Show The M Ds Washington 6 The American Medical Association convened In annual session this morning Delegates Del-egates arrived in such numbers that previous to the hour of meelng the vestibule of the church and entrances en-trances were crowded with long lines of members waiting to be registered re-gistered Over 500 delegates had registered this morning and new names were constantly added to the list The test which was read by the secretary sirwed the presence or 590 members but additional delegates dele-gates will come in to night aad tomorrow to-morrow President Flint delivered the annual address From personal recollections he could speak of the enthusiasm which charaoteiiz the first convention of 47 The motive for organizing the association was stated in the call to be improvement in medical institutions and advancement advance-ment of the standard of medical requirements re-quirements Its growth and development devel-opment has been rapid It has passed the age of youth and its present flourIshing condition is sufficently at e ted by the present meeting He then spoke of the advance which was constantly being made in medical knowledge He thought the time devoted in colleges to Greek and Latin might more profitably be de voted totne study of physics chemistry chem-istry French and German Members of the profession in this country are honored and their social position is higher in no country Sweeping charges against tha profession at large and at medical schools by members of the profession are harm ul as well as unjust The evildoings evil-doings of a few schools ought not to be made the basis of attack upon all Overcrowding the profession by new aspirants is attributed to the excessive number of medical college and granting that this is true the professien must rely upon itself to correct such an evil by refusing to accept such students stu-dents and by declining to sanction doubtful institutions The speaker suggested that a committee I on eduation ba appointed to confer with the faculties of schools and colleges in order to secure uniformity unifor-mity in the standard of requirements for matriculation and graduation It had also been suggested that the title of M D be made simply honorary hon-orary and that it would entitle a person to practice The speaker reverted re-verted to the excellence of the medical medi-cal code adopted in early days and which was still In force He would suggest that resolution be adopted specifying with more precision the grounds for refusing cooperation with hregular practitioner He thought that assuming some sectarian sec-tarian < name ought to place a practitioner outside the pale or the medical coae and this sentiment was applauded by listeners He spoke of the medical med-ical library at the army and medical medi-cal museum as the largest exclusive medical library the country and expressed the hope that Congress would soon provide a peimanent buillitg for the reception of these booka Dr Sayne of New York moved that a committee re appointed to carry out the suggestion that an international i in-ternational medical conference be I asked to meet here in 87 Tha Presidents address was referred ferred to a committee of seven io report upon the recommendations therein contained After announcement announce-ment of the meetings of various State delegations association adjourned i ad-journed until tomorrow |