Excerpt from The Transactions of the American Medical Association, Vol. 7: Instituted 1847 The Association met in Verandah, Hall, at 11 O'clock, A. M., the Senior vice-president, Dr. Usher parsons, Of Rhode Island, presiding, in the absence of the President, Dr. Jonathan knight, of Connecticut. Upon invitation extended to the vice-presidents and Ex Presidents Of the Association, Dr. H. K. Frost, Of South Caro lina, vice-president, and Dr. R. D. Mussey, Of Cincinnati, Ex President, took seats upon the platform. The Secretary, Dr. E. S. Lemoine, of St. Louis, read letters from Dr. Knight, the President, and Dr. Beadle, of New York, the Senior Secretary, deeply regretting that matters Of urgent importance would prevent them from attending the Session of the Association at St. Louis, and uniting with its members there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.