Socially, the profession of Boston gave the convention the following: Teas at the beautiful new Harvard Medical School three afternoons from 4 to 6. This school is beyond description, and must be seen to be appreciated. Built entirely of white marble, arrangement perfect, every want supplied. Two hundred and fifty young ladies waited on the doctors. They were society girls of Boston, and were dressed in white, with red or yellow ribbons and stockings. A reception was given in the public library, in the art museum at the Mechanics' Institute. Besides this, excursions were arranged for about the harbor, Bunker Hill Monument and battlefield, Concord, Lexington and Plymouth. Intellectually and numerically the meeting was the best the writer has seen in twenty-five years' attendance on the Association. Gastronomically, it was the poorest. It is time, however, to call a halt on the great feeds which have been given the A. M. A. The association has become too large and the task of entertaining it too great. Boston was the proper city to inaugurate the change. Dr. H. O. Marcy, of Boston, the only living ex-president in New

England, gave a dinner to the ex-presidents present. Dr. Alonzo Garcelon, of Maine, aged 96, the oldest member in the Association, was present and called to the stage. A dinner to the foreign guests was given on Monday evening. Dr. M. H. Fletcher, of Cincinnati, achieved distinction in the section of dentistry, as he always does; Dr. B. M. Ricketts created a sensation by saying that he could resuscitate Tucker, the condemned murderer, by massage of the heart. Among Cincinnati doctors present were Drs. F. Forchheimer, Jos. Ransohof, W. Frieberg, O. P. Holt, A. Ravogli, A. J. Johnson, C. L. Bonifield, C. A. L. Reed, A. Friedlander.

The foreign guests were a noteworthy feature of this meeting. They were Prof. Alfred Duerssen, Berlin, Prof. A. V. Rosthorn, Heidelberg, Prof. Max Joseph, Berlin, Prof. Friedrich Trendelenburg, Liepsic, Dr. Theodore Tuffier, Paris, Prof. Max von Frey, Wurtzburger, Sir Wm. McEwen, Glasgow, Dr. Wesley A. Mills, James Bell, Dr. George A. Peters, Dr. Alexander Primrose, Dr. Geo. A. Armstrong, Dr. Francis Shepherd, Dr. Richard A. Reeve, Dr. Samuel J. Tunstal and Dr. Murry MacLaren, all of British North America. A dinner in honor of the foreign guests was given at the Hotel Brunswick on Monday evening preceding the convention. The Massachusetts General Hospital came in for considerable attention as the place where ether was first administered. Beautiful pictures of the first administration of ether were distributed.

Hospital clinics were one of the most valuable and instructive features of the convention. All the hospitals were open for study and inspection throughout the convention. The clinics were rich in material and much practical benefit was given. One newspaper called the neurological section the necrological section, and one said that the stomatologists made the diseases of the stomach a "fad." Some doctors were sent to the A. M. A. on Christian Science tickets, and were among the pleasantries of the occasion.

The following officers were elected: President, Dr. Jos. D. Bryant, of New York; First Vice-President, Dr. Herbert L. Burrell, of Boston; Second Vice-President, Dr. Andrew S. Smith, of Portland, Oregon; Third Vice-President, Dr. D. S. Fairchild,

of Des Moines, Iowa; Fourth Vice-President, Dr. W. S. Foster, of Des Moines, Iowa; General Secretary, Dr. George S. Simmonds, of Chicago (re-elected); Treasurer, Dr. Frank Billings, of Chicago (re-elected); Trustees: Drs. M. L. Harris, of Chicago; Wm. H. Welch, of Baltimore; Miles D. Porter, of Ft. Wayne, all re-elected.

Atlantic City was chosen as the next place of meeting. The following orators were elected: Surgery, Dr. Wm. H. Wathen, of Louisville, Ky.; Medicine, Dr. James B. Herrick, of Chicago; State Medicine, Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, of Philadelphia.

The following physicians will preside over next year's meetings and arrange programs:

Section of Anatomy-Chairman, Dr. M. J. Schanberg, of Philadelphia; Vice-Chairman, Dr. E. W. Branigan, Boston; Secretary, Dr. Eugene S. Talbot, Chicago; Delegate, Dr. Charles V. I. Brown, Milwaukee, Wis.

Obstetrics and Diseases of Women-Chairman, Dr. J. Wellesley Bovee, Washington, D. C.; Vice-Chairman, Dr. Edward Reynolds, Boston; Secretary, Dr. W. P. Manton, Detroit; Delegate, Dr. Walter B. Dorsett, St. Louis.

Hygiene and Sanitary Science-Chairman, Dr. Prince A. Morrow, New York City; Secretary, Dr. Elmer E. Hegg, Seattle, Wash.; Delegate, Dr. W. Lewis, Chicago.

Diseases of Children-Chairman, Dr. J. Ross Snyder, Birmingham, Ala.; Secretary, Dr. George Wentworth, Chicago; Delegate, Dr. T. W. Southworth, New York.

Pathology and Physiology-Chairman, Dr. W. L. Bierring, Iowa City, Iowa; Secretary, Dr. W. B. Cannon, Boston; Delegate, Dr. W. S. Hall, Chicago.

Laryngology and Otology-Chairman, Dr. S. M. Snow, Philadelphia; Vice-Chairman, Dr. Philip Hammond, Boston; Secretary, Dr. W. Sohier Bryant, New York; Delegate, Dr. Otto F. Freir, Chicago.

Ophthalmology-Chairman, Dr. G. C. Savage, Nashville, Tenn.; Vice-Chairman, Dr. A. A. Hubbell; Buffalo, Secretary, Dr. A. E. Bulson, Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind.; Delegate, Dr. S. D. Pisley, Philadelphia

Pharmacology and Therapeutics-Chairman, Dr. H. C. Wood, Jr., Philadelphia; Vice-Chairman, Dr. H. R. Slack, Atlanta, Ga.; Secretary, Dr. C. S. M. Hallberg, Chicago; Delegate, Dr. S. Sollis-Cohen, Philadelphia.

Stomatology-Chairman, Dr. Schamberg, of Philadelphia; Vice-Chairman, Dr. Branigan, of Boston; Secretary, Dr. Eugene S. Talbot; Delegate, Dr. G. V. I. Brown, of Milwaukee.

There were seven hundred registrations, besides wives, daughters, sweethearts and other visitors. Truly this was a record-breaker. The largest registration by far ever any former meeting, and probably the largest gathering of medical men ever together with the exception of the International Medical Congress at Moscow.

The retiring president, the president-elect, and the ex-presidents sat upon the platform. The commonwealth's greeting was given by Governor Guild. He extended all the privileges of the State, and expressed the hope that our visit might be delightful and instructive. He mentioned the name of Dr. Fernwald, of Massachusetts, as a household word; also the sacrifice of Dr. Warren, at Bunker Hill-and also spoke of the good done by Dr. Leonard Wood, a Massachusetts physician. President Eliot, of Harvard, praised the contributions of physicians and surgeons to the public health, and welcomed them to a State and city which had always shown a great regard for the medical profession. Dr. Richard T. Cabot, as president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, brought the greetings of that body. His Honor, Mayor Fitzgerald, of Boston, made the address of welcome on the part of the city of Boston.

THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.

Dr. Wm. J. Mayo, of Rochester, Minn., then proceeded to deliver the president's address. He complimented the present very efficient organization, and counseled even more thorough organization. People appreciate the saving of life, but fail to sufficiently appreciate the prevention of disease. That the people are ignorant of medical affairs is due rather to ignorance than preju

dice. Diffusion of knowledge is diminishing the great white plague. In Germany compulsory vaccination has compelled the disappearance of smallpox from the country. In Minnesota the inability to enforce compulsory vaccination has led to the infection in the late smallpox epidemic of 27,876 persons, all due to a small but vociferous band of anti-vaccination agitators. He complimented the sanitary work done in the canal zone and the work done in the army and navy medical departments. As to medical education there was great need of a higher standard of requirements and better supervision of professional schools. He considered the present conditions with reference to reciprocity in medical license as well nigh intolerable, and as restraining the individual freedom guaranteed by the Constitution. The boundaries between the States are imaginary lines, yet a physician on one side of the line can not relieve human suffering on the other side without laying himself amenable to the law or subjecting himself to a vexatious examination long since successfully passed in his own State. This must be met and speedily, by arrangement between examining boards, as to the minimum of requirements. It is a matter of pride that no scandal attaches to the medical departments of the insurance companies. All hospitals should have competent individuals whose business it is to see that no one secures free treatment who is able to pay. Our first object should be that no poor person should be subjected to the slightest inconvenience or annoyance, and that every worthy charity shall have our united support; but we must look to it that the charitable practitioners' time, knowledge and skill shall not be misused. The giving of commissions is the one crying evil, though fortunately not widespread-in other words, the selling of the confidence which the patient reposes in his physician to some specialist. The one secretly takes money from the patient without his knowledge, the other charges more than he should-the very fact that it is secret shows that both parties are ashamed to have it known, and is an acknowledgment of its moral obliquity. Young graduates should not indulge in wanton assaults on surgical diseases, but should have special training. Graduation is