become vacant, the Executive Committee shall appoint a President pro tem., who shall act until the next annual meeting. Vacancies in the Executive and in the office of Secretary may be filled by the President. Vacancies in the office of Treasurer shall be filled by the Executive Committee.

13. These articles may be amended at a regular annual meeting, but only by a vote of a majority of the whole number of members then belonging to the Society, in which case votes may be taken by proxy.

14. A majority of the members of the Society, or their proxies, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

15. Members removing from the State do not forfeit their membership, and the Society may, by a by-law, extend the period in which such members shall be required to pay their semi-annual dues.

The plan received the favorable attention of the Association, and on motion of Dr. Ketchum was formally endorsed.

The call for reports from the several counties was now resumed: Madison County.-Report on Surgery, by Dr. J. J. Dement. Presented by Dr. H. W. Bassett. Read and referred. Jackson County.-Dr. J. S. Bankson presented his volunteer report, which was read and referred.

Hale County.-Dr. Thomas O. Summers, Jr., presented by request a paper detailing the analysis of the urine in a case of Hæmorrhagic Malarial Fever.

This paper gave rise to a very interesting discussion, which was engaged in by Drs. Sadler, Taylor, Love, Cochran, and others. [The views of Drs. Taylor and Love will be found in the body of this volume, in connection with the paper which elicited them.]

Marengo County.-Report on the Diseases and Surgery of Spring Hill, by Dr. George Whitfield. Received and referred.

Mobile County.-Report on Diseases, with a topographical map, by Dr. G. A. Moses. Received and referred.

Report on Surgery, by Dr. J. T. Gilmore. Read in synopsis and referred.

Report on the Sanitary Condition of Mobile, by Dr. William H. Anderson. Read and referred.

Dr. Gaines requested further time to prepare his paper on Phthisis Pulmonalis, which was granted.

Report on Genito-Urinary Surgery, by Dr. C. H. Mastin. Read in part, and referred.

Montgomery County.-Report on Surgery. Received and referred. Dallas County.-A volunteer essay, entitled "A Reply to Dr. T. C. Osborn on the use of Quinine in Malaria," by Dr. A. G. Mabry. Received and referred.

Elmore County.-Report on Obstetrics, by Dr. E. Mason. Received and referred.

Bibb County.-Report on Diseases. Dr. Crawford asked further time, which was granted.

Miscellaneous business was next in order.

Dr. Osborn presented to the Association a tooth from a child thirteen days old; also one of recent growth from a lady aged sixty-one years.

On motion of Dr. L. H. Sadler, the following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, It is a pleasant custom of State Medical Associations to send greetings and delegates to neighboring State Associations:

Resolved, That the Medical Association of the State of Alabama appoint one delegate each to attend the meetings of the State Medical Associations of Tennessee and of Georgia, which will take place in a few days in those States; and that the delegates be authorized to extend the cordial wishes of this Association for their continued prosperity.

On motion, Dr. T. C. Osborn was appointed delegate to the State Medical Association of Tennessee, and Dr. T. A. Means delegate to the State Medical Association of Georgia.

The report of the Nominating Committee was then presented.

REPORT OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE.

The Nominating Committee of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama convened in the parlor of the Huntsville Hotel Wednesday afternoon, March 27, 1872, at five o'clock, P. M. Dr. Sadler was called to the Chair, and Dr. Summers was elected Secretary.

The following gentlemen recorded their names as delegates from their respective counties: Dr. Geo. A. Ketchum, Mobile county; Dr. M. H. Jordan, Jefferson county; Dr. Louis W. Desprez, Franklin county; Dr. J. S. Lynch, Wilcox county; Dr. H. W. Bassett, Madison county; Dr. S. L. Bonner, Pickens county; Dr. J. S. Weatherly, Montgomery county; Dr. J. S. Bankson, Jackson county; Dr. J. Kyle, Lauderdale county; Dr. L. H. Sadler, Lawrence county; Dr. John Little, Jr., Tuskaloosa county; Dr. J. R. Hoffman, Limestone county; Dr. William Desprez, Colbert county; Dr. L. W. Sheppard, Lee county; Dr. D. E. Berger, Perry county; Dr. T. O. Summers, Hale county.

The committee then proceeded to nominate by ballot, with the following result:

President-Dr. J. J. Dement, Huntsville.

First Vice President-Dr. M. D. Richardson, Athens.

Second Vice President-Dr. E. P. Gaines, Mobile.

Third Vice President-Dr. L. W. Sheppard, Opelika.

First Recording Secretary-Dr. T. A. Means, Montgomery.

Second Recording Secretary-Dr. T. O. Summers, Greensboro'.
Corresponding Secretary-Dr. John Little, Tuskaloosa.
Treasurer-Dr. W. C. Jackson, Montgomery.

Orator-Dr. M. H. Jordan, Birmingham.

Valedictorian-Dr. J. Paul Jones, Camden.

Tuskaloosa was chosen viva voce as the place for the next annual meeting.

Dr. Hicklin, of Mobile, moved that the report of the committee be received, and that the Association proceed to ballot for officers. Dr. Gilmore objected to the reception of the report of the committee, charging that it was the result of a private caucus, a sort of proceeding which he thought discreditable to a scientific body.

Speeches were now made by several members of the Nominating Committee, commenting on Dr. Gilmore's charges. Dr. Ketchum stated that he was a member of the Nominating Committee, and that he repelled with indignation any charge associating his name with the proceedings of a caucus. If any such caucus had been held it was deserving of censure, and if nominations had been influenced by such means the gentlemen nominated owed it to themselves not to allow their names to be submitted to the vote of the Association.

Dr. Sadler agreed with Dr. Ketchum.

Drs. Weatherly and Bassett also spoke in reply to the strictures made by Dr. Gilmore.

Dr. Dement's name was withdrawn by Dr. Norris.

Dr. Sheppard, Dr. Richardson, and Dr. Means were withdrawn by Dr. Bassett.

Dr. Summers withdrew his own name.

Nominations were then made on the floor and the ballot taken for the several offices, with the following result:

President-Dr. George Ernest Kumpé, of Leighton.
First Vice President-Dr. E. P. Gaines, of Mobile.
Second Vice President-Dr. C. A. Crow, of Moulton.
Third Vice President-Dr. S. L. Bonner, of Reform.

First Recording Secretary.-Dr. Jerome Cochran, of Mobile. Second Recording Secretary-Dr. T. O. Summers, Jr., of Greensboro'.

Corresponding Secretary.-Dr. John Little, Jr., of Tuskaloosa.
Treasurer. Dr. W. C. Jackson, of Montgomery.

Orator.-Dr. M. H. Jordan, of Elyton.

Valedictorian.-Dr. L. H. Sadler, of Leighton.

Place of next annual meeting, Tuskaloosa. Time of next annual meeting, last Tuesday in March, 1873.

VOTE OF THANKS.

On motion it was resolved that the thanks of the Association be extended

1. To the Madison County Medical Society for the admirable arrangements made for the business and entertainment of the Association.

2. To the citizens of Huntsville for the courtesies and hospitalities extended to the members of the Association.

3. To the officers of the following Railroads for reduction of fare, namely: Mobile and Ohio; Mobile and Montgomery; Memphis and Charleston; Georgia; Selma, Meridian and Memphis; Western; Alabama Central; Selma, Rome and Dalton.

4. To the retiring officers of the Association for the courteous and efficient discharge of their respective duties.

On motion, the Association adjourned sine die.

[The following remarks of Dr. Weatherly should have been printed on page 40.]

Dr. Weatherly said that he did not know who were to be the nominees previous to going into the nominating room; that there was nothing unfair in the nomination; that he had objected to one Society being represented by four delegates in the Nominating Committee; that the nominees received eight votes, representing eight Societies, and that three Societies, represented by seven votes, opposed them; that the refusal to confirm would be an unprecedented act by this Association.

REPORTERS ON THE DISEASES OF THE DIFFERENT

COUNTIES.

The following gentlemen have been appointed by the President Reporters on the diseases of the various counties, under the fourth section of Article IV of the Constitution. Reports to be made to the next annual session.

AUTAUGA COUNTY.

On Diseases-Duncan McNeill, M. D., Autaugaville.
On Surgery-Alex. D. Mims, M. D., Prattville.
On Gynæcology-T. A. Davis, M. D., Autaugaville.
BARBOUR COUNTY.

On Diseases-John C. McNeil, M. D., Clayton.
On Surgery-Wm. H. Thornton, M. D., Eufaula.

BIBB COUNTY.

On Diseases-James W. Crawford, M. D., Centreville.
On Surgery-S. E. Starr, M. D., Tyann's.

BULLOCK COUNTY.

On Diseases-C. H. Franklin, M. D., Union Springs.
On Surgery-James M. Foster, M. D., Union Springs.
BUTLER COUNTY.

On Diseases-John Bemey, M. D., Greenville.
On Surgery-Joseph Harrison, M. D., Greenville.

CHOCTAW COUNTY.

On Diseases-A. B. Gilmer, M. D., Butler.

CLARK COUNTY.

On Diseases-Wm. Stump Forwood, M. D., Gosport.
On Surgery-Thomas B. Savage, M. D., Jackson.

CONECUH COUNTY.

On Diseases-S. S. Forbes, M. D., Bellville.

On Surgery-John B. McMillan, M. D., Evergreen.