Barbetti, Heister, etc. A number of pamphlets have been received from Drs. John Morris, T. F. Wood, J. J. Chisolm, E. M. Hartwell, T. H. Buckler, the Bureau of Education and other sources. Also portraits of two of our ex-Presidents, of the two Professors Mussey, Prof. Pancoast and others. Through Dr. C. Birnie, of Taneytown, the Glasgow diploma of his ancestor and our first President, Dr. Upton Scott, has been placed on deposit in our library. It was entrusted to our keeping on condition that it should be framed and hung upon the wall. Owing to the crowded condition of the library and the want of shelves for the proper placing of the books, it became imperative that some further accommodation should be furnished to overcome this difficulty; the Library Committee therefore requested permission of the Executive Committee, to have a double row of shelves placed parallel with the west side of the room. This has been done and does not materially lessen the seating capacity of the Hall, although it gives additional shelving for the reception of about 2,000 volumes. The Journal Department of the Library is now represented by 119 current medical periodicals (being an increase of 11 over the number received last year). Of this number, 82 are from the exchange list of the Maryland Medical Journal, and have been contributed to the library through the liberality of its editors. Of the journals thus received one is semi-annual, 6 are quarterly, 1 is bi-monthly, 59 are monthly, 3 are semi-monthly and 12 are weekly; 73 are American and 9 are foreign. Of the remaining 37, 24 are subscribed for, 3 are donated and 10 are given in exchange; 24 of these are foreign and 13 American. On March 31st, 1884, Dr. Thomas A. Ashby, Editor of the Maryland Medical Journal, informed the Library Committee that owing to the increased labor on the journal he would not, after May 1st, be able to give his exchanges to the library. The committee on behalf of the Faculty has thanked Dr. Ashby for his valuable gift, and regrets exceedingly that the library will thus lose such a large number of journals which have been generously donated for several years. The committee wish to call the attention of the members of D 1 the Faculty, to the privilege which has recently been granted of obtaining books from the library of the Surgeon-General's Office, Washington. Books can now be obtained under the following conditions: A written application addressed to "Librarian, Surgeon General's Office, U. S. A., Washington, D. C.," should be made for the books wanted and taken to the Librarian of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty; the books will be lent on the request of the said librarian, that officer being held responsible for. the safe return of the volumes within two weeks from the day of their receipt. Packages must be sent and returned by express, carefully packed, and the charges, both ways, must be paid by the borrower. All of which is respectfully submitted. B. BERNARD BROWNE, I. E. ATKINSON, G. LANE TANEYHILL, GEORGE H. ROHÉ. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION. April 22nd, 1884. Mr. President and Gentlemen:-Before entering into a detailed account of the work done by the Publication Committee, the members, here, formally, beg leave to record their sorrow at the sudden, lamented death of their esteemed colleague, Dr. Judson Gilman, since the meeting of the last Convention,-upon whom had devolved much of the labor of supervising the publications to be referred to in this report. Soon after the adjournment of the Faculty in April, 1883, your committee convened, elected Dr. Richard Thomas its secretary, and promptly entered into a favorable contract for the printing of 500 copies of the large volume of Transactions—over 300 pages—which were distributed in August. This volume included all the unpublished minutes of special meetings held previous to the Convention, thus preserving in a chronological order the records of the Faculty: 300 "reprints" of the President's address and the same number of the annual address were ordered and distributed by the committee. A copy of the Transactions was delivered to each member and one mailed to each of the known libraries of the world, and to all the prominent medical journals. Very favorable comments on the contents of the volume from many sources have been received, such as the following from the St. Louis Courier of Medicine :-"The work done by the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland at their Annual Meetings gives the best result, in their published transactions, of any State association that we have had occasion to observe: the reports of sections show more care and attention than is generally bestowed on such work; the invited papers are ably written, and contain valuable matter." The total cost of publishing the 500 copies of the Transactions, 600 reprints, and 2 lithographic sheets amounted to $430.30. In accordance with instructions of the Faculty at its last annual session, the committee announces that in March of this year it issued 1000 copies of the supplementary volume, "MEDICAL ANNALS OF BALTIMORE," by Dr. John R. Quinan; it made an octavo of 275 pages, type and paper same as the Transactions. Its contents are known to most of the members. One copy was issued, gratis, to each member who had paid his dues for 1883, 200 copies were sent to Dr. Quinan in recognition of his services; one copy was sent to each of the daily and weekly papers of Baltimore, Washington, Richmond and Philadelphia, and to 26 medical journals of different States, with requests for review; flattering comments have been received from these sources. 100 copies were bound in cloth, at a slight additional charge. The total expense of printing and binding 1000 copies, wrapping 400 copies and printing 1000 advertisement cards, amounted to $417.55. The committee inserted a tinted crayon lithograph of the author, and advertised the book in two daily papers of the city, in the Maryland Medical Journal (which, alone, kindly published the advertisement at half rates,) and the Publishers” Weekly, of New York, at a cost of $140. All this latter expense was generously defrayed by ex-presidents, friends, and relatives of deceased ex-presidents of the Faculty, namely, Drs. H. M. Wilson, Richard McSherry, F. Donaldson, Sr., A. B. Arnold, H. P. C. Wilson, Jno. F. Monmonier, P. C. Williams, S. C. Chew, Christopher Johnston, Sr., W. Fred. A. Kemp, James Steuart, G. W. Miltenberger, J. J. Chisolm, and Alan P. Smith; to each of whom was presented an additional muslin bound copy of the "Annals." The committee has reason to believe that the returns from the sales of the "Medical Annals" during the present fiscal year, will go far towards the payment of the expenses of publication; within a few weeks, over $50 have been received from purchasers and turned into the treasury. The demand for the book will probably increase after the advertisements and reviews are read by members of the profession. As we will have more volumes than will be required at a sale of $1.00 per copy to meet the expense of publication, the committee will, at the proper time, under miscellaneous business, recommend the further donation of 15 copies to Dr. Quinan; and, also granting him authority to publish, at his own expense, a second edition including physicians of the State, with complete data up to January 1, 1885. All of which is respectfully submitted. G. LANE TANEYHILL, M. D. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MEMOIRS. The Committee on Memoirs has the honor to report as follows: Two of the members of this Faculty have died during the year, viz., Dr. Judson Gilman, our late Treasurer, and Dr. E. Gover Cox, both of Baltimore. The committee has collected and desires to put upon record the following particulars concerning the life and work of these our deceased brethren: JUDSON GILMAN was born in Meredith, New Hampshire, December 22d, 1818. He obtained his elementary education at Roxbury, Massachusetts, and his collegiate training at Colby University, Waterville, Maine, where he received the degree of A. M. in 1842. On leaving college he held for a time a clerkship in a foundry at Lowell, Massachusetts. He removed thence to Baltimore about 1841, and began the study of medicine. He received his medical degree from the School of Medicine of the University of Maryland in 1845, and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in his adopted city, where he spent the remainder of his life. He joined this Society in 1853, a period which seems to have witnessed one of those periodical revivals to which it was in times past subject. In 1860 he was elected its treasurer, but resigned this office in 1861 on entering the army as Assistant Surgeon of the Fifth Maryland Regiment of Infantry, United States Volunteers. He continued with this command until 1863, when he was disabled by fever for field duty. In October of this year he was assigned to duty at Point Lookout, Maryland, where he remained until the close of the war. In 1866 he was appointed State Inspector of Guano. In 1870 he was again elected treasurer of this Society, and he continued the faithful custodian of its pecuniary interests up to the time of his death. He took a very active part in the reorganization of the Society about 1869-73, and much of the unparalleled vigor and vitality which it has since exhibited has been owing to his wise and discreet financial management. Dr. Gilman held the position of Assistant Commissioner of Health of Baltimore from 1851-53 and from 1855-61. He rendered efficient service during the epidemic of yellow fever in Norfolk in the year 1855, |