OHIO LA.7S, STATUTES, ITC. M. ACT TO Ir.CORPOitATE kSDICAL SOCI3TISS AN ACT A / f /'£ TO INCORPORATE &^ MEDICAL SOCIETIES FOR THE PCRPOSE OF REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF PHYSIC AND SURGERV IN OHIO. THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE GENERAL MEDICAL SOCIETY TOGETHER WITH THE UNIFORM RULES AND REG- ULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT SOCIETIES, AND THE PRO- CEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL MEDICAL SOCIETIES AT ITS SECOND BIEN- NIAL MEETING, 1831* STEUBENVIIXE : PRINTED BY JOSEPH CABLE. 1831. AN ACT, &c. AN ACT, to incorporate Medical Societies for the purpose of regulating the practice of Physic and Surgery in this state. WHEREAS, well regulated Medical Societies have been found to contribute to the diffusion of true medical sci- ence, and a correct knowledge of the healing art:— Therefore, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of 0/uo,That this state be, and the same is hereby divided in- to twenty Medical Districts, for the organization and estab- lishment of Medical Societies, as follows: The counties of Hamilton and Clermont, shall constitute the first Medical District; Preble and Butler, the second; Warren and Green the third; Miami, Dark, Shelby, Mercer, Allen, Van- wert, Paulding, Putnam, Williams and Henry, the fourth; Brown and Adams, the fifth; Highland and Clinton, the sixth- Montgomery and Clark, the seventh; Champaign, Logan, Hardin, Hancock, Wood, Madison and Union, the eighth; Scioto, Jackson, Lawrence and Pike, the ninth; SL, Pickaway and Fayette, the tenth; Franklin, Dela- ware, Marion and Crawford, the eleventh; Gallia Meigs, Athens and Washington, the twelfth; Hockmg, Fairfield and Perry, the thirteenth ..Richland Lorain, Huron, Sandus- ky and Seneca, the fourteenth; M«ta^£^ Licking, Knox, Guernsey and Morgan, the fifteenth, Jeiier Jn Harrison Belmont and Monroe, the sixteenth; Co- son, Harrison, beimon Tugcarawas, the seventeenth: Geauga, the twentieth Medical District. GSec°. 2. That Samuel Ramsay, Jesse»S««^A.to driek; Josiah Lyman, John L g^J^^i son. Joseph Hagerman, John «• Rodgers, Wayland, and their associates shall form ana 4 the first Medical Society of Ohio; Daniel Miliken, James Hughes, Jesse Paramore, George Brown, and Vande- veer, and their associates shall constitute the second; Joseph.Canhy, John Ross, David Morris, Benjaman Du- bois, Joseph Johnson, Joshua Martin, John Vauharlenger, /ohn Collet, Jehu John, James W. Lanier, John S. Hal- ler and George W. Stipp, and their associates shall consti- tute the third; Samuel Barrington, A, Coleman, John G. Tellford, John O. Ferrall, John Pratt and John Briggs, and their associates shall constitute the fourth; Thomas Dunham, Henry Foster, Adam Willey, Alexander Camp- bell, Norton, Bayley, William B. Wilson, and Joseph D. Keath, and their associates shall constitute the fifth; Jasper Hand, Jacob Kirby, Loami Rigdon,Tur- ner Welch, Aavillah Bairdsly and Uriah Farquhar, and their associales shall constitute the sixth; Job Haines, John Steel, William Bloodget, William A. Needham, Richard Hunt, Elijah Lawrence, Ambrose Blount, and their asso- ciates shall constitute the seventh; James Crew, Nicholas Hathaway,. Alexander Raiff, Joseph S. Carter, Obed Horr, Adam Musgrove and William Fithian, and their associates shall constitue the eighth; Giles S. B. Hempstead, Nathan \i. Andrews, Samuel C. Lewis, Thomas Collins, Peter fcSurck, and John H. Ruthbone, and their associates, shall cons^tute the ninth; Joseph Scott, John W. Vethake, Thomas Pinkerton, John Edminston, William N. Lackey, Erastus NTeeb, Otis B'aliard, and Thomas M'Garraugh, andtheiassociates shall constitute the tenth; John M. Ed- minston, Danie.' Upson, Kingsley Ray, Samuel Persons, Daniel Turney, Reuben Lamb, James H. Hills, Silas C. M4Clary, Charles \l. Whetmore and Peleg Sisson, and their associates shall constitute the eteveath; Chary Per- kins, John Cotten, S. P. Hildreth, Morris German, Colum bus Bierce, Eli Seigler, Jacob Kettridge, Ebenezer Bowen, and George N. Gilbert, and their associates shall constitute the twelfth; Silas Allen, Robert M'Neil, James White, Ezra Clark, David Pardee, Daniel Gregg, Jesse M. Mor ris and Nathaniel Wait, and their associates shall consti- tute the thirteenth,Daniel Tilden, George Anderson, Alien ft. Miller, James Strong* Seldom Graves, Daniel Brainard, 5 Joel Luther, and Daniel T. Swaney, and their associates, shall constitute the fourteenth; John Hamm, Robert Mitch- ell, Dudley W. Rhodes, Calvin Conant, Robert Safford, John J. Brice, William S. Richards, Elisha G. Lee, Sam- ual Lee, G. B. Maxfield, William Clark, Henry H. Evans and Alfred C.Thompson and their associates shall consti- tute the fifteenth; William Hamilton,PelegS. Mason, Da- vid Staunton, William Leslie, William Wood, Levi Brooks, M'Cane, Smith, Horatio L. Wooster, Benjaman Mares, Anderson Judkins, Joel T. Martin, Dr. Cook, William R. Hemmon, George W. Duffield, Martin Wilson, Dr. Dixon, Dr. Smith and William Campbell,and iheir associates shall constitute the sixteenth; Andrew Gcrovv, Thomas Hartford, George Breysachcr, Horace Potter", George M;Cook, Thomas Cummings, Thomas Townsend, William B. Blacky and Hezekiah Bissel, and iheir associates shall consitute the seventeenth; John B. Harmon, Henry Maning, John W. Seely, Tracy Brunson. William Heaton, Dr. Allen, Isaac C. Cowden, Isaac Swift, ■ind Israel Town, and their associates shall constitute the eighteenth; David Long, N. H. Manler, George W. Card, Bela B. Clark, John M. Henderson, and D«n. M'Intosh, and their associate shall constitute the nineteenth; and Vshbel Dart, Orestes K. Hawley, Nathan B. Johnson, J. W. Scott, John Emory, jun. Charles, , Storm Ross and Andrew Merriman, and their associate shall constitute the twentieth Medical Society of Ohio; Provided horccver, That no person shall be competent, to be a member of any of said societies, who shall not possess the qualifications specified in the seventh section of this act. Sec 3 That the persons named as aforesaid and their associates, in their respective districts, shall hold their first meetings on the last Tuesday of May next, and at the pla- ces following, that is to say, for the first distnet at Culc.n- na i; for lh! second, at Oxford, in Butler county; for tire bird at Lebanon, in Warren county; for the fourth, at Pnua, i TMiami countv; for the fifth.it West Uuion, in Adam county; for the sixth, at Hillsborough, m Highland ^ounTy; for the seventh, at Dayton in Montgomery couny; for the eighth, Belfontaine, in Logan country; for the ninth, at Portsmouth in Scioto county; for the tenth, at Chillic the, in Ross county; for the eleventh, at Wortbingtoi, in j Franklin county; for the twelfth,at Athens,in Athens coun- ty; for the thirteenth, at Lancaster, in Fairfield county; for the fourteenth, at Norwalk, in Huron county; for the fifteenth,at Zancsville, in Muskingum county; for the six- teenth, at Mount Pleasant, in Jefferson county; for the sev- enteenth, at Canton, in Stark countv;'for the eighteenth, at Warren, in Trumbull county; for the nineteenth, at Cleaveland, in Cuyahoga county; and for the twentieth Medical District, at Unionville, in Madison township, in Geauga county; and the person first named, as aforesaid, in each of said districts, or in case of his absence or inabili- ty, the person next named, shall give at least three weeks previous notice, of such meeting by advertisement, pub- lished in some newspaper in general circulation in said dN- *rir(. Sec. 4. That when the persons named as aforesaid and their associates, to the number of five or more, shall h;ive convened in their proper districts,as provided in the pro- ceeding section, they shall proceed to organize themselves into a Medical Society, by the name of their numerical number, as described in the second section of this net, by electing a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treas- urer, and shall hencforth be r body politic and corporate with perpetual succession, and as such shall havepowcrto hold, by purchase or otherwise, any estate, real, personal or mixed; not exceeding the amount of five thousand dol- ors, to make such by-laws & regulations, as they may deem expedient, for the good order and government of said soci- ety, provided the-same be not inconsistent with the consti- tution and laws of this state; to create such offices, and di- rect the manner of filling the same, as they shall consider necessary; to fix the compensation of offices created by this act, or the by laws of said society; to make assessment* up- on the members of the society, not exceeding three doWars per anum; to employ or appropriate the funds and prop- ■ rty of said society, whether the same arises from the aV »essments upon the members, oontributations, fees of ad- n-r-ionor donations, for any scientific or literary purpose* 7 connected with the science of medicine, as to them shall seem best suited lo promote the. objects of their institution •■ to prescribe rul'-s for the admission of member;, not in- consistent with this act; and to provide ior the expulsion of member-;, lor mal practice, and the removal of officer- for misconduct, and the filling of all varancie?; and by their numerical name aforesaid, they shall be entitled to sue, and be subject to be sued, in all courts of judicature; and shall devise and use a common seal, and may alter and renew the same at pleasure: Provided however, That if the persons named as aforesaid, in the second section of this act, shall not meet and organize themselves, in their respective district!", as provided in this section, on the said last Tuesday ef May next; it shall he lawful for them to meet and organize on the day following, and their pro- ceedings then had, shall be as valid as if they had been on the day preceding. Sec. 5. That there shall be elected in each of said so cieties, not less than three nor more than five censors, whose duty it shall be,•carefully and impartially to examine all students in physic and surgery, who may present themsel- ves for that purpose; and to report in writing, their opinion of the quaifications of such student, to the Pressident of their society; and the Pressident, or in his abscence or dis- qualification, the Vice President, shall thereupon give to each student, so examined, if said report shall so recom- mend, a license, under his hand and the seal of the society, countersigned by the secretary; which license shall author- ize the person obtaining the same, to practice physic or =urgery, or both as shall be set forth in said license, in any part of this state ;and the person obtaining such license,shall pay to the Treasurer of the society, where he obtaining the same, a ^um not exceeding ten dollars, for the benefit of -^aid society; the amount of which sum, and the time of payment, shall be regulated by the by-laws of the society; and each person having obtained a license as aforesaid, shall thereafter be a member of any Medical Society in lhi< state, where he shall reside: Provided however, That the censor, shall not examine any student in physic or surgery, for the purpose of his being licensed for the prac- 8 ticc of either, or both those professions, unless such stu- dent shall produce to (hem satisfactory evidence of his being of good moral reputation, and that he shall have reg- ularly studied *uch profession with some reputable practi- tioner or practitioners for the term of three years, unless such student shall have iccieved a collegiate education, in which case he shall not be required to have studied but two yclirs. Sec. 6. That each Medical Society shall hold a mect- ingon the last Tuesday of M-.y annually, and at such other limes, as the by-laws may direct; that the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and one other member, or any one or more of said officers, with other members sufficient to make the number of live, shall constitute a quo- rum, for holding elections, or transacting the ordinary busi- ness of said society; that the meeting of said society, sub- sequent to the day following the last Tuesday of May next, shallbc held at such place, within the bounds of said dis- trict, as the by-laws shall direct; that all elections shall take place at the annual meetings, on the last Tuesday of May, and shall be by ballot; and a majority of votes given shall be necessary to a choice; and all officers so elected shall hold their office? for one year, and until their succes- sors shall be.elected and induced into office. Sec. 7. That every physician and surgeon, who may reside in this state, on the said Tuesday of May next, who shall have received a license or diploma, or honorary de- gree, from any regularly organized Medical Society or Col- lege in this state or elsewhere, or who can produce satis- factory evidence, of having attended one course of medical lectures,at some reputable institution, or who shall produce to any one of said Medical Societies, satisfactory evidence of his having been reputably engaged in this state, in the practice of physic or surgery, for three years previous to the said last Tuesday of May next, shall on application be admitted a member of any Medical Society of this state in the distrsct in which he shall reside. Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of each of the said Medical Societies, to provide a book in which he shall make aD entry of organization, by-laws, resolutions, 9 ftiles and proceedings of said society, and shall enter there- in the names of the members, the times of their admission, the names of the members expelled, and the times and causes of expul«ioo; also the annual reports of the Treas- urer, of the state of the fund*, and all such other matter* as the society may direct; to which book, any member, at any time,shall have free access; and the Secretary shall in the first week in June, annually, make out, certify, and lodge with the clerk of the court of common pleas, of the county in which the meeting of his society, shall beheld, a full and fairtranscriptofallthe proceedings of said society, during the year proceeding, and shall pay to the said clerk, twertv five cents for filing the same in his office, which it U hereby made his duty to do. Sec. 9 That the Treasurer of each society, shall keep a fair and accurate account of all the moneys by him re- ceived and paid out, and of all the fun'** and property of said society; and shall report a full and ample statement thereof, to the said society, at each annual meeting on the last Tuesday of May; and he shall, whenever required hf the society, give bond and security for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him, in manner and form as the by- laws shall direct; and the said Treasurer, and the Secreta- ry of each society, shall deliver to their successors in omee, without neglect or delay, all the books, papers and records, and other property belonging to said society, which may be in their hands at the time of their going out of office. Sec. 10. That every person, who may hereafter be licensed to practice physic or surgery, in this state, shall deposite a copy of his license, with the clerk of the court of common pleas, in any county wherein he may re^de; and untilsuch copy shall be so deposited,!* shall be hab le to the penalties of this act, in the same manner he would be liable, if he had not obtained such license; and he ^11 Wti tEcIeikwlth whom he shall file such copy twentyXe cents for filing and preserving the same, which ,t is hereby made the duty of such clerk to do. Sec 11 That no person other than the members oi said MedicalSociety.sh'anafterthe first dayoJ« y next he permitted to practice physic or surgery, in this state, 10 and if any person not being a member of said societies, shall practice physic or surgury, he shall not be entitled to the aid of the law, or courts of this state, in the collec- tion of any debt, or demand whatever, arising or accruing from such practice; but the same shall be considered null and void, and shall vitiate and destroy any bond,' bill, note or contract whatsoever, into which the same shall in any wise be carried, changed or transferred; and such person shall moreover, forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars, for every violation of this act, of which he may be duly convic- ted, to be recovered in action of debt, With costs of suit, in the name of the overseers of the poor, of the township where such penalty shall be incurred, before any justice of peace, in such township; to be prosecuted by said over seers, or any other person: and the justice before whom such conviction may be had, shall pay the monev thus col- lected, into the hands of the Treasurer of said "township, for the use of the poor thereof: Provided That if the person so practising, shall not demand or receive any fee or re- ward for the same, he shall be exempt from the penalties ofthuact: Provided also, that nothing herein contained, shall extend to prohibit any person during his actual residence in any other of the United States, and who by (he laws of the state where he shall reside, is not prohibited from practicing physic or surgery therein, from practising in ibis state when specially sent for to come into any part of it, and administer and prescribe medicine,or perform any- kind of surgical operation for the relief of such, to whose distance he may be sent for. Sec. 12. That the Medical Society aforesaid, shall not either directly or indirectly, make any order, resolution or arrangement, defining or fixing the amount of compensa- ion to-be charged or received for any services wm>h may he rendered; or medicine furnished by any surgeon or phy- ^ic.anwithin this state; nor make any olher order, resolu- ^onorarangement relatingto any such charges or compen- h^,1^. Tlmf ™iCh of the said Medical Societies are f? i a"thfTZed and squired, at a regular meetingthere- oj, to be hoiden within seven months Precr-din<* the «econd a Monday of December, A. D. 1827, to elect one delegate or proxy, to represent said society in a general representa- tive convention, to be holden as herein after provided. Sec 14. That the delegates and proxies elected as pro- vided in the preceding section, shall convene in the town of Columbus, en the second Monday in December, in the year 1827: And when they, or a majority of them shall be so convened, they shall organize themselves as a general representative Convention of the Medical Societies of the state of Ohio, by electing a President and Secretary, and such other officers as they may deem necessary, and when so organized, they shall inquire into and determine the ex- pediency of establishing a general Medical Society of the state of Ohio, and may hold their sittings from time to time, as their duties and convenience may require; and if their determination shall be in the affirmative, they shall proceed to form a constitution and code of by laws, for the rule and government of such general Medical Society, providing therein for the amendment of such constitution and by laws, and prescribing the offices, and qualifications of officers and members who shall constitute such society, and the tenure of office and the mode of election, and manner of removal and filling vacancies, the duties of the officers and their compensation, the mode and manner of raising re- venue, and all other provisions necessary to the complete organization and effective operation of such General Medi- cal Society: Provided, The same shall be consistant with theconstitution and laws of this state; a copy of which con- stitutionand code ofbv laws, shall be deposited in the ofl- ice of the Secretary of* State, within thirty days from the rising of said convention: But if their determination shall be in the negative, they shall exercise no further powers, except to recommend another convention, if they shall deem it advisable, to be holden at some subsequent penod, at such time and place as they shall direct; and if they shall so recommend, such subsequent convention shall be elec- ted and holden under the directions and restrictions, aid be clothed with the powers contained in this and the pre* Ceding section. 12 Sec. 15. That this act shall not be construed or extended so as to subject any person to the penalties thereof, who shall have been practising as a physician or surgeon within this state, ajt the time of the taking effect of the act, regula- ting the practice of physic and surgery within this state, passed January 15, one thousand eight hundred and twen- ty one. Sec. 16. That the General Medical Society of the state of Ohio, when formed and organized in pursuance of the constitution and code of by-laws, so to be formed by the representative convention as aforesaid, shall be a body politic & corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name and style aforsaid; and as such shall be entitled to receive, purchase and hold realor persona] estate, to any amount notexceeding ten thousand dollars; and shall have power to devise and use a seal, and the same to change at pleas- ure, to sue and be sued in all courts of judicature, and shall possess a visitorial power over all the district Medical So- cieties in the state; and shall have power to increase the; number of said district societies, and to change or alter their boundaries as convenience of necessity may require; and shall prescribe uniform rules and regulations for said district societies, and enforce them by reasonable fines and penalties: Provided, however, That the said societies shall in all things be subject to the laws and regulations of the General Assembly; and the corporate powers hereby gran- ted, may at any time be revised or revoked by the Legis- lature. Sec. 17. That the act regulating the practice of physic and surgery within this state, passed January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, be and the same is here- by repealed: Provided, however, That any right which the medical convention of Ohio, or any personshall have acqui- red under said act, to any fee or money yet due or unpaid shall remain and continue valid; and may be prosecuted the same as though said act were not repealed. This act to take effect from it? passage. JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ALLEN TRIMBLE, February 26th, 1834. Speaker of the Senate. i'6 AM ACT to amend the act, entitled "Ad act, to incorporate Medical Societies for the purpose of regulating the practice of Physic and Surgery in this stale." Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Slate ef Ohio, That the ninth Medical District, as described in the act, to which this is an amendment, he and the same is hereby attached to the tenth Medical District, and the two districts thus attached, shall henceforth be known as the tenth medical district. Sec. 2 That the county of Holmes, be, and the same is hereby attached to the seventeenth medical district. Sec. 3. That it shall be lawful for tlje censors of each medical district, or any one of said censors, to grant a per- mit to any applicant or applicants, in the interval of their regular meetings; and the permit so granted, shall entitle the person to practise Physic and Surgery, until the next regular meeting of the censors in the district in which they may be located. Sec. 4. That in case (he Medical Society in the fifth medical district, shall nqt organize itself on or before the first day of August next, agreeably to the act to which this is an amendment, then and in that case the said 5th Med- ical District, composed of the counties of Brown and Ad- ams, shall be attached to the first medical district, and shall from that time together with the counties of Hamilton and Clermont, be known and distinguished as the first medical district. . r T • T • J jr , Sec. 5. That the counties of Licking and Knox, be. and are hereby erected into a separate Medical District to be known and distinguished as the twenty first medical^ di»- trict in the state of Ohio; and that G. B. Maxfield, E. G. Lee, John J. Brice, Noah Harris, Timothy Burr and W. S. Richards, and their associates, be, and they are hereby constituted a medical society within said district, to be de- nominated the twenty-first medical society of Ohio, to be governed in all respects as Medical Societies are by the provisions of the act, to which this is an amendment, U hold their first meeting on the last Tuesday of May next, at the town of Mount Vernon, in Knox county; and the first person named as aforesaid and in case of his absence H or inability, the person next named, shall give at least three weeks previous notice of such meeting, by advertisement published in some newspaper in general circulation in said district. Sec. 6. That so much of the act to which this is an amendment, as relates to the ninth medical district, be, and the same is hereby repealed. M. T. WILLIAMS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN TRIMBLE, Speaker of the Senate. Eebruary 28, 1825. \n act further to amend the act, entitled "An act to incorporate Medical Societies, for the purpose of regulating the practice of Physic and Surgery in this state. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of t/u. state of Ohio, That the county of Trumbull shall hereaf- ter be erected into a medical district, to be known and dis- tinguished as the ninth medical district, in the state of Ohio; and that John W. Seely, Jonathan J. Tod, Peter Allen, John B. Harmon, Silvanus Seely, Samuel Wick, Zina Hitchcock, Francis T. Allen, and Warren Seely, and their associates, be, and they are hereby, constituted a medical society, within said district, to be denominated the ninth medical society of Ohio, to be governed in all respects as medical societies are, by the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment; to hold their first meet- ing on the last Tuesday of May next, at Warren, in the county of Trumbull aforesaid; and the first person named in this act, or in case of his absence or inability, the person next named, shall give at least three weeks previous no- tice of such meeting, by advertisement published in some newspaper in general circulation in said district. Sec. 2. That the county of Portage, alone, shall here- after form the eighteenth medical district of Ohio, and the persoBs residing therein, who at present are members of the medical Society, shall cpnstitate the eighteenth raedi- 15 cal society of Ohio, with power so to alter or amend the by-laws of said society, now in force, as will be in accor- dance with the provisions of this Act. Sec. 3 That it shall be lawful for the seventh medical society to hold their meetings at Fairfield, in Green county. WM. W. IRVIN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ALLEN TRIMBLE, Eebruary 3, 182G. Speaker of the Senate. ♦ \n act supplementary to an act, to amend the act, entitled "An act to incorporate Medical Societies for the purpose of regula- ting the practice of Physic and surgery in this state." Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the slate -,'Chio, That the counties of Belmont and Monroe are he toby detached from the sixteenth medical district; and the county of Guernsey isjdetached from the fifteenth medical district; and that the said counties of Belmont, Guernsey and Monroe be, and are hereby erected into a separate medical district, to be known and distinguished as the twer.ty-second medical district of the state of Ohio; and that Carolus Judkins, Thomas Carroll, John G. Affleck, John M'Cracken, John Cook Bennett, James Wishart, Edward D. Rowc, Aaron Hartley, Ephriam Gaston, Jere- miah Backley, Alfred C. Thompson, Thomas Miller, Hen- ry H. Mott, William Bark, Robert Carlisle, David A. Bines, Joshua Craig, and their associates be, and they are hereby constituted a medical society within said district, to be denominated the twenty-second medical society of Ohio, to be governed in all respects as medical societies are, by the provisions of the act to which this is an amendment; to hold their first meeting on the last Tuesday of May next, at the town of Barnesville, in the county of Belmont; and (he first person uamed shall give at least three weeks pre- vious notice of such meeting, by advertisement published in some newspaper in general circulation in said district. EDWARD KING, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. SHEPHERD, January 16, 1827. Speaker of the Senate. CONSTITUTION or the GENERAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF OHIO. AT a General Representative Convention, held in the town of1 Uolumbua, in the month of December, A. D. 1827, agreebly to an act of the General Assembly of Ohio, entitled "An act to incor- porate Medical Societies, for the purpose of regulating the prac- tice of physic and surgeny in this state," it was deemed expedient to establish a General Medical Society of the state of Ohio, ib order, to produce uniformity and efficacy in the proceedings of the District Medical Societies, and for the promotion of medical sci- ence: The following Constitution was adopted for the government thereof ARTICLE I. Seel. The General Medical Society shall be composed of Representative and honorary members. Sec. 2. The Representative members shall consist of one Rep- resentative from each of the District Medical Societies, who shall be chosen on the last Tuesday of May; and on their being con- vened in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided by lot, as equally as may be, into two class-; the seats of the dele- gates of the first chss, shall be vacated at the expiration of two years; and those of the second class, at the expiration of four years- so that one half thereof, as nearly as possible, may be chosen bien- nially forever thereafter. And all vacancies which may occur in MlSSrmemberS) bl,ail be supplied b*tb* Dist-1 Sec. 3. The honorary members shall be chosen by the General Medica Society, from time to time, as the, shall think proper bcr, Sat of rot!116* ** *" ^ '^^ ot U~S afiv? S excepted. S receiv,nS compensation for their semces, ARTICLE iI. theTtsf M_2«a" '"r1 bienQial,y< ,n the *•-« of Columbus, o„ thousand eight hundred and twenty nine. 7 J™uaiy, one 17 •ARTICLE III. Sec. 1. At the opening of each stated meeting, the Society shall proceed to elect from among the Representative members, a President Vice-President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Treasurer; who shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors are chosen. All elections shall be by ballot; and each representative member shall be entitled to one vote. Sec. 2. The business of the meeting shall be concluded by a discourse or dissertation on some medical subject, to be delivered by a person appointed at the stated meeting preceding. ARTICLE IV. The President shall have power to call special meetings of the Society, whenever its officers, or a majority of them, shall deem it necessary; in which case, public notice shall be given in some newspaper, as specified for the stated meetings; and also special no- tice shall be served, through the medium of the post office, on all Representative members of the Society, at least six weeks before the lime of meeting. He shall have power to fill all vacancies in office, that may occur during the recess of the Society; he shall appoint committees, regulate debates, put questions, enforce an observance of the laws and regulations, have a casting vote on all questions before the Society, and perform such other duties as may be assigned him. ARTICLE V. The Vice President, in case of the death, resignation , disabili- ty, or absence of the President, shall hold and exercise all the powers set forth in the preceding article, until a new choice of President. ARTICLE VI. The Recording Secretary shall have charge of the laws, reccords' and seal of the Society; shall notify the chairman of committees. furnish necessary papers, and the names of «he committees. He shall give six weeks' previous notice of the stated meetings of the Society, in some public paper printed in Columbus, and perform any other services required of him by the Society. ARTICLE VII. The Corresponding Secretary shall have the charge of the let- ters and communications transmitted to this Society; shall cause 2 18 all paper3 written in a foreign language to be "translated into English; shall, under the direction of the President, auswer all Communications made to the Society; shall notify the District So- cieties of all resolutions governing them, passed by the Society; notify all honorary members of their election; and shall perform all such duties as may be assigned to him by the Society. ARTICLE VIII. The Treasurer, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give bond with sufficient security, conditioned for the faith- ful performance of his official duties, in such sum as the Society shall direct; which bond shall be approved by the Society, and de- posited with the Recording Secretary. He shall account to the Society for all moneys, and on the first day of each stated meeting, shall exhibit an accurate statement of his accounts to the Society. He shall pay out no moneys without the order of the presiding of- ficer, and consent of the Society. ARTICLE IX. Auy officer of the Society may resign his( office, or be removed there-from, for neglect or mal-conduct in office. ARTICLE X. The Society 3hall, from time to time, determine the amount of revenue to be raised, which shall be derived from uniform taxation upon all licenses granted by the District Societies; aiio\ if neces- sary, upon the individual members thereof. It shall also deter- mine the amount of compensation of its own members, which shall be paid out of the treasury of the Society. ARTICLE XI. 'ihis Constitution maybe revised, altered, or amended, by a vote of two-thirds of the Representative members present, at any stated meeting of the Society. BY-LAWS. 1. The President shall take the chair, at the hour of to which* the Society adjourncJ, and call the members to order; on the ap- pearance of a quorum, the journal of the preceeding day shall be -read by the Secretary. 2. The President shall not speak to any question, without first obtaining permission. 3. If a member has spoken once in any debate, he shall not speak to the prevention of another, who manifests a der.ire to speak. 4. No member shall speak more than twice to the same ques- tion, without leave from the Society. 5.' A member shall uot iuterupt another while speaking, un- less to call him to order, or correct a mistake. 6. The president shall deside questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Society, by any two members: on which appeal, no member shall speak more than once, without leave of the Society. 7. No member shall speak on any subject after the question is put. 8. No motion shall be considered unless seconded. 9. A vote shall not be reconsidered by a smaller number than "were presentat its passing; and the motion to reconsider shall come from a member who voted in the majority. 10. After a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated by the President; or being in writing, shall be handed to the chair :ind read. 11. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if required, by any member. 12. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, unless a member is speaking, and shall be decided without debate. 13. Each Representative member of the Ohio State Medical Society, shall receive for his services three dollars for every day's attendance on the meetings of the Society, and three dollars for twenty five miles' travel, to and from the place of meeting. 14. At each stated meeting of the Society, a committee of tl ree members shall be appointed, to audit all accounts against the So- ciety; and all accounts so audicted, shall be paid in the manner provided by the eighth article of the Constitution. 15. No application for a new Medical District, shall be acted on in this Society, unless six months' previous notice has been giv- en, by at least one insertion in one or more newspapers, published in each district, out of which such new Medical District is propo- sed to be formed. No new Medical District shall be formed which shall contain less than twenty five member-; or reduce an existing Medical District to a less number than twenty-five. And every application for a new Medioal District, shall be by petition to the State Medical Society. 20 16. Thcro shall bo a committee of Revision and Publication appointed by the Society, whose duty itsh.ill be, to examine all pa- pers, essays, and commui ications, wliich may from time to time be received by the Corresponding Secretary, and report with papers or documents they may dec;m worthy of publication; and who shall superintend all publications which may he directed by the Society. 17. Honorary members shall be elected by a vote of three fourths of the members present, at any stated meetiug. laiform Rules and Regvlations, for the government of the District J\Iedical Societies. Sec. 1. Each District Medical Society, shall have at least two stated meetings in every year. Sec 2. Tlicre shall be five Censors chosen in each District, annually; a majority of whom shall form a quorum. Sec. 3. Each and every Society, granting a license to prac- tise physic and surgery, to any sindent who has not resided six months immediately preceeding his application for license within that District, shall pay the fee of ten-dollars charged for such li- cence, into the Teasury of the General Medical Society. Sec. 4. ll shall be the duty, of the Secretary of each District Society, to report the names ofal! persons licensed to practice medicine in his District in each year, and the time the person li- censed has resided previous to his application, for license, in such district, to the Secretai y of the General Medical Society on, or be- fore, the first Monday July anuually. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of every District Board of Censors, previous to the examination of every student who has not resided six months previous to that time in that Medical District, to re- quire a certificate from his preceptor of having read the legal time under his direction, and a certificate from the Clerk of the Court of the common plea, in some county of this district where such preceptor resides, that he is a respectable and legal practitioner. 6. Physicians having obtained the degree of Doctor of Medi- cine, shall be admitted to membership without examination. Sec. 7. Ten dollars shall be charged for each and every license granted. Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of each District Medical Society, to transmit s copy of the By-laws, and also a list of the officers and members, to the Recording Secretary of the General Medical Society, at each stated meeting of said Society. Sec. 9. The President, or Vice President, of each of the Dis- 21 MiCt Societies, shall read a dissertation on some or.cdieal subject at each stated meeting of said Societies. Sec. 10. Each applicants for license, shall prepare and deliver to the Board of Censors, a medical dissertation) previous to his ex- amination. Sec. 11. Any District Society, neglecting or refusing to ap- point a Representative to the Geucral Medical Society, shall be liable to a fine equal to the pay of a Representative from such Society, in attending the meeting of the General Medical Society. Sec. 12. All money raised by the District Medical Societies, for the use of the General Medical Society, shall be paid into the treasury of said Society, iu such manner as the General Society shall direct. Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the District Medical Societies to request or enjoin their members, as they may deem proper, to keep a record of all important cases that may occur in their prac- tice, and all facts connected with the profession of medicine, or science in general, the promulgation of which may be useful to mankind; which records, or papers, or such of ti;em as the Dis- trict Societies may direct, shall be transmitted to the Recording Secretary oftbe General Medical Society. Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of the members severally, of the District Medical Societies, at their stated meetings in the month of May, annually, or within twenty days thereafter, to pay to the Treasurers of the said Societies, for toe use of tne 'Jeneral Medi- cal Society, the stun of one dollar: wliich money, so collected, in- Chiding five dollars for every license granted previous to that time* shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the General ■een elected, in their respective districts for the term of four years, and took their seats as members; viz: Doctors EDWIN SMITH, of Dayton 7th district. FRANCEY BRONSON, of_____9th. ROBERT McNEALL, of New Lancaster 13th. THOMAS FLANNER, of Zanesville 15th. THOMAS S. BONFIELD, Canton- 17th. DAVID LONG, Cleaveland 19th. ELIJAH COOPER, Newark 21st. HEZEK1AH BISSELL, Wooster23d. Tae President read a letter from Dr. Asa Coleman, of the 4th district, detailing many facts shewing that much irregularity pre- vailed in the conduct of the members of said district, which was laid on the table for after consideration. The society was then, on motion, adjourned till half past one o'clock 1'. M. The society met, 2 o'clock P. M. Dt. J. H. Brower presented a certificate of membership and look his seat, from 1st Medical District. On motion, the society went into the election of officers for the weening two years. Dr. JOHN COTTON, President. DAVID LONG, Vice President. BENJ AMIN DICKSON, Recording Sect'ry. THOMAS FLANNER, Corresponding Sect'rv SAMUEL PARSONS, Treasurer. ^ < op.es of the by-laws of many of the District Societies, and lists of the members, were then presented by the delegates from .aid societies, members of the state society. On motion, adjourn- ed .ill 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. -"juuru t. •. ,. Tuesday, January 4th. 1 nc society met according to adjournment. After some prelim- 23 inary business, the President nominated the following standing committees, viz: Drs. Flannbij, ~i M'Neall, and > On tlu: Medical law. Brower, i Drs. Cooper, } Manter, and > Or. accounts. Thompson, ) Drs. Dickson, } Manter, and > On the conslituUcv. Thompson, ) Drs. Long, Kirb*, and S On the By-Laws. Cooper, Drs. Parsons, ^ Bissel, and > Bronson, } On the rules and regulations of Dis- trict Societies. Drs. Smith, ) Bonkield, and > On new medical districts. Wright, j Drs. M'Neall, * } Bissel, and > On iffljinuned business. KlRBY, ) Drs. Dickson, ~) »*.,.. Parsons, and J. On revisum and publication. Brower, j The President read a letter from Doctor Tilford, of the 14lh »cdicaldictrict, which being to the same purport with that receiv- ed from Dr. Coleman, both were referred to the committee on district societies. , , , On motion. Resolved, That the lists of members, forwarded from the District Medical Societies, be referred to the committee ef accounts, and the By-Laws of said societies to the committee on district societies. . On motion, of Dr. Dickson. Resolved, that a copy °f a com- plaint fronUke 16th medical district, contained in a.circular from .aid district, addressed to the district societies throughout the State, he referred to the committee on district societies. On motion of Dr. Manter; Resolved. Tha4 whenever the funds ofVhe General Medical Society will permit, it shall be the duty of Se President to have a plate, grated _wl impressions taken _terefrom, w jich impressions shall be used in granting licenses by the district societies. Laid on the table. The Cor. Sec. read a letter from Daniel Drake M. D. Hon. Mem. of the Ohio Gen. Med. Soc. which was ordered to be placed on file. On motion of Dr. Brower, Resolved. That a select committee of two, together with the President, be appointed, whose duty i£ shall be to report, to this meeting, at as early a period as practi- cable, a memorial to be presented to the General Assembly of the Slate of Ohio now in session; setting forth the views of the society, as the representatives of tbe medical profession through- out the state, touching the petitions now before that Hon. body, lor the repeal of the 11th. section of the law regulating the prac- tice of physick and surgery in the State of Ohio. Drs. Brower and Kirby were appointed said committee. On motion of Dr. McNeall, Resolved. That the committee on the medical law be instructed to report, to this meeting, a memo- Mai to be presented to the Hon. the Legislature of Ohio, to repeal Ihe 5th section of the act regulating the practice of physick aiid surgery, and praying for (he passage of an ac* in lieu thereof or- ganizing one board of Censors for the whole state. Dr. Brower moved to strike out all after the word, resolved and, insert the following:— * That it is inexpedient to change the present mode of Censorship. After much debate the amendment was adopted. Drs. Brower Kirby, Bronson, Parsons, Manter, Bonfield, Wright, Lone, Thomp- son arid Bissell voting for the amendment. * And Doctors Smith, M'Neall, Flanner, Dickson, Cooper and Cotton in the negative. Dr. Thompson offered the following resolution, That the Gen- eral Medical Society organize a state vaccine institution and appoint a superintending officer, whose duty it shall be to furnish vaccine virus semiannually to each district society. Laid on the A » . i « w -. Adjourned till 2 o'clock P. M 2 o clock P. M. The society convened. The resolution directing the President, of the General Medical Society, to have a plate engraved for tl.e use of the District Medi- cal Societies, was called up and agreed to. Sec»r'^H°nf obr°"?fbt f°rW,ard tlie ,bll0*in? Resolution, That Sect. 3rd of he uniform rules and regulations, for the Govern- ment of the district societies is at variance with he 5th section of the statute, regulating the practice of physick and .ur*W?„J that tbe £aid 3rd section bc cd V J . ^ Md -3^ «, n'n t- r> , , La,d on tl,e table after much debate On mot.cn. Resolved, that the President be authorisedI to con suit a competent lawyer on the leiralitv of th« i«i .- ,■ * ?w uniform rules and regulations for .hi' eC,,0n of ,he societies. regaMuna for tbe government of the district Dr. Long from the committee on the Rw.l^.. _ j ^bichwas,onmotioD?laidonthetable ' Uw" ™adC * reP°r* On motion, of Dr. Brower, Rosolved. That the 8th section of the uniform rules and regulations for the government of district societies, is not authorised by statute and should be repealed. After long debate laid on the table. Adjourned till 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. January 5th 9 o'clock A. M. The society met agreeably to adjournment. Dr. Manier, from the committee on the constitution, reported, that in the opinion of the said committee no alteration is at present necessary. Which report was agreed to. The select committee, of Drs. Brower, Kirby and Cotton, the President, to whom had been referred to report a memorial to the present Legislature, expressing the views of the Society with regard to the repeal of the 11th section of the statute regulating the practice of physick and surgery, Reported a memorial to the legislature, which was unanimously adopted; signed by the Presi- dent and Recording Secretary; and Drs. Flanner and Brower, on motion, appointed a coommittee to present it to each house through a member of the same. COPY. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Ohio, This, the memorial of the Ohio General Med- ical Society at their biennial meeting convened. Humbly sheweth. That it has come to the knowledge of your memorialists, that numerous petitions have been presented to your honorable body, praying the repeal of the llth section of the act regulating the practice of Physic and Surgery in the state of Ohio, by the salu- tury operation of which the community is, in some degree, pro- tected from the injuries necessarily arising from the pretensious of irregular and incompetent persons: and as it is a principle uni- versally conceded, that a certain amount of preparatory study is iodispensibly necessary to a suitable qualification for the highly responsible duties of the physician, and one which has been acted upon, and solemnly recognised, by the General Assembly in the present statute, under consideration: your memorialists are of opinion that the repeal of the said llth section, according to the prayer of the petitioners, would be tantamount to a repeal of the whole system of medical police, whose beneficial operations is to extend a protective influence to the community, and would be vir- tually opening a wide door to every species of fallacious and irreg- ular practice. Your memorialists would further represent, that under the provisions and restraints of the present statute, but very few young men attempt to enter the profession: but by ac- quiring a legal title to its privileges and immunities; but, should the section i« question be repealed, the necessary result would be that many individuals subject to no responsibility, or test, by which their pre'tensk ns to medical science could be ascertained, would fill the walks of the n-.fessiun. And while your memonahsts dis- claim ou the part of the medical profession, any desire to seek 3 legal protection, and express their firm belief that it needs none, they at the same time would be wanting in their duty to the public, and as the representatives of the profession throughout the state, did they not enter their solemn protest, against the principle which the granting the prayer of the petitioners would sanction. Your memorialists would beg leave further-more to represent, That the penal portion, of the said llth section, which imposes a direct penalty for the violation of the provisions of the statute, and which has formed tne principal ground for complaint, and which is liable to abuse by giving scope for personal pique, or hostility, might be repealed without endangering the welfare of th^ commu- uity, and entailing upon them those evils which, of necessity will result from the repeal of the whole section. All which is respectfully submitted. The Treasurers report was received, read, and, on motion, re fcrred to the committee on accounts. Adjourned until 2 o,ciock P. M. Society convened at 2 o'clock P. M. William B. Wilson, of West Union of the 5th medical district, presented his certificate of membership and took his seat. Dr. M'Neall, from the committee on unfinished business, made a report which was accepted. Doctor Brower, brought forward the following resolution, which was considered, in committee of the whole, reported back with- out amendment, and, on motion of Dr. Bissel, indefinitely post- poned. Resolved, That it is expedient to alter the mode of compensa- tion to the members of the General Medical Society, so that each District Society shall pay the expenses of its own delegate. Dr. Parsons, moved, That the 3rd section of the uniform rules and regulations be stricken out and the following substituted, viz: Each and every society granting license to practise yhysic and surgery, or either of them, shall pay a fee of ten dollars, for each license so granted, into the treasury of the Ohio General Medical Society. On motion of Dr. Dickson, the section was amended by adding after, 'either of them," to any student who shall not have resided six months, previous to such examination in said medical district. The section as amended was adopted. Dr. Brower withdrew the reselutions, laid on the table yester- day, for the repeal of the 3rd and 8th sects, of the uniform rules and regulations. On motion of Dr. Parsons, Resolved, That the committee, on the uniform rules and regulations for the government of District Societies, be instructed to report the following as a new section, Adopted. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of every District So- ciety, in the State of Ohio, to report the name of every person licensed in his district m each year, on or before, the first Monday 27 in July annually, to the Recording Secretary of the Ohio General Medical Society. The society then adjourned till 9 o'clock A. M. to-morrow. Thursday January 6th. The society convened, 9 o'clock A. M. The President presented a seal procured by Dr. Bush, who bad been appointed a committee for that purpose in 1829, bearing the device of a Brazen Serpent surrounded by the motto. "Perpende; Cum Morte Obluctandum est." Which was adopted as the seal of the General Medical Society of the State of Ohio. Onmotion, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to wait on Mr. Hubbell, the teacher of the Deaf and Dumb, and ask leave to visit his establishment at any hour he may appoint. Dr. Parsons from the standing committee on District Societies made tbe following report. That Satisfactory evidence has been adduced on the subject of the practise complained of, in a memorial referred to this com- mittee, from the 16th Medical District, proving, that the 1st Medi- cal District has in two instances granted licenses contrary to the Uniform Rules and Regulations for the government of the Dis- trict Societies and contrary to the statute in one case. Your committee under the instruction of the society report the following amendments to the above named rules and regulations, in lieu of the 3rd section. Each and every Society, granting a license to practise physic and surgery, to any student who has not resided six months immediately preceeding his application for |license within that District, shall pay the fee of ten-dollars charged for such li- cence, into the Teasury of the General Medical Society. It shall be the duty, of the Secretary of each District Soci- ety, to report the names of all persons licensed to practice medicine in his District in each year, and the time the person li- censed has resided previous to his application, for license, in such district, to the Secretary of the General Medical Society on, or be- fore, the first Monday of July annually. The committee have examined two letters referred to them from two members of the 4th District and as there is a probabil- ity that a reconciliation my take place with the members of that District Society, the committee would recommend the adoption of the following Resolution. That the Corresponding Secretary of the General Medical Society, express to the 4th Society the hope entertained that a reconciliation may take place among the mem- bers of that society, and a compliance with the requisitions of the General Medical Society; before its next meeting, but, that if such reconciliatory compliance cannot be affected before that time, it will he the duty of the General Medical Society to dis- solve the 4th district society and attach it to the adjoining district societies. Dr. Brower moved to strike out the intended substitute for the 3rd section and insert the following. 28 Resolved, That the 3rd section of the uniform rules and regula- tions is contrary to the letter and spirit of the statu.e, regulating (.he practice of physic and surgery, and is in itself arbitrary and oppressive. After much discussion Dr. Biower called for the yeas and nays. Dr. Brower voted in the affirmative. Drs. Wilson, Smith, Rronson, Parsons; M'Neall, Manter, Dickson, Bonfield, Wright, Cooper, Thompson, Bissell and Cotton in the negative, Drs. Kir- by and Long, having been absent ashed and obtained leave to record their votes in the negative. Dr. Dickson moved that the following be added as an additional section to said rules and regulations, which was agreed to. It shall be the duty of every District Board of Censors, pre- vious to the examination of every student who has not resided six months previous to that time in that Medical District, to re- quire a certificate from his preceptor of having read the legal time under his direction, and a certificate from the Clerk of the Court of the common plea, in some county of the district where such preceptor resides, that he is a respectable and legal practitioner. The report as amended was then adopted. Dr. Dickson brought forward the following resolution which was decided in the negative. Resolved, That the Treasurer of the first District Society be required to pay to the Treasurer of the 16th Medical District the ees received for the examination and license of two students, be- ong.ng to the 16th district, who had not resided six months in the first district. The society adjourned till 2 o'clock P M. Society convened 2 o'clock P. M. Dr. Dickson reported that he had waited on Mr. Hubbell the eacherof the Deaf and Dumb, who would be pleased to receive the society at half past three o'clock P. M receive „ ."m?"0/ Dn VV"S"t> Besolved,that the Representative of call*! upon ,o «plai„ U,. re,S„n of Jich D J,S '° """"'■"■ bc on the order of the President lreasurer 1,ad been properly paid That tho requisitions of the General AT«j:„ i c • . gard to tax, had been complained whh «Sft S™T »'»« ■•cenbes, but were the requisitions of the 29 bociety complied with, these two sources of revenue would be amply sufficient to pay all contingent expenses and leave a consid- erable fund at the disposal of the society. The committee recommend a strict adherence to the present system of revenue, and the better to enforce its regulations, that a. circular be addressed to each district, requiring a due observ- ance of the rules and regulations laid down for their government, and |if possible, to induce the district medical societies, to place the General Medical Society, on a solvent and permanent founda- tion, after which time the tax can be reduced or abolished. And in conclusion the committee recommended: That the Gen- eral Medical Society use the authority (which the legislature in its wisdom has seen fit to bestow on it) to enforce its regulations and requisitions. Dr. Brower moved, That the committee have the report re- committed to them, with instructions to report a resolution, rescin- ding that portion of section twelve, which requires the Treasurer of each District Society, to pay the Treasurer of the General Society, five dollars for each license. After debate, decided in the negative. The report of the Treas- nrer was ordered to be placed on file. The report of the commit- tee on revenue of which the above is an abstract was agreed to. Dr. Smith from the committee on new medical districts reported that no business had been referred to said cemmittee. The following resolution was agreed to, Resolved, That no member who represents any district society, which has not paid all arrearages, shall draw from the Treasury of the General Med- ical Society any compensation for travel or attendance till all ar- rearages are paid. Half past three o'clock P. M. The society took a recess to visit the Deaf and Dumb School. Though the Recording Secretary is not authorised, by vote of the members of the society, to express in their name any opinion, he believes he acts in accordance with their wishes, when, in their name, he recommends the institution to the attention of the public, and the fostering care and patronage of the Legislature. The easy and powerful manner in which, Mr. Hubbell the teacher, conveyed to the senses of his pupils, ideas which the society had been accus- tomed to hear communicated by sound only, struck the members with no less astonishment, than the facility and accuracy, with which his pupils reduced to writing the different subjects in which they were instructed. He believes every member of the medical society left the institution fully impressed with its utility and re- solved to contribute to its usefulness. The society convened, half past four o'clock. On motion, .if Dr. Dickson, Resolved, That we recommend, to the District Medical Societies, the adoption of the following code of r thicks of the Central Society of the State of Georgia. MEDICAL, ETHIC & RULE 1. It is the duty of every medical practitioner to treat bis patients with steadiness, tenderness arid humanity, and to make due allowances for that mental weakness which usually accompa- nies bodily disease. Secrecy and delicacy should be strictly obser- ved in all cases in which they may seem to be peculiarly required. 2. The strictest observance of temperance cannot be too strong- ly inculcated on the minds of tbe practitioners of medicine and surgery, a clear and vigorous intellect and a steady hand, being absolutely necessary to tbe successful practice of those branches of medical science. 3. Unfavorable prognostications should never be made in the presence of patients; yet, should there seem to be immediate dan- ger, it becomes the duty of the medical attendant to apprise the patient's friends ofthat circumstance. 4. In every instance in which one physician has been called on to visit the patient of another, a consultation with the former med- ical attendant should be proposed. Consultation in difficult cases should always be recommended, and the physician called on for that purpose, should always pay the greatest degree of respect to the practitioner first employ d, and allow him the privilege of de- livering all the directions agreed upon. 5. Special consultations are sometimes wished for; in such cases the physician called on should carefully guard against paying an- other visit, unless he should be requested to continue his services by the patient, or some of his friends. 6. When one physician is called on to visit the patient of an- other in bis absence, or during short indispositions, he should not manifest a wish to continue in attendance any longer than tbe phy- sician first called on should be able to resume the charge of the case, unless a continuance of his services should be expressly wish- ed for by the patient or his friends. 7. Physicians should not visit their patients too frequently, lest seeing them oftner than necessary might produce unsteadiness in he treatment. «. Theoretical discussions should not be too freely indulged in consultations, it they frequently, give rise to much perplexity, without any improvement in practice. 9. The junior physician in attendance should alwaysdeliver hia •minion first, tbe others accordi-5 to seniority, and a majority 31 should decile; but in (lie eventof a tie, the physician first in atte.1 dance should give the casting vote in regard to the future treat- ment, and to him should be intrusted the future management of the case, unless the patient or his relations should object to his being continued. 10. Although the possession of a diploma honorably acquired, furnishes presumptive evidence of professional ability, and entitles its possessor to pre-eminence in the profession, yet, the want of it should not exclude practitioners of experience and sound judg- ment from the fellowship & respect of the regular graduate. 11. In consultations, punctuality in meeting at the same time should be strictly observed, but the physician who firsts arives, should wait for a reasonable length of lime for the arrival of others. A minute examination of the patient; however should not take place untill one or more of the medical attendants are present, except in cases of emergency. All subsequent visits should, if practicable, be made by mutual agreement, and no medical dis- cussion should take place in the presence of the patient. 12. Attendance on members of the profession or their families should always be gratuitous, but should not be officiously obtruded. Should the circumstances of the medical practitioner indisposed, enable him to make a recompense for medical services ren- dered to himself, his wife or family, it is his duty to do so, especi- ally if he reside at a distance. 13. When one medical practitioner is called on to visit a patient whose recovery has been despaired of by the physician first in attendance, and the disease should afterwards terminate fatally under his management, he should avoid insinuating to the friends of the deceased, that if he had been called on a day, or a few hours sooner, he could have effected a cure. Such a course of conduct is highly reprehensible,|and empirical in the extreme. And, in th6 event of the patient's recovery, such a person should not assume all the credit, as the cure might have been partly effected by the medicines prescribed before he took charge of the case. 14. The use of nostrums and quack medicine3 should be discour- aged by the faculty, as degrading to the profession, injurious to health, and often destructive of life. Should patients laboring un- der chronic complaints obstinately determine to have recourse to them, a reasonable degree of indulgence should be allowed to their credulity by the physician; but it is his sacred duty to warn them of the fallacy of their expectations, and the danger of the experi- ment, and the necessity of strict attention to the effect produced by them, in order that their bad effects, if any, should be timely obviated. 15. No physician should either by precept or example contrib- ute to the circulation ofa secret nostrum, whether it be his own invention or exclusive property, or that of another. For, if it be of real value, its concealment is inconsistent with beneficence and professional liberty, and if mystery alone give it valne and 3-2 importance, such craft implies either disgraceful ignorance or irauduleut avarice. 16. In all cas<:s where diversity of opinion and opposition of interest give rise to controversy or contention between two or more members of the profession, the decision should be referred to a sufficient number of physicians, as tbey are frequently the only persons in the community capable of properly estimating the merits of the dispute. But neither the subject litigated, nor the decision thereon, should be communicated to the public, as indi- vidual reputation might suffer, and the credit of the profession generally be injured. 17. A wealthy physician, or one retired from practice, should refuse to give gratuitous advice, unless the dar.ger of the case (the absence of the practising physician) or the poverty of the pa- tient should warrant him in so doing. In all cases where he may be preferred, he should recommend a consultation with some ono engaged in active practice. This rule should be strictly observed, as a contrary course is gratuitously depriving active industry of its proper reward. 18. When a physician is called on suddenly to visit the patient ufauother, in consequence of some unexpected or alarming change in the symptoms, he should adopt a temporary plan of treatment suited to present circumstances. He is not warranted in inter- fering afterwards, unless requested to take charge of the case, when he should propose an immediate consultation with the phy- sician previously employed. 19 Physicians should never neglect an opportunity of fortifying and promoting the good resolutions of patieuts suffering under the bad effects of intemperate lives and vicious conduct; and, in order that their counsels and remonstrances may have due weight, it. will readily he seen, that they should have full claim to the blameless life and high moral character which we have stated to be a neces- sary pre-rcquisile to an honorable stand in the profession. 20. Medical men should "remember the sabbath day to keep it holy;" and visits should, as far as consistent with professional en- gagements, be made either before or after public worship, or du- ring its intervals. On motion adjourned till 7 o'clock P. M. The society met at 7 o'clock P. M. Dr. Cotton, the President, read a lecture on fever. The so- ciety then adjourned to meet at half past 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. _, , ,„ Friday January 7th 1831. The society met at half past 8 o'clock A.M. Dr. Flanner, moved for the rescinding of that part of the uniform rules and regulations wich requires the district societies to npy into the Treasury of the State Societv five dollars for every license gr^iCd,' a* /-. ' W,,ich was rejected. Resolved, On motion of Dr. Wright, that nil orders drawn, on 33 the District Societies, shall bear interest after being presented to the treasurer of the state society. Carried. Dr. Thompson called up a resolution, heretofore laid on the table., for the establishment of a state vaccine institution which was indefinitely postponed. Dr. Wright asked and obtained leave so to amend his resolution of yesterday, that it be made the duty of the Corresponding Sec- retary, to address a circular to every district society on the subject of revenue Dr. Brower moved tbe following resolution, viz: That no indi- vidual district society possesses the right, of original Censorship over any other district society, and that such a course is calcula- ted to engender division, and is distructive to the harmony which ought to characterise the several district societies. After considerable debate the following amendment was, on motion of Dr. M'Neall, agreed to. And that no district society shall be bound by the acts of another district society; and, that the practice which has prevailed in some instances of candidates procuring licenses in neighbouring socie- ties, where they have had no residence, for the purpose of prac- tising their profession, in a district where they have had a resi- dence, is viewed by the General Medical Society with decided disapprobation, as the wanton exercise of a power, by the society o-ranting such license, which is not contemplated by the statute, fs coutrary to its spirit, and detrimental to the true interest of medical science. . The question on agreeing to the resolution as amended was de- cided in the negative. On motion, Resolved, That the Recording Secretary be instruc- ted, to have printed, seven hundred and fifty copies, ot the act entitled "An act to regulate the practice of physic and surgery in the state of Ohio," Together with the constitution and by-laws of the General Medical Society of the Slate of Ohio* the uni- form rules and regulations for the government of the District Medical Societies and the minutes of this meeting, and that he be further instructed, to distribute the above documents, among the several districts, in proportion to the number of members in each district society, as early as may be. . . Dr. Brower asked, and obtained ieave, to insert the following protest on the minutes of the society. 1 In behalf of the officers and members, o. the: first medical dis- trict, medical society of Ohio, and ,n conformity to the' "»J™ tions from them received. I do, hereby, as the feP™»"*e of said District Protest, against the power and authority assumed, and exerSeJ by the State Medical Society, in restricting the admissbn of candidates for license-to practise Physic an1 Surgery tn thnsP only who have resided at least six months immed ately prec dfng sfch exa^nation, as contrary to and in directj.datum of the provisions of the statute regulating the practice of 1 hysre and Surgery, and in itself arbitrary and oppressive. 34 I also enter my Solemn Protest against the power assumed by 'he State Society, of levying a tax of five dollars for every license granted by the Board of Censors of the several district societies, inasmuch, as it is at variance with the express letter of the fourth section of the statute, regulating the practice of physic and sur- gery, which makes a specific destination of the funds accruing from issuing certificates of license. Signed:— J. H. BROWER, Representative from the first Medical District Society. On motion of Dr. Long, Resolved, that the thanks of this society be presented to the President for the ability with which he has conducted the business of this meeting. Resolved, That the society now adjourn sine die. BENJAMIN DICKSON, M. D. Recording Secretary. To the General Medical Society of the Slate of Ohio. Agreeably to a provision of the constitution of this society, 1 herewith submit the annexed statement of the receipts and pay- ments at the Treasury of the society during the last two years. The aggregate amount of receipts has been three hundred and eighty four dollars and forty two cents, and the amount of pay- ments three hundred and fifteen dollars and ninety cents; leaving; a balance in the Treasury of sixty-eight dollars and fifty two cents. By reference to the annexed statement it will be observed that many of the Treasurers of the District Medical Societies 'have failed to comply with the requisitions of this society, in collecting and paying over to the Treasurer of this society, the tax required to be collected and paid by them by the 12th. section of the '•Uniform Rules and Regulations for the Government of tbe Dis tnct Medical Societies." The reason of such delinquency on the Part of the districts societies or their officers must necessarily rorm a subject of consideration for this society—If no other method ot raising revenue can be devised, it will be necessaary that th« present one should be strictly complied with. SAMUEL PARSONS. 3.v> I Samuel Partons, in account with the .General Medical Society of DR. Ohio. For cash received of the first Medical District. 1 50 Jan. 29, 1829. 2d. to 1 50—3d. to 1 50—4th. to 1 50—7th to 1 50 9th. to 1 50—10th. to 1 50—llth. to 1 50—12th. to 1 50—13th. to 1 50— 16th. to 1 50—17th. to 3 00—18th. to 1 50—20th. to 1 50 21st. to 1 50.—July 10, 1830. 22nd. to 1 50—5th. to 17 00.—Dec. 18, 9th. to 58 20—Jan. 1, 1831. 22nd. to 72 50—16th. to 68 00 15th. to 28 92—12th. to 43 80—21st. 18 00—18th. to 52 T>0 Total $384 42 CR. Paid order on the treasurer No. 7. 16 Jan. 29, 1829. 13th. 3 00—16th. 2 00—February 19, 1830. 21st. 19 00—July 10, 22nd. 13 00—Dec. 18, 6th. 58 20—Jan. 1, 1831. 18th. 37 32— 17th. 51 00—15th. 28 92—3d. 10 00—20th. 43 80— 8th. 48 50—To balance 68 52.— Total $384 42 '"T- 1 BINDER -^ ! Manufactured by • GAYLORD BROS Inc. *j Syracuse, N.Y. Stockton, Calif. lUl U's+« r\>_ ol NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE NLM D31T3131 5