and they examined and endorsed it, and the President approved it. Now, our expenses are more than our income, a good deal, and in talking with Dr. Roberts he very kindly stated he would endeavor to make the expenses come within the limit of our

revenue.

The President: Is there anything further to bring before the Association?

Secretary Roberts: I have some letters I would like to read. They are in regard to members who were not able to be here. The President: It seems to me it is rather late to read those

now.

Dr. Keller: I move that the new officers now be inducted into their respective places, and then we adjourn.

The President: I appoint Drs. Keller and Cowan to induct the President-elect to his position.

The newly elected officers were then conducted to the platform by the gentlemen just referred to, and presented to the Association.

Dr. Todd: Mr. President and Comrades, I am profoundly grateful and appreciative of the high honor you have conferred upon me. I esteem it the highest honor that can be conferred upon a Confederate surgeon to be President of the Medical Association of Surgeons of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy, and I shall give the best of my efforts and ability to the enforcement of the duties of the office. I thank you again, Gentlemen.

Dr. Keller: In order to expedite publication of the Tebault paper, I move that you instruct or request that committee to meet this afternoon or to-night, if possible. They are empowered now to do as they please with it, but it would be well enough for them to let this go into the records as soon as possible, and if they do find that it is suitable to go in the secular press, I am satisfied that the Courier Journal will publish it.

This motion was duly seconded and carried.

Dr. Steger: I insist that we cannot within a short time discuss the merits of that paper sufficiently to determine whether we shall give it to the secular press or not. That is something we have never done, and it may be setting a precedent when we

do it; and it seems to me it should come back to this body and let them discuss that matter. If you are going to open the door and give our papers to the secular press, I think we might as well disband.

Dr. Keller: I move that we adjourn.

This motion was duly seconded and carried, and the Association adjourned.

The Association was called to order at 9 A. M. by the newly elected president, Dr. C. H. Todd, Dr. A. A. Lyon, of Nashville, acting as Secretary in the absence of Dr. Roberts.

Prayer was offered by Rev. B. M. Messick, of the M. E. Church South.

The President then called for unfinished business, reports of committees, or reports of cases.

Dr. A. A. Lyon, of Nashville, then read a paper on "Compound Comminuted Fracture of the Femur-a Triumph of Conservative Surgery."

Dr. J. R. Buist, in discussing the subject, reported a number of gun-shot and other wounds coming under his care while with the Army of Tennessee, many of them of most severe character, upon which no radical operation had been done. Among them were fracture of the humerus, tibia, and fibula, and one shot through the temples, destroying sight. There was no antisepsis in that day, and he desired to emphasize the fact that such good results were due to treating these wounds in the open air, they doing much better even than in private houses.

Dr. J. C. Steger, chairman of committee to consider Dr. Tebault's paper, reported as follows:

"We have read said paper, and have concluded it would best subserve its purposes by submitting it to the Confederate Veteran for publication of the whole or part of it."

The report was adopted, and the chairman authorized to make arrangements with the editor of the Confederate Veteran for its publication.

Dr. Hendon, of Louisville, was elected a Junior Member, and

on being introduced, made some remarks acknowledging the honor.

Dr. J. R. Buist, of Nashville, offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted :

"Resolved, That the sincere and grateful thanks of this Association are hereby respectfully tendered to the citizens of Louisville for their elegant hospitalities; to the Medical Profession of said city for many courtesies and kind consideration; and to the Ladies of Louisville for the elaborate and tastefully arranged. Luncheons each day graced by their presence, affording us a most agreeable and enjoyable meeting."

There being no further business, the Association adjourned sine die, to meet next year in the city of New Orleans, at the time of the Annual Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans.

CHARLES HENRY TODD, M. D., OWENSBORO, KY.

BORN in Shelby County, Ky., Nov. 6, 1838. Educated at the B. B. Sayre School, Frankfort, Ky. Received the Degree of M. D. at the Medical Department of Tulane University, New Orleans, La., 1861. Entered Confederate State service as Assistant Surgeon, and was on duty at general hospitals at Manassas in 1861; subsequently on duty in general hospital at Liberty and Gordonsville, Va., until December, 1862, when he was assigned to duty (in charge) 6th Louisiana Regiment, Hays' Brigade, was promoted to surgeon of that regiment, and remained on duty with it until the battle of the Wilderness, May, 1864, when the two Louisiana brigades of Hays and Stafford were consolidated, when he was assigned to duty as surgeon of the 13th Virginia. Infantry, same Division, and remained with it until the surrender at Appomattox. In July, 1864, he was left in charge. of wounded at Frederick, Md., remaining in the Federal lines for three weeks, and was exchanged at Fortress Monroe, rejoining his command.

At the close of the war he settled at Owensboro, Ky., where

of Owensboro, Ky., President of the Association of Medical Officers of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy.

he has since resided, actively engaged in the practice of medicine. He was First Vice-President of the Kentucky State Medical Society in 1876, and was elected President in 1878; Secretary of Owensboro Medical Society from 1868 to 1884, and President from 1888 to 1905; Secretary of the Daviess County Board of Health from 1892 to 1904, and elected President in 1905; Medical Referee of the State Board of Health (for Daviess County) from 1892 to 1905. He was a member of the Owensboro Medical Society; the Daviess County Medical Society; the Kentucky State Medical Society; and the Association of Medical Officers of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy. He was Surgeon C. S. A.; Kentucky Delegate to Chicago World's Fair, 1893; Kentucky Commissioner to the Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, 1897; President Daviess County Confederate Association from 1888 to 1898; Commander Rice E. Grove's Camp U. C. V. from 1898 to 1905; Surgeon Second Brigade Kentucky Division U. C. V. from 1898 to 1905; and appointed Surgeon-General U. C. V., Gen. Steven. D. Lee's Staff, 1900 to 1905.

Editorial.

YELLOW FEVER

THE favorable view and optimistic opinion expressed in this journal last month has been fully sustained by the further progress of events. The month of September has, as a rule in all previous experiences, been the most unfavorable, and the expectation of marked increase in both cases and death rate has not been realized. We gave the figures August 15, ult., of 1018 cases, and 166 deaths as occurring in New Orleans; the total at this writing (September 21) being 2689 cases and 351 deaths. On Monday, September 11, not a single death. The low death rate all along has been a peculiar feature, and whether owing to better methods of treatment or milder infection has not yet been determined, however, we may confidently express the hope that it has been at least partly, if not largely, due to more rational therapeutic details. One other point we desire to make here, and that is, this low death rate would have been even lower had it not been for the insane, or rather ignorant, opinion