The twenty-eighth annual meeting was held September, 1901, in the Portland Library, Dr. W. E. Carl, President.

Resolutions were introduced by Dr. Geo. F. Wilson for the reorganization of the Society according to the plans of the American Medical Association, and a committee consisting of Drs. G. F. Wilson, Portland; C. J. Smith, Pendleton; A. J. Giesy, S. E. Josephi, Portland; W. F. Williamson, Salem, were appointed to consider and report.

A resolution regarding legislation on a reciprocity license law as recommended by the American Medical Association was introduced by Dr. J. A. Geisendorfer, of The Dalles, which was adopted.

As a special committee on legislation the President appointed Dr. C. J. Smith, Pendleton; G. E. Houck, Roseburg, and S. E. Josephi, Portland.

Fifty-one members were elected and the following visitors present: Dr. Joseph Bloodgood, of John Hopkins Institute, Baltimore; Dr. J. B. Eagleson, Seattle, Washington; Dr. Yocum, Tacoma, Washington; Dr. F. Gregory Connell, Chicago Polyclinic; Dr. A. Abrams, San Francisco; Dr. J. E. Bingham, Walla Walla, Washington; Dr. Park Weed Willis, Seattle; Dr. A. E. Halstead, Chicago Polyclinic; Dr. Fred Essig, Spokane; Dr. J. O. Cobb, P. A., Surgeon U. S. M. H. S. Judge George H. Williams dressed the convention yer's Advice to Doctors." A Symposium on Tuberculosis was given by Dr.

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Woods Hutchinson, of Portland; Dr. A. Abrams, of San Francisco; Dr. Harry Lane, of Portland, and Dr. E. N. Hutchinson, V. S., of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and Dr. J. O. Cobb, Surgeon U. S. M. H. S.

Dr. Park Weed Willis, Seattle, read a paper on "Exploratory Operations." "Insanity and Crime," by Dr. W. F. Williamson, Portland. Dr. J. P. Tamiesie, of Hillsboro, read a paper on "Gyneocology." "Respiratory Gymnastics," an illustrated address py Dr. Abrams, of San Francisco. "The Relation and Importance of Clinical and Gross Pathological Diagnosis to Operative Surgery," by Dr. Josepn Bloodgood, of John Hopkins Institute. "Report of Tumor Simulating Appendicitis," by Dr. J. M. Brooke. "The Localization of the Knot in Intestinal Suture," by Dr. F. Gregory Connell, Chicago. "Roentgen kays in Medicine and Surgery," with radiographs, was read by Dr. Geo. E. Houck, Roseburg. "The Neuritides, by Dr. A. D. Mackenzie. "Nephro Lithiasis, with Case," by Dr. A. C. Panton, Portland. "Differentiation of Nervous Diseases," by Dr. S. E. Josephi.

The session of the last day was held on board the steamer T. J. Potter during a trip up the Columbia, starting at 9:45 A. M. and returning at 6 P. M., lunch being served on board. A part of the program were papers: "Prolapse of the Rectum," by Dr. A. E. Halstead, of Chicago; "Early Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Tubercular Arthritis," by Dr. Joseph Bloodgood. Several papers were read by title.

Dr. G. F. Wilson, chairman, reported from the Committee on American Medical Association, and the committee was continued. Adjourned.

The twenty-ninth meeting was in the Portland Library September, 19.2.

Address of Welcome given by Hon. Geo. H. Williams.

The Executive Committee reported through the Chairman, Dr. J. F. Dickson, that it had received a petition from the City and Coounty Society of Portland for affiliation with the State Society.

Petitions were also received from Eastern Oregon District Medical Society and from Southern Oregon Medical Society, which petitions were acted upon and the societies declared in affiliation. The proposed Constitution and By-Laws were recommended for adoption. A general debate followed; it was contended that the Executive Committee had no power to grant affiliation privileges on terms of the resolution passed at the last Society.

Officers were elected consisting of President, First, Second and Third Vice-Presidents and ten Councillors. Thirteen members were elected. The following papers were read: "The Surgical Treatment of Goitre," by Dr. Andrew C. Smith, Portland; “Observations on Perineal Prostatectomy," by Dr. Wm. Jones, Portland; "Studies in Empyema, With Proposed New Operation;" K. A. J. MacKenzie, Portland; "New Method of Treating Pott's Fracture," by Dr. Geo. F. Wilson, Portland; "Early Diagnosis of Cancer of the Uterus," by Dr. Wm. H. Skene, Portland; "A New Method of Surgical Treatment of Gastroptosis," by Dr. R. C. Coffey, Portland; "Parafine and Vaseline Injections in Correction of Deformities," by Dr. E. De Witt Connell, Portland; "The Method of Spread," by Dr. J. O. Cobb, U. S. M. H. S.; "Milk and Meat as Factors in Injection," by E. N. Hutchinson, D. V. S. H. S., Inspector, Portland; "Diagnosis of Variola," by Dr. J. C. Zan, Portland; "Prophylaxis of Variola," by Dr. C. A. Cordiner, City

Physician, Astoria; “Past and Present in Diphtheria," by Dr. C. H. Wheeler, ex-City Physician, Portland; "General Treatment," by Dr. H. C. Wilson;

"Experience in Military Camps at Vancouver and Cape Nome," by Major Ebert, U. S. A., Vancouver; "Experiences in the Philippines," by Dr. Herbert W. Cardwell, Portland; "Surgical Complications," by Dr. A. C. Panton; "The General Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis," by Dr. E. P. Hershey, Denver; "The Outdoor Treatment of Tuberculosis," by Dr. Harry Lane; "Diabetes, Etiology and Treatment," Dr. O. S. Binswanger; "The Diagnosis of Insanity," by Dr. H. W. Coe; "The Treatment and Pathology of 'Major Epilepsy,'" by Dr. Wm. House, Pendleton; "The Treatment of Insanity," by Dr. W. T. Williamson, Salem; "Congenital Degeneration," by Dr. R. L. Gillespie; "Symposium on Appendicitis," by Drs. Woods Hutchinson, Andrew C. Smith, Geo. F. Wilson, Portland; J. A. Fulton, Astoria.

Dr. Geo. Houck, of Roseburg, gave an X-ray demonstration at Good Sa maritan Hospital.

A banquet was held at the Hotel Portland.

Resolution introduced by Dr. Geo. F. Wilson:

Portland, Sept. 31, 1901. Whereas, The American Medical Association, at its meeting in June, 1901, adopted a scheme of organization under which State Medical Societies are to receive and credit delegates from "district, county and local" societies with a view of providing a basis of representation of State Medical Societies in the American Medical Association; and,

Whereas, It is of vital importance to the State Medical Society that it should exercise the inherent power of prescribing and formulating rules and

Resolved, That a special committee of five be appointed by the President whose duty it shall be to consider the questions involved, and report to this Society during its present session, for its consideration and adoption, prepare rules, regulations and declarations under which district, county and local societies may be in affiliation with the Oregon State Medical Society.

Committee: Geo. F. Wilson, Portland; C. J. Smith, Pendleton; A. J. Giesy, S. E. Josephi, Portland; W. T. Williamson, Salem.

Report of the Committee:

Inasmuch as the Constitution of this Society has made no provision for the questions here involved, and Article VII of the same forbids any amendment thereto, except they be presented in writing to each member, one week before a regular meeting, your committee begs leave to suggest that it be continued with instructions to prepare and submit to the Executive Board such amendments to the Constitution as will properly meet the condition. In the meantime, that the Oregon State Medical Society may have proper representation at the next meeting of the American Medical Association, we submit the following:

Resolved, That the Executive Board be empowered to receive written petitions or requests from district, County or local Societies of the State of Oregon, asking to be declared in affiliation with the State Medical So

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ciety, and to examine into the credentials and standing of said petitioning societies and their members, and to declare, in the name of this Society any such petitioning Society to be in affiliation with the Oregon State Medical Society.

And the Executive Committee is further empowered to accredit delegates from affiliating societies to this Society, provided that no person shall be accredited as such delegate unless he be a member in good standing of the Oregon State Medical Society.

Resolution offered by Dr. R. C. Coffey:

Resolved, That each County Society shall judge of the qualifications or its own members, but, as such societies are the only portals to the Oregon State Medical Society and to the American Medical Association, every reputable and legally registered physician who is practicing or who will agree to practice rational medicine shall be entitled to membership.

Before a charter is issued to any county or district societies, its own By-Laws must provide that a majority vote of its members present shall admit to membership, and that full and ample notice and opportunity shall be given to every such physician in the county to become a member. This Constitution and By-Laws shall come into force at the end of this session.

The first Board of Councillors elected were: W. F. Amos, Portland; W. J. May, Baker City; J. A. Fulton, Astoria; G. F. Wilson, Portland; W. F. Williamson, Salem; Wm. House, Pendleton; H. M. Ellis, Albany; R. C. Coffey, Portland; S. T. Linklater, Hillsboro,

The thirtieth annual meeting, in September, 1903, was one of reorganization according to the requirements

of the American Medical Association. The attendance was large and the state of metamorphosis through which the Society was passing has no effect on the scientific work.

Dr. C. S. White, of Gervais, Chairman of the Board of Councillors, made a report with recommendations that the House of Delegates change the Constitution to conform to the standard of the American Medical Association requiring a two-thirds vote to elect to membership. That the Constitutions of Lane, Yamhill, Clatsop and Marion Counties, City and County of Portland, Eastern Oregon and Southern Oregon and Washington County Medical Societies be accepted, and that their delegates with the present officers of the State Society shall comprise the House of Delegates, and that membership of those living in districts where no County Society exists be continued one year. These recommendations were adopted in regular order.

Dr. Caspar W. Sharples, of Seattle, presented the subject of securing the Convention of the American Medical Association for next year on this Coast, stating that Portland could have first chance with the co-operation of Washington. That Seattle would attempt to secure it in case of Portland's refusal. Matter referred to Board of Councillors.

The X-ray was discussed in symposium by Richard Nunn, Geo. E. Houck, Geo. F. Wilson, R. C. Coffey, L. H. Hamilton. A note of peculiar interest is that during the symposium on kidney diseases Dr. F. H. Coe, o. Seattle, spoke on Edebohl's operation, presenting himself as an example of the results of the operation. He considered himself cured of Bright's Disease of four or five years' standing, and believed that in time such cases would be operated upon almost as certainly as appendicitis cases are now. In less than one year after expressing this opinion, Dr. Coe suddenly expired in accordance with the natural course of this disease.

Resolution by Dr. W. F. Williamson in relation to legislating on expert testimony in criminal cases where insanity is the defense; unanimously adopted.

A symposium on Nervous and Mental Diseases, "The Paranoiac," by Dr. W. F. Williamson; "The Neurasthenic," Dr. J. A. Gilbert; "The Pervert," Dr. J. P. Tamasie, and "The Syphilitic," Dr. Wm. House.

"The Tubercular," by Dr. Woods Hutchinson.

Kidney Symposium: "Modern Methods of Diagnosis," by Dr. A. E. Mackey; "Dietetic Treatment of Various Forms of Kidney Diseases," by Dr. C. J. Smith; "Causation and Pathology of Chronic Bright's Disease," by Dr. Woods Hutchinson; "Anuria," by Dr. Park Weed Willis, of Washington; "Indications for Nephrectomy," by Dr. K. A. J. MacKenzie. Dr. A. C. Smith gave a talk on the establishment of Sanatorium for Tubercular Patients in some part o the State, and moved that President appoint committee of five to take up the work; carried, and Drs. A. C. Smith, Harry Lane, O. S. Binswanger,

F. Cauthorn and Woods Hutchinson were appointed.

Dr. F. Cauthorn reported from the Committee on the Dr. Reed Memorial, presenting a subscription list for names, asking for subscriptions to the monument of the distinguished American physician to whom so much is due for his discoveries in connection with yellow fever.

The State Board of Health asked for a committe to work for the establishment of a State Sanitorium for the consumptives secured. Entertainment was given by a reception at the North Pacific Sanatorium, St. Vincent's and Good Samaritan Hospitals, and demonstrations at the Medical College of Anatomical, Pathological and Bacteriological Specimens by the professors in these branches.

The City and County Society gave a banquet to the visiting physicians at the Hotel Portland.

The thirty-first meeting convened in the Elks' Hall, Marquam Building, August 30th, 1904. Hon. Geo. H. Williams, of Portland, gave the address of welcome.

Visitors: Dr. Emmett Rixford, Dr. Thos. W. Huntington, Dr. Harry Sherman, San Francisco; Dr. Oviatt, President of Wisconsin State Medical Society; Dr. D. H. Niles, Salt Lake City, President of the Rocky Mountains Interstate Association; Dr. Charles Mayo, Rochester, Minn.; Dr. Park Weed Willis, Seattle; Dr. C. S.

Hicks, Tacoma; Dr. Geo. Evans, San Francisco; Dr. Nelson, President of Washington State Board of Health; Dr. S. C. Baldwin, Salt Lake City; Dr. James T. Watkins, San Francisco; Dr. E. C. Dudley, of Chicago; Dr. J. B. Eagleson, of Seattle; Dr. J. W. Bean, Tacoma.

Papers: "Notes on a Case of Cerebra Hemorrhage," by Dr. W. J. Mays, Baker City; "The General Usefulness and Adaptability of the Stimson Splint," by Dr. Geo. F. Wilson; "Notes on Cases of Normal Labor," by Dr. Geo. E. Houck, of Roseburg; "Cancer of the Large Bowel," by Dr. Charles H. Mayo, of Minnesota; "Diagnosis of the Inflammatory Lesions of the Upper Half of the Abaomen," by Dr. D. H. Niles, Salt Lake City; "A Discussion of Some of the New r Aids in Diagnosis," by Dr. Park Weed Willis, Seattle; "Milk as a Diet for Children," by Dr. G. S. Hicks, Tacoma; "Reports of Cases O Tubercular Peritonitis," by Dr. . A. J Mackenzie; "The Wullstein Apparatus for the Correction of Deformities of the Spine," by Dr. James T. Watkins, San Francisco; "Some Painful Conditions of the Feet," by Dr. S. C. Baldwin, Salt Lake City; "Fractures of the Elbow," by Dr. Emmett Rixford, San Francisco; "Clinical Lecture Illustrated by Lantern Slides," by Dr. E. C. Dudley, Chicago; "Clinical Observations on Blood Pressure and the Diagnosis of Abdominal ArterioSclerosis," by Dr. A. Abrams, San Francisco, read by Dr. J. F. Bell; "Congenital Dislocation of the Hip," by Dr. Harry Sherman, of San Francisco.

The President announced that Dr. K. A. J. MacKenzie, who had been appointed Chairman of the Oregon American Medical Association Committee, was prepared to appoint the six others who were expected to