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NEwro1wr, Julqy 17, 1873; The Society met at the rooms of the Newport Exchange, 197 Thames Street, at 11 A.M. The President, with a few introductory remarks, took the chair, and made allusion to the omission of the meeting in 1872, which was given up that the members might attend the session of the Intern-ational Ophthalmological Congress in London, and alluded also to the fact that the next regular meeting of the Congress would occur in New-York in 1876.-.

Present: The President, Dr. HENRY W. WILLAXs, Boston. Dr. C. R. AGNEW, Vice-President, . New-York. " ALTHOF, " KNAPP, . " LORING

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8 . . . Dr. MILLER, . Providence. ' RIDER, . . . . Rochester, N. Y. . . . GREEN, . St. Louiis. " RoosA, . . . . New-York. JOHN JEFFRIES, Honorary Member, Boston. The President appointed a committee whose duties should be to receive applications for membership, to nominate officers for next year, and to choose the niext place of meeting, namely, Drs. Roosa, Althof, Hay, Thomson, and Green. Also a committee to prepare a bulletin, namely, Drs. Wadsworth and Rider. The resignation of Dr. J. H. Hinton, of New-York, was received and accepted; also the resignation of Dr. A. D. Williams was confirined. The Treasurer read his report, which was referred to Dr. Dyer to be audited, and afterward reported to be correct and to be properly vouched for. The report was thereupon accepted and ordered on file. The Nominating Commnittee recommended the following persons for membership: . . . New-York. Dr. R. J. McKAY, DAVID WEBSTER, " CHARLES J. KIPP, . . . Newark. " CHARLES J. PARDEE, . . New-York. " GEORGE C. HARLAN, . . Philadelphia. They were all duly balloted for and declared elected. The Business Committee presented a bulletini of papers, of which eight were read; and at 2 P.M. the society adjourned to reassemble at 8 P.M. At the evening session, the minuites of the morning were read and approved. The bulletin was taken up, and upon the reading of the sixteenth paper, by Dr. H. Derby, " on the Importance of a Record of all Operations for Extraction of Cataract, with some practical Suggestions," its subject matter was referred to a committee, consisting of Drs. Williams, Derby, Agnew, Knapp, and Noyes, to take action as they should deem fit, and report to the next session of the society.

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The Nominating Committee reported the naines of Albany, Dr. GEORGE T. STEVENS, . . New-Bedford, INass., " J. J. B. VERMYNE, . who were duly balloted for and elected. Dr. Althof made a communication on the proposed monument to be erected in Berlin to the late Professor Von Graefe. A subscription was taken up and handed to the President for transmission to the Berlin Committee. After reading three more papers, and having referred all papers presented, to the Bnsiness Committee, the Society at 10 P.m. adjourned. Society met at 10.30 A.M.

July 18, 1873. The minutes of the previous

meeting read and approved. The Nominating Committee then reported the following persons for officers for the ensuing year: President, Dr. C. R. AGNEW, of New-York. Vice-President, Dr. G. HAY, of Boston. Recording Secretary, -Dr. HENRY D. NOYES, of New-York. Corresponding Secretary, Dr. H. ALTHOF, of New-York. All of whom were on ballot elected. They also recommended not to appoint a Committee on the Progress of Ophthalmology; that the place of meeting next year be Newport, on the third Thursday of July, as fixed by the By-Laws, at 10 A.M. These recommendations were adopted. It was resolved that the Publishing Committee be composed of Drs. ROOSA, LORING, and the Recording Secretary; and that the assessment for the next year be $10; and that papers intended for publication must be put into the hands of the committee by September lst. The President elect made some remarks in accepting the office, and by the courtesy of the retiring President Dr. Williams, the Vice-President elect, Dr. Hay, then took the chair. The Committee upon Tabulating the Records-of Cataract Extractions reported that they had agreed upon a form, which was read and accepted, and they were authorized to have them printed and prepared for sale.

10 The bulletin was then resumed until it was completed, and all papers were referred to the Publishing Committee. The choice of the rooms to be occupied by the Society at the next meeting was left for the Secretary to decide between the Newport Exchange and the Acquidneck House. Minutes read and approved, and at 1 P.M. the -Society adHENRY D. NOYES, M.D., journed. Recording Secretary.

As a supplement to the minutes, and giving official account of the American movement in aid of the Graefe monument, the following letter is inserted:

(copy.) 15 ARLINGTON STREET, BosToN, U. S. A.,

September 19, 1873.

Clomit fiur da8 Grafe-Denkmal, Berlin: GENTLEMEN: The friends of the late Professor Von Grafe having done me the honor of making me the American member of the Committee appointed to obtain a subscription for a statue to be erected to his memory at Berlin, I asked the assistance of several gentlemen residing in other American cities, and of the American Ophthalmological Society. As the result of our efforts I have the pleasure of inclosing a draft on the Hamburg-Berliner Bank for two thousand two hundred and fifty Reichs-Marks, (about six hundred and twenty dollars.) A list of the names of all who have subscribed is also inclosed; but we do not affix the amounts paid by each; as we wish that those who have given larger or smaller sums may have equal honor, as having contributed according to their ability. Please to receive the assurance of my highest consideration. HENRY W. WILLIAMS, M.D.

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