At a meeting of the KA Society of Hippocrates, held in  the Medical College of Transylvania
   University, December 11,  1822, the following Resolutions were introduced by Dr. Henry
   Mixler, and referred to a select  committee,  of Doctors  Brown, Sanders,  Stout,  Brings,
   and Humphreys, who reporting favourably, they were  unanimously adopted, and ordered to
   be printed, with a list of the names of all who have been initiated in the parent society.
    The omniscience and omnipotence of the great primitive
  Author of nature are alone adequate to  the construction
  of plans, which shall  be  adapted to every exigency, and
  the  unceasing mutations,  which are perpetually going on
  m the moral and physical world—while  the purblindness
  of man compels him to aocommodate his arrangements to
  presentwfljirl ■nrjwirirlirqp firr mucosa,-and  by the* in-
  structions of experience he must  profit, if he would ad-
  vance the offspring of his  invention  to the greatest possi-
  ble perfection.
    It is, therefore, no disparagement to the worthy gentle-
  men, who  framed onr Constitution, that  experience has
  shown its incompetency to the government of our flourish-
  ing  and invaluable institution.  That its dissemination
  may be commensurate with the immense blessings, which
  it is destined  to dispense, that its great objects  may be
  promoted,  and harmony and unanimity of feeling cherish-
  ed among its members, a new code of regulations, nay, a
  radical revolution in its  organization is imperiously de-
  manded.  The essence, the soul and the spirit of the In-
  stitution ought to be sacredly  guarded against innovation,
  even under  the mask of expediency or improvement!
  But whenever its  system of government shall prove de-
  fective, and its operation impracticable, it  is our ri^ht,
  nay, our duty, to commence the work of  amendment and
  reformation.
    Under the  present  Constitution  no KA  is  entitled to
  establish a subordinate society, unless invested  with a
 warrant or charter, from the mother society, held in Lex-
 ington, Ky.  If we could entertain such limited views of
 our institution, as to suppose that no person will be admit-
 ted to its privileges, but those who attend on the lectures
 of Transylvania University, or who may chance  to visit
 Lexington, this provision might  be regarded as unexcep-
 tionable, because there could be no difficulty in procuring
 legal  authority for the establishment of subordinate so°
 cietres.  But when we reflect that by each subordinate
 society, throughout the world, there must be innumerable
 initiations, we, at once, perceive the impracticability of
 its members obtaining the sanction of this society, to lo-
 cate  subordinate ramifications.  When the period, which
 we trust is not far distant, of the universal prevalence  and
 triumph of primitive principles,  shall arrive, this part of
 our Constitution will be futile and  inoperative. As well
 might the grand Lodge of the most ancient and honourable
 society of Freemasons, at Jerusalem, or at York, assert
 and maintain the sole  prerogative  of issuing charters for
 the creation of subordinate lodges, which are  now  im-
 planted in every country,  where  civilization  has extend-
 ed.                               ■■.-—
   Added  to thesertiere are^oTEer^consideraUons which
 induce us to desire a change in the  organization and o-ov-
 ernment of  the KA institution.                    5
   One of our leading and cardinal objects, as is very well
 known  to you, is the acquisition  of authentic medical  in-
 formation.
   But, besides the impractibility of compliance, it would
 manifest a spirit of monopoly, to  require that the observa-
 tions of every KA, throughout the globe, shall be direct-
 ed to the parent society, at Lexington!  No! let us not,
by the assumption of such superior claims,  evince an ava-
ricious and domineering disposition.—The measure  of our
lame is full, in originating the institution, or rather in be-
ing the  first to reflect the  beams of Science,. Friendship,
fo-tee, and Honour, emanating from the Coan Sa<*e; and
»et us, like true philanthropists, consent that everv°region
  of the earth, warmed and animated by their immediate
  presence, shall feel and acknowledge the genial influence!
    To remedy the imperfections, which have been adverted
  to, and to advance, as I conceive,  the  real and perma-
  nent interests of the institution, the adoption of the fol-
  lowing resolutions ja recommended.
    Resolved by  the parenf*«A "tfbttetT of Hipocrates:
  held in Lexington, Ky.
    1st.  That in  each of the  United States, and in other
  governments, there shall be a grand KA  Society, compos-
  ed of the Presidents of the subordinate  societies, in said
  state or government.
    2d.  When a  grand society is organized in any state or
  government, said society shall hold a grand annual commu-
  nication.
    3d.  The officers of said grand societies shall be a grand
  1 resident, two  grand  Vice-Presidents, a  Secretary, a
  1 reasurer, a grand Pursuivant and Grand Orator.
    4th.  That each grand K A  Society shall  be amenable
  to no other assembly of KA's,  (unless hereafter it may be
  deemed expedient to establish a general grand KA Socie-
  ty of  the United States,) but shall possess supreme author-
  ity over  the subordinate societies, under its jurisdiction,
  and shall have power  to issue charters for the  creation of
  subordinate societies, and to  frame its own constitution
  and bye-laws, consistent, however, with the spirit and in-
  tention of the institution.
   5th.  That, during the recess of the grand KA Society,
  the grand President, or either of the grand Vice-Presi-
  dents, shall have power to  grant charters to worthy  and
  respectable applicants.
   6th.   That, as the great advantages, which are expect-
  ed to result  from the  establishment  of grand  KA socie-
  ties, are  the promotion of medical science, and the culti-
  vation of friendly and  brotherly feelings  between the
 practitioners of different districts and states, and as these
 purposes would be very partially achieved by the congress
 of  a few members, it shall be left to the  determination of
 a majority  of the subordinate societies,  in  any state or
 government, to appoint the time and place of convening a
 grand  KA  society; and until  this is done,  the first KA
 society established  in  said state or government, shall be
 considered  the grand  KA Society,  and  exercise all the
 Junctions, which other  grand KA societies may.
   ?th.  That the constitution of every grand KA society
 require that its subordinate societies meet as  often  as
 may be considered necessary, and refer to select Commit-
 tees the communications of its members, and forward on to
 the grand KA  Society, at its grand  annual communica-
 tion, such reports of interest cases of diaeweror of
 important discoveries in the science  of medicine, or any
 of its collateral branches, as said committees  shall pro-
 nounce valuable and honourable to the Society
  8th.  That each  grand KA  Society preserve such re-
 ports in the archives of the institution, and when they con-
 sider the collection worthy, give it publicity, in  a volume
 or in the KA, or some other journal of medicine.
  Resolved further, that the KA societies, already exist-
 ing, be  informed  of these resolutions through the medium
 of printed circulars, and have  them  published with their
 constitution;—because, as these provisions are intended to
 protect the  general interests,  and  establish  identity of
 character and object, in  all KA Societies, they are con-
sidered paramount to grand Constitutions, and obligatory
on all KA's throughout the world. 
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    FIRST TEAR.
Samuel Brown, Kentucky.
Robert P. Gist,    do.
John Slavins,      do.
John T. Parker,    do.
Benjamin F. Edwards, Missouri.
Benjamin C. Stout, Tennessee.
George B. Bartlett, Kentucky.
Reuben B. Berry,         do.
William N. Merriwether,  do.
Robert Montgomery, Tennessee.
Samuel Gregg, Kentucky.
Alvin W. Bills,    do.
Richmond H. Carroll, Alabama.
Thomas M. Taylor, Kentucky
Matthew Anderson, jr.     do.
Samuel C. McWhortor,  Tennessee
Daniel P. Wilcox, Missouri.
John M. Briggs, Kentucky.
John Lancaster,    do.
 Benjamin F. Gray, Alabama.
 D. T. Orr, Mississippi.
 Cleveland T. Payne, Tennessee.
 G. F. H. Crocket, Kentucky.
 James Guild, Tennessee.
 Walter H. Drane, Kentucky.
 Theodore D. Elliott,    do.
 J.H. Hoggatt, Tennessee.
 Samuel Breck.
 H.'G. Doyle, Kentucky.
 Dennis Kelly, Tennessee.
 T. M. Wooldridge, Kentucky.
 MilusMcCorkle,  Tennessee.
 Alexander M. Walker,  do.
 Joel Miller, deceased.
 Samuel L. Metcalf, Kentucky. ]
 E. L. Briggs, Kentucky.
 Bryan R. Young,  do.
 R. H. Wynne, Tennessee.
 J. P. Parker, Mississipi.
 Charles Jones Walker, Kentucky.
 J. Livingston Maxwell,    do.
  Francis F. Wells,         do.
  Henry Miller, jr.         do.
  S. D. Whitsett,  Tennessee.
  W. L. Richards, Kentucky. •
  Joseph N. Bybee,    do.
  Jeptha Dudley,      do.
  E. C. Drane,        do.
  J. A. McPheters, Missouri.
  L. Munsell, Kentucky.
  J.T.J. Wilson, South Carolina.
        SECOND YEAR.
  Langston Cooper, Missouri.
  W. Reed, "Jreterrrf.
  J. W. Brite, Kentucky.
  Thomas King, Tennessee.
   S. M. Querternous, Kentucky.
  James H. Humphreys,    do.
  John H. Wallace,
   Joseph A. Moore,
   Joseph Kennard,
   James C. Cross,
   H. J. Cathcart, South Carolina,,
   J. R. Abbay, Kentucky.
   WilUam Dixon, Mississippi
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Thomas J. Johnson, Kentucky.
Thomas K. Porter,    do.
James Porter,         do.
William A. Rogers, South Carohna.
W. W. Baker, Kentucky.
W. Ridgely,      do.
J. B. Witherspoon, South Carolina.
J. M. Witherspoon,        do.
W. Lea, North Carolina.
Benjamin Wilkins, Kentucky.
J. B. Ila&aon^__; -~  do. «> ~

M.'B.  Nuckols, Kentucky.
John Steel.
O. H. Stout, Kentucky.
J.M. Davenport, do.
J. S. Lewright, Virginia.
E.W.Harding,  Kentucky.
 Thomas D.  Singleton, South Carolina,
 S. Ames, Kentucky.
 Thomas Hunt, Tennessee.
 James P. Williams, Virginia.
 W. E. Talbot, Indiana.
 P. H. Butler, Tennessee.
 W. H. Price, Kentucky.
 Alexander  Cochran,  do.
 Elihu Kirpatrick, Mississippi.
 B. C. Barry,         do.
 William W. Walker, Kentucky.
       THIRD YEAR.
 James Kellj, Alabama.
 John H. Saiders, Kentucky.
 Loammi Rigdon, Ohio.
  Isaac P. Simpson, Kentucky.
  John L. Wyane, Tennessee.
  B. Pemberton Sanders, Kentucky.
  Samuel Theobald          do.
  George Parish.            do.
  Jonathan Hathaway,      do
  Silas Brown, Mississippi.
  Christian Wallace, Kentucky.
  William Bonner, Tennessee.
  Edward Carrell, Kentucky.
   Uriah Jordan, South Carolina.
   Alexander Humphreys, Kentucky.
   William C.Penick,  Virginia.
   John Shackleford, Kentucky.
   Thomas A. Read,  Tennessee.
   Roger Harding, Kentucky.
   William Nelson,    do.
   Peyton Robertson,  Tennessee.
   Will. P. Rayburn, Kentucky.
   Thomas Sanders,  Virginia.
   Samuel Cartwright, Mississippi.

   J. W. S. Frierson,  Tennessee.
   Henry T. Loving, Kentucky.
   D. McFall,          do.
   Charles E. Williams,  Alabama.
  , W. M. Shreve, Kentucky.
  . Henry Easley,      do.
  , R. G. Farrar, Virginia.
  . George Venable, Kentucky.
  . Thomas Lynd, jr.     do.
  , John A. Steele,    do. 
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