lishes and maintains its own true National representative character, and guards against centralization and local or sectional dominance. By awarding to such delegates the privilege of remaining permanent members and participat¬ ing in all the doings of the Association except voting, by continuing to pay the annual dues; and by the section on admission of permanent members by application without the expense of attending an annual meeting, the door is kept wide open for every member in good

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... ng in the recog¬ nized State and local medical societies to make himself or herself a member of the National Association whenever he chooses to do so.