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CONTENTS.

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Organization.....

Officers and Committees ...

Members in Attendance at the Annual Meeting of 1894.

Minutes of the Proceedings.

Inaugural Address. ....

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6

11

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1. Disputed Points in the Surgery and Pathology of Pelvic

Disease. By Joseph Price, M. D.......

70

II. Discussion on Abdominal Surgery.

2. Influences Affecting the Results in Abdominal Operations.

By J. F. W. Ross, M. D....

77

III. Discussion on Abdominal Surgery.

3. Hemorrhage After Abdominal Section: Its Place in Statis-

tics. By A. H. Buckmaster, M. D......

94

IV. Discussion on Abdominal Surgery.

4. The Technique of the Abdominal Incision: Its Closure

and Its After-management.

By William Warren

Potter, M. D....................

101

V. Discussion on Abdominal Surgery.

5. Cyst of the Epigastrium. By Dudley P. Allen, M. D ... 107

VI. Discussion on Abdominal Surgery.

6. Appendicitis: The Connection Between Its Symptom-

atology and the Gross Anatomy of the Appendix. By

Joseph D. Bryant, M. D ....

109

VII. Discussion on Abdominal Surgery.

7. Diagnostic Palpation of the Vermiform Appendix. By

George M. Edebohls, M. D...

116

VIII. Discussion on Abdominal Surgery.

8. The Inch and a Half Incision and Week and a Half Con-

finement in Appendicitis. By Robert T. Morris, M. D. 123

COMMUNICATIONS (Continued):

IX. Discussion on Abdominal Surgery.

9. Large Pseudo-Diverticulum of the Duodenum. By Lewis

S. Pilcher, M. D........

X. Discussion on Abdominal Surgery.

10. Three Successful Cholocystotomies for Gall-Stones, with

Remarks Based on Six Cases. By William Wotkins

Seymour, M. D.....

XI. Discussion on Abdominal Surgery.

11. Intestinal Perforation in Strangulated Hernia. By W. B.

DeGarmo, M. D....

General Discussion on Abdominal Surgery...

XII. Discussion on Menstruation and Its Abnormalities.

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1. Introduction to the Discussion, with Remarks Concerning

Normal Menstruation. By Andrew F. Currier, M. D. 155

XIII. Discussion on Menstruation and Its Abnormalities.

2. Profuse Menstruation. By Charles P. Noble, M. D..... 163

XIV. Discussion on Menstruation and Its Abnormalities.

3. Scanty Menstruation. By Franklin Townsend, Jr., M. D. 172

XV. Discussion on Menstruation and Its Abnormalities.

4. Dysmenorrhoea. By Howard A. Kelly, M. D...................

XVI. Discussion on Menstruation and Its Abnormalities.

177

5. Irregular Menstruation. By. E. W. Cushing, M. D..... 181

XVII. Discussion on Menstruation and Its Abnormalities.

6. Menopause: Natural and Artificial. By A. W. Johnstone,

M. D...

185

XVIII. Discussion on Diphtheria.

1. The Pathology of Diphtheria, Status Praesens. By

Thomas E. Satterthwaite, M. D.

192

XIX. Discussion on Diphtheria.

2. Observations on the Diagnosis of Diphtheria and Remarks

Relative to State Sanitation. By A. Walter Suiter, M. D. 203

XX. Discussion on Diphtheria.

3. On the Unity or Duality of Diphtheria and Membranous

Croup. By W. A. Daly, M. D......

XXI. Discussion on Diphtheria.

4. The Present Status of Intubation in the Treatment of

Croup. By J. O'Dwyer, M. D..

215

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XXII. Discussion on Diphtheria.

5. Local Treatment in Diphtheria. By A. Jacobi, M. D.... 226

XXIII. Discussion on Diphtheria.

6. The General Treatment of Diphtheria. By Edward F.

Brush, M. D.............

232

XXIV. Discussion on Diphtheria.

7. The Use of Tartar Emetic in Diphtheria. By H. DeV.

Pratt, Jr., M. D......

237

General Discussion on Diphtheria..

241

XXV. Artificial Immunity. By Henry Reed Hopkins, M. D..

XXVI. Researches on the Eliminating Power of Diseases and the

243

Relation between Vaccinia and Enteric Fever. By William

Finder, M. D...

247