THE MEDICAL EXAMINER.
PHILADELPHIA, JUNE, 1850,
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
The following resolution, appended to the Report of the Committee on
Medical Literature, was adopted by the Association at the meeting at Cincin-
nati in May last.
Resolved, That the sum of one hundred dollars, raised by voluntary
contribution, be offered by this Association for the best experimental essay on
a subject connected either with physiology, or medical chemistry, and
that a committee of seven be appointed to carry out the objects of this reso-
lution : Said committee to receive the competing memoirs until the first day
of March 1851; the authors’ names to be concealed from the committee : and
the name of the successful competitor alone to be announced after the publi-
cation of the decision.
Dr. Francis G. Smith, Philada., Chairman.
Dr. Alfred Stille, Philada.	Dr. James Moultrie, Charleston, S. C.
“ Franklin Bache “	c: Robert Bridges, Philada.
“ L. P. Yandell, Louisville, Ky. “ Washington L. Atlee, Philada.
In accordance with the above resolution, the Chairman gives notice that
the sum of one hundred dollars is secured, and will be paid over to the success-
ful competitor, or, if preferred, a gold medal of equal value bearing a suita-
ble inscription.
The competing memoirs must be transmitted to the Chairman, free of ex-
pense, and should be designated by some appropriate motto; the author’s
name accompanying it in a sealed packet, designated in like manner. The
successful essay will become the property of the Association, and in case no
paper of sufficient merit is offered, the time will be extended for another
year.
After the decision of the committee, the sealed packet containing the
author’s name will be opened in the presence of the Association.
Medical Journals throughout the country are requested to give publicity
to the above Notice and to aid in furthering the wishes of the Association in
this respect.
Francis G. Smith, M. D., Philada., Chairman.