| M. J. DeRosset, M. D., New York City, | Editors. |
| Thomas F. Wood, M. D., Wilmington, N. C. |
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THE APPROACHING MAY MEETINGS.
We ask the attention of the members of the North Carolina Medical Society, at the request of Dr. Charles Duffy, Jr., President, to their obligation as Chairmen and members of Committees and Sections.
The sections as instituted at the last meeting of the Society are as follows:
- Surgery and Anatomy.—Dr. Charles J. O’Hagan, Greenville.
- Obstetrics Gynæcology.—Dr. H. Otis Hyatt, Kinston.
- Practice of Medicine.—Dr. W. A. B. Norcom, Edenton.
- Materia Medica and Therapeutics.—Dr. G. G. Smith, Mill Hill.
- Microscopy and Pathology.—Dr. G. G. Thomas, Wilmington.
It will be remembered that the resolution creating the Sections offered by Dr. Shaffner, of Salem, designed that all papers coming under the above heads should be presented to the Chairman of that section, and through him papers are to be presented to the Society. It is highly desirable, therefore, that papers intended to be presented should be sent forward to their proper chairman, that they may get early attention. The ultimate design of this method is to promote a systematic and orderly presentation of papers, and to induce every contributor to the literature of the Society to put his paper in a way to be properly shaped before being read to the Society. Sometimes papers are too long to be read during the session, and still are too important to be neglected. These papers should be passed upon by the Section to which they belong, and given to the publication committee.
As desirable as this plan is, it must not be understood to exclude papers prepared too late to be reviewed by the section, for literary laziness and procrastination is the prominent failing of members of our State Medical Society. (We are now speaking as editors).
With the additional work now devolving upon our State Society, every effort will have to be made to economize time. It is desirable that the Board of Medical Examiners meet a day in advance of the Society, in order that candidates passing the Board can at once enter into the duties of full membership, and enable the members of the Board also, to take active part in the proceedings. This we understand to be the plan agreed upon by the Board, and it may be officially announced in this Journal.