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A society organization with this name was organized in New York, September 25th, with the following officers: President, A. L. Loomis, of New York; Vice-Presidents, F. H. Knight, of Boston, and W. H. Geddings, of Arkansas; Secretary and Treasurer, J. B. Walker, of Philadelphia. The next annual meeting is to be held in Washington the first week in May.
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IF I understand aright, this association was organized that representative medical men from different sections might come together and, from their different views and experiences, endeavor to determine the therapeutic value of the various localities which have been alleged to have the power of arresting or curing chronic diseases of the respiratory organs, and to discuss their ætiology, pathology, and treatment. If I had been present at its organization I should have advocated giving it a broader scope, and including in our studies diseases of the vascular system and the therapeutic value of our mineral springs.
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