There were thirty-four new members elected on the first and second days at Cleveland. Thirty-one names were given to me with their fees, by the Secretary of the Committee on Credentials. He afterward sent to Dr. Wilder and myself another list, with two names of the first list omitted, and substituted those of N. G. Smith and H. A. Bolles. I entered those of the first list on the Ledger, because the cash accompanied them, but not those of N. G. Smith or H. A. Bolles. An extensive correspondence (now in the hands of the President), was held by Dr. Wilder and myself, and all the other persons interested, without recovering the missing fees. Drs. Smith and Bolles claim, in their letters, to have paid the Committee on Credentials. Of the fifteen elected on the third day, only Geo. E. Potter was present and paid. Six of the others have paid their Initiation Fees since that time.

There is now due the Association from 39 members in arrears for one year, $117,00, and from 12 which each owe $6, there is due $72,00, and $99,00 from 11 who owe $9, and 27 are $12 in arrears each, making a total of $612,00.

To the National Eclectic Medical Association :

Pursuant to By-Law II, §1., the Treasurer submits the following report of names of members in arrears:

For three years.-E. D. Buckman, H. Boskowitz, C. Markt, L. F. Stoddard, J. S. Knowles, C. W. Paine and S. S. Stoner.

For two years.-J. M. Bishop, B. D. Bickford, H. G. Newton, C. S. Herron, R. E. Warner, M. Nivison, C.. A. W. Redlich and J. J. Cameron.

SCHEDULE D.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE ECLECTIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF KANSAS.

Topeka, Kansas, May 21, 1880.

Herewith please find inclosed copies of the certificates, credentials and printed matter of the Kansas State Eclectic Medical Association, State Board, and State Medical Law. The Association intends to insist on having the National Association meet at Topeka next June. As an inducement we will agree to take the members present (at the close of its session here) on a free excursion from Topeka to Albequerque, Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico, and return to Topeka-tickets good on any regular train to return in 15 or 30 days. June is the golden month to visit this country and New Mexico. The entire country is then covered with a carpet of green, and waving flowers; the air laden with its sweet perfumes, and fanned with gentle zephyrs continually. The ride is a The ride is a grand one of much interest, 856 miles from here to Santa Fe-the oldest and quaintest town in America. I also send several copies of the Attorney General's opinion on the legal status of the Old-School Board and Society, pronouncing them illegal and all their acts null and void. Their certificates are worthless to the holders. This leaves our Society and State Board in charge of the Medical-Legal business of this State; and no doubt but it will be sustained, as the best lawyers here say it is solid "good law." The Allopathists will have to come to the Eclectic or Homeopathic board to get legal State certificates, or be liable to prosecution for violation of law, and unable to collect bills by law. They have been beaten by their own acts, or caught in their own trap. We have about three hundred good Eclectics in Kansas, and another three hundred who have been certificated by our Board, who are all liberal, intelligent physicians, graduates, most of them, from Old-School institutions. Some Physio-medicals, some Hydropathists, and a few Homeopathists have chosen to come before our Board, as Homeopathy is weak, and but few other than their men proper will go before their Board.

We have more than two hundred working, active members of our State Medical Association, and will have one of the largest and grandest sessions (of 3 days) that the United States ever knew of at any State meeting, the 2d Tuesday in February, 1881, at Topeka. Our State Senate and Legislature will also be in session here at that time.

have had about six hundred come before our State Eclectic Medical Examining Board up to date, and still they come,

If the Attorney General's opinion is sustained by the Supreme Court where it has been taken by writ of quo warranto for a finale, we will have those of our persecutors who are legally qualified working under and by authority of the Eclectics of Kansas. It is a good joke on them, wrought by their own carelessness in their eager haste to bring all "irregulars" or (as they commonly put it, quacks), under their diction. Of the two or three hundred of other schools, or no school at all, who have come before our Board and make up a total of over six hundred, all promise fidelity to the Eclectics of Kansas hereafter, with the general feeling of being tired of the proscription domination of Allopathy in this State. Very many of these men wish to become members of our State Association, and, at its next session, there will be a host of them knocking at the door of liberal Eclectic Medicine, for admittance. Should we not be as considerate as our Methodist friends, and at least take them in on probation?

Our State will be amply and ably represented at the next meeting of the N. E. M. Association; our Society elected fifteen delegates and some others will perhaps go. Yours, &c.,

ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ECLECTIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1881.

The next Annual Meeting of the National Eclectic Medical Association will be held in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, beginning on Wednesday, the fifteenth day of June, 1881, at ten o'clock in the morning, and continuing in session three days. The headquarters of the Association will be at the Lindell Hotel, where those in attendance will be entertained during the session for $2.50 per day.

Every arrangement has been and will be made by the local committees, the Eclectics of St. Louis and Missouri, and other friends of Liberal and Reformed Medicine to make this occasion an epoch in the history of the Association and of the Eclectic Practice.

Committee of Arrangements.-J. T. McClanahan, M. D.; Geo. C. Pitzer, M. D.; Edwin Younkin, M. D.

Committee of Reception.-P. D, Yost, M. D.; Albert Merrell, M. D.; J. A. Munk, M. D.

RAILWAY COMMUTATION.

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The leading railroad companies, from year to year, have granted to members of the Association, reduced rates of fare; and if the same courtesy is repeated this year, due notice will be given by the Committee of Arrangements. But as all such matters are precarious and involve considerable perplexity, we would suggest to the officers of State and local societies and those living near central points on railroads, to make such arrangements as they are able with the railway companies in regard to the commutation of fares for the benefit of those residing in their vicinity. Whenever such arrangements shall be successfully made, it is desirable that the fact be made known, as soon as practicable, to the Secretary or to Prof. Geo. C. Pitzer, No. 1110 Chambers Street, St. Louis.

FULL DELEGATIONS.

We ask for full delegations from every State and Territory represented in the Association. We want the earnest men, those who are zealous for the prosperity and honorable standing of Eclectic Medicine, who believe in fraternal co-operation for the best interests of the Association, and will put forth their best endeavors to keep our School of Practice and our organization in the van of scientific progress. There will be three full days to be occupied with reports, addresses, essays and discussions, all of which it is the policy of the Association to encourage and promote.

The By-Laws specify that "this Association may receive as permanent members such persons, graduates of regularly-organized medical colleges, holding legitimate diplomas, and physicians who have been engaged in practice for fifteen years, as are duly recommended by the local or State Eclectic Medical Society to which they belong, provided that they are or have served as delegates to this Association. Every State Medical Society in sympathy with this Association and its purposes is authorized to appoint FIFTEEN delegates annually, and every local or district society two delegates, and every medical college two delegates."

The colleges now recognized are as follows: The Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, the American Medical College of St. Louis, the Eclectic Medical College of New York, the Bennett Medical College of Chicago, the United States Medical College of New York and the California Medical College of Oakland, Cal.

The delegates should be appointed at as early a day as practicable, and their names forwarded immediately, with the proper credentials, to the Secretary of the National Eclectic Medical Association. This will greatly facilitate business, obviate mistakes, and save much time as well as annoyance when the Association is in session. It will by no means preclude changes, or substitution of other names when desirable or necessary.

It is essential that there shall be as large an attendance as practicable. A few can hardly do successfully and properly the work of the many. Societies are respectively besought to name such delegates as are most likely to bestow the time and sacrifice which a three days' session will require,

INFORMATION DESIRED.

The Secretary of the Association desires that secretaries of State and local organizations send to him, at an early day, the names and post office address of their officers, and the number of members, times of meeting, etc., of their societies. All members are earnestly requested to communicate to the President any information which they deem of interest to the Association. Address of the President, 511 State Street, Chicago, Illinois.

SECTIONS.

In pursuance of a resolution adopted at Chicago, at the last meeting, the professional work of the Association will be arranged in sections, analogous to the order of other scientific bodies. In order to facilitate the matter, the President has named several well-known and prominent members to take the lead in the opening and organization of the several sections. This will, however, interpose no barrier to any change or incidental modification which shall be found expedient when we are all upon the ground. The new arrangement will doubtless become one of the most useful and popular at our meetings. The members who are engaged actively in practice have long demanded and made many endeavors to secure sessions and machinery to accomplish the end of professional improvement; and we have the right to expect their hearty co-operation in making the new arrangement a

Buccess.

The local committee will make the necessary provision for the several sections, so that there will be no difficulty to impede their simultaneous sittings.

The members and delegates will attend these meetings of the various sections holding sessions, as may best accord with their own taste and convenience. It is desired that the essayists and those designated for special reports, shall bring their papers in order that there may be a certainty of having work in hand, and that as many as practicable may be read and considered. The chairman of the sections will report all progress in their respective departments during the year; and the secretaries preserve a record and memoranda of the proceedings. In order to facilitate the organization and successful working, the following members aud officers are named for each section, namely:

A. Section of Surgery and Anatomy.-Chairman, A. J. Howe, M. D.; Secretary, EDWIN YOUNKIN, M. Ď.

B. Section of Public Hygiene, State Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence.-Chairman, MILBREY GREEN, M. D.; Secretary, HENRY B. PIPER, M. D.

C. Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology.-Chairman, JOHN KING, M. D.; Secretary, ROBERT A. GUNN, M. D.

D. Section of Practice of Medicine, Materia Medica and Chemistry. Chairman, GEORGE H, DAY, M, D.; Secretary, ALBERT MERRELL, M. D.