amination prescribed by the State Board of Medical Registration and Examination; and WHEREAS, The examination prescribed by the Board in Orthography, English Grammar, English Composition, Geography, Rhetoric, Latin, Arithmetic, Algebra, Physics, Botany and U. S. History falls far short of what is required to secure "A diploma from a Normal School, High School or Seminary issued after four years of study." Therefore, be it Resolved, By the members of the North Ohio District Medical Association that we urge upon the Board that they require of candidates such additional proficiency in English and American Literature, Natural History, Chemistry, Mathematics, Civics, General History, etc., as shall bring their examination up to the standard of the plain wording of the law. And be it further Resolved, That this Society hereby urges the Ohio State Board of Medical Registration and Examination to expedite arrangements for reciprocal medical license within the District of Columbia and states in accordance with the Love Medical Law. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to each member of the Board and to the Governor, Attorney General of the State, to the Ohio medical journals, to the State Medical Society, and to the medical societies of the chief cities of Ohio. JNO. T. HAYNES, M. D., President. E. J. GOODSELL, Secretary and Treasurer. HEMPSTEAD ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. Regular Meeting, December 3, 1900. The Hempstead Academy of Medicine, Portsmouth, O., met at the usual hour with the following members present during the meeting: Drs. McKerrahan, Kline, Vernier, Titus, Smith, Foster, Berndt, Allard, Williamson, Rardin and Pixley, with Dr. Elsworth as visitor. Dr. McKerrehan was elected President pro The minutes of the last meetings were read, corrected and approved. Dr. Rardin reported a case of hairpin in the bladder of a young girl aged 13; it had been in the bladder two days. He used a uterine curette of the smallest size and succeeded in getting one point of the pin in the ring, after which it was easily extracted. The idea was an exceedingly ingenious and wholly original one so far as the doctor was concerned, and happily re lieved what otherwise might have proved a troublesome case. Dr. Foster presented a case in whom, about two months ago, he had removed the thyroid gland for a goitre. The gland was about as large as an orange. There was very little hemorrhage; only two small arteries were ligated. The result was satisfactory in every respect. The case had previously been injected with iodine without any benefit. The Board of Censors reported that the parties practicing unlawfully in this city had been reported to the state authorities and prosecution would soon follow. Dr. Vernier read a paper on smallpox, or the disease that is now prevailing in this country. The paper was freely discussed, with a difference of opinion as to the true diagnosis. This subject will be continued at the next meeting. M. S. PIXLEY, Secretary. The Montgomery Medical Society, at its annual meeting in December, elected the following officers: President, Dr. John S. Beck, of Dayton; vice president, Dr. Francis C. Gray, of Dayton; secretary, Dr. Horace Bonner, of Dayton; treasurer, Dr. David C. Lichliter, of Dayton; and censor, Dr. Duff W Greene, of Dayton. At its annual meeting, Findlay, the Hancock County Medical Society elected the following officers: Dr. J. M. Firmin, president; Dr. N. L. M'Lachlan, vice president; Dr. D. C. Hughes, secretary-treasurer, and Dr. T. S. Wilson, assistant secretary. At its annual meeting at Bellaire, the Belmont County Medical Society elected Dr. J. A. Heinlein, Bridgeport, president; Dr. Samuel L. Wert, vice president; Dr. A. C. Beethauser, Bellaire, treasurer, and Dr. J. S. M'Clellan, Bellaire, secretary. THE COLUMBUS MEDICAL JOURNAL. A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. ISSUED BY THE COLUMBUS MEDICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY EDITORIAL STAFF. JAMES U. BARNHILL, A M., M. D., Editor and Manager, 248 East State Street. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. J. M. Dunham, A. M., M. D. W. J. Means, A. M., M. D. D. N. Kinsman, A. M., M. D. Per annum, in advance, subscription price, including postage ...12 cents. Bound volumes. $1.00 150 Original articles, scientific and clinical memoranda, correspondence and news items are cordially solicited from the profession. All communications should be addressed to the EDITOR COLUMBUS MEDICAL JOURNAL, 248 East State Street. Remittances are most safely made by bank check or postal money order, drawn to the order of the Editor and Manager. JANUARY, 1901. Editorial. HIGHER ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS. We publish in this issue resolutions passed by the Columbus Academy of Medicine and by other medical societies relative to the standard of entrance requirements for Ohio medical colleges. The action of these societies will be found in another part of the JOURNAL. Such expressions from the leading medical societies of the State is evidence that the profession is desirious of having the entrance requirements raised as rapidly as may be, and what is still more important, is willing to sustain the State Board of Medical Registration and Examination in its efforts to elevate this standard. Some of these societies assume that the State Board has not thus far enforced the full requirements of the law, while others evidently taking into account the fact that the law recognizes certificates from other state examining boards, grant that the Ohio State Board had discretionary power, within certain limits, of fixing the extent of their examination. The source of confusion seems to have been in the law itself-which has, as it were, a double minimum standard, necessarily more or less variable. Its minimum requirements are that students may enter medical colleges of Ohio on a diploma from a high school, or upon a certificate issued by some other state board; or in lieu of these, may pass an examination by the Ohio Board. However, the law is so much better than any previous one in Ohio, that we may reasonably concede that it will take some time to adjust it to existing conditions, to correct its minor defects, and to realize the highest results possible under its provisions. According to the report of the committee of the Columbus. Academy of Medicine, entrance examinations conducted in Pennsylvania do not include all the studies of the usual four years' high school course, and that in case our standard were higher than that of other examining boards, the clause in the law, "a medical student's certificate issued upon examination by any state board," may result in unjust discrimination against medical students in Ohio. To guard against such result and thus aid the Board in maintaining the single high school standard, the Academy recommended that our Board be required to accept certificates from other examining boards only whose standard of requirement is equal to that established in Ohio. However, in as much as there are only three states, namely Pennsylvania, New York (in some respects higher) and Massachusetts (standard not given) in which regular entrance examination certificates are issued, it does not seem clear that this objection alone should have lowered the Ohio standard. It is probable that very few students would cross state lines with entrance certificates, and since also it seems probable that if a higher requirement had been established in Ohio, these other states would soon have raised their standards. On a former occasion in referring to this matter we contended that the Ohio State Board could not be charged with violating the plain intent of the law so long as they followed its expressed provisions. The report above referred to states that the committee read the questions asked by the Examiners in all the branches required by the Board and is convinced that they fairly represent the requirements. We are still inclined to be lieve that the Board was acting wisely in raising the standard gradually. Before we criticise the Board for being derelict in the discharge of its duty, we should hear their side of the question at least, and consider carefully the problems confronting them. So long as the State Board advances along this line, shoulder to shoulder with Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York, there can be no ground for serious complaint at least for the present, by the profession in Ohio. The profession could probably render the greatest service by pledging its support and doing all in its power to raise this entrance requirement uniformly in all of these states. The greatest good can no doubt be secured by concerted action and uniformity of standards. Reciprocity in licensing practitioners can never be realized between the states until there be uniformity of entrance requirements as well as of professional preparation. We believe that such resolutions as have been passed by these societies, expressing a desire for enforcement of the highest possible standard, and pledging the support of the profession to help the Board in maintaining them, will be encouraging to our State Board. We have a law which will compare favorably with the best state laws now in force. It represents the entire profession and applies to all medical colleges, and in this respect is far superior to one which gives a separate examining board for each socalled school of medicine. The law provides for a uniform standard of examination throughout the state, places these examinations under the State Board of Medical Registration and Examination, and also gives the Board power of determining the standing of medical colleges. Within the few years that the law has been in force there has been a marked improvement in the medical colleges, and in the medical profession of the state. Of one hundred and three men who took the entrance examination last fall only twenty-five passed; fifty were conditioned and twenty-eight failed. Who shall say that this is not a gain over the record of any previous year? It might be interesting to know how many students entered Ohio colleges on certificates from other state boards. It would throw some light upon the question of the advisability of recommending changes in the present law. A good beginning has been made under the law, as it is, and no change can be effected for another year. Since it is evident that it is the unanimous wish of the profession that |