Excerpt from Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina: Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting Held at Durham, N. C. May 21, 22 and 23, 1901 It is argued against the County Society that petty jealousies and disagreements of local competitors are sure, sooner or later, to arise and make the maintenance of the Society impossible. Doubtless, this would be true in many instances, but even should the County Society disband for such cause, membership in the State Society might be retained, and in all instances these unfortunate conditions would not arise. With a well organized, active Society, the enforcement of the law would not be so difficult, and the tendency would be to increase both the membership and the attendance at the annual meeting. As a further means of adding to the interest of the annual meetings, it is suggested that more time be given to scientific discussion and less to routine business. As part of this program, it is recommended that each chairman of Section and the leader of debate be required to signify his willingness to perform the duties, and to assure him that the appointment is not intended as an idle compliment, but that the scientific work and interest of the meeting will depend upon his efforts. If he is unwilling to give such assurance, then some one else should be appointed. It might be well, also to select some distinguished member of the profession from abroad to address each meeting on a subject of general interest. 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.