Reminiscences of 1846 / by Robert T. Davis (p. 377-378) -- Surgery before the days of anesthesia / by John Ashhurst (p. 378-380) -- What has anasthesia [sic.] done for surgery? / by David W. Cheever -- Anesthesia in obstetrics / by J.P. Reynolds -- The surgery of the future / by Charles McBurney -- Poem : the birth and death of pain / by S. Weir Mitchell.