摘要：Past presidents of this Association have, in their annual addresses frequently discussed the medical library in its relation to the graduate of medicine, but as far as I am aware, little reference has-been made by them to the great need and growing importanceof the medical library to the student body, and the necessity of impressing upon them the proper use of the medical literature that is available to them. It is important for us to bear in mind that the medical students of today are the teachers, research workers, specialists and general practitioners of tomorrow, and in their hands will rest the future of medicine for a whole generation. In my address before this Association last year I discussed among other library matters the advisability of giving medical students some practical instruction in bibliographic methods. It has, for some years, been the custom in the better medical schools, to provide their students with a library, with proper lighting facilities, comfortable tables and chairs, and the most important text and reference books. In too many instances the medical library has begun and ended there. Too little has been done to acquaint him, in a practical way, with the real value of the library and the means whereby he can obtain for himself the mass of wealth in literature contained there. Without this knowledge he cannot be expected to derive for himself the complete benefits of the medical library.
