To the Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association:

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<h3>Dear Sir:</h3> —On page 191 of the February 18 number ofThe Journal, is an article in which Dr. L. S. Pilcher, President of the Medical Society of the State of New York, gives the American Medical Association to understand that<i>he</i>and<i>his</i>society are grandly indifferent as to anything the American Medical Association may do or say. And you, in commenting upon the same, say: "In this action of the New York State Medical Society, there seems to be a rolling back and away of the clouds and mists that have obscured the relations of that organization with the American Medical Association," and further you say " that you look hopefully to the committee appointed by the American Medical Association at its last meeting to report for approval of and adoption by that organization of a Code of Ethics, Constitution and By-laws that will be acceptable, and provide an