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Patrick Francis Carroll, Taunton March 1884; Superior.
Frank B. Hemmenway, New Bedford June 1884; Superior.
Frederic Vincent Fuller, Taunton Sept. 1884; Superior; son of Henry J. Ful- ler; died young.
George Frederic Williams, Taunton Sept. 1884; Superior; clerk of First District ten years.
John James McDonough, Taunton Sept.
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1884; justice of Second District for years.
Henry Barnard Worth, Fall River Jan. 1885; Superior.
Frederic Stanley Hall, Taunton March 1885; Superior; as a young man was member of House of Representatives and Governor's Council; ran for office of Lieutenant-Governor, was defeated by Draper; was partner with Judge Edmund H. Bennett; special justice First District; prominent practising attorney in Taunton.
John Joseph O'Connell, North Easton April 1885; Superior.
Eliot Dawes Stetson, New Bedford June 1885; Superior.
Nathan Herbert Chase; New Bedford Nov. 1885; Supreme Judicial.
Joseph Ignacio da Terra, New Bedford Nov. 1885; Supreme Judicial.
Charles Hunt Brown, Taunton April 1886; Supreme Judicial.
Daniel Francis Buckley, Taunton April 1886; practised in Taunton; went to Boston; was secretary Democratic State Committee in 1892; was appoint- ed chief United States Customs bu- reau.
Clifford Parker Sherman, New Bedford June 1886; Superior; was referee in bankruptcy.
Charles D. Stickney, Jr., New Bedford June 1886; Superior.
Henry Howard Crapo, New Bedford June 1886; Superior.
Nicholas Hatheway, Jr., Fall River Jan. 1887; Superior.
Charles Lewis Baker, New Bedford June 1888; Superior.
Isaiah C. Dade, Fall River Oct. 1888; Superior.
Benjamin B. Barney, New Bedford June 1889; Superior; has been City Solici- tor for New Bedford many years.
Mayhew R. Hitch, Taunton Sept. 1889; Superior; practising law in New Bed- ford; succeeded late Hon. Arthur M. Alger as Judge of Probate for Bristol county.
James Henry Murphy, Fall River Jan. 1890; Superior.
Levi Elmer Wood, Fall River Jan. 1890; Superior; prominent in Fall River and courts of county.
Robert Carver Brown, Taunton March 1890; Superior.
George Grime, Fall River April 1890; Su- perior; City Solicitor at Fall River many years.
John Summerfield Brayton, Jr., Taunton Sept. 1890; Superior.
Robert Thomas Conroy, Taunton Sept. 1890; Superior.
Albert Fuller, Fall River. Dec. 1890; Su- perior; was Taunton City Solicitor; clerk of First District.
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Richard Plumer Borden, New Bedford May 1891; Superior; prominent Fall River lawyer.
Arthur Sherman Phillips, New Bedford May 1891; Superior; prominent law- yer of Fall River and county courts. Homer Winthrop Hervey, New Bedford Sept. 1891; Superior.
Frederick Dudley Stetson, New Bedford 1891; Superior.
William Hollis Pond, Fall River Oct. 1891; Superior.
William Harrison P. Walker, Taunton March 1892; Superior.
Frank Preston Lincoln, Taunton March 1892; Superior; clerk First District of Bristol at Taunton.
Harry Eugene Carpenter, New Bedford May 1892; Superior.
Oliver Prescott, Jr., New Bedford May 1892; Superior; member firm of Crapo, Clifford & Clifford; prominent in handling of trust estates, street rail- way and mill business- in New Bed- ford.
Charles Joseph McGurk, New Bedford May 1892; Superior.
Frank Miller Sparrow, May 1892; Su- perior.
Edwin Luther Barney, Jr., New Bedford May 1892; Superior; assistant clerk of courts for Bristol county.
Elliott Sandford, Taunton Sept. 1892.
Frederick Ellsworth Austin, Fall River Oct. 1892; justice of First District at Taunton, succeeding Judge William H. Fox.
Fred D. Stanley, Fall River Jan. 1893; Su- perior.
James Alexander Barnes, Fall River April 1893; Superior.
James Francis Morris, Fall River April 1893; Superior.
Benjamin Cook, Fall River Jan. 1894; Su- perior; Special Justice Second District at Fall River.
James Madison Morton, Jr., Taunton April 1895; Supreme Judicial; former- ly Justice of Superior in Fall River; now Judge United States in Boston. Harry Sumner Willians, New Bedford May 1894; Superior.
Simeon Borden, Jr., New Bedford May 1894; Superior; clerk of courts of
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Bristol county since the death of his father, Hon. Simeon Borden.
Charles Rogers Cummings, Taunton Sept. 1894; Superior.
Howard Lindsey Phillips, Taunton Sept. 1894; Superior.
John Abbott, Fall River Oct. 1894; Su- perior.
William Eddy Fuller, Jr., New Bedford May 1895; Superior.
Henry Burnham Boone, Taunton Sept. 1895; Superior.
Benjamin Cook, Jr., Taunton Sept. 1895; Superior.
James Stevens Green, Taunton Sept. 1895; Superior.
Edward Anthony Thurston, Fall River Jan. 1896; Superior; firm of Baker & Thurston; has been head of Republi- can State Committee.
Thomas Jefferson Cobb, Fall River Jan. 1896; Superior.
George Nelson Gardiner, New Bedford May 1896; Superior.
Albert John Connell, New Bedford May 1896; Superior.
William Maynadier, Taunton Sept. 1896; Superior.
Charles G. Washburn, Taunton Sept. 1896; Superior.
Alvin G. Weeks, New Bedford Dec. 1896; Superior.
Warren A. Swift, New Bedford May 1897; Superior.
John W. Connelly, New Bedford May 1897; Superior.
William Milton Dean, Taunton Sept. 1897; Superior.
Philip Edmund Tripp, Taunton Sept. 1897; Superior.
William Beard Perry, Taunton Sept. 1897; Superior.
William John Davison, Taunton Sept. 1897; Superior; has largely given up practice of law for business, and is connected with rivet works, Lincoln & Williams Twist Drill, and West Silver Company.
John Byron Tracy, Taunton Sept. 1897; Superior; has taken prominent part in all political activities of Taunton; was Mayor, and head of Republican city committee.
James Marcus Swift, Fall River Oct. 1897; Superior; son of Marcus G. B. Swift; was District Attorney of the Southeastern District many years and District Attorney for Massachusetts; resides and practises in Boston.
Andress Small Lloyd, Fall River Oct. 1897; Superior.
Henry Warren Galligan, Fall River Oct. 1897; Superior.
James Henry Brown, Fall River Oct. 1898; Superior.
Albert R. White, Taunton Feb. 1899; Su- perior; is prominently identified with the Mount Hope Finishing Company. Walter Aaron Saxon, New Bedford June 1899; Superior.
Charles Mitchell, Taunton Feb. 1900; Su- perior.
George Henry Potter, Taunton Feb. 1900; Superior.
Abbott Whitmore Leonard, Boston Feb. 1900; Supreme Judicial.
Charles Crocker Hagerty, Boston Feb. 1900; Supreme Judicial; Justice of Fourth District at Attleboro; former- ly practised in Taunton; lives in Mansfield.
Carleton Francis Sanford, Boston Sept. 1900; Supreme Judicial.
William Edwin Kelley, Boston Sept. 1900; Supreme Judicial.
Paul J. R. Beaudry, Fall River Oct. 1900; Superior.
Maximilian L. Lizotte, New Bedford Dec. 1900; Superior.
Lester W. Jenney, Boston May 1898; Su- preme Judicial.
Joseph Arthur Gauthier, Boston Feb. 1901; Supreme Judicial; prominent Fall River attorney; ran for Congress a number of times against William S. Greene.
Thomas Francis Higgins, Boston Feb. 1901; Supreme Judicial.
Frank Elmer Knowles, Boston Sept. 1901; Supreme Judicial.
Harold Franklin Hathaway, Boston Sept. 1901; one of the most prominent trial lawyers in Taunton.
Edward Thomas Bannon, Boston Sept. 1901; Supreme Judicial.
Justus Allen Briggs, Jr., Boston March 1902; Supreme Judicial.
Francis H. J. Maxwell, Boston Aug. 1902; Supreme Judicial.
John Andrew Kerns, Boston Aug. 1902; Supreme Judicial.
James Henry Leedham, Jr., Boston March 1903: Supreme Judicial.
David Silverstein, Boston March 1903; Supreme Judicial.
John Emmett Healy, Boston Sept. 1904; Supreme Judicial.
Alice Sorber Petluck, New Bedford May 1904; Superior.
John W. Hurst, Boston April 1904; Su- preme Judicial.
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John B. Lowney, Boston Aug. 1904; Su- preme Judicial.
Edward Everett Clark, Boston Aug. 1904; Supreme Judicial.
Mary C. Roche, Boston Aug. 1904; Su- preme Judicial.
David R. Radovsky, Boston Aug. 1904; Supreme Judicial.
Alphonse Gravel, Taunton April 1905; Su- preme Judicial.
Louis Swig, Boston Aug. 1905; Supreme Judicial; Special Justice First District. Edwin French Thayer, Boston Feb. 1905; Supreme Judicial; clerk of District of Bristol since its organization.
Silas Deane Reed, Boston Aug. 1905; Su- preme Judicial; postmaster at Taun- ton; represented both houses in the Massachusetts Legislature.
Joseph T. Winslow, Boston Aug. 1895; Supreme Judicial.
Gerrett Geils, Jr., Boston Aug. 1906; Su- preme Judicial.
James B. Kelley, Boston Aug. 1906; Su- preme Judicial.
William M. Regan, Boston Aug. 1906; Supreme Judicial.
Andrew Moran, Jr., Boston Aug. 1906; Supreme Judicial.
Cornelius W. Donovan, Boston Feb. 1907; Supreme Judicial.
Mary Ellen Hyde, Boston Feb. 1907; Su- preme Judicial.
Enoch T. Smithson, Boston Feb. 1907; Supreme Judicial.
John C. Sullivan, Boston Feb. 1907; Su- preme Judicial.
Foster R. Greene, Boston Aug. 1907; Su- preme Judicial.
Robert Hampson, Boston Aug. 1907; Su- preme Judicial.
Charles C. Lewis, Boston March 1908; Supreme Judicial.
Ignatius X. Cuttle, Boston Feb. 1908; Su- preme Judicial. Noah Lemaire, Jr., Boston Feb. 1908; Su- preme Judicial.
Timothy J. Feeney, Boston Aug. 1908; Supreme Judicial.
James Henry Kenyon, Jr., Boston Aug. 1908; Supreme Judicial.
Frank Mulveny, Boston Aug. 1908; Su- preme Judicial.
Solomon Rosenberg, Boston Aug. 1909; Supreme Judicial.
Daniel J. McNerney, Boston Aug. 1909; Supreme Judicial. Joseph F. Keirnan, Boston Aug. 1909; Su- preme Judicial.
Thomas A. Dolan, Boston March 1910; Supreme Judicial.
Benjamin T. Ferring, Boston March 1910; Supreme Judicial.
William C. Fraser, Boston March 1910; Supreme Judicial.
William A. Bellamy, Boston Aug. 1910; Supreme Judicial; prominent Taunton attorney; was in politics before his ad- mission to bar.
Edwin N. Blinn, Boston Aug. 1910; Su- preme Judicial.
Charles W. Lemaire, Boston Feb. 1911; Supreme Judicial.
James W. Nugent, Boston Feb. 1911; Su- preme Judicial.
John Tuttle Swift, Boston March 1911; Supreme Judicial; well known trial lawyer in Fall River; treasurer Fall River Savings Bank.
Frank M. Silvia, Boston Aug. 1911; Su- preme Judicial.
John R. Rostron, Boston Aug. 1911; Su- preme Judicial.
Arthur Corbishley, Boston Aug. 1911; Su- preme Judicial.
George W. Munsey, Jr., Boston Feb. 1912; Supreme Judicial.
George Leroy ' Connors, Boston March 1912; Supreme Judicial.
Michael J. Orpen, Boston March 1912; clerk of court, Fall River.
William Francis Keefe, Boston March 1912; Supreme Judicial.
John A. Doroff, Boston Sept. 1912; Su- preme Judicial.
Frank Vera, Jr., clerk of District in New Bedford a number of years; well known in political circles.
Stanley Perkins Hall, Boston Sept. 1912; Supreme Judicial; present District At- torney.
John W. Knowlton, Boston Feb. 1906; Supreme Judicial; noted trial lawyer in Boston.
Frank L. Piper, Feb. 1912; Supreme Ju- dicial.
John Purcell Leary, Boston Feb. 1914; Supreme Judicial.
William E. McGee, Boston Sept. 1913; Supreme Judicial.
Wallace F. Preston, Sept. 1916; Supreme Judicial.
Sylvanus M. Thomas, Sept. 1916; Su- preme Judicial.
James G. Moran, Sept. 1916; Supreme Judicial; recently elected Senator.
James P. Dunn, Taunton Feb. 1916; Su- perior; practised awhile with H. F. Hathaway; member American Expedi- tionary Force; died in camp in Mas- sachusetts.
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Charles P. Sawyer, Boston Feb. 1915; Su- preme Judicial.
Henry W. Shay, March 1916; Supreme Judicial.
John B. Cummings, March 1917; Supreme Judicial.
Carl A. Terry, March 1919; Supreme Ju- dicial.
In addition to the above list, other attorneys, and those at present practising in the county, are as follows:
Taunton
Richard P. Coughlin and Edwin R. McCormick
Leo M. Coughlin, as J. Howard O'Keefe and
. D. Gardiner O'Keefe, as
O'Keefe & O'Keefe. Walter G. Powers
Raymond J. Regan Philip H. Reilly Frank E. Smith
State, 1923.
Albert R. White, 2nd, and Everett S. White, as White & White.
Joseph E. Welch.
William S. Woods, Spe- cial Justice First Dis-
trict Court.
New Bedford
F. Abramson.
Richard Knowles
H. A. Lider
George E. Lilley
J. Lipsitt
J. Minkin Walter R. Mitchell
Edward J. Harrington
Everett L. Merchant
James P. McCrohan, Reg- ister of Deeds, Southern District
Merton G. Fisher
Joseph F. Francis, Jr.
George H. Gardiner
Frank L. Rogers
Solomon Rosenberg
Abram Rusitzky
V. J. Grace L. Herman E. W. Holmes
E. B. Jourdain
E. M. Kanter
Joseph T. Kenney, former
Frederick D. Stetson
District Attorney
Laurence D. Sulliva 1 Henry E. Woodward
Attleboro
Harry E. Carpenter
Ralph C. Estes J. E. Gaynor George M. Gustin
M. E. McGuire H. H. Robinson Edwin F. Thayer
North Attleboro
H. W. Mason
C. E. Hale
Hon. Joseph E. Warner, son of Hon. Richard E. Warner, former Mayor; was candidate for Lieu- tenant-Governor, 1922; appointed Assistant At- torney-General of the
Coughlin & Coughlin. Hon. Leo H. Coughlin twice elected mayor, 1922 and 1923; is veteran of World War; captain Ninth Company C. A. C.
Frank B. Fox, son of
Frederick Smith
Judge William Henry
Fox, Assistant District
Eugene Sullivan
Attorney
Ellsworth Hathaway Merrill F. Hubbard Swift.
Warren A. Swift and W. M. Swift as Swift &
T. E. McGlynn
A. E. McGrath Allen W. Milliken
N. L. Nadeau
Timothy F. O'Brien William C. Parker Laurance S. Perry S. E. Bentley George H. Potter Oliver Prescott
R. Goodman G. B. Goodman
Charles N. Serpa M. Shapira J. E. N. Shaw Frank M. Sparrow
F. I. Babcock P. E. Brady F. E. Briggs Walter A. Briggs
Henry S. Knowles
Charles F. Archambault Paul G. Archambault Asa Auger & Son. Philip Barnet. Samuel Barnet. Benjamin B. Barney L. E. Becker. J. M. Bullard. J. A. Briggs, Jr. M. R. Brownell. E. E. Clarke. Charles H. Clifford. William M. Conroy. Charles C. Cannon Otis S. Cook F. H. Taber H. H. Crapo. L. E. Crowley. Thomas A. Cunniff. Patrick M. Doyle W. S. Downey.
John H. Sullivan
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Fall River
William G. Andrew
Moses Entin
Bernard J. McDonald, Jr.
S. W. Ashton
David Silverstein
Joseph Menard ·
Charles L. Baker
William C. Gray, Register
Andrew J. Moran James M. Morton
Emile F. Bergeron
of Deeds
Frederic F. Bergeron
M. Guilbault
Edward T. Murphy
Israel Brayton
Edward F. Hanify, Justice Second District Court
Henry F. Nickerson, Spe-
Arthur B. Cartier
F. L. Hanson
cial Justice
Harold E. Clarkin
P. H. Harrington
James F. O'Brien
William H. Clarkson
Nicholas Hathaway
Frank A. Pease
Charles H. Cosgrove
R. K. Hawes
Michael Pedro
John T. Coughlin
John E. Healy
H. William Radovsky
William E. Cummings R. C. Davis
E. Higginson
Arthur E. Seagrave
Robert A. Dean
P. H. Hood
Louis Shabshelowitz
B. A. Doherty
Frederick Kavolsky
Nathan Sternsher
John F. Doherty, Jr.
S. M. Lamarre
Thomas D. Sullivan
C. W. Donovan
James Little
A. Swindells
Joseph H. Duffy
Charles A. McDonald
J. J. Walsh, Jr.
BRISTOL COUNTY LAW LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
By Warren A. Swift, Esq.
The Law Library Association for the County of Bristol, most com- monly called and known as the Bristol County Law Library Association, was organized March 9th, 1858. The by-laws provide that its member- ship shall be "composed of the counsellors and attorneys at law duly ad- mitted to practice in the Courts of this Commonwealth, resident in this County of Bristol." The purpose of the association was to provide a library of legal textbooks, and a safe and convenient place for the same for suitable reference for judges and members of the bar. The laymen of the community have equal access to the use of the library, subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the library committee.
Originally the officers consisted of a clerk, treasurer and a librarian. These three constituted a committee of investment for the purchasing of books. The clerk of the Superior Court is ex-officio clerk of the Law Library Association. Hon. John S. Brayton was the first clerk of the association, and Hon. Edmund H. Bennett was its treasurer. The above two, together with the Hon. Edwin L. Barney, of New Bedford, and Hon. J. C. Blaisdell, of Fall River, were appointed a committee to draft con- stitution and by-laws, which were duly accepted by vote of the associa- tion on April 2, 1858, and approved the second Monday of June, 1859, by Hon. Henry Morris, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Since its acceptance, many prominent members of the Bristol county bar have been elected to fill the various offices. Hon. Edmund H. Bennett was treas- urer from March, 1858, to March, 1878; Hon. William E. Fuller from March, 1878, to March, 1897; Hon. Charles A. Reed from March, 1897, to the time of his death; and Warren A. Swift Esq., to succeed Hon. Charles A. Reed, from 1900 to the present time. Hon. John S. Brayton served as clerk from 1858 to 1863; Hon. Simeon Borden, Sr., from 1864 to 1895; Hon. Frederick E. Austin as temporary clerk from 1896 to 1898,
Joseph S. Neves
H. S. R. Buffinton
Thomas F. Higgins
Charles P. Ryan
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and Hon. Simeon Borden, the present clerk of the Superior Court, from 1898 to the present time. Hon. William H. Fox, Hon. Arthur M. Alger, Henry J. Fuller, Hon. Frederick E. Austin, D. Gardiner O'Keefe, Esq., have served on the library committee.
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In November, 1905, the library had grown to such an extent that the proper care and indexing of the books and service to the members of the bar required that a permanent librarian be retained in the library. Hence, in November, 1905, a by-law was adopted giving the library com- mittee power to choose annually the librarian to perform such duties, and subject to such rules and regulations, and paid such compensation, as the library committee may provide. Miss Sadie McCormick (Mrs. J. Frank Kiernan) was the first librarian, and served from November, 1905, to June, 1910. Miss Alice M. Wheeler (Mrs. William Howard) served from June, 1910, to July 1, 1914, and Miss Helen S. Totten from July 1, 1914, to the present time. The county of Bristol by statute allows the Law Library Association the sum of $2900 for annual upkeep. The present officers of the association are: Simeon Borden, clerk; Warren A. Swift, Esq., treasurer; Hon. Frederick E. Austin, William A. Bellamy, Esq., Albert Fuller, Esq., library committee; Helen S. Totten, librarian.
CHAPTER IV.
MEDICINE AND MEDICAL INSTITUTE
The relief of suffering and the prevention of disease have had their practitioners and medical advocates in Bristol county for close upon three centuries. The doctors of the "old school" were indeed of a very old and practical school; the doctors of today, with the record of the experi- ence of the physicians of yesterday, combined with their acquirement of the attainments that are the gift of modern science, both respect the old régime for the foundations laid, and collaborate for investigation and ap- plication of the solutions of the problems of this hour. In times of epidemic and disease, in peace and in war, they have represented their calling notably well, and both men and women of the profession, whether in the common round of their days, or as heads of hospital institutions, as medical captains of military contingents, or as nurses on the battle- fields, have shared self-sacrificingly at duty's call.
The two Bristol county societies of physicians trace their associated genealogies to the Massachusetts Medical Society that was formed in 1781, to include all regular physicians practising medicine in the Com- monwealth, thus, as emphasized in the Massachusetts Laws, Chapter 82, 1859: "No person shall hereafter become a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society except upon examination by the censors of said society ; and any person of good moral character found to possess the qualifications prescribed by the rules and regulations of said society, shall be admitted a fellow of said society."
As the institution increased in membership, district societies were formed during the early part of the last century, all under the control of
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the old society, but appointing their own officers, establishing rules in con- formity with those of the original organization, yet receiving and dispos- ing of property outside the authority of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Walter L. Burrage, M. D., secretary of the Massachusetts Medical Society; Arthur R. Crandell, M. D., secretary of the Bristol North District Medical Society; and Alanson D. Abbe, M. D., secretary of the Bristol South District Medical Society, have been of generous assistance in gath- ering information, so far as records have been kept, for a general survey of the district societies.
The Bristol North District Medical Society is representative of the best thought and practice in medicology in New England today. Practi- tioners of proven worth direct its affairs. Both out of its official list and its rank and file have come notable doctors and surgeons, captains of con- tingents in the wars, and State Medical Society leaders. The records of the society loaned by Dr. Crandell, who has been its secretary since 1913, and who was president of the district at that time, show that organization took place June 20, 1849, with its membership in Taunton, Seekonk, Attleboro, Rehoboth, Norton, Mansfield, Easton, Raynham, Berkley, Free- town, Somerset, Dighton and Swansea. When the State line was changed in 1862, nearly all of Pawtucket and a part of Seekonk were attached to Rhode Island, and members of those places afterwards became known as non-resident fellows of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
East Attleboro had the honor of being the first meeting place for organization, the medical men present being Drs. Benoni Carpenter, of Pawtucket; Seba A. Carpenter, of Attleboro; James B. Dean, of Taunton; Johnson Gardner, of Seekonk; Thaddeus Phillips, of Attleboro; Menzies R. Randall, of Rehoboth; Phineas Savery, of Attleboro; Caleb Swan, of North Easton. The first officers were: President, Seba A. Carpenter, Attleboro; vice-president, Menzies R. Randall, Rehoboth; secretary and treasurer, William F. Perry; librarians, Phineas Savery and James B. Dean. The meetings of the society were quarterly, and held on the third Wednesday of June, September, December and March, the last being the annual meeting for the election of officers. At first, meetings were to be held only at Taunton and East Attleboro; later, "at such places as the society by vote shall determine." The last meeting held at Attleboro was on September 11, 1873. Since that time nearly all the meetings have been held at Taunton, or jointly with the Bristol South District society.
The records reveal how at their gatherings the membership have read many instructive and timely papers, and how on occasions they have had the pleasure of listening to specialists from other cities, as, for example, when Dr. Briggs lectured on "The Toxic Treatment of Cancer"; Dr. Goss on "Employment as a Remedial Agent in the Treatment of Mental Dis- eases"; Dr. Ralph C. Larrabee, of Boston, on "Experiences with the Allen Treatment of Diabetes with Surgical Complications." The papers that have been read before the society are too numerous to recount; but all have been notable topics of discussion, and they. have had proven value in the everyday rounds of the doctor of the district. At the meeting of September 15, 1910, it was voted that Middleboro and Lakeville be trans- ferred from Bristol South to Bristol North, and that Swansea and Somer- set be transferred to the south district. The society now has a member- ship of sixty-five, and the officers since 1890 are as follows :
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1890-President, Dr. W. S. Robinson; Vice-President, Dr. F. A. Hubbard; Secre- tary and Treasurer, Dr. J. B. Murphy.
1891-1892-President, Dr. Frank A. Hubbard; Vice-President, Dr. E. F. Galligan; Secretary, Dr. William Y. Fox; Treasurer, Dr. J. B. Murphy.
1893-1894-President, Dr. E. F. Galligan; Vice-President, Dr. A. S. Deane; Secre- tary, Dr. Elliott Washburn; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1895-1896 -- President, Dr. A. S. Deane; Vice-President, Dr. A. M. Round; Secre- tary, Dr. Elliott Washburn; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1897-President, Dr. A. M. Round; Vice-President, Dr. C. A. Atwood; Secre- tary, Dr. Elliott Washburn; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1898-President, Dr. A. M. Round; Vice-President, Dr. C. A. Atwood; Secretary, Dr. R. D. Dean; Treasurer. Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1899-1900-President, Dr. C. A. Atwood; Vice-President, Dr. C. S. Holden; Secretary, Dr. R. D. Dean; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1901-1902-President, Dr. C. S. Holden; Vice-President, Dr. W. Y. Fox; Secretary, Dr. R. D. Dean; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1903-1904-President, Dr. W. Y. Fox; Vice-President, Dr. T. J. Robinson; Secre- tary, Dr. R. D. Dean; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox
1905-1906-President, Dr T. J. Robinson; Vice-President, Dr. Elliott Washburn; Secretary, Dr. R. D. Dean; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1907-1908-President, Dr. Elliott Washburn; Vice-President, Dr. A. V. Goss; Secretary, Dr. R. D. Dean; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1909-1910-President, Dr. A. V. Goss; Vice-President, Dr. A. R. Crandell; Secretary, Dr. R. D. Dean; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1911-President, Dr. A. R. Crandell; Vice-President, Dr. H. S. Kilby; Secretary, Dr. R. D. Dean; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
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