PROCEEDINGS OF THE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF THE \ CONNECTICUT MEDICAL SOCIETY, IN CONVENTION, May, 1834 : AND A LIST OF THE MEMBERS; WITH “AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CONNECTICUT MED ICAL SOCIETY,” AND “AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE MEDICAL INSTITUTION OF YALE COLLEGE” NEW HAVEN: PRESS OF WHITMORE & BUCKINGHAM. 1834. At the Annual Meeting of the President and. Fellows of the Con- necticut Medical Society, held at New Haven, Mai/ \Ath and 15th, 1834. The President, William Buhl, M. D., took the chair; and, in the absence of the Secretary, Reynold Webb, M. D. was appointed Secre- tary pro tempore. The credentials being examined, the following were found duly elected as Fellows, viz : Hartford County. Milo Linus North, John L. Comstock, M. D. Asaph L. Bissell, M. D. Edward P. Terry, M. D. * Archibald Welch, M. D. New Haven County. Reynold Webb, M. D. Alfred S. Monson, M. D. Abiram Stoddard, Joel Canfield, Sheldon Beardsley, M. D. New London County. Dyer T. Brainard, M. D. Eleazer B. Downing, M. D. John C. Tibbetts, Lucius Tyler, William W. Miner. Fairfield County. Elijah Middlebrook, M. D. Rufus Blakeman, M. D. A. L. Williams, * James Baldwin, M. D. Justus Sherwood, M. D. Windham County. Andrew Harris, M. D. David E. Hall, M. D. William H. Campbell, Darius Hutchins, M. D, * William Witter, M. D. Litchfield County. Norman Lyman, M. D. Benjamin Welch, Jr. M. D. Lyman Catlin, Gaylord Wells, M. D. Remus M. Fowler. Middlesex County. Richard Warner, M. D. Sidney B. Willey, M. I). Samuel Carter, M. D. Tolland County. Ahijah Ladd, Horatio Dow, M. D. Warren A. Fuller, M. D. The Convention being thus organized, and the President, Dr. Buel, and the Treasurer, Dr. Palmer, having declined a re-election, the fol- lowing were elected officers for the ensuing year, viz : THOMAS MINER, M. D. President. SILAS FULLER, M. D. Vice President. ELIJAH MIDDLEBROOK, M. D. Treasurer. CHARLES HOOKER, M. D. Secretary. * Absent from the Convention. 4 Thomas Miner, M. D. ex officio, Silas Fuller, M. D. Luther Ticknor, M. D. Dyer T. Brainard, M. D. William S. Pierson, M. D. Joseph Palmer, M. D. STANDING COMMITTEES Committee Examination. George Sumner, M. D. Rufus Blakeman, M. D. Milo L. North, M. D. Andrew Harris, M. D. Gaylord Wells, M. D. Committee to nominate Professors in the Medical Institution. Thomas Hubbard, M. D. Eli Ives, M. D. John S. Peters, M. D. William Buel, M. D. Samuel Carter, M. D. Committee to nominate Physician of the Retreat for the Insane. It being announced that William Beaumont, M. D. an honorary member of the Society, was in town with his patient, remarkable for a permanent aperture in the side opening into the stomach, it was 1. Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to wait oil Dr. Beau- mont, and request him to exhibit his patient to the Convention. Com. mittee— Drs. M. L. North and E. P. Terry. The Treasurer’s Report for the last year, was read and referred to a Committee to be audited. Committee—Drs. E. Middlebrook, II. Webb and R. Warner. Dr. N. Lyman was subsequently appointed on the above Committee, in place of Dr. Webb, who was excused on account of an urgent pro- fessional call. Dr. Beaumont, according to request, appeared before the Conven- tion, and submitted his patient to the examination of the members, with an interesting account of the case. After he had retired, it was unanimously 2. Resolved., That a Committee be appointed to tender the thanks of the Convention to Dr. Beaumont, for his kindness in exhibiting the subject of his interesting and important physiological experiments. Committee—Drs. M. L. North and E. P. Terry. Drs. E. Middlebrook and C. Hooker, a Committee appointed by the last Convention, “ on the subjects of taxation and membership,” re- ported in favor of making application to the legislature for an altera- tion of the Act of Incorporation. 5 Dr. Knight, from a Committee appointed by the Committee of exa- mination, submitted a Report, recommending an application to the legislature for a modification of the laws in relation to the Medical Institution of Yale College. 3. Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to make ap- plication to the General Assembly for a new Act to Incorporate the Connecticut Medical Society, and for an Act in relation to the Medical Institution of Yale College. Committee—Drs. T. Hubbard, J. Knight and C. Hooker. The Committee appointed to audit the Treasurer’s account having reported that they had found the same correct, it was 4. Resolved, That the thanks of the Convention be tendered to the late Treasurer, and that he be allowed ten dollars for his services du- ring the past year. 5. Resolved, That the thanks of the Convention be given to William Duel, M. D. late President of the Society, for the judicious and upright manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office. 6. Resolved, That a Committee of one from a county be appointed to recommend candidates for the Honorary Degree of Doctor in Medi- cine, for Honorary membership, and for gratuitous attendance on the lectures in the Medical Institution. Committee—Drs. A. L. Bissell, A. S. Monson, D. T. Brainard, S. B. Willey, R. Blakeman, A. Har- ris, B. Welch, Jr. and H. Dow. Drs. J. L. Comstock and Wm. W. Miner were appointed a Commit- tee on debentures. Adjourned to meet on Thursday at 8 o'clock, A. M. Thursday May 15th, met according to adjournment. The Committee on debentures having reported, it was 7. Resolved, That the Report of the Committee on debentures bo accepted, and that the Treasurer be directed to pay the bill. 8. Resolved, That the graduation fee for the Degree of Doctor in Medicine, granted in the Medical Institution, shall hereafter be fifteen dollars, and that the Medical Society hereby relinquish all claims to any portion of such fee. 9. Resolved, That the General Assembly be requested so to alter the “ Act regarding anatomical and medical Science,” that it shall not be lawful for the Selectmen of any town to surrender for dissection the bodies of strangers and travelers. The Eighth and Ninth Resolutions were referred to the Committee on the Third Resolution. 10. Resolved, That a tnx of one dollar and fifty cents he laid on each member of the Society. 11. Resolved, On motion of Professor T. Hubbard, That this Con- vention approve of the plan of the Boston Mkdical and Surgical Journal. They consider it a meritorious work, affording an interest- ing variety of useful practical matter, both original and selected ; and they recommend it to the patronage of the Medical Profession. The Committee on the Sixth Resolution having reported, it was voted to recommend to the President and Fellows of Yale College the following gentlemen, as candidates for the Honorary Degree of Doctor in Medicine, viz: Lloyd Seeley, of Weston; Remus Marcus Fowler, of Wash- ington ; Samuel Punderson, of New Haven; Benjamin Franklin Stoddard, of Groton; Aiiijah Ladd, of Tolland ; Joseph Barratt, of Middletown; IIiram Holt, of Porofret; and Milo Linus North, of Hartford. Samuel Henry Dickson, M. D. of Charleston, Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Medicine in the Medical College of the state of South Carolina, was elected as an Honorary Member of the Society. The students recommended by the several county meetings, to attend gratuitously the ensuing course of lectures in the Medical Institution, are as follows : Hartford, James E. Rowland ; New London, Jeremiah P. Bliven; Fairfield, Morgan Stewart; Windham, Calvin Bromley ; Litchfield, Alvan H. Turner; Middlesex, Phineas T. Miller ; Tolland, Luther Holbrook. The vacancy for New Haven County was filled by designating Levi D. Wright, of Middlesex County. Dr. A. L. Bissell exhibited a specimen of ossification found in the medullary portion of the brain, and gave a statement of the case: whereupon it was 12. Resolved, That the thanks of the Convention be given to Dr. Bissell for his statement of an interesting case, and that he be request- ed to deposit the specimen of morbid anatomy, therewith exhibited, in the Anatomical Museum of the Medical Institution. Dr. Benjamin Welch, Jr. was appointed, by ballot, to read a Disser- tation at the next annual Convention. Adjourned, sine die. Attest. CHARLES HOOKER, Secretary. MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. OH DIN ARY MEMBERS. The names of Members who are exempt from taxation by age, are in Italics : the names of those who have been Presidents of the Society are in Capitals. HARTFORD COUNTY. William O. Loomis, M. D. East Hartford, Clerk. Hartford, Sylvester Welles, Dwell Mor-1 gan, George Sumner, Amariah Brig-] ham, William J. Barry, John L.Cotn-j stock, William H. Morgan, Edward; P. Terry, John J. Abernethy, David; S. Dodge, Samuel W. Brown, Rich-j ard S. Kissam, Milo L. North, William II. Rockwell, Thomas G, Lee, Henry j Holmes. West Hartford, Edward Brace, Henry B. Porter. Avon, Isaac II. Brown. Berlin, Horatio Gridley, Sylvester Bulk- ley. New Britain, Samuel Hart, John R. Lee. Bristol, Jared W. Pardee, Eli T. Merri- man, Zophaniah Swift. Burlington, Edward Fields. Canton, (North) Benj. Weed, (South) O. B. Freeman. East Hartford, Pardon Brownell, Wil- liam O. Loomis. East Windsor, Elijah F. Reed, Hiram Watson, Horace C. Gillett. Warehouse Point, James II. Morton. Enfield, J. P. Converse, Earl Loomis. Farmington, Asahel Thompson, E. W. Carrington, George Brown. Glastenbury, Ralph Carter, Orrin Hunt. Eastbury, George O. Sumner. Granby, Jairus Case. East Granby, Lewis Badger, Chester Hamlin. West Granby, J. D Wilcox. Hartland, Phelps Humphrey. West Hartland, William H. Huggins. Manchester, William C. Williams, Rod- erick A. White. Maryborough, Asa L. Spalding. Simsbury, Guy R. Phelps, Augustus R. Case. Southington, Julius S. Barnes, J. P. An- drews. Suffield, Asaph L. Bissell, Sumner Ives. Wethersfield, Erastus F. Cook, Alon- zo Rockwell, Archibald Welch, A. Robertson. Rocky Hill, Daniel Fuller, Thos. Ritter. Newington, Theodore H. Wadsworth. Windsor, William S. Pierson, Theodore Sill. Wintonbury, Denison H. Hubbard. Poquonnoc, Elisha G. Marshall. NEW HAVEN COUNTY. Nathan B. Ives, M. D. New Haven, Clerk, New Haven, John Skinner, THOMAS HUBBARD, Eli Ives, William Tully, Timothy P. Beers, Jonathan Knight, Samuel Punderson, Virgil M. Dow, Alfred S. Monson, Charles Hooker, Josiah F. Hunt, Nathan B. Ives, E. II. Bishop, Ira B. Blakeman, William T. Peters, Henry A. Tomlinson, Dan- iel II. Moore, John B. Robertson. Westville, James Swan. Branford, Willoughby L. Lay. Cheshire, Junius L, Field, Theodore B. Shelton. Derby, Isaac Jennings, Abiram Stod- dard, 2d. Humphreysville, Abiram Stoddard, Shel- don C. Johnson, KendalL, East Haven, Bela Farnham. Fair Haven, Lester Keep. Guilford, Anson Foote, Joel Canfield, Elisha Hutchinson. Hamden, Chauncey B. Foote. Madison, Reynold Webb, David Pritch- ard, George W .-Scranton. Meriden, Wyllys Woodruff. Middlebury, Jacob Linsley. 8 Milford, Andrew French, Hull Allen. North Branford, .Increase Harrison, Sheldon Beardsley. North Haven, Arza Andrews. Orange, Josiah M. Colburn. Oxford, Noah Stone, Thomas A. Dut- ton. Southbury, Anthony B. Burritt. South Britain, Joseph Tomlinson. Wallingford, Amos G. Hull, Lyman Parker, Friend Cooke. Waterbury, Edward Field, Joseph Por- ter, Daniel Porter, Jun. Henry Bron- son, Denman C. Porter. Salem Bridge, Lucien Spencer. Wolcott, Henry Byington. Woodbridge, Isaac Goodsell, Andrew Castle. NEW LONDON COUNTY. Thomas P. Wattles, M. D. North Stonington, Clerk. New London, Elisha North, Thomasi Coit, Archibald Mercer, Dyer T.l Brainard, Nathaniel S. Perkins, Abel T. Sizer, James Morgan, Robert A. Manwaring, Isaac G. Porter. Bozrah, Samuel Johnson. Colchester, JOHN R. WATROUS, Ezekiel Parsons, Frederick Morgan. Franklin, Ashbel Woodward. Griswold, William W. Miner. Jewett City, Lucius Tyler, John C. Tib- betts. Groton, John O. Miner, Benjamin F. Stoddard, Joseph Durfee. Lebanon, Joseph Comstock, Charles H. Dutton, Elisha Hutchinson, Erastus Osgood. Lisbon, Vino Smith. Lyme, Richard Noyes, J. C. M. Brock- way, Oliver Kingsley, Munson, I John Rogers, Reuben Miner, Austin | F. Perkihs, John Smith, Montville, Ephraim Fellows, Jeremiah Peabody. North Stoning!on, Thomas P. Wattles, Alvah Gray. Norwich, Philemon Tracy, John Tur- ner, William P. Eaton, Richard P. Tracy, Ralph Farnsworth, Worthing- ton Hooker, Chauncey Burgess, Eli- jah Dyer, R. H. Salter, Joseph Pea- body. Preston, Eleazer B. Downing, Avery j Downer. I Salem, Warren Morgan. Stonington, William Lord, William Ro- binson, William Hyde, Mason Man- ning, George E. Palmer, William Hyde, Jr., Horatio Robinson. Waterford, James Rogers. FAIRFIELD COUNTY. John Tomlinson, Huntington, Clerk. Fairfield, Jeremiah T. Denison, Ten Broeck, William W. Ely. Southport, Justus Sherwood. Greenfield, Rufus Blakeman. Saugatuck, George Blackman. Bridgeport, Samuel Simons, Samuel Beach, David Hull Nash. Brookfield, A. L. Williams. Danbury, Russel B. Botsford, Smith. Bethel, Platt Bennett. Greenwich, Darius Mead, Jr. Bartow F. White, Augustine P. Smith. Huntington, John Tomlinson, James II. Shelton. Monroe, Sturgcs Bulkley, Henry C. Beardsley, Salmon II. Hall. New Canaan, Samuel S. Noyes, Lewis Richards. New Fairfield, Samuel T. Barnum. Newtown, John Judson, Cyreneus H. Booth, Thomas D. Shepherd, Am- brose Beardsley. Norwalk, John A. M’Lcan, Thomas B. Butler, Rousseau. Reading, Gorham. Ridgefield, Nehemiah Perry. Sherman, Daniel W. Northrop, Noble B. Pickett. Stamford, Thomas Close, Lock- wood, Chauncey Ayres. North Stamford, Haight. Stratford, William T. Shelton, John Goulding. Trumbull, Elijah Middlebrook, George Dyor. Wes roN, Lloyd Seeley, James Baldwin. Wilton, Sylvester Mead. 9 WINDHAM COUNTY. James B. Whitcomb, M. D. Brooklyn, Clerk. Brooklyn, Thomas Huntington, Wil- liam Hutchins, James B. Whitcomb. Ashford, Joseph Palmer, Patrick Car- penter, Ezekiel Skinner, Andrew Hun- tington. Canterbury, Elijah Baldwin, Andrew Harris, Isaac Clark. Chaplin, Orrin Witter. Hampton, William A. Brewster, Dyer Hughes. Killingly, Hazael Peckham, Pemiel Hutchins, Justin Hammond, William Grosvenor, Daniel F. Hovey, Charles T. Morse. Plainfield, Josiah Fuller, Mowry Bur-| gess, William II. Cogswell, John G. Pierce. Pomfret, Darius Hutchins, Hiram Holt, Virgil M. Palmer, John H. Simmons. Sterling, William II. Campbell. Thompson, David E. Hall, Samuel Bow- en, Horatio Holbrook, Abiel Botton. Voluntown, Harvey Campbell. Windham, Luther Manning, Chester Hunt, Christopher S. Avery, William Webb, William Witter, Oliver Kings- ley. Woodstock, Asa Witter, Eleazer Litch- field, Milton Bradford. LITCHFIELD COUNTY. Josiah G. Beckwith, M. D. Litchfield, Clerk. Litchfield, WILLIAM BUEL, Sam- uel Buel, Alanson Abbee, J. G. Beck- with, Anson Wildman. Milton, John M. West, Manly Peters, Algernon S. Lewis. Nortlifield, D. B. W. Camp. South Farms, Garry H. Miner. Barkhampstead, Flavel B. Graham, Amos Beecher. Bethlem, Lyman Catlin. Canaan, Albert A. Wright. South Canaan, L. S. Adams. ColebrooIi, William Carrington, George O. Jarvis. Cornwall, Burritt B. North. North Cornwall, A. M. Hexley. Goshen, Samuel W. Gold, Walter Peck. North Goshen, William Marsh. Harwinton, Andrew Abernethy, Gay- lord Wells. Kent, William Erwing, Ozias Lewis, jr. New Hartford, Cooke, Bena- dan Kassan. New Milford, Jehiel Williams, George Taylor. Bridgewater, Horace Judson. Gaylord's Bridge, Gamaliel II. St. John. |Norfolk, Benjamin Welch, Benjamin Welch, jr. , Plymouth, Ambrose Ives, Royal Cook, William Woodruff. Plymouth Hollow, Chester G. Carring- I ton. iRoxBURY, J. R. Eastman, Myron ; Downs. Salisbury, Luther Ticknor, Ovid Plumb. Furnace Village, Henry Fish, MosCs A. Lee. Sharon, Ralph Deming. Ellsworth, Clark Chapman. Torrington. Wolcottville, Erastus Bancroft. Torringford, Hudson. Warren, Norman Lyman. Washington, Remus M. Fowler. New Preston, Johnson C. Hatch, Jef- ferson Stone. Watertown, R. S. Woodward, John De Forest. Winchester. Winstead, James Welch. Woodbury, Roswell Abernethy, Frede- rick B. Woodward, Charles H. Webb, MIDDLESEX COUNTY. Ira Hutchinson, M. D. Haddam, Clerk. Middletown, THOMAS MINER, Rich- ard Warner, Thomas Miner, 2d. Joseph Barratt, Charles Woodward, David Harrison, Gurdon R. Parkis. Chatham, Charles Smith, Francis G. Edgerton. Durham, Erasmus D. North. East Haddam, Asa M. Holt, Datus Williams, Sidney B. Willey, W. T. Huntington. Haddam, Ira Hutchinson, B. H. Catlin, Epaphras J. Arnold. 10 Killingworth, Austin Olcott, Rufus Turner. Saybrook, Samuel Carter, Alanson H. Hough. Essex, Asa H. King. Chester, George H. Abernethy. TOLLAND COUNTY. Ahijah Ladd, M. D. Tolland, Clerk. Tolland, Ahijah Ladd, Oliver K. Isham, Edwin A. Tweedy. Bolton, Jabez L. White. Columbia, Silas Fuller, Warren A. Ful- ler. Coventry, Nathan Howard, Eleazar Hunt, Timothy Dimock. Ellington, Allyn Hyde, Horatio Dow, Warren McRay. Hebron, JOHN S. PETERS, Orrin White. Mansfield, Earl Swift, Samuel D. Car- ver, "William II. Richardson, Norman Brigham. Stafford, Joseph C. Dow, Joshua Blodget, William N. Clark, Samuel Carpenter. Somers, Horatio A. Hamilton, Orson Wood. Union, Lindley. Vernon, Scoltoway Hinckley, Alvan Talcott, Jr. Wellington, Alden Skinner. SUMMARY OF ORDINARY MEMBERS. Taxable. Not Taxable. Total. Hartford County, 66 3 69 New Haven do. 58 2 60 New London do. 48 10 58 Fairfield do. 46 46 Windham do. 39 3 42 Litchfield do. 53 5 58 Middlesex do. 23 23 Tolland do. 26 o 28 358 25 384 11 HONORARY MEMBERS. *Felix Pascalis, James Jackson, John C. Warren, *Samuel Latham Mitchill, David Hosack, *Wright Post, Benjamin Silliman, George M’Clellan, John Mackie, Charles Eldridge, TlIEODRIC IloMEYN BECK, James Thacher, * Joseph White, William P. Dewees, Edward Delafield, John Delamater, Walter Ciianning, Jacob Bigelow, Philip Syng Physic, *Lewis Heermann, Daniel Drake, Henry Mitchell, Nathan Ryno Smith, Valentine Mott, Samuel White, Reuben D. Mussey, William Tully, Richmond Brownell, William Beaumont, Samuel Henry Dickson, New York. Boston, Mass, iC New York, CC Ci New Haven. Philadelphia, Pa. Providence, R. I. East Greenwich, R. I. Albany, N. Y. Plymouth, Mass. Cherry Valley, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa. New York. Utica, N. Y. Boston, Mass, a Philadelphia, Pa, U. S. Navy. Cincinnati, Ohio. Norwich, N. Y. Baltimore, Md. New York. Hudson, N. Y. Hanover, N. H. New Haven. Providence, R. I. U. S. Army. Charleston, S. C, * Pend, 12 PUBLIC ACTS. At a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, holden at New Haven in said State, oh the first Wednesday of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. An Act to incorporate the Connecticut Medical Society. Sect. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened, That the Physicians and Surgeons now members of the Connecticut Medical Society, and all Physicians and Surgeons who shall be associated with them in pursuance of the provisions of this act, shall be and remain a body politic and corporate, by the name of The Connecticut Medical Society ; and by that name, they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succes- sion ; shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in all suits of whatever name or nature ; may have a com- mon seal, and may alter the same at pleasure ; and may also purchase, receive, hold and convey any estate, real or personal, to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. Sect. 2. The members of the Society shall meet, annually, in their respective counties, at such places as have been or may hereafter be agreed upon by them, on the second Thursday of April; and shall elect from among themselves, a chairman, clerk, and such other officers as they may find necessary : and being thus organized, shall there- upon, immediately elect, by ballot, of their own number, in each county five, except in the counties of Middlesex and Tolland, and in each of those counties three Fellows, to have the superintendance and management of the Society. And the members of the Society in their respective county meetings, shall have power to adjourn said meetings from time to time, and to hold special meetings as they may iudge expedient; and may adopt such regulations for their own go- vernment, and for the promotion of Medical Science, as they may think proper, not repugnant to the by-laws of the Society. Sect. 3. The Fellows thus chosen at the several county meetings, shall meet together, on the second Wednesday of May, annually, at such time and place as has been, or may be designated by them : and being thus assembled, shall elect by ballot, from among any of the members of the Society, a President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Society, who shall hold their office one year and until others be chosen, and shall by virtue of their office, be Fellows of the Society for the time being ; and shall have the same power, privileges and authority as if originally elected such by the members of the Society. Sect. 4. The President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Fellows thus chosen shall be known and called by the name of “ The President and Fellows of the Connecticut Medical Society 13 a majority of whom, legally assembled together, shall be a quorum for the transaction of any business ; and shall have power to make by- laws for the regulation and government of the Society, and for the promotion of the objects of the same, not repugnant to the laws of the United States or of this State; to expel any member of the Society for misconduct ; to admit honorary members; to make rules for the admission of members of the Society, and for their dismission from the same; to lay a tax upon the members of the Society not exceeding two dollars in each year, to be collected by the clerks of the respec- tive county meetings and to be paid over to the Treasurer of the So- ciety ; to dispose of the monies thus raised, and all other property of the Society in such manner as they may think proper, to promote the objects and interests of the Society. Sect. 5. At all the meetings of the Fellows for the transaction of business, the President of the Society or in case of his absence the Vice President shall preside; and in case of the absence of the President and Vice President, the Fellows present may elect one of their own number as President for the occasion. Sect. 6. The President of the Society, or in case of his death, or absence out of the State, the Vice President, on any special occasion shall have power to call a meeting of the President and Fellows, at such time and place, as he may think proper upon giving twenty days notice in two newspapers printed in this State ; and in case of the death, resignation or inability of the President, Vice President, Treas- urer or Secretary of the Society, the vacancy made thereby, may be filled for the remainder of the year, by the Fellows, at any legal meeting duly assembled. Sect. 7. It shall be the duty of the several clerks of the county meetings, in their respective counties, to collect and pay over to the Treasurer of the Society all such taxes as shall from time to time be laid by the President and Fellows, upon the members of the Society as aforesaid ; and for that purpose said clerks may procure a warrant under the hand of a justice of the peace against such member or members of the Society, as shall neglect or refuse to pay the taxes so imposed upon them as aforesaid ; which warrant any justice of the peace is hereby empowered to issue, and said warrant shall be direct- ed to the sheriff or his deputies of the county in which such delinquent member or members reside ; and said sheriff or either of his deputies on receiving such warrant may therewith proceed to enforce the col- lection of such tax or taxes, in the same manner, and with the addition of the same fees, as are by law prescribed and allowed to the collectors of town taxes ;* And if any of the clerks of the county meetings shall neglect or refuse to collect the taxes entrusted to him to collect, by the time the same are made payable, or having collected the same, shall neglect or refuse to pay the same over to the Treasurer of the * It will be observed that the tax laid this year, and all former taxes ire to be collected according to the provisions of the act of 1825. 14 Society, such Treasurer may cause a suit or suits to be instituted against such delinquent in the name of the Society, before any court proper to try the same, and the same to pursue to final judgment; and the clerks shall be allowed and receive a compensation of five per centum on all monies collected by them respectively, and paid to the Treasurer of tlie Medical Society. Sect. 8. No physician or surgeon who shall have commenced prac- tice since the year one thousand eight hundred, or who shall hereafter commence practice, shall be entitled by law to recover any debt or fees for such practice, unless he shall have been duly licensed by some Medi- cal Society or College of Physicians ; and all persons licensed to prac- tice physic and surgery and practicing within this State shall of course be members of the Medical Society.* And be it further enacted, That the act entitled “ An act to incorpo- rate the Connecticut Medical Society and to establish the Medical Institution of Yale College” and all acts in addition to, and in altera- tion thereof, be, and the same are hereby repealed ; Provided, that all proceedings had, and all obligations imposed, in pursuance of the acts hereby repealed, shall have the same elfect, as though said acts were still in force—and all taxes heretofore laid pursuant to said acts may be collected according to the provisions of said acts in the same man- ner as though said acts had not been repealed. William L. Storks, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Thaddeus Betts, President of the Senate. June 5th, 1834, Approved. SAMUEL A. FOOT. A true copy of record, examined and certified by Thomas Day, Secretary. An act in relation to the Medical Institution of Yale College. Sect. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened, The Medical Institution established in Yale College, pursuant to an agreement between the President and Fellows of Yale College, and the President and Fellows of the Medi- cal Society of Connecticut, shall be known and acknowledged by the name of The Medical Institution of Yale College. Sect. 2. There shall be established in the Institution not less than four nor more than six Professorships ; and the price of the tickets for the course of lectures on each branch, shall not exceed twelve dollars and fifty cents. There shall be a joint committee of an equal number * The provisions of this section are the same as those of the Act of 1825. That Act was never published with the other laws of the State—it was published with the Proceedings of the President and Fellows of the Medical Society, in May 1825, and in May 1830 ; but, as published with the Proceedings of 1830, this paragraph, in relation to members of the Society, was erroneously printed. 15 of persons appointed by the President and Fellows of Yale College and the President and Fellows of the Connecticut Medical Society, who shall make a nomination ; from which nomination the Professors shall be chosen by the President and Fellows of the College. Sect. 3. Every medical student shall be requh-ed to attend to the study of physic and surgery, for two years with some medical or sur- gical professor or practitioner, who is in respectable standing; provi- ded he shall have been graduated at some college : otherwise to study three years ; to have acquired in addition to a good English education, a competent knowledge of the Latin language and of the principles of Natural Philosophy ; to have arrived at the age of twenty-one years ; to be of good moral character ; and to deliver to the committee of ex- amination a satisfactory dissertation upon some subject in medicine or surgery or the auxiliary branches. And every medical student shall attend one course of the lectures, under the professors of the Medical Institution of Yale College or of some other public medical institution, previously to his being admitted to an examination for a license ; and the course or courses of lectures which he shall attend, may be inclu- ded within the time he is required to study. Provided nevertheless, that upon the recommendation of the Medical Society in each county, one meritorious and necessitous person from such county shall annually be allowed the privilege of attending one course of lectures gratis, and if any one of the counties should fail to recommend as above, the Pre- sident and Fellows of said society may fill up the vacancy. It shall be the duty of the clerks of the several county meetings, to report to the President and Fellows, the names of the persons whom they shall agree to recommend ; and the Secretary of the Society shall transmit the said names, together with such as the President and Fellows may add, agreeably to the above provision, to the Medical Professors of Yale College. Sect. 4. Each candidate for the degree of Doctor in Medicine shall be required to attend two courses of lectures, at the Medical Institution of Yale College, or at some other public medical institution where a similar course of public instruction is pursued ; which degree upon the recommendation of the committee of examination, shall be conferred by the President of the College, and the diploma signed by him and countersigned by the examining committee, or a majority of them ; and the fee for graduation shall be fifteen dollars. The President of the College may also confer the honorary degree of Doctor in Medi- cine, upon those persons, whom the President and Fellows of the Medi- cal Society shall recommend for that purpose. Sect. 5. The Committee of examination for the practice of physic and surgery, shall consist of the Professors of the Medical Institution of the College and an equal number of the members of the Medical Society appointed by the President and Fellows of the same; and the President of the Medical Society shall be ex officio president of the examining committee, with a vote at all times, and a casting vote when there is a tie ; and in case of the absence of the President, a president 16 pro tempore shall be appointed by the members of the examining com- mittee chosen by the Medical Society, with the same powers; which committee or a majority of them shall possess the power and they only of examining for a license ; and all licenses to practice physic or sur- gery shall be signed by the President of the Medical Society and coun- tersigned by the Secretary of the committee of examination ; which Secretary they are hereby authorized to appoint : and the fee for each license shall be four dollars, and shall accrue to the Medical Society. All licenses heretofore signed by the Clerk or Secretary of the exami- ning committee, shall be valid and have the same effect, as if they had been signed by the examining committee, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sect. 6. There shall be but one examination in the year which shall be immediately at the close of the lectures; when a candidate is pre- vented by sickness from attending at that time, he may afterwards be examined by the medical professors ; and such examination, together with their certificate thereof, shall entitle him to the same privileges as though his examination had been by said committee. Sect. 7. All medical students who shall have attended two courses of the lectures in the Medical Institution shall have the privilege of attending all future courses gratis. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled “ An act to incor- porate the Connecticut Medical Society and to establish the Medical Institution of Yale College,” and all acts in addition to, and in alteration thereof, be, and the same are hereby repealed; Provided that all pro- ceedings had, and all obligations imposed, in pursuance of the acts hereby repealed, shall have the same effect as though said acts were still in force—and all taxes heretofore laid pursuant to said acts, may be collected according to the provisions of said acts, in the same manner as though said acts had not been repealed. William L. Storrs, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Thaddeus Betts, President of the Senate. June 5th, 1834, Approved. SAMUEL A. FOOT. A true copy of record, examined and certified by Thomas Day, Secretary.