and one of the first men in the country to manufacture nitroglycerin, in Philadelphia, back in the '40's. He told us about how he made cocodyl, "to stink the Yankees out of Fort Pickens" during the war. Evidently the Yankees had got a whiff of the Mobile sewers and were immune.

While in Mobile we made a side trip down the "shell road" to Frederick's, a famous gastronomic expert, whose dinners are famous all over the country. After riding to the end of the car line we found an ancient vehicle, woke up the cracker driver, who in turn endeavored (with little success) to wake up the somnolent quadrupeds which posed as horses, removed our coats, and enjoyed the salt air along the beach, the mosscovered oaks and the placid scenery, while the team ambled gently along the drive. Frederick's place is distinctively Southern; the old house with its "galleries" and everything about it suggests repose; the astounding rotundity of the landlord is in keeping with the surroundings. But here the simile ceases. Our host is a character. His conversation and wit are distinctly Gallic, marked by the animation of the French chef. We were sorry not to sample his cooking. Being of mixed Swiss, French and Creole blood he ought to stand in a class by himself.

We wandered out on to the wharf, where a lone fisherman was busy with line and net: "Catching any crabs?" I inquired. "Too

many," was his response, giving his shirt a vicious dig, "and I'm all out of blue ointment."

The professor inquired where the tunnel explosion was. The stranger, who hailed from Muskegon, looked at him in amazement, until the professor explained that he thought he was one of the "shell workers" and might have friends in Chicago. But this was denied.

The same day we continued our trip to New Orleans, making a pleasant afternoon's run along the Gulf coast, through Scranton, Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis, Biloxi and other delightful winter resorts. The first street sign that met our sight in New Orleans was "Elysian Fields." An open sewer bubbled lazily along the street. We knew that we had arrived at last.

GETTING THE "LAY OF THE LAND."

New Orleans is a city of surprises. We had always supposed that the Mississippi river flowed south, but an examination of the map showed that while it half encircles the city, at the foot of Canal street, which represents the business center, it really flows directly north. There seems to be a profound contempt for directions in this ancient town. This is not to be wondered at

when one traverses the streets; the compass was not consulted when they were laid out and they run in every conceivable direction and meet at all angles. No one seems to know which way is north and which south. The native will tell you how to get "up town," to the French quarter, or "down town"-any other way. Even that popular resort, the West End, is north, not west of the business center. But after all New Orleans is not a hard town to get around in. All streets lead to Canal street or the river and most of the street cars run in belt lines, so that if you stay on your car long enough you will in the end return to your point of starting.

LE "VIEUX CARRE."

New Orleans realized all the expectations raised by Dr. Dyer's delightful article in the Journal-and more. The weather, though a little warm and moist for Northern blood, was generally delightful and conducive to sight-seeing, and we used the opportunity to the uttermost. The health of the city was generally good, and the only ones that suffered were those that ate and drank too much. Perhaps the following from a New Orleans paper explains it:

Mistuh Sickness, he a-hidin'

Dassen't loaf aroun'

Skeert to show hisse'f de while de
Doctuhs am in town.

The French quarter, the vieux carré, is the lodestone which first attracts the visitor. The narrow streets, paved with great, irregular blocks of stone; the old brick and stucco houses with their iron-latticed galleries and half-hidden courts, suggest romance and mystery, though we looked in vain for the far-famed Creole beauties peeping from the narrow windows; but perhaps we had read our Cable too assiduously and expected too much. New Orleans pleases the senses-all but one; it was difficult to weave anything of romance about the stinking ooze which lazily crept along the gutters, or the odor of decaying kitchen refuse standing before every door.

JACKSON'S SQUARE.

Faithfully following Dr. Dyer's directions we went every morning to the French market for our café au lait, which we imbibed at the "Morning Call," or Barbarracque's. From there it is but a step to Jackson's Square, the old parade ground, or Place d'Armes, named after the sturdy old patriot who saved New Orleans from the British on January 8, 1815. On this spot the Creole population came out en masse to welcome the conqueror on that memorable day and

"crowned him king." The equestrian statue of Old Hickory stands in the middle of the square, the faithful steed still balanced in painful but seemingly tireless equilibrium upon its hind legs. The inscription at the base of the statue "By the eternal, the Union must and shall be preserved," placed there by General Butler during the war, is a strange satire, upon the surroundings. Facing the square is a row of old public buildings. In the center is the St. Louis Cathedral, built by the proud old Spanish grandee, Don Almonaster y Roxas, in 1786-the same who founded the Charity Hospital, of which New Orleans has good right to be proud. The old cathedral is essentially French. It is named after the sainted king whose picture representing him at the head of his knights, stands above the altar with the inscription: "St. Louis, roi de France, annonce les croisades." The lily of France mingles with the other decorations and modern France is represented by a replica of the grotto of Lourdes, down which trickles water, brought by the faithful from this place of miracles.

The Cabildo, which stands beside the church, is the old Spanish city hall, or council chamber. It was in this building that the formal announcement was made of the cession of Louisiana to the United States. A part of the building is used as a police station and in one of the cells the old Spanish stocks are still to be Another portion of the building is used by the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

seen.

THE RESTAURANTS.

No visit to New Orleans is complete without a trial of the eating places which have made her famous. Of all the cities we have visited, from a gastronomic point of view, New Orleans stands at the head. As some one has said, "Give a Creole cook a ham bone and a skillet and she will turn you out a dinner in five courses." We did not try all the celebrated restaurants in the French quarter. We found some of them so good, Fabacher's for instance, that we could not bear to leave them. The "bayou" oysters, pompano, red snapper and Spanish mackerel, the fruits, vegetables and salads, make New Orleans an epicure's heaven.

AT BEGUE'S.

Places like Antoine's, Victor's and the Hotel de Louisianne leave little to be desired; but the piece de resistance was our breakfast at Begue's. This celebrated eating house stands across the way from the French market in a building reputed to be nearly 200 years old. Below it is merely a drinking room for working men, "Begue's Exchange." Some forty years ago Monsieur and Madame Begue commenced to serve an II o'clock breakfast for the butchers across the way. These breakfasts gradually became famous and now places at the madame's table are eagerly sought, often several days ahead, for only one meal a day is served and the room is limited. We found our way up the winding stairs at the rear and were in the long room, with its sanded floor, quaint furniture, and table spread for just twentyeight guests. Madame herself, in the kitchen opening from one side of the room, prepared the dishes and between courses hobbled around among her guests, inquiring if everything was to their taste. Of all the doctors she said none had given her a "receipt" that would cure her "rheumatisme." Some people, who have looked at the accompanying picture, have asked if we had anything to eat-with a peculiar accent on the eat. We did. From cerevisse to café noir the breakfast was a dream, -to quote the ladies. The French butchers who roared out a song or two in the "Exchange" below gave the fin

ishing touch, just the right air, to the place. The company was a very pleasant one. Governor Heber M. Wells, of Utah, sat at the head of the table, and wellknown physicians from New York, Buffalo, Omaha, Chicago, Salt Lake, Terre Haute and elsewhere were present with ladies.

IN THE CEMETERIES.

The amateur photographer finds much to arouse enthusiasm in New Orleans. The cemeteries are especially his own. The editor found a sympathetic spirit from St. Louis and together they traversed the old town and its environs and took pictures so long as "plates" lasted. In New Orleans the dead are usually buried above ground, either in fine marble tombs or in rows of vaults, or "ovens," as they are called, arranged in superimposed tiers, usually along the outside wall of the cemetery. The finest cemetery is the Metairie, where repose the bodies of Generals Beauregard and Albert Sidney Johnston under a fine statue, raised by the Army of Tennessee. Some of the older cemeteries are more picturesque. The miracle-working shrine in old St. Roche recalis

The medical profession of New Orleans has reason to be proud of its fine institutions. The old Charity Hospital, with its modern additions, has 1,100 beds, as compared with Cook County's 950. Everything about it, inside and out, is clean, modern and as attractive as such a place can be. The operating room cannot be surpassed in America. The fine Milliken Memorial Hospital for children, erected at a cost of $150,000, puts Chicago to shame. The Richardson memorial building of the Tulane University Medical School is fine, as the illustration shows. Of her Polyclinic, Eye and Ear Hospital, Touro Infirmary and other medical institutions the city is equally proud.

Canal street is one of the finest business streets in the country-broad, with street car lines along its center reaching to every section of the city, paved with asphalt, and flanked on either side with splendid business establishments. New Orleans is waking up. New buildings are springing up, of modern "Chicago" construction, $10,000,000 are to be expended in a sewerage system, the old stone blocks are being replaced by asphalt. changes are to be welcomed, though we cannot repress the fear that it will somehow disturb the Creole "atmosphere" which gives the city so much of its charm. What shall we say of the people, and especially of the

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physicians of New Orleans? How much we must leave unsaid! The universal courtesy and kindness with which we were received everywhere we know to be characteristic of the South. It leaves behind the memory of new friendships, which seem already old, and leads us to look for a renewal of these acquaintances in many such meetings.

THE ILLINOIS STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY.

The fifty-third annual meeting of this society was held in Chicago April 29-May 2, the sessions being conducted in the building of the Northwestern University, at the corner of Dearborn and Lake streets. The meetings were presided over by Dr. M. L. Harris, of Chicago, the president of the society. The attendance was unusually large, 648 members registering. The accommodations for the three sections, those of Medicine, Surgery and State Medicine, and the attendance at the scientific work of the society, the papers and the discussions were good. The first public session was held in the evening of April 29. Addresses of welcome were made by President Foreman of the board of county commissioners, City Prosecutor Taylor and Dr. J. H. Stowell. The response was made by President Harris, whose address followed. He spoke on the "Conditions Essential for Success in Medicine." Dr. Wesener also gave an excellent address on "Foods," and Prof. Mikulicz, of Breslau, who was in the audience, was called to the front and spoke briefly.

The programs of the sessions were arranged so as to concentrate the work in the forenoons. This gave an opportunity for all desiring to do so to attend in the afternoons the clinics which had been arranged in all the leading colleges and hospitals, while the business meetings of the House of Delegates could be held at such times as to interfere little with the scientific programs.

We will not attempt to give the programs in full. The chairman of Section One was Dr. F. J. Pitner, of Jacksonville, who spoke on "Some Points in the Etiology of Chronic Diseases." J. L. Wiggins, of East St. Louis, gave the address in surgery, "The Renaissance."

The exhibit hall was on the fifth floor of the building, and the exhibits were both numerous and excellent. The following houses were represented: Armour & Co., American Cereal Company, Alma Sanitarium, Abbott Alkaloidal Company, D. Appleton & Co., Denver

DR. J. A. SCROGGS. Pres. Iowa Medical Society.

Chemical Company, William T. Keener & Co., Sharpe & Smith, Searle & Hereth, Maltine Company, Frederick Stearns & Co., Victor Electric Company, Oakland Chemical Company, the Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company, William R. Warner & Co., Gleason's Grape Juice Company, Eskay's Food Company, H. K. Mulford Company, W. R. Grady, E. H. Colegrove, Bauer & Black, Horlick's Food Company, Fairchild Bros. & Foster, W. C. Fuchs, Hanney Manufacturing Company, H. W. Johns-Manville Company, W. Scheidel & Co., N. O. Nelson & Co., C. F. Birtman Company, American XRay Company, Sharp & Dohme, Pasteur Vaccine Company; R. V. Wagner & Co., The Western X-Ray Company, Truax, Greene & Co., Mellin's Food, E. Leitz, Richard Gibson, manager; W. D. Allison & Co.

There was also an excellent scientific exhibit, specially noteworthy being the pathological specimens from the stock yards, furnished by the United States bureau of animal industry.

The proposed changes in the constitution were adopted. The most important of these was that making every member of the Chicago Medical Society a member of the state society, as soon as the Chicago Medical Society pays its assessment of $1.50 a member. There is no expense to the member. This gives each member the Illinois Medical Journal. In the report of the chairman of the judicial council, an attack upon the state board of health was made by Dr. Percy, of Omaha, with regard to certain incidents in the campaign of Senator Berry for reelection. Drs. Webster and Egan, of the board, replied to the paper.

The next meeting of the society will be held at Bloomington. New officers were elected as follows: President, Dr. Carl E. Black, Jacksonville; secretary, Dr. E. W. Weis, Ottawa; treasurer, Dr. E. J. Brown, Decatur; members judicial council, Dr. M. L. Harris, Dr. W. O. Ensign, Dr. J. F. Percy, Dr. O. B. Will, Dr. W. K. Newcomb, Dr. L. J. Harvey, Dr. C. Barlow, Dr. H. C. Fairbrother, Dr. J. C. Sullivan.

MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA. One of the best meetings ever held by this body was held at Talladega, April 22-24. A good program was presented, the attendance was good and the organization of the profession in the state excellent. Lieutenant Governor R. M. Cunningham received an ovation at one of the sessions and a rising vote of thanks for the

able assistance he rendered in defeating the bill to legalize the practice of osteopathy. Several legislators were complimented for their assistance, among whom were Messrs. Bankhead, Starr, Johnson, Harrison and Long. The association selected Mobile as the next place of meeting. The following officers were elected: President, M. B. Cameron, of Sumterville; vice-president, southern district, J. R. G. Howell, of Dothan; secretary, L. C. Morris, of Birmingham; treasurer, H. G. Perry, of Greensboro; censors, Dr. John F. Furniss, of Selma; Dr. S. W. Welch, of Talladega, vice Dr. J. T. Searcy, of Tuscaloosa; Dr. Glenn Andrews, of Montgomery, vice Dr. J. L. Gaston. Dr. George S. Brown, of Birmingham, was elected annual orator. Resolutions were adopted in respect to the late Dr. W. E. B. Davis, of Birmingham.

TEXAS STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. The Texas State Medical Association met in San Antonio April 27-30. Dr. S. C. Red presided. After a well attended and instructive meeting, at which many excellent papers were read, the society adjourned to meet in Austin April 19, 1904. New officers were elected as follows: President, Dr. Frank Paschal, San Antonio; first vice-president, Dr. F. Daniel, Austin; second vice-president, Dr. A. S. Hatchcock, Palestine; third vice-president, Dr. Joe Becton, Greenville; trustees, Drs. F. D. Thompson of Fort Worth, J. D. Osborn of Cleburne, Walter Shropshire of Yoakum, J. B. Shelmire of Dallas, and B. F. Kingsley of San Antonio; orator, Dr. H. A. Barr, of Beaumont. The following eighteen names were chosen to be submitted to the governor from which to select men to constitute the state medical examining board: Drs. Jenkins, of Daingerfield; E. E. Guinn, of Jacksonville; Bell, of Tyler; Wilson, of Sherman; Loggins, of Ennis; Nicks, of Stone City; Evans, of Palestine; Burroughs, of Buffalo; Ruess, of Cuero; Smith, of Austin; Frazier, of Belton; Osborn, of Cleburne; Pennington, of Justin; Jackson, of San Antonio; Hamilton, of Laredo; Turner, of El Paso; Scott, of Houston, and Jones, of Gonzales. LOUISIANA STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. President Isadore Dyer called to order the meeting of the Louisiana State Medical Society April 28. Like other state societies this association is actively engaged in the work of reorganization. There was an excellent scientific program and much important business was transacted. The new officers of the society are: J. M. Barrier, president; L. G. Le Beuf, first vice-president; F. J. Mayer, second vice-president; Oscar Dowling, third vice-president; councillors, J. F. Buquoi, John C. Callan, F. R. Tolson, N. K. Vance, S. L. Williams, C. W. Sitman and Arthur Gardiner.

NEBRASKA STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY. The Nebraska State Medical Society held its thirtyfifth annual meeting in Lincoln April 27-29. The society completed its reorganization in accord with the rules laid down by the American Medical Association. Already fifty-eight counties of the sixty-five eligibles have made the necessary organization in anticipation of the reorganization. To secure attention for the local affairs the state, under the new constitution adopted by the society, will be divided into twelve councillor districts, two for each congressional district, and each will be represented by a resident councillor. Each councillor will be organizer, peacemaker and censor for his district. The next meeting will be held in Omaha. The annual election of officers was held Thursday

morning and resulted in the election of Dr. B. F. Crummer, of Omaha, as president; Dr. P. E. Plum of Gothenberg, and Dr. G. W. Shidler, of York, to be vicepresidents; Dr. A. D. Wilkinson, of Lincoln, recording secretary; Dr. H. Winnett Orr, of Lincoln, corresponding secretary; and Dr. J. L. Green, of Lincoln, treasurer. The last three named were reelected.

KENTUCKY STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY. The forty-eighth annual session of the Kentucky State Medical Society was held in Louisville April 2224, with Dr. W. W. Richmond, of Clinton, the president, in the chair. The annual address of the president upon "Medical Organization and Its Benefits" was most highly commended. The program was a good one and many important papers were discussed. More than 600 members were in attendance. The committee on nominations made the following report, which was unanimously adopted by the association: President, Dr. Steele Bailey, Stanford; vice-presidents, Drs. T. P. Stickler, Elizabethtown; J. T. Reynolds, Mt. Sterling; M. P. Cecil, Central City; secretary, Dr. J. B. Bullitt, Louisville; treasurer, Dr. W. B. McClure, Lexington. The orator in medicine next year will be Dr. J. B. Marvin, of Louisville, and the orator in surgery will be Dr. P. H. Stewart, of Paducah. Lexington was selected as the place of meeting next year.

MISSOURI STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY. There was an excellent attendance at the meeting of the Missouri State Medical Society at Excelsior Springs April 21-23. The new constitution, bringing the society into line with the national association, was adopted. The assemblage was presided over by Dr. Woodson Moss, of Columbia, the president of the association. C. M. Nicholson and E. G. Goodwin, of St. Louis, were secretaries. The membership of the society is larger than ever before. Interest in the work of the society is deeper than it has before appeared to be, and the results being accomplished are flattering to the members. The next meeting will be held in St. Louis on the third Tuesday in May, 1904.

The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, W. G. Moore, St. Louis; first vicepresident, O. B. Campbell, St. Joseph; second vicepresident, T. M. Bogard, Excelsior Springs; third vice president, H. B. Cole, Sedalia; fourth vice president, J. Robinson, Latham; fifth vice-president, F. B. Hiller, Kahoka; recording secretary, C. M. Nicholson, St. Louis; assistant recording secretary, E. G. Goodwin, St. Louis; treasurer, J. F. Welch, Salisbury.

The council of the association is headed by Jabez N. Jackson, Kansas City, chairman; W. J. Ferguson, Sedalia, secretary; and made up of W. B. Sissons, Kahoka; Robert Haley, Brookfield; E. H. Miller, Liberty; C. H. Wallace, St. Joseph; L. W. Dallas, Hunnewell; E. S. Cave, Mexico; W. B. Dorsett, St. Louis; J. F. Lutz, St. Louis; B. M. Hynes, St. Louis; J. J. Norwine, Poplar Bluff; W. S. Allee, Olean; A. R. Snyder, Joplin, and R. L. Johnson, Rolla.

TRIENNIAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. The sixth Triennial Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons was held this year at Washington, D. C., May 12-16. The congress has affiliated with it sixteen societies of specialists, nearly all of which held sessions in Washington at this time. These associations send delegates to the executive committee of the congress and are given seats in the congress it

self. The associations thus affiliated are the American Gynecological Society, the American Dermatological Association, the American Laryngological Association, the American Surgical Association, the American Climatological Association, the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons, the Association of American Physicians, the American Orthopedic Association, the Armerican Physiological Society, the Association of American Anatomists, the American Pediatric Society, the American Ophthalmological Society, the American Otological Society, the American Neurological Association, the American Medico-Psychological Association, and the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists. All these were in session except the Association of American Anatomists, which holds no meeting this year. Among those in attendance were eminent physicians and surgeons, not only of the United States, but of all countries of Europe. Among them were Professor von Mikulicz of Breslau, an authority on abdominal surgery; Professor Hans Kehr, of Halberstadt, Germany, a surgeon of international distinction; Professor Tillmans, of Leipzig, Germany; Professor Ewald, of Berlin; Mr. Moynihan, of Leeds, England, and Sir William Hingston, of Montreal, Canada. The attendance was large, about 800 delegates being in attendance. The president of the congress was Dr. W. W. Keen, of Philadelphia and the vice-presidents were the presidents of the associated societies. The work of the convention was commenced upon the formal call to order of the president, following which the consideration of the subject, "The Pancreas and Pancreatic Diseases," was taken up. Papers were read on matters relative to this subject during the afternoon of the first day by the following specialists: Dr. E. L. Opie, of Baltimore, on the anatomy and histology; Professor R. H. Chittenden, of New Haven, Conn., on the physiology and physiological chemistry; Dr. Simon Flexner, of Philadelphia, on the etiology and pathological anatomy; Dr. Reginald H. Fitz, of Boston, on the symptomatology and diagnosis; Professor von Mikulicz-Radecki, of Breslau, Germany, on injuries and inflammatory processes; Dr. Roswell Park, of Buffalo, on tumors, cysts, etc. These papers were discussed by Drs. Charles G. Stockton, Herbert U. Williams and Maurice Richardson.

The president of the congress, Dr. Keen, delivered an address at the first evening session on "The Duties and Responsibilities of Trustees of Medical Institutions."

The programs of the constituent associations were then faithfully taken up and were rich in material of the highest scientific character. Each association had a long and varied program which must be omitted for lack of space.

The election of officers of the various societies resulted as follows:

American Academy of Medicine: President, Dr. John B. Roberts, Philadelphia; secretary, Dr. Chas. McIntire, Easton, Pa.; next meeting place Atlantic City.

American Pediatric Society: President, Dr. Augustus Caille, New York; secretary, Dr. S. S. Adams, Washington; next meeting place, Detroit.

American Gynecological Society: President, Dr. Edward Reynolds, Boston; secretary, Dr. J. Riddle Goffe, New York; next meeting place, Boston.

American Surgical Association: President, Dr. N. P. Dandridge, Cincinnati; secretary, Dr. Geo. R. Fowler, Brooklyn.

Association of American Physicians: President, Dr. William T. Councilman, Boston; secretary, Dr. Henry Hun, Albany.

National Association of U. S. Pension Examining Surgeons: President, Dr. William A. Howe, New York; secretary, Dr. Wheelock Rider, New York.

American Gastro-Enterological Association: President, Dr. S. J. Meltzer, New York; secretary-treasurer, Dr. C. D. Aaron, Detroit.

American Otological Society: President, Dr. B. Alexander Randall, Philadelphia; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Frederick L. Jack, Boston.

DR. JOHN H. MUSSER.

Dr. John Herr Musser, who was elected president of the American Medical Association at its recent meeting in New Orleans, was born in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on June 22, 1856. His father, Dr. Benjamin Musser, his grandfather and great-grandfather, in fact his ancestors in direct line for five generations have been physicians, and during the last three or four generations numerous relatives of Dr. Musser's have practiced medicine and been prominent in the state of Pennsylvania. He is married and has four children. He was educated at the Millersville State Normal School, and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1877. In addition to private practice Dr. Musser has been a teacher, and connected with various hospitals since his graduation. He is the author of a work on medical diagnosis, which has reached its fifth edition; of standard articles in Keating's Cyclopedia of Diseases of Children; Hare's System of Therapeutics and Wood's Reference Hand Book of the Medical Sciences, and editor of Nothnagel's Practice, Vol. 4, Diseases of Lungs, Pleura, etc. The following are some of the official positions held by Dr. Musser since his graduation:-Resident Physician in the Philadelphia Hospital; Medical Registrar at the University Hospital; Chief of the Medical Dispensary of the University Hospital; Instructor in Medicine Medical Institute; Instructor in Clinical Medicine, University of Penna, Medical Department, 1881 to 1884; Pathologist to the Presbyterian Hospital, 1884-1888; Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 1889-1898; President of the Pathological Society 1893-1897; President of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, 1899; president of the Philadelphia Medical Club; member of the Council of the Association of American Physicians, 1893-1898. He is a fellow of the College of Physicians, and a member of the Philadelphia County Medical Society; the Pennsylvania State Medical Society; the American Medical Association; the Association of American Physicians; the American Climatological Society; the Philadelphia Neurological Society; the Philadelphia Pathological Society, etc., etc. At the present time Dr. Musser is Professor of Clinical Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania; Physician to the Philadelphia and Presbyterian Hospitals and Consulting Physician. to the West Philadelphia Hospital for Women and the Women's Hospital. He devotes his time exclusively to the practice of internal medicine, and is a consultant of note. Dr. Musser is very well known throughout this country as well as Europe; is a man of great personal magnetism, and his hosts of friends are much pleased with the new honor which has just been conferred upon him.