Our readers will find in the present number of The Journal, under the head of " Domestic Correspondence," a letter from Secretary Atkinson calling the attention of the Secretaries of the various medical societies in the United States to the Resolution adopted by the Association at its last annual meeting at Newport.
We sincerely hope that every society will regard that communication as a personal appeal, and that at once and everywhere efficient action will be taken to secure at an early day the accomplishment of the desired result. Let the officers of every medical organization interest themselves in this matter, and be sure that their individual work is well done.
Among the benefactors of mankind whose deeds are worthy of special remembrance there are none more conspicuous than are found in the medical profession, and among the names of medical men, there is no one which we more delight to