Galveston Medical Journal Volume 5 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... of Atlanta, Ga., offerred a resolution that the (-, sss o.ociation do not recognize any college or institution against pir,: . (rom.jj charges are pending. Satis+'ncfo i'i'ivsi-ian-._-#ias opened by Dr. Eeyburn, of the District of Columbia, four y.i'Mrs ry vocated by Dr. Powell, after it was laid over, under the.' ' ' ' 'offered a paper on insane institutions; which was sundry--Er- to the Committee on Publication. MhaeterTaa;viepcr on epidemic disease was read and referred.. fify te of thanks was tendered to Mayor Bowenfor entertaiu-ctor--Association at his residence on Wednesday night. aJes'ofotion was made that the next meeting of the Association ases o in San Prancisc0) California. '.;., ., esolution declaring Dr. Horace Wells, of Boston, to be the erer of aiisethesia, was adopted. A resolution of thanks was tendered to Dr. Mendenhall for the able manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of the Association. Dr. John Sullivan, of Massachusetts, offered the following: Resolved, That no distinction of race or color shall exclude persons claiming admission to this Association who are duly accredited thereto..' During its reading the speaker was met with a storm of hisses, which compelled him to stop. Cries of " go on," were heard, and he said he would do so when the serpents became quiet. He then finished its reading, and was allowed to speak seven minutes. ' During the delivery of the above speech, great confusion reigned, and had it not been for the persistent efforts of Dr. YandaH, of Louisville, Kentucky, at one time surgeon-in-chief of Gen. Kirby Smith's army, Dr. S. would not have been able to have concluded his remarks. During their delivery Dr. Tandall appealed to the sense of the convention to allow him to...