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Adults, $4.00 MANUFACTURED BY THE EMPIRE No. 17 Spring Street, The Association of American Physicians held its Tenth annual meeting in Washington, on May 30 and 31, 1895. Dr. Howard A. Kelly of Baltimore, will deliver the address on gynecology, at the fall meeting of the Tri-State Medical Society, in Des Moines. The American Gynecological Society elected the following officers for next year: President, Dr. Wm. M. Polk of New York; First Vice-President, Dr. James H. Etheridge of Chicago; Second Vice-President, Dr. Fernand Henrotin of Chicago; Secretary, Dr. Henry C. Coe of New York; Treasurer, Dr. J. Montgomery Baldy of Philadelphia. Medico-Legal Congress.- The Medico-Legal Society announces that it will hold a Medico-Legal Congress at or near the City of New York during the last week of August or first week of September, 1895 (time and place to be hereafter announced), opened to all students of Medical Jurisprudence, under the charge of a committee of arrangements, composed as follows. Ex-Surrogate Rastus S. Ransom, chairman; Clark Bell, Esq., Secretary; George Chaffee, M. ., Treasurer; Moritz Ellinger, Esq., H. W. Mitchell, M. D., Constantine J. MacGuire, M. D., Prof. A. M. Phelps, M. D. New Organization.-Delinquents who owe doctors' bills must have a care or the next time they fall ill they must prescribe for themselves. The Physicians' Business Bureau "for social purposes and protection has been incorporated in Springfield with Drs. Henry F. Lewis, I. N. Danforth, N. S. Davis, and Christian Fenger as incorporators. The object of the bureau is to protect its members against people who don't pay up after treatment. At the end of a certain time, yet to be agreed upon, the delinquent's name is put on a list by the attending physician. This list will be passed around among the members, who will know what men are not to be trusted.--Railway Surgeon. The Northern Kansas Medical Society convened in Dr. N. Hayes office, Seneca, Kans., June 13th, 1895. Was called to order by Dr. W. E. Hamm, VicePresident. The histories of a number of very interesting cases were presented and ably discussed. Society changed time of its meetings from the second Thursdays of January and June, to the first Thursdays of November and May. The following officers were elected for the following year; Dr. W. E. Hamm, President, Beattie, Kans.; Dr. J. F. Lesh, Vice-President, Seneca, Kans.; Dr. S. Murdock Jr., Secretary, Oneida, Kans., Dr. N. Hayes, Treasurer, Seneca. Society adjourned to meet the first Thursday in November. Grand Tour Around the Circle Arranged Especially for the Members of the American Pharmaceutical Association, by the Local Committee of Denver.-On the occasion of the annual meeting of that Association in Denver, Colorado, August 14th to 21st, 1895, a special train to make the entire tour of 1000 miles through the Rocky Mountains, will leave Denver at 8 o'clock a. m., August 22. The train will be composed of Pullman Sleeping Cars and Day Coaches to acommodate the wishes of all, as the train will make the entire trip in daylight, laying over at convenient points at night where good hotel accommodations can be secured. Those persons traveling in the Pullman cars will be permitted to occupy them for sleeping purposes. The fare has been reduced to the very low rate of $20.00 for the round trip good until September 1st. Stop-overs will be allowed on return portions of the tickets, within the limit of the ticket, at any point en route the passenger may desire. Parties wishing to make side trips on branch lines will be permitted to do so at half rates on presentation of their tickets to agents at junction points. On the return trip the special train will discharge all of its passengers that may desire to do so at Colorado Springs or Manitou, the great 380 est resorts of the west, from which points they may return to Denver by any regular train at their leisure. This journey "Around the Circle," of one thousand miles, through the heart of the Rocky Mountains, comprises more grand and varied scenery than is compassed in the same space on the face of the globe. Over peaks and passes, through canons and valleys, comprising in all sixty prominent points of interest famed throughout the world. The journey of the special train will occupy four days, as follows: First day-Denver to Salida. Points of interest seen from the train: Fort Logan, Woolhurst, Castle Rock, Caso Blanca, Palmer Lake, Phoebe's Arch, Glen Park, Chautauqua, Monument Park, Colorado Springs, Manitou, Pike's Peak, Cheyenne Mountain, Pueblo, Spanish Peaks, Florence Oil Fields, Canon City, the Famous Royal Gorge, the Grand Canon of the Arkansas, the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range, Collegiate Range, Mounts Harvard, Yale and Princetown. Arrive Salida for early supper; at this point the train will remain over night; the air is delightful, the surrounding scenery magnificent, and good hotel for those who desire, close to station, where meals will be served. Second day--Salida to Durango. Points of interest: Valley of the Arkansas, Sangre de Cristo Range, Poncha Springs, Poncha Pass, Villa Grove, The Great San Luis Valley, Sierra Blanca (the higest Peak in Colorado), ascent of the Cumbres Divide, Phantom Curve, Toltec Gorge, Garfield Memorial, Los Pinos Valley, Cumbres Summit, Apache Indians on Reservation, Southern Ute Indians on Reservation. Arrive Durango for supper and remain over night. Hotel two blocks from station. Durango is the commercial city of southwest Colorada; has large coal and smelting interests. Third dayVia Rio Grande Southern Railroad. Through the Fort Lewis Military Reservation, in sight of the famous Ship Rock; the Mancos Valley and Mancos, the debarking point for the Cliff Ruins; over the Chicken Creek Divide, and through Lost Canon to Dolores and the Dolores Canon to the rich mining camp at Rico, from Rico over the Lizard Head Pass, in sight of the rock from which the pass derives its name; past Trout Lake and across the famous Ophir Loop, one of the greatest of all feats of railroad engineering; down the Valley of the San Miguel, crossing the Horse Fly Range and descending into Ridgeway, the terminus of the Rio Grande Southern, and thence via Denver & Rio Grande to Ouray, the Gem of the Rockies, nestling in a natural amphitheatre under the shadows of huge mountains. Remain here over night, either sleeping in the Pullmans or at one of the numerous good hotels. Natural Hot Springs are here with good bathing accommodations. Fourth day-leave Ouray and thence through the beautiful valley of the Uncompahagre to Montrose, the Cerro Divide, the famous Black Canon of the Gunnison and the wonderful Curricanti Needle to Gunnison, and on over Marshall Pass, the climax of railroad building, crossing the Continental Divide at an elevation of 10,852 feet, and descending to Salida and on to Denver via the same route traversed on the outward trip, arriving there early on the morning of the fifth day, having compassed the famed tour "Around the Circle." For Pullman berths on this train diagrams will be opened at the Grand Union Ticket Office, 1662 Larimer Street, at 8.00 a. m. Monday August 17th, or you can secure sleeping accommodations by addressing S. K. Hooper, G. P. & T. A. D. R. G. R. R., Denver, Colo. In addition to this trip the members of the American Pharmaceutical Association are cordially invited to avail themselves of some of the very low rates for other tours in the Rocky Mountains, which are in effect from May to October, and details of which will be cheerfully furnished on application. S. K. HOOPER, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. To the Members of the American Pharmaceutical Association. We have succeeded in arranging with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad for this most desirable of Rocky Mountain tours at the extremely low rate named herein, In no other way can so much be seen or learned of this scenic State. The party must number not less than one hundred in order to secure the advantages of a special train.-otherwise, the trip must be made more inconveniently by regular trains. The Committee sincerely hope that enough of the members will signify their intention to go, so that the special train may be secured. We should be glad to hear from you at once of your intention to be one of the party. CHAN. M. FORD, Chairman of Committee on Transportation. NEW PREPARATIONS ANTI-TOXIN SERUM (Standard 1000 Immunity Units Strength) Prepared under the supervision of Dr. Jos. McFarland, Lecturer on Bacteriology, University of Pennsylvania. Test confirmed by Department of Hygiene, University of Pennsylvania. We take just pride in being the first to offer the Medical Profession a reliable DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIC SERUM, prepared in this country. There has been no care or expense spared in the manufacture of our DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN, our sole aim being to furnish a preparation of the highest standard of reliability. Write for complete literature. We also supply special ANTITOXIN SYRINGES with rubber piston (suitable for sterilizing). J. M. DACOSTA, M. D., LL.D. JOHN H. BRINTON, M D. THEOPHILUS PARVIN, M. D., LL. D. WILLIAM S. FORBES, M. D. WILLIAM W. KEEN, M, D., LL.D. H. A. HARE, M. D. JAMES C. WILSON, M. D. E. E. MONTGOMERY, M. D. WM. THOMSON, M. D. J. SOLIS-COHEN, M. D. HENRY W. STELWAGON, M. D. H. AUGUSTUS WILSON, M. D. E. E. GRAHAM, M. D. F. X. DERCUM, M. D. GEO. DE SCHWEINITZ, M. D. W. J. HEARN, M. D. E. P. DAVIS, M. D. Medical University of Louisville Member of the Association of American Medical Colleges. SESSION OF 1895-96. THE Fifty-ninth Regular Annual Session will begin Monday, September 30, 1895, and end March 30, 1895. For circular, address J. M. BODINE, M. D., Dean, LOUISVILLE, KY. |