Trustees of the College of Physicians and Surgeons.—Drs. A. H. Stevens, Thomas Cock, Edward Delafield.

Geneva Medical College.--Dr. Charles A. Lee.

FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

Philadelphia Medical Society.--Drs. John Bell, Henry Bond, Geo. W. Norris, Isaac Hays, Isaack Parrish, Joseph Warrington, Alfred Stillé, J. Rodman Paul, Francis West, Gouverneur Emerson, Caspar Morris, Meredith Clymer.

Medical Department of Pennsylvania College.-Drs. H. S. Patterson, W. A. Atlee.

FROM DELAWARE.

Medical Association of Wilmington.-Dr. Lewis P. Bush.

Medical Society of Delaware.-Drs. James W. Thompson, E. S. Richard, William W. Stewart, William Cummings, Gove Saulsbury, James Couper.

FROM MARYLAND.

Washington Medical College.-Drs. H. Baxley, Charles Bell Gibson.

FROM VIRGINIA.

Medical Society of Virginia--Drs. Robert W. Haxall, Samuel A. Patterson, Charles Mills, Frederick Marx, James Conway, J. Cullen.*

FROM GEORGIA.

Georgia Medical Society.-Dr. Richard D. Arnold.

FROM MISSISSIPPI.

Mississippi State Medical Society.—Drs. E. D. Fenner, of New Orleans, C. S. Magoun.

FROM INDIANA.

La Porte University.—Dr. Azariah B. Shipman.

FROM ILLINOIS.

Medical Department of Illinois College.-Drs. Edward Mead, William A. Cheatham.

FROM TENNESSEE.

Medical Society of Tennessee.-Dr. William A. Cheetham.

It was on motion Resolved, that the Committee be continued to receive the credentials of such Delegates as may hereafter arrive.

Oa motion of Dr. Arnold, it was Resolved, that all gentlemen who have presented credentials from any regularly organized Medical Society in this Union, be considered members of this Convention.

It was moved by Dr. Davis, and carried, that Dr. Theophilus C. Dunn, President of the Rhode Island State Medical Society be invited to take a seat as a member of this Convention.

It was moved by Dr. Underhill, and duly seconded, that all medical gentlemen in good standing, who may be present from States not otherwise represented, be admitted as delegates, which motion was carried.

Drs. E. C. Marsh, and Lyndon A. Smith, of New Jersey, were invited to take seats under the above resolution.

On motion, a Committee of one from each State represented in the Convention, was appointed to nominate officers for the Convention.

The following gentlemen were appointed:

From New Hampshire,

Dr. Gage.
"Coo.k

From Delaware,

Dr. Bush.

66

66

Vermont,

Maryland,

66

Virginia,
Georgia,

Mississippi,

Shipman.

66 New Jersey,

Baxley. "Haxall. "Arnold. "Fenner.

"Mead.
"Cheatham.

Dr. Cullen represented the Hampden Sydney College, (Medical Department,) Richmond.-Ed. Bulletin.

The Committee, after having retired, returned and made the following rcport:

The Committee appointed to nominate suitable officers to preside over the Convention, report that they have unanimously agreed to propose the names of the following gentlemen:-

For President.-Dr. J. Knight, of New Haven.

For Vice-Presidents.—Dr. John Bell, of Philadelphia; Dr. Edward Delafield, of New York City.

For Secretaries.-Dr. Richard D. Arnold, of Savannah; Dr. Alfred Stillé, of Philadelphia.

The Report was adopted :-Committee discharged.

The Officers, with the exception of Dr. Delafield, took their seats.

Dr. Bedford, of the University of the city of New York, moved the following preamble and resolution, seconded by Dr. Pattison, also of the University of the city of New York:

Whereas the call of the State Medical Society of New York, for a National Medical Convention to he held in the city of New York on the first Tuesday in May, has failed in a representation from one-half the United States, and from a majority of the Medical Colleges; and whereas, the State Medical Society has emphatically stated that there is no mode of accomplishing the object of the Convention, without concert of action on the part of the Medical Societies, Colleges and Institutions of all the States, therefore Resolved that this Convention adjourn sine die.

The Yeas and Nays were called on this, and were as follows:-
Yeas-Drs. Beckford and Pattison-2.

Nays-Drs. S. A. Cook, H. Green, C. P. Page, R. P. J. Tenney, A. Clark, W. H. Cogswell, J. G. Beckwith, R. Warner, D. T. Brainard, B. Burwell, A. Flint, J. McNaughton, A. March, J. Coates, F. C. Stewart, J. A. Swett, E. L. Beadle, C. A. Lee, J. Bell, H. Bond, G. W. Norris, I. Hays, J. Parrish, J. L. Warrington, A Stillé, J. R. Paul, F. West, G. Emerson, M. Clymer, W. A. Atlee, L. P. Bush, E. S. Richards, G. Saulsbury, J. Couper, H. W. Baxley, R. W. Haxall, S. A. Patteson, J. Cullen, R. D. Arnold, E. D Fenner, A. B. Shipman, E. Mead, W. A. Cheatham, P. Wilson, D. E. Hurd, S. Wood, G. Smith, H. D. Bulkley, W. P. Buel, J. K. Wood, J. S. Heard, A. N. Gunn, J. Watson, R. L. Morris, R. T. Underhill, S. P. White, J. C. Cheeseman, A. C. Post, G. Buck, O. S. Bartles, S. Hasbrouck, J. A. Wing, D. Ayres, N. S. Davis, A. Willard, P. Earle, T. Cock, C. L. Mitchell, J. S. Thorne, T. S. Dunn, E. J. Marsh, L. A. Smith, W. W. Stuart, and J. Knight.-74.

Dr. Clymer then offered the following resolution:-

Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to provide other accommodations for the sittings of this Convention, than in the University of New York.

Several amendments were offered to this resolution, but while they were pending, Dr. Haxall moved to lay the whole upon the table, which was carried, -Yeas 34, nays 31.

Dr. N. S. Davis moved the following, which was adopted

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Resolved, That a Committee of nine be appointed to bring the subject of Medical Education before the Convention in the form of distinct propositions, suitable for discussion and action, and that it report at the next meeting. The following gentlemen were then appointed:

Dr. N. S. Davis,

On motion of Dr. R. Wood, of N. Y., the President was added to the Committee. Dr. Buel offered the following, which was adopted :Resolved, That the Committee be instructed to receive and submit propositions on all subjects proper to be brought before this Convention.

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On motion the Convention adjourned until 10 o'clock next morning.

Wednesday, May 6th.

The Convention met pursuant to adjournment. The roll was called, and 63 delegates answered to their names. The minutes of the last meeting were then read and confirmed. The Chairman of the Committee on Credentials announced the presence of Dr. C. A. Pope, delegate from the Medical Society of the State of Missouri, and Drs. Anderson, G. Dana, J. Spaulding, and J. A. Allen, Delegates from the Vermont Medical Society.

Dr. N. S. Davis, Chairman of the Committee, appointed at the last meeting to present the subject of Medical Education to the Convention in a form proper for discussion, and, generally, to prepare business for its action, reported that, owing to the short time allowed them, the Committee had not been able to agree in regard to the subject especially entrusted to them, but that they had unanimously determined to lay before the Convention certain resolutions which they believed adapted to fulfil the immediate objects contemplated by the Convention. Whereupon Dr. Hays, from the same Committee, submitted the following preamble and resolutions:

Whereas it has been shown by experience, that the Association of persons engaged in the same pursuit, facilitates the attainment of their common objects,

therefore-

1st. Resolved, that it is expedient for the medical profession of the United States, to institute a National Medical Association, for the protection of their interests, for the maintenance of their honor and respectability, for the advancement of their knowledge, and for the extension of their usefulness.

2d. Resolved, that a Committee of seven be appointed to report a plan of organization for such an Association, at the meeting to be held in Philadelphia, on the first Wednesday in May, 1847.

3d. Resolved, that a Committee of seven be appointed to prepare and issue an address to the different regularly organized Medical Societies and chartered Medical Schools in the United States, setting forth the objects of the National Medical Association, and inviting them to send delegates to a Convention, to be held in Philadelphia, on the first Wednesday in May, 1847.

4th. Resolved, that it is desirable that a uniform and elevated standard of requirements for the degree of M. D., should be adopted by all the Medical Schools in the United States, and that a Committee of seven be appointed to report on this subject at the Meeting to be held in Philadelphia, on the first Wednesday in May, 1847.

5th. Resolved, that it is desirable that young men, before being received as students of medicine, should have acquired a suitable preliminary education, and that a Committee of seven be appointed to report on the standard of acquirements which should be exacted of such young men, and to report at the meeting to be held on the first Wednesday in May, 1847.

6th. Resolved, that it is expedient that the medical profession of the United States should be governed by the same code of Medical Ethics, and that a Committee of seven be appointed to report a Code for that purpose, at the meeting to be held at Philadelphia, on the first Wednesday in May, 1847.

Dr. J. S. Copes was announced to be a duly authorized delegate from the Medical Society of Mississippi; and Dr. G. H. White of the Hudson Lunatic Asylum was admitted to a seat in the Convention.

Dr. G. S. Pattison moved that the Report of the Committee on Business be adopted. Carried, nem. diss.

Carried.

Dr. Stearns moved that the resolutions be considered seriatim. The preamble and 1st resolution were then adopted nem. diss. The 2d resolution being under discussion, Dr. S. Hasbrouck moved that the committee to be appointed under that resolution report on to-morrow morning. After some remarks by Drs. Haxall, Thompson, and Davis, the motion was. withdrawn.

Dr. Griscomb moved that the next Convention be held in September, 1847 After some remarks by delegates from the South, declaring that physicians of

that region could not possibly be spared from their duties in the autumn, the motion was rejected.

The 2d resolution and then the 3d, were adopted, without further discussion, nem. diss.

Dr. F. Hasbrouck, as Superintendent of the N. Y. City Lunatic Asylum, was here admitted to a seat in the Convention.

The 4th resolution was then adopted, nem. diss.

The 5th resolution, after some observations from Drs. Manley, and H. S. Patterson, and the loss of an amendment proposed by the latter gentleman, was adopted nem. diss.

The 6th resolution was in like manner adopted, without debate; after which, on motion of Dr. Bush, the preamble and resolutions collectively were unanimously adopted.

The Convention then took a recess for half an hour, after empowering the President to fill the Committees called for by the resolutions just passed.

On reassembling, the Convention received, Dr. G. Sumner, a delegate from the Medical Society of Connecticut.

Dr. Clymer asked, and received, permission to correct an error personal to himself in the report of a morning newspaper (the N. Y. Herald), concerning the vote on Dr. Haxall's motion to lay on the table the resolution offered by Dr. Clymer for adjourning forthwith from the rooms of the Faculty of the University of N. Y. city. The newspaper in question had stated that the only serious opposition to laying this resolution on the table proceeded from the delegates of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, whereas the vote had really stood 34 in favor, and 31 against disposing of the resolution in this manner.

Dr. J. B. Beck, of the Faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, stated that so far from any opposition to laying the resolution on the table having proceeded from the body which he represented, neither he nor his colleague, Dr. Parker, the only delegates from that body, were even so much as present during the discussion, or at the vote, on the resolution.

The Secretary asked permission to insert the correction in the minutes of the last meeting as confirmed; stating that the vote was upon the original record of the proceedings, but had been omitted in transcription. Leave was granted.

Dr. Sumner moved to reconsider the 2d resolution; the motion, after remarks by Drs. Baxley, Haxall, and Davis, was laid on the table.

Dr. Bartles introduced the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Union of the business of Teaching, and Licensing in the same hands, is wrong in principle, and liable to great abuse in practice. Instead of conferring the right to license on Medical Colleges, and State and County Medical Societies, it should be restricted to one Board in each State, composed in fair proportion of representatives from its Medical Colleges and the profession at large, and the pay for whose services as Examiners should in no degree depend on the number licensed by them.

Dr. Sumner moved to lay the resolution on the table. After remarks by Drs. F. C. Stewart and Clymer, the motion was withdrawn.

Dr. Parrish moved that the resolution be referred to the Committee under the 4th resolution, reported by the Committee on Business.

Dr. Baxley moved an amendment, which was accepted by Dr. Parrish, providing that all communications upon the subject of medical degrees be referred to the same Committee.

Dr. Manley remarked at length upon the subject of Medical Education. Dr. Baxley replied. Dr. Manley rejoined; and then moved to refer the resolution introduced by Dr. Bartles to a special Committee.

On motion, the subject was temporarily laid upon the table in order that the President might announce the Committees he had appointed.

They were as follows:

Under the 2d Resolution.-Drs. J. Watson, J. Stearns, F. C. Stuart, N. Y.;

A Stille, Philadelphia; N. S. Davis, Binghampton, N. Y.; Cogswell, N. Haven, Conn.; Fenner, New Orleans.

Under the 3d Resolution-Drs. E. Ives, Dow, and Suinner, of New Haven, Conn.; J. McNaughten, Albany, N. Y.; Blatchford, Troy, N. Y.; Burwell, Buffalo, N. Y.; and Baxley, Baltimore, Md.

Under the 4th Resolution-Drs. Haxall and Cullen, Richmond, Va.; S. A. Patteson, Manchester, Va.; G. W. Norris, Philadelphia; A. Flint, Buffalo, N. Y.; J. Perkins, Castleton, Vt.; and J. A. Wing, Albany, N. Y.

Under the 5th Resolution-Drs. J. Couper, Newcastle, Del.; L. P. Bush, and J. W. Thomson, Wilmington, Del.; E. Mead, Jacksonville, Ill.; A. March, Albany, N. Y.; J. Atlee, Philadelphia; and D. J. Brainard, New London, Conn. Under the 6th Resolution-Drs. Bell, Hays, and Emerson, Philadelphia; Morris, Dover, Del.; J. C. Dunn, Newport, R. I.; Alonzo Clark, N. Y.; and R. D. Arnold, Savannah, Ga.

Dr. Haxall moved that the President be added, as Chairman to the Committee under the 3d resolution. Carried unanimously.

The consideration of Dr. Bartles' resolution, as amended by Dr. Manley, was then resumed, and it was ordered that when the vote upon it is taken, it be taken by yeas and nays.

Drs. S. Hasbrouck and Davis remarked at length upon the subject of the resolution. Observations were also made by Drs. Baxley, and Underhill.

Dr. Sumner moved to lay the resolution on the table. Lost by a vote of 34 to 40. Dr. Parrish having withdrawn his amendment, the yeas and nays on Dr. Bartles' resolution, as amended by Dr. Manley, were called, when it was adopted by the following vote :

Yeas. Drs. Arnold, Ayres, Bartles, Beadle, Beck, Bulkley, Burwell, Bond, Buck Buel, Cheeseman, Cock, Coates, Copes, Cummins, Cook, Davis, Delafield, Ferguson, Drake, Fenner, Gage, Gray, Griscom, Gunn, F. Hasbrouck, S. Hasbrouck, Heard, McGoun, McNaughton, Mitchell, R. D. Morris, B. Parker, W. Parker, Paul, Parrish, Pope, Rickards, Saulsbury, F. C. Stewart, W. W. Stewart, L. A. Smith, Stille, Stearns, Swett, Thorne, Underhill, Van Kleek, Warner, Watson, Warrington, West, Willard, S. P. White, G. H. White, Wing, J. Wood, J. R. Wood-59.

Nays.-Drs. Baxley, Beckwith, Bedford, Blakeman, Brainard, Bush, Cheatham, A. Clark, Clymer, Couper, Cullen, Emerson, Flint, Gibson, Hays, Haxall, Lee, March, H. S. Patterson, G. S. Patterson, S. A. Patterson, Shipman, Sumner, Thompson.-24.

Dr. Griscom moved that a Committee of five be appointed to consider the expediency, and if expedient, the mode, of recommending and urging upon the several State governments the adoption of measures for a registration of the births, marriages, and deaths, of their several populations Carried, nem. diss. Dr. McGoun moved that the thanks of the Convention be presented to the officers of this Convention, for the prompt and efficient discharge of their duties. Carried, nem. diss.

Dr. Griscom introduced the following resolution:

Resolved, That Mr. Lemuel Shattuck, of Boston; Drs. Jarvis, of Dorchester, Mass; Emerson, of Philadelphia; T. R. Beck, of Albany; and C. A. Lee, of N. Y.; be a Committee to prepare a nomenclature of disease, adapted to the United States, having reference to a general registration of deaths; to report to a future Convention, which was adopted; and on motion, Dr. Griscom was added to the Committee as Chairman.

Dr. Swett of N. Y., offered the following, which after receiving the approbation of the delegates from New York, was adopted:

Resolved, That a publication of the proceedings of this Convention be made in pamphlet form; that ten thousand copies be printed; that the N. York City delegation assume the expense; and that it be referred to the first Standing Cummittee.

The President then announced the Committees appointed by him, under the resolutions of Dr. Bartles, and of Dr. Griscom, as follows: