J. H. HOBART BURGE, M.D., ALEX. J. C. SKENE, M.D. The report of the Obituary Committee, as above, was accepted and committee discharged. The Resolutions introduced by this committee were adopted as read. NEW BUSINESS. The Chairman read a communication from the Secretary of the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society, stating that the term of office of the two members of the Board of Pharmacy from this Society had expired, and asking that their places be filled. THE PRESIDENT.—As I understand it, our elections take place only at the end of the year, and if this communication is to be acted upon, it will be necessary for the Society to pass a special resolution authorizing the election of these gentlemen. If it is the desire that the Society pass such a resolution, a motion will be in order. A MEMBER.—I move that the By-Laws be suspended so that the election may be had this evening. Carried. THE PRESIDENT.—Nominations are now in order. The present incumbents are Dr. J. H. Hunt and Dr. C. E. De La Vergne. A MEMBER.—I move that the two present incumbents be continued in office, if it be the voice of this Society, until the annual meeting. Seconded and carried. There being no further business, the Society adjourned. W. M. HUTCHINSON, M.D., _Secretary_. _PROGRESS IN MEDICINE._ PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. BY ELIAS H. BARTLEY, M.D., Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology, and Lecturer on Diseases of Children, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn. THE GERM THEORY A CENTURY AGO. Under this caption the British Med. Journal for February 11, 1888, contains an editorial review of a pamphlet of 87 pages, published in 1788, and entitled: “_A Treatise on Fevers, wherein their Causes are exhibited in a new point of view, to prevent Contagion; and Putrid Sore Throat, Inflammatory Fluxes, Influenza, Consumptions, as well as the Low Nervous Fevers that terribly affect the Spirits, may be cured with ease_.”