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CONTENTS.
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Organization of the Society.....
Officers and Committees elected February 3, 1887..
Inaugural Address, by the President, William S. Ely...
List of Members in Attendance at the Annual Meeting, 1887....
Proceedings of the Eighty-First Annual Meeting-First day....
Second day..
Third day.
Report of Treasurer..
Report of Trustee of Merritt H. Cash Prize Fund.
Report of Committee of Publication. ..
Report of Committee on Legislation..
Anniversary Address by the President, William S. Ely.
Merritt H. Cash Prize Essay, by A. N. Bell..
COMMUNICATIONS:
Separation and Displacement of the Epiphyseal Head of the Hu-
merus in an Infant Two Weeks Old, Caused by Violence,
by William C. Wey....
On the Adaptation of Corning's Method of Producing Local An-
æsthesia, by Cocaine, to Operations on the Eyelids, by
David Webster.
The Medication of Nerves and its Application in the Treatment of
Facial Neuralgia and Other Painful Nervous Affections,
Being a New Mode of Inducing Prolonged Neural Anæs-
thesia by Pressure Applied Directly Above the Anesthetic
Zone, and Consequent Occlusion of the Subjacent Capil-
laries, by J. Leonard Corning.....
Is the Danger from Post-Partum Hemorrhage Increased by the
Use of Anesthetics during Parturition? by Fordyce
Barker....
Cases Exhibiting the Results of Multiple Paracentesis of the
Drum Membrane on the Hearing in Chronic Aural
Catarrh, with Remarks, by Oren D. Pomeroy.........
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Is Modern Midwifery Meddlesome? by David Little....
The Deformity termed "Pug-Nose," and its Correction by a
Simple Operation, by John O. Roe.......
Concerning the Influence of Small Quantities of Sodium, Calcium
and Potassium Salts upon the Heart and Skeletal Mus-
cles of the Tortoise, by Sidney Ringer...
Sub-Pubic Dislocation of the Left Femur, by J. S. Wight..
Primary Nephritis in Infancy, by L. Emmet Holt....
Some Important Points in the Treatment of Deep Urethral
Stricture, by F. N. Otis....
The Intoxicant Habit, by H. R. Hopkins....
A Country Physician's Experience in the Science and Art of
Obstetrics, by J. V. Kendall....
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Remarks on Intra-Uterine Medication, by T. A. Emmet and W.
Gill Wylie.....
Necessity for Complete Removal of the Uterine Appendages
Whenever the Operation is Called for, with Report of
Cases, by Albert Vanderveer....
On the Results of Unilateral Removal of the Uterine Appendages,
by Lawson Tait......
On the Cure of Reducible and Irreducible Hernias by Heaton's
Injection Method, and by Radical Operation, by Robert
F. Weir.....
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The Radical Cure of Hernia, by Charles N. Dixon Jones.......
Tobacco Amblyopia, by Herman Bendell.
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Paroxysmal Cardiac Dyspnoea, by Alfred L. Loomis.
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The Clinical Significance of Endocardial Murmurs, by Wesley
M. Carpenter....
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Intubation of the Larynx, with Demonstration on a Cadaver, by
J. O'Dwyer..
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The Mammary Gland, by E. F. Brush..
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Observations on Reflex Nervous Disturbances, by Willis E. Ford.
The Relation of Laryngeal to Pulmonary Phthisis, and the
Importance of Local Treatment, by Clarence C. Rice..
Remarks on Intubation of the Larynx, by Edward L. Partridge...
Report of Two Cases of Intubation of the Larynx, by William
Hailes, Jr... . . .
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Antiseptics in Private Practice and Emergencies, by Arpad G.
Gerster....
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Some Considerations Concerning Cancer of the Uterus, Especially
its Palliative Treatment in its Later Stages, by Andrew
F. Currier....
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