$645.82; the last volume, 381.89. The committee received during the year $343 from advertisements; from sale of single copies of the journal, 80 cents; from subscriptions, $6.00; total, $348.80; and expended for printing and mailing the journal, $723.07; for postage, $7.62; total, $730.69; making the net cost for the year, $381.89. The Chair announced the following appointments to serve five years on the Executive Committee: C. W. Richardson, D. K. Shute, Louis Mackall, Jr.; and to serve one year, T. N. McLaughlin, vice J. D. Morgan. To the Committee on Public Health: Truman Abbe, vice Frank Leech; Hobart S. Dye, vice J. R. Wellington; John B. Briggs, vice Wm. M. Sprigg. To the Committee on Essays, N. P. Barnes, vice D. K. Shute. To the Committee on Directory of Nurses, T. A. Groover, vice H. L. E. Johnson. To Library Committee, D. G. Smith, vice F. P. Morgan. To the Milk Commission, H. H. Donnally, vice J. B. Nichols ; Elmer Sothoron, vice J. H. McCormick. In other respects the Committees to stand as in 1905. The Chair was authorized to enlarge the Committee on the History of the Society from 3 to 5, and to announce the appointments at a future date. Dr. E. M. Hasbrouck presented a specimen of Tubercular Kidney and read the history of the case. Discussed by Drs. Hagner and Vale. See page 10. Dr. D. S. Lamb hosis of the liver. presented a specimen of Hypertrophic CirrSee page 14. Dr. T. C. Smith presented a specimen of Tumor arising from the Prepuce of the Clitoris. See page 14. Dr. S. S. Adams read a report from the Executive Committee recommending: 1. That the Society endorse the efforts of the Commissioners to secure an appropriation for the erection of a hospital for consumptives. 2. That the proper representatives of the Society join the Association of State Medical Journals, on behalf of the WASHINGTON MEDICAL ANNALS Adopted. Dr. A. F. A. King read the essay for the evening. Subject : "An attempt to explain the peritoneal adhesions that so frequently precede typhlitis and appendicitis." Discussed by Drs. J. Ford Thompson, Chappell, Kober, Reyburn, I. S. Stone and Wednesday, January 17.-Dr. Morgan, President, in the chair; about 105 members present. The Chair appointed as the Committee on the History of the Society Drs. A. F. A. King, Chairman; D. S. Lamb, C. W. Franzoni, G. Wythe Cook and R. T. Holden. The resignation of Dr. C. L. G. Anderson was accepted. A report of the Executive Committee recommending that the Society hereafter meet at the Columbian University Hall, 15th and H streets, northwest, was adopted; also a recommendation from the same committee, relative to preliminary steps, toward preventing pollution of inter-state streams. Dr. D. K. Shute exhibited, with remarks, a model, for a new ophthalmotrope. Discussed by Drs. Motter and W. G. Suter. See page 16. Dr. Hasbrouck reported a case and presented a specimen of renal calculus. See page 21. Dr. Hagner reported a case and presented a specimen of ureteral calculus. The two cases of calculus were discussed together. Discussed by Drs. Bovée, H. A. Fowler, Carr, Merrill and Groover. Dr. Loren Johnson reported a case of one-day pneumonia. Discussed by Drs. Claytor, Wood, Chappell, Acker, J. D. Thomas and Louise Tayler-Jones. See page 27. Wednesday, January 24.-Dr. Morgan, President, in the chair; about 60 members present. Dr. Shute, for the committee on the death of Dr. Swan M. Burnett, reported resolutions, which were adopted. See page 57. Dr. Isabel Haslup Lamb, chairman of the committee appointed for the purpose, reported resolutions of respect for the late Dr. Abbie C. Tyler, which were adopted. See page 56. Dr. W. P. Carr presented a patient, the inferior lobe of whose right lung had been removed. Dr. Vaughan read a paper entitled: "The surgical treatment of typhoid perforation and hemorrhage." Discussed by Drs. W. P. Carr, S. S. Adams, Chappell, J. P. Miller, Jos. Taber Johnson, Hagner, J. Ford Thompson, I. S. Stone, Reyburn, FremontSmith and J. D. Thomas. See page 31. Wednesday, January 31.—Dr. Morgan, President, in the chair; about 70 members present. Dr. Kober stated in brief the findings of the committee appointed to investigate the efficiency of the city water filtration plant, and the recommendations of the committee were adopted. Dr. I. W. Blackburn reported a case of Endothelial spindlecelled sarcoma of the dura mater penetrating the brain, with the clinical history by Dr. W. H. Hough; and showed the specimen with photographs. Discussed by Drs. D. S. Lamb, R. S. Lamb, Hough, Randolph, Reyburn and Nichols. See abstract, page 49. Dr. C. W. Stiles gave a microscopic demonstration of the protozoa of syphilis and of the sleeping sickness. Discussed by Drs. Kober, A. F. A. King and Nichols. See abstract, page 53. Wednesday, February 7.-Dr. Morgan, President in the chair; about 80 members present. The Corresponding Secretary read a letter from the widow of Dr. Burnett expressing her appreciation of the resolutions adopted by the Society; letters of appreciation from Collier's Weekly and the Ladies' Home Journal for the resolutions commending their work in exposing the nostrum evil; and a letter from the Commissioners acknowledging the request of the Society to call together certain persons to consider means to prevent the pollution of inter-state streams, and promising action in the matter. Dr. A. F. A. King, Chairman of the Committee on the History of the Society, read a tentative report, outlining the proposed scope of the history. See page 63. The report was adopted and authority given to print it as a circular. The Committee was also authorized to prepare and publish the history and to draw on the Treasurer for funds to defray necessary expenses. Dr. Sowers, Chairman, read a report of the Executive Committee, embodying recommendations for the action of the Society upon certain legislation now pending before Congress, and other matters. The report was made the special order for March 7. Dr. Ruffin reported a case of septic endocarditis, with speciDiscussed by Drs. J. D. Thomas, Claytor, Fremont-Smith and Bishop. men. Dr. E. C. Prentiss showed a microscopic section of appendix vermiformis with a double lumen. See page 25. Dr. J. P. Miller read a letter from Dr. W. W. Keen in correction of Dr. Miller's remarks on Dr. Vaughan's paper on typhoid perforations. See page 44. Dr. W. P. Carr read the essay for the evening. Subject: "The Surgical Aspect of Complications and Sequelae of Pneumonia." Discussed by Drs. Vaughan, J. Ford Thompson, R. S. Lamb and Keech. Dr. L. Eliot read a paper upon the use of adrenalin chloride in Small-pox. See page 26. Wednesday, February 14.-Dr. Morgan, President, in the chair; about 55 members present. Dr. S. S. Adams read a letter from Dr. Chas. F. Stokes, U. S. Navy, to the Medical Society, in which he announced the necessity of his leaving Washington, his regret at severing his connection with the Society, and his deep appreciation of his election and privileges as a Member by Invitation. The Corresponding Secretary was instructed to acknowledge receipt of the letter and to convey to Dr. Stokes the Society's thanks and its regret that the public service demanded his removal from Washington. Dr. Wm. A. Jack reported a case of contracted gallbladder with specimen. Discussed by Dr. Balloch. See page 48. Dr. R. S. Lamb reported cases as follows: Gonorrhoeal ophthalmia in a child; gonorrhoeal ophthalmia in a woman of 50; optic atrophy; double interstitial keratitis. Discussed by Drs. Hagner, Kober, Wilkinson, Butler, Loren Johnson, Belt, Dufour, McKimmie and Dye. Dr. T. A. Claytor stated that he had recently talked with Mr. Saml. Hopkins Adams, of Colliers' Weekly, who expressed himself as very anixous that medical men should urge the passage in the various States of a bill published in the Ladies' Home Journal in regulation of the traffic in nostrums. Dr. Claytor desired to call the attention of the Society to this bill, and to urge upon the members the importance of using every opportunity to further the passage of the bill in the various States. Dr. B. M. Randolph read the paper for the evening. Subject: "A Review of the Present-day Therapy of Pulmonary Tuberculosis." Discussed by Drs. R. S. Lamb, Hunt, Nichols, Chappell, Kober, Wilkinson and Phillips. WASHINGTON MEDICAL ANNALS. Journal of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. Published Bimonthly by the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, "The Cumberland," Washington, D. C. Subscription price, including postage, $1.00 per year, in advance. Single copies, 20 cents. Advertising rates given on application. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE. D. S. LAMB, A. M., M. D., Chairman, MURRAY GALT MOTTER, A. M., M. D., Editorial. "The Cumberland." "The Rochambeau." 1815 Belmont Avenue. THE HISTORY OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY. The Committee appointed to prepare and publish a History of the Medical Society has mailed to each member of the Society, as well as to many ex-members and families of deceased members, a printed circular, setting forth tentatively the plan of the work adopted, and asking the co-operation of members and others, so that the work may be done as completely and accurately as possible. The Committee desires to have a personal history of each member, present and past, especially as to the following: The full name; date and place of birth (including the month and day and city); year of graduation in medicine and college from which graduated; any other degrees, with year, and institution by which conferred; and if a biographical sketch has been published, a reference to the publication, giving title of publication, date, and page. This much of the personal history will be published; and the fact that the membership of the Society from the beginning, 88 years ago, now numbers over 700, may compel the Committee to limit the space of personal history to that just stated. Should, however, the progress of the work open a way to amplify these histories, the Committee will gladly avail itself of the opportunity to do so. It is therefore suggested, that members whose personal sketches have not thus far been published |