R. R. Lansing, Esq.
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At a meeting of the Medical Society of the County of Oneida, on the
5th of March, 1830, a communication was received, signed by a number
of highly respectable gentlemen from this and other counties of this
state, on the subject of a dissertation delivered before this
society, at their late semi-annual meeting, by Dr. McAllister, "on
the properties and effects of tobacco." The communication was
referred to a committee.
The committee reported, "That although dissertations so delivered became
the properly of the society, yet believing as we do, that the subject is
one of great importance, and the dissertation highly meritorious, and as
we have not funds to defray the expense of publication, we will
cheerfully relinquish our claim thereto in favor of our correspondents,
and cordially unite with them in the desire which they have expressed to
us, 'that the dissertation be published in a pamphlet form,' for their
gratification and the benefit of the public."
Resolved, That the above report be accepted, and that a copy of the
proceedings be delivered to the gentlemen who presented the
communication.