Editorial. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. Preliminary Program.-The following topics are promised for discussion at the seventeenth annual meeting of the American Academy of Medicine at the Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, Mich., on Saturday, June 4, and Monday, June 6, 1892: 1. "Essentials and Non-essentials in Medical Education," the address of the retiring President, Dr. P. S. Conner, of Cincinnati. 2. "The Value of the General Preparatory Training Afforded by the College as Compared with the Special Preparatory Work Suggested by the Medical School in the Preliminary Education of the Physician," a paper by Dr. T. F. Moses, of Urbana, O. 3. Does a Classical Course Enable a Student to Shorten the Period of Professional Study," a paper by Dr. V. C. Vaughan, of Ann Arbor, Mich. 4. "The Value of Collegiate Degrees as an Evidence of Fitness for the Study of Medicine," a paper by Dr. L. H. Menter, of Chicago. 5. "The Value of Academical Training Preparatory to the Study of Medicine," a symposium by Drs. H. B. Allyn, of Philadelphia; W. D. Bidwell, of Washington; and Egbert Wing, of Chicago. 6.The Newer Medical Education in the United States," a symposium by Drs. W. J. Herdman, of Ann Arbor; Charles Jewett, of Brooklyn; and Egbert Wing, of Chicago. 7. A paper on "Some Phases of the State Supervision of the Practice of Medicine," by Perry H. Millard, of St. Paul. Some other papers are partially promised, and the usual reports may be expected from the committees. Members of the profession are cordially invited to be present at the sessions of the Academy. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. The Forty-third annual session will be held in Detroit, Mich., on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, June 7, 8, 9, and 10, commencing on Tuesday, at 11 A.M. OFFICERS. President Dr. Henry O. Marcy, Boston, Mass. Chairman of Committee of Arrangements-Dr. H. O. Walker. Board of Trustees-P. O. Hooper, Little Rock, Ark., 1892; Alonzo Garcelon, Lewistown, Me., 1892; Isaac N. Love, St. Louis, Mo., 1892; John B. Hamilton, Chicago, Ill., 1893; Daniel E. Nelson, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1893; John V. Shoemaker, Philadelphia, Pa., 1893; W. W. Dawson, Ohio, 1894; W. W. Potter, New York, 1894; J. H. Rauch, Illinois, 1894. Judicial Council-Elected 1889, N. S. Davis, Illinois; H. Brown, Kentucky; R. C. Moore, Nebraska; G. B. Gillespie, Tennessee; T. A. Foster, Maine; J. B. S. Holmes, Georgia; H. O. Walker, Michigan, to fill vacancy. Elected 1890, X. C. Scott, Ohio; W. F. Peck, Iowa; J. A. Lane, Kansas; J. H. Murphy, Minnesota; T. J. Happel, D. J. Roberts, Tennessee; A. Garcelon, Maine. Elected 1891, W. T. Bishop, Pennsylvania; G. L. Porter, Connecticut; James F. Hibbard, Indiana; C. H. Hughes, Missouri; Hunter McGuire, Virginia; A. M. Owen, Indiana; H. D. Didama, New York. OFFICERS OF SECTIONS. Obstetrics and Diseases of Women-Chairman, E. E. Montgomery, Philadelphia; Secretary, F. H. Martin, Chicago. Surgery and Anatomy-Chairman, J. McF. Gaston, Atlanta; Secretary, W. F. Mann, Detroit. State Medicine-Chairman, Benjamin Lee, Philadelphia; Secretary, L. F. Flick, Philadelphia. Ophthalmology-Chairman, J. L. Thompson, Indianapolis; Secretary, G. de Schweinitz, Philadelphia. Laryngology and Otology-Chairman, C. H. Burnett, Philadelphia; Secretary, A. B. Thrasher, Cincinnati. Diseases of Children-Chairman, E. F. Brush, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; Secretary, B. A. Waddington, Salem, N. J. Oral and Dental Surgery-Chairman, J. Taft, Cincinnati, O.; Secretary, E. S. Talbot, Chicago. Neurology and Medical Jurisprudence-Chairman, Harold N. Moyer, Chicago; Secretary, G. R. Strawbridge, Danville, Pa. Dermatology and Syphilography-Chairman, L. D. Bulkley, New York; Secretary, J. C. McGuire, Washington, D. C. Materia Medica and Pharmacy-Chairman, F. Woodbury, Philadelphia; Secretary, W. L. Whelpley, St. Louis. Physiology and Dietetics-Chairman, C. H. A. Kleinschmidt, Washington, D. C.; Secretary, Ephraim Cutter, New York. Practice of Medicine-Chairman, R. T. Edes, Jamaica Plains, Mass.; Secretary, James M. French, Cincinnati, O. ADDRESSES. Address on General Medicine-J. S. Cain, Tennessee. Address on General Surgery-John B. Hamilton, Illinois. Address on State Medicine-C. A. Lindsley, Connecticut. DELEGATES. The delegates shall receive their appointment from permanently organized State Medical Societies, and such County and District Societies as are recognized by representation in their respective State Societies, and from the Medical Department of the Army and Navy, and the Marine-Hospital Service of the United States. Each State, County and District Medical Society entitled to representation, shall have the privilege of sending to the Association one delegate for every ten of its regular resident members, and one for every additional fraction of more than half that number. Provided, however, that the number of delegates for any particular State, Territory, county, city or town, shall not exceed the ratio of one in ten of the resident physicians who may have signed the Code of Ethics of the Association. MEMBERS BY APPLICATION. Members by application shall consist of such members of the State, Conuty, and District Medical Societies entitled to representation in this Association as shall make application in writing to the Treasurer, and accompany said application with a certificate of good standing, signed by the President and Secretary of the Society of which they are members, and the amount of the annual membership fee, five dollars. They shall have their names upon the roll, and shall have all the rights and privileges accorded to permanent members, and shall retain their membership upon the same terms. AMENDMENT TO THE BY-LAWS. Offered by Dr. I. N. Quinby, New Jersey: That Thursday morning's general session be omitted, and the time be devoted to sectional work. By Drs. J. G. Kiernan, Illinois, and H. St. Ash, Pennsylvania: That the Committee on Necrology be abolished, and the work of that Committee be made the duty of the editor of THE JOURNAL. By Dr. J. C. Culbertson, Illinois: That all business matters of the Association be referred, without discussion or comment, to an Executive Committee, composed of two members to be appointed by each State Society in affiliation with this Association, who shall carefully consider and recommend such action as they may deem most advisable. That the time of meeting of the Sections be from 9 A. M. to 12 M., and from 2 to 6 P. M., and that the time of the general sessions shall begin at 12 M., and continue to adjournment. By Dr. A. L. Gihon, United States Navy: That Wednesday be the day for delivery of the President's Address. RAILROAD RATES. The Central Traffic Association has agreed to make the rate to the Detroit meeting of one fare and a third for the round trip, tickets to be sold June 6th and 7th going, and return on date stamped on back by special agent of Detroit, but not good for return after June 13. Those who purchase tickets must take a certificate from the agent at the time of purchase. This is stamped by special agent at Detroit to purchase return ticket. Reviews and Book Notices. THE MEDITERRANEAN SHORES OF AMERICA; Or, The Climatic, Physical, and Meteorological Conditions of Southern California. By P. C. REMONDINO, M.D., Member of the American Medical Association, of the American Public Health Association, of the State Board of Health of California; Vice-President of the California State Medical Society, and of the Southern California Medical Society. Illustrated with forty-five engravings and two double-page maps. In one handsome royal octavo volume of 176 pages. Price, extra cloth, $1.25, net; cheaper edition, bound in paper, 75 cents, net. Philadelphia: The F. A. Davis Company, Publishers, 1231 Filbert Street. Dr. Remondino very truly says that "Southern California climatology is quite a study; many of its meteorological results are even real puzzles-puzzles met with nowhere else. It has many oddities; for instance, one of the greatest peculiarities or oddities of this climate consists in the relative conditions existing between the degrees of temperature and the degrees of atmorpheric humidity. It is this atmospheric condition that puzzles all new-comers, and that is incomprehensible to the average observer of meteorological conditions and their results." This is, indeed, a very interesting book to us on this side of the Rockies, who have heard so much of the wonders of the Pacific slope, and more especially of its southern extremity-a land of the orange, the lemon, and the olive, without the terrible heat and death-dealing breezes of our gulf coast during the summer solstice. One needs to take up this book-he will not be apt to lay it down until he gets to the end, if he has never heard of the wonders of this grand section of our great country. Another quotation from the author's preface is as follows: "The book is necessarily an incomplete work, being only intended as a short guide or abridged hand-book. Of this the author is well aware; but he has undertaken, in as condensed a form as possible, to give the seeker after a climate for health such information as will be of value, besides giving to the reader |