ARTIFICIAL ALBUMEN A NEW CONDENSED FOOD TO SUPPLANT MEAT.- Consul Pike, of Zittau, reports that an interesting discovery is being discussed by the German press, which refers to the result of a recent investigation by Prof. Emil Fischer, of Berlin. He writes:

"It is contended that the principal nourishment required by the human body for its maintenance is albumen, according to the renowned professor of physiology, Pfeiffer, the source of all muscular strength. For this reason it has at all times been the endeavor of our learned men to obtain more knowledge of this important ingredient of our daily food. Up till now all such efforts have been in vain, but it was recognized that were it possible to make artificial albumen, a complete change in the present system of nourishing the human body would be brought about and would render the now so necessary meat foods to a great extent dispensable.

"Prof. Emil Fischer, director of the leading chemical institution, the Berlin University, has gained the credit of having accomplished the first analysis of natural albumen. He has established the composition of the various ingredients, some of which he has succeeded in producing artificially. The substance thus obtained he has called 'polypeptide,' and it is said to possess a large number of the properties characteristic of natural albumen. The vast importance of this discovery will be better comprehended when we realize that the introduction of this artificial food will reduce the disastrous effects of bad harvests, pestilence, etc., to a minimum, and cause famine to become a thing of the past."- Scientific American.

A RADIOGRAPHIC SHADOW Simulating that of a urinary calculus may be produced by an atheromatous plaque, as, for example, in the internal iliac artery, by a phlebolith, or by a calcareous gland.― American Journal of Surgery.

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Society Proceedings

TENNESSEE STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION - SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING.

Held at Memphis, Tenn., April 10, 11, and 12, 1906.

WE place before our readers the following Abstract of the action of the House of Delegates of the Association prepared expressly for this Journal by Wm. Whitford, the official stenographer.

The meeting at Memphis was a most enjoyable, satisfactory, and successful one, the attendance being unusually large- the Memphis doctors being present in force on the evening of the second day at the banquet. They are wonderfully busy doctors, are our friends in Memphis, especially when the State Medical Association meets in that city. We had made especial arrangements this year- largely through the use of "Grape-vine" dispatches and had the Annual Race Meet at Montgomery Park so arranged as not to conflict with the meeting of the Association

but alas, and alas! some of our confreres whom we did hope to see this year at least a part of the time at the meeting were not present. However, the members of the Shelby County and Memphis Medical Society did their whole duty in the premises by providing a most recherche and tasteful "Banquet" that simply took the "rag off the bush," and we had the exceedingly great pleasure of meeting a larger number of the "medicine men" of the far-famed "Bluff City" than on any previous occasion. Yes, our little "suburb" on the banks of the Mississippi did afford the State Medical Association a most excellent opportunity of enjoyment on the part of the visiting members.

The "Scientific Work" of the Association was above the usual order. The Committee of Arrangements and the very efficient Secretary of the Association had prepared a very full Program, so full in fact, that only about one-third of the papers were read. But those that were read and the discussions thereon were unusually good, and will appear in due time in the Transactions. Being somewhat pressed for space in this issue, we leave out the recital of the titles of the papers presented and the names of those participating in the discussions, as these will all be presented in full as stated in the "Transactions," which will for another year be published in book form. We are gratified, however, at being able to place before our many readers this month the very excellent "ANNUAL ADDRESS" of the President. It was a "hummer" and you will miss something good if you fail to read it.

The following is the Stenographer's abstract of the work of the House of Delegates, including a condensed report of the Symposium on Tuberculosis, at Germania Hall on the evening of the second day, immediately preceding the Banquet:·

The Association met at the Peabody Hotel, under the Presidency of Dr. Cooper Holtzclaw, Chattanooga.

In the House of Delegates, Dr. G. C. Savage introduced for discussion the matter of whether the Association should continue to publish its proceedings in book form, or in the form of a monthly medical journal, as is done by several state medical societies. He said that a considerable majority of the County

medical societies had expressed an opinion in favor of changing to the publication of a journal. He submitted a proposition which

he received from a Nashville publisher to publish a journal. After an animated discussion, which was participated in by Drs. Savage, Happel, Stephenson, Leroy, Richards, Eve, McKinney, and Moore, the motion to publish the proceedings in journal form was laid on the table.

Dr. T. J. Happel moved to amend Article III, Section 1, of the "Principles of Ethics," by adding: "Provided, however, that no consultations shall be held with physicians who designate their practice as based on any exclusive dogma or sectarian system of medicine."

The amendment being seconded, Dr. Savage raised the point of order as to whether the House of Delegates of the Tennessee State Medical Association had a right to amend a document that is the property of the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association. He said the Association had a right to interpret it, but not to amend it.

The President decided that this point of order was well taken, and that the Code of Ethics belongs to the world, and not to Tennessee alone.

After discussion, which was participated in by Drs. Roberts, Cooke, Savage, Happel, and others, Dr. Dice moved that a committee of three be appointed to construe the Code of Ethics as touching consultations, and make its report to the House of Delegates, and that action then be taken.

This motion was seconded, but was subsequently, on motion of Dr. Roberts, who claimed that the Association having at a previous meeting adopted the Principles of Ethics, did not lose or forfeit the right to amend or interpret the same as they saw fit at any time, and that now is the time for us to place ourselves on record, laid on the table.

After further discussion, by Drs. McNabb, Roberts, Cooke, Wallace, Dr. Wallace moved that the amendment be added as another section, making it read, Section 1, A.

This motion was seconded.

Dr. Savage again made the point of order that the House of *This statement cannot be sustained by the facts. (Ed. S. P.)

Delegates could interpret, but could not amend, the Code.

The President thereupon ruled that this was not an amendment, but simply an interpretation or amplification.

Dr. Happel accepted the suggestion of Dr. Wallace, and the motion to accept the interpretation or amplification suggested by Dr. Happel was carried.

Dr. A. B. Cooke brought up the matter of nostrum advertisements, as published in the lay press. He said that the Davidson County Medical Society appointed a committee to meet members of the State Press Association, which convened March 26 and 27, for an informal discussion of this subject. As Chairman of the Committee, he brought before the members of the Press Association the moral side of the question and pointed out the harm newspapers were doing by publishing advertisements of nostrums. The prime object was to induce the State Press Association to appoint a conference committee to meet and confer with a like committee from the Tennessee State Medical Association, to see if some plan could not be outlined upon which the lay press and the medical profession could get together on this great question. The Press Association appointed a committee of three to confer with a like number from the State Medical Association, to report back the results of its conference next year. He said that at the coming meeting of the State Legislature a bill would be introduced to regulate newspaper advertisements of nostrums, etc. He urged that each member of the Association constitute,himself a committee of one to advocate this matter in his own community, and to make it possible to secure the necessary legislation at the next session of the Legislature.

Dr. Cooke moved that a committee of three be appointed by the President to meet the conference committee from the Tennessee State Press Association.

This motion was seconded by several, and after discussion, was carried, Dr. Roberts claiming that it was a courtesy that we owed the Tennessee Press Association.

Dr. Cooke was made chairman of this committee. The other members of the committee are Drs. T. J. Happel and Raymond Wallace. The Committee was given plenary power to act as it deemed proper.