principle of the drug, leaving out inert and extractive matter, always of uniform strength. Samples ready for distribution in the exhibit room, by Mr. Odena. SARCO PEPTOnes—Rudisch'S EXTRACT OF PEPTONIZED Beef. Sarco Peptones contain not only all the extractive substances, organic and inor ganic salts of the beef, but also most of its albuminous portion, converted into a soluble form known as Peptones. Samples to be had from Parke, Davis & Co. WHEREAS, There is before this body a resolution looking to the establishment of a State Botanic Garden; therefore, Be it resolved, That there be created by this Association a new Section, to be known as the Section on Dermatology and Medical Botany, with Chairman and Secretary, with all powers and authority of other Sections of this Association. Adopted. L. J. RUSSELL. The following resolution was introduced by Dr. Cummings, and adopted: WHEREAS, The New York State Medical Association has ignored the Code of Ethics, in one of its important provisions, so as to forfeit its representation in the American Medical Association; and WHEREAS, Some of its leading members have united in the organization of a new Association for the State of New York, under the National Code, the principles of which are recognized by the profession of regular medicine throughout the world; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Texas State Medical Association endorses the elevated course pursued by the gentlemen referred to, and congratulates them in severing their connection with the New York Association, and extends our best wishes in behalf of the new organization. Adopted. The Nominating Committee retired for work. Section on Ophthalmology was called. Dr. Tyner read two articles from Dr. George P. Hall, Chairman of the Section. (Dr. Hall was absent, on account of injuiries received from a railroad disaster which occurred as he was on his way to Belton.) Article entitled, "Temporary Nearsightedness caused by a Carious Molar Tooth." Also, "Four cases of Chronic Complicated Otorrhœa.” An article by Dr. C. W. Truehart, of Galveston, "Fibroid Tumor of the Middle Ear." An article by Dr. M. Salm, of Austin, "Some Rare Cases in My Practice." Both referred. Dr. R. H. Chilton, of Dallas, read an interesting article on “Organic Entropion and Distichiasis." Dr. Tyner and others made some remarks on the article, after which it was referred. Dr. Jas. A. Cox, of Will's Point, an article, “An Operation for Trichiasis." Also referred. Section on Surgery was called. Dr. W. H. Wilkes, of Waco, was called to the Chair. Dr. Q. C. Smith, of Austin, read an article, "Treatment of Fresh Open Wounds;" also presented an embryotomy shears of his invention. Dr. T. H. Nott, of Goliad, called attention to a number of specimens he had brought along from Southwest Texas: 1. A mulberry calculus. as large as a partridge egg, weighing 526 grains, removed from a young man by the medio-bilateral operation. 2. A number of hypertrophied tonsils, preserved in alcohol. 3. A vesical fibroid tumor, weighing 240 grains, removed from the bladder through the urethra. 4. A tumor, from the mouth of a man fifty years old. 5. A nest of chicken-bones, from the rectum of a child. Dr. W. H. Brown, of Waco, reported a case where he successfully removed a large stone measuring 102x71⁄2 inches in circumference, and weighing 12 ounces. 66 Dr. M. K. Lott, of Belton, read an article, “ Surgery in Cyclones, etc," which was referred. The Committee on Nominations came in and made their report. [Report of officers elect, chairmen, secretaries, delegates, committees, time and place of next meeting, will be found in the front pages of these proceedings.] Dr. H. C. Ghent, President elect, was then conducted to the stand and introduced by Dr. R. M. Swearingen. Dr. Ghent thanked the Association for the honor conferred upon him in the following remarks: Gentlemen of the Texas State Medical Association: I thank you most cordially for the honor you have this day seen fit to bestow upon me. This is the proudest moment of all my professional life. I have no language at all adequate to give expression to my emotions and gratitude on this occasion. In a government like ours, it has ever been considered an honor to be elevated to the highest political office within the gift of a free people, as that, for instance, of Governor of a great State like Texas, even when the office is sought; but to be tendered the highest office an association like this can confer—an association composed of gentlemen who have risen to distinction in one of the greatest and grandest professions in the world—the honor is ten-fold greater than any mere political preferment could be, however exalted. Coming, too, as this has done, unsolicited or unsought by me, and with such singular unanimity and heartiness from you, makes it peculiarly gratifying to me. Thanking you again, from the bottom of my heart, I beg leave to assure you, gentlemen, that I shall leave nothing undone, so far as I may have the power, to elevate the standard, advance the interests and promote the usefulness of the medical profession of the proud State of Texas. I shall endeavor to so preside over the Association as not to prove entirely unworthy of the honor and the trust. But to do so successfully, I must have the hearty and earnest assistance and co-operation of the Association. This, gentlemen, I most respectfully ask of each and all in the beginning. Dr. M. H. Oliver introduced the First Vice President, Dr. E. P. Becton, of Sulphur Springs, who responded in a happy and humorous speech. Dr. H. H. Darr, Second Vice President, was introduced by Dr. S. D. Thruston, and Dr. M. Matkin, Third Vice President, was also introduced, and both responded in very brief but appropriate remarks. Dr. A. P. Brown, retiring President, expressed his thanks to the Association. Dr. E. P. Becton moved a vote of thanks be tendered Dr. A. P. Brown for the able, impartial and dignified manner in which he has presided over the sessions of the Association. Dr. F. E. Daniel, Chairman of the Committee appointed to make recommendations on the subject of a State Board of Health, submitted the following bill, which was read and adopted: A BILL TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A STATE BOARD OF HEALTH IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. Be it Enacted, By the Legislature of the State of Texas: SECTION 1. That the Governor, with the consent of the Senate and upon the recommendation of the Texas State Medical Association, shall appoint seven practicing physicians resident in the State, who shall constitute the State Board of Health. The persons so appointed shall hold their offices for seven years; provided, that the terms of office of the seven first appointed shall be so arranged that the term of one shall expire on the 30th day of December of each year, and the vacancies so created, as well as all vacancies occurring otherwise, shall be filled by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, upon the recommendation of the Texas State Medical Association; provided, also, that appointments made when the Senate is not in session may be confirmed at its next ensuing session. SEC. 2. The State Board of Health shall have the general supervision of the interests of the health and life of the citizens of the State. They shall have charge of all matters pertaining to quarantine; and shall have authority to make such rules and regulations, and such sanitary investigations, as they may from time to time deem necessary, for the preservation or improvement of public health; and it shall be the duty of all police officers, sheriffs, constables and all other officers and employes of the State, to enforce such rules and regulations, so far as the efficiency and success of the Board may depend upon their official co-operation. SEC. 3. The Board of Health shall have supervision of the State system of registration of births and deaths as hereinafter provided; they shall make up such forms and recommend such legislation as shall be deemed necessary for the thorough registration of vital and mortuary statistics throughout the State. The Secretary of the Board shall be the superintendent of such registration. The clerical duties and the safe-keeping of the bureau of vital statistics thus created shall be provided by the Secretary of State. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of all physicians and accoucheurs in this State to register their names and postoffice address with the District Clerk of the district where they reside; and said physicians and accoucheurs shall be required, under penalty of ten dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State, at suit of the District Clerk, to report to the District Clerk within thirty days from date of their occurrence, all births and deaths which may come under their supervision, with a certificate of the cause of death, so far as to them known, and such correlative facts as the Board may require, in the blank forms furnished as hereinafter provided. SEC. 5. Where any birth or death shall take place, no physician or accoucheur being in attendance, the same shall be reported to the District Clerk within- -days from the date of [its] occurrence, with the supposed cause of death, by the parent, or if none, by the nearest of kin, not a minor, or if none, by the resident householder where the death shall occur, under penalty as provided in the preceding section of this act. SEC. 6. The coroners of the several counties shall be required to report to the District Clerk all cases of death which may come under their supervision, with the cause and mode of death, so far as can be ascertained, etc., as per forms furnished, under penalty as provided in section four (4) of this act. SEC. 7. All amounts recovered under the penalties herein provided shall be appropriated to a special fund for the carrying out of the object of this law. SEC. 8. The District Clerks of the several counties in the State shall be required to keep separate books for the registration of the names and postoffice address of physicians and accoucheurs, for births, for marriages and for deaths; said books shall always be open to inspection without fee; and said District Clerks shall be required to render a full and complete report of all births, marriages and deaths to the Secretary of the Board of Health, annually, and at such other times as the Board may direct. SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the Board of Health to prepare such forms for the record of births, marriages and deaths as they may deem proper; the said forms to be furnished by the Secretary of said Board to the District Clerks of the several counties, whose duty it shall be to furnish them to such persons as are herein required to make reports. SEC. 10. The first meeting of the Board shall be within fifteen days after their appointment, and thereafter in January and June of each year, and at such other times as the Board shall deem expedient. The meeting in January of each year shall be in Austin. A majority shall constitute a quorum. They shall choose one of their number to be President, and they may adopt rules and by-laws for their government, subject to the provisions of this act. SEC. 11. The President shall serve for two years, or until his successor is elected. He shall be ex-officio Health Officer of the State, and shall perform the duties of that office as now provided for by law, and shall receive the same compensation, and it shall be paid in the same manner as is now prescribed by law. SEC. 12. The Board shall elect a Secretary, whose term of office may be fixed by them. He shall superintend the registration in the Bureau of Vital and Mortuary Statistics, and shall perform all the other duties prescribed by the Board; and in addition thereto he shall perform such duties as are specified in a bill of even date entitled "An act to regulate the practice of medicine in the State of Texas," and shall co-operate with the several Boards of Censors in executing the provisions of said bill, for which latter services he shall receive the compensation provided for in the said bill; and in addition thereto, for and in consideration of the performance of the first mentioned duties, he shall by this act receive a salary which shall be fixed by the Board. He shall also receive his traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties. The other members of the Board shall receive no compensation for their services, but their traveling and other expenses, while employed on business of the Board, shall be paid. The President of the Board shall quarterly certify the amount due the Secretary, and on presentation of his certificate, the Auditor of State shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the amount. SEC. 13. It shall be the duty of the Board of Health to make an annual report, through their Secretary or otherwise, in writing, to the Governor of this State, on or before the first day of January of each year, and such report shall include so much of the proceedings of the Board, and such information concerning vital statistics; such |