Dr. J. M. BORLAND, of Boston, Mass.; Dr. E. L. BEADLE, of N. Y.; Dr. C. HOOKER, of New Haven, Conn.; Dr. F. E. B. HINTZEY, of Balt., Md.: Drs. PALMER and MILLER, of Chicago, Ill.; and Dr. WM. BRODIE, of Detroit, Mich. The following gentlemen have kindly aided in distributing the VOL. X.--4 volume: Drs. H. W. DESAUSSURE, of Charleston, S. C.; J. L. ATLEE, of Lancaster, Pa.; J. B. LINDSLEY, of Nashville, Tenn.; and J. R. CLENDENNIN, of Cincinnati, Ohio. To all of these, the Committee desire to express their grateful acknowledgments. They also desire again to call the attention of the Association to the resolution adopted at the last and previous meeting, requiring all papers intended for publication in the volume for the year in which they are presented, to be in the hands of the Committee of Publication, on or before the 1st of June. Much delay is expe rienced by non-compliance with this resolution, and when this is coupled with that caused by the transmission of proofs to every part of the Country, it will explain the tardiness in issuing the Transactions, which, under other circumstances, might be in the hands of the members at a much earlier date than heretofore. The following schedule exhibits the number of volumes of the Transactions on hand at the close of the last session, those disposed of during the past year, and those now in possession of the Association. It will be seen that the Association now owns but five complete sets of the Transactions, which, by a resolution offered at the last meeting, they were directed to retain. Vol. I. On hand at date of last report Vol. II. On hand at date of last report Remaining (property of the Association) 12 15 726 Vol. V. On hand at date of last report 316 14 Remaining 302 |