interest in the name, nature and uses of said proprietary medicines; therefore, Resolved, That his method of advertising, which implicates these medical societies, is a libel upon his associates in medicine and a designing fraud upon the public. Resolved, That such conduct to secure the sale of medicine is devoid of common honesty, because it makes innocent persons a party to a fraudulent transaction, and places them in a false position before the public; that for these often-repeated offenses against law and right we recommend his expulsion from all Eclectic medical societies. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted by our Secretary to the respective secretaries of the State and National Medical Associations. Schedule C. TREASURER'S REPORT. Mr. President and Members of the National Eclectic Association: The Treasurer respectfully submits the following report of the financial condition of the Association for the year ending June 17, 1879. Aug. 16, Mr. Denny's Bill for circulars for Treasurer $77 08 2.00 6 00 100 00 10 00 25 00 2.00 1 50 "Post-office order 12, Munroe & Metz's Bill in part for Transactions, as 816 15 Dec. 30, 500 blank receipts for Treasurer and expressage 1879.-June 17, Treasurer's Bill for stationery, postage and print Total ing envelopes Balance in treasury 2 25 13 00 $419 13 364 96 $784 09 The receipts for all moneys paid out are presented with this report for the inspection of the Association. In compliance with a resolution I sent special circulars early last November to all members in arrears over two years, but only two responded to this date. There are 180 names on the roll of membership. There is now due the Association from 37 members in arrears for two years and under, $163; and from 31 members, who each owe $9, there is due $279; total, $442. Since last meeting there have been 169 names dropped from the roll of membership, and there are 31 more liable to a similar penalty unless at least a part of their dues are promptly paid. I take this opportunity of again thankfully acknowledging the valuable assistance of Dr. B. J. Stow, in collecting some amounts due in Brooklyn. CLEVELAND, O., June 17, 1879. Schedule D. JAMES ANTON, Treasurer. REPORT OF NAMES OF MEMBERS IN ARREARS. To the National Eclectic Medical Association: By-law II., Section 1, directs as follows: It shall be the duty of the Treasurer on the second day of the annual meeting, and also on the day ensuing, to report the name of every member in arrears. In the pursuance of the same the Treasurer submits the following report: REPORT. For Three Years.-John S. Burridge, W. F. Bayne, William Barker, James S. Cowdrey, B. F. Chapman, R. P. Crandall, D. A. Chase, A. L. Chase, E. P. Crispell, L. R. Dice, John Doyle, George Dale, George S. Evarts, F. D. Gridley, W. M. Huston, W. W. Houser, G. M. Hyde, S. C. Hall, C. P. Long, J. M. McLean, John C. Nottingham, Robert Sutton, Z. H. Taylor, J. S. Watts, E. C. Webster, John D. Young. For Two Years.-Henry Beucking, H. Boskowitz, E. D. Buckman, W. Hope Davis, J. S. Knowles, C. Markt, H. G. Newton, C. W. Paine, L. F. Stoddard, S. S. Stoner. NECROLOGY. PROF. PAUL W. ALLEN. A bright light has gone out in our midst. To-day we mourn for one who has been our friend and adviser in many a trying hour. Prof. Paul W. Allen has penetrated the mystery of death and the grave. By his death the liberal profession has lost one of its brightest ornaments and the societies to which he belonged one of their strongest pillars. During the last ten days of the old year Dr. Allen suffered from an acute attack of indigestion, with pain in the cardiac region, but continued to visit his patients till the evening of Janury 3, 1880. During that and the two following days he did not go out, but attended to patients in his office as usual, and sent word to the college that he hoped to be able to resume his lectures in a few days. On Thursday morning he was taken suddenly worse and sent for Prof. Wark, who later in the day recognized an entensive conjestion of the right lung. On Friday, the 9th, we visited him with Prof. Wark, and found the lung completely filled by effusion. Late in the evening he began to show signs of prostration. About midnight he desired to be propped up in bed, as he found it difficult to breathe. This was done and he remained comparatively easy till two o'clock on Saturday morning, January 10, when he quietly breathed his last. Paul West Allen was born in Oakham, Worcester County, Mass., on April 6, 1820. He was the seventh son of Washington Allen, who occupied a seat in the Legislature of Massachusetts for several years, and a descendant of Samuel Allen, who came over from England and settled in Braintree, Mass., in 1632. His early boyhood was spent upon the farm, and at about twelve years of age he entered the High School at Worcester, which he attended for several years. After leaving this school he studied the classics under the instruction of Elihu Burritt, popularly known as "the learned blacksmith." While prosecuting his classical studies several of his brothers and sisters died of typhoid fever, and this led him to a resolve to study medicine. After studying several years with Dr. Kibbe, of Springfield, Mass., he went South to attend the Medical College of Petersburg, V., from which he graduated in 1848. After graduating Dr. Allen settled at Barnstable, Mass., where he practiced his profession for fourteen years. While there he had charge of the United States Marine Hospital for six years, and managed the institution with rare ability and acceptableness. In 1862 he resigned this charge and removed with his family to Taunton, Mass. In his new field of labor he soon acquired an extensive practice and gained the reputation of being the most successful physician in that section of the country. In 1866, when the Eclectic Medical College was organized in New York City, the leading Eclectic physicians in Massachusetts suggested Dr. Allen as the most suitable person in that State for the chair of Theory and Practice of Medicine. He consequently received the appointment and at once removed to New York, and in October of the same year entered upon his duties as a teacher of medicine. He held this position until the Spring of 1873, when, together with others, he declined further connection with that institution. He also held the chair of Theory and Practice in the New York Free Medical College for Women for four years. He became one of the incorporators of the United States Medical College in 1878, and was at once elected Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medicine, and Registrar of the Faculty. He continued his lectures at the college with great regularity until a few days before his death. He was a member of the Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York State Eclectic Medical societies; of the West-Side Medical Society and Therapeutical Association, of this city, of the National Eclectic Medical Association, of the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, and a life member of the American Institute. In all of these he was respected as a man and a physician, and in many he had held positions of honor and trust. During the thirteen years Dr. Allen resided in this city he was a constant worker. His habit was to study carefully every case that came under his treatment, to take copious notes of the same and compare them with those of his fellow practi tioners. His success in the treatment of fevers, diphtheria, cerebro-spinal meningitis and pneumonia was truly remarkable and soon secured for him an extensive practice. Notwithstanding his busy life, he found time to contribute many valuable articles to the medical literature of his day. In addition to several able addresses in behalf of liberal medicine, he has left behind him original articles on veratrum viride, cerebro-spinal meningitis, diphtheria, aconite as a local anesthetic, opiates in obstetric cases, alchohol vapor baths, and veratrum viride to abort surgical inflammation. He had also collected several volumes of chemical notes and observations, which he had hoped soon to have presented to the profession in book form. He did more than any other man to ascertain the therapeutic action of veratrum viride, and he constantly kept before his students the value of this agent for the control of all fevers and inflammations due to blood-poisoning. He claimed that it not only controlled the inflammation so as to prevent exudation, but also eliminated the poison. He strongly advocated the use of the tincture made from the green root, and so far as we know was the first to point out its advantage over that made from the dry root. The death of one who has done so much to advance the science of medicine and to alleviate human suffering touches all with vivid regret, but those of us who knew him as a friend and colleague cannot find words to express the fullness of our grief. There was nothing of cant or affectation about our departed friend. He was always kind and courteous to those with whom he came in contact. He never failed to stand by even a casual friend in the hour of trial, and it may truly be said of him that his left hand knew not what his right hand did. In thinking of our loss it occurs to us how appropriate to our dead are the closing words of John Morley on the death of John Stuart Mill. He says:. "We may console ourselves with the reflection offered by the dying Socrates to his sorrowing companions; he who has arrayed the soul in her own proper jewels of moderation, and justice and courage, and nobleness and truth, is ever ready for the journey when his time comes. We have lost a great teacher and example of knowledge and virtue, but men will |