This volume contains the proceedings of the forty-fifth annual meeting, held at Charlotte, N. C., May 3-5, 1898. Besides lists of officers, members, etc., there are papers on the following subjects: "Two Pioneer Heroes in Surgery and Gynecology," "The Under Side of Things in a Doctor's Life," "Tobacco Habit as a Cause of Disease," "Suggestions on Prevention of Tuberculosis," "Meddlesome Gynecology," "Three Interesting Cases of Obstetrics," "Chemistry of the Stomach," "Veratrum Viride," "Country Surgeon and His Work," "Radical Cure of Hernia," "Shawl-Pin in the Trachea," "Expert Witnesses," "Excision of Gall-Bladder for Impacted Stone," "Treatment of the Umbilic Cord Without Ligature," "A Plea for Conservatism in the Treatment of Abortion," and others.