CHARTER 
WITH 
STATUTES AND BY-LAWS 
OF THE 
HAHNEMANN 
Medical College and Hospital 
OF 
PHILADELPHIA. 
A CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION. 
PHILADELPHIA: 
Globe Printing House, 112 and 114 North Twelfth St. 
1889. OBJECTS OF THE CORPORATION. 
a. College Department.—Instruction in Medicine, 
Surgery, and all the branches appertaining thereto. 
b. 1. Hospital Department.—The maintenance of a 
suitable place for the care and treatment of patients in 
accordance with the Homoeopathic practice of medicine, 
and to afford greater facilities to the College Faculty in 
giving instruction in clinical medicine and clinical 
surgery. 
2. The maintenance of a training school for nurses. 
FORM OF BEQUEST. 
I give and bequeath to the Trustees of the Hahnemann Med- 
ical College and Hospital of Philadelphia Dollars, 
(or, if real estate, here describe the property,) 
for them to use in any manner that may best promote the 
objects and interest of the said corporation. CHARTER 
WITH 
STATUTES AND BY-LAWS 
OF THE 
HAHNEMANN 
M epical College and Hospital 
OF 
PHILADELPHIA. 
A CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION. 
PHILADELPHIA: 
Globe Printing House, 112 and 114 North Twelfth St. 
1889. OFFICERS.. 
President, 
HON. WM. B. HANNA, D.C.L. 
Vice-President. 
WM. McGEORGE, Jr. 
Secretary, 
Treasurer, 
WM. C. HANNIS. 
j. w. McAllister. 
Trustees 
WM. B. HANNA, D.C.L., 
WM. McGEORGE, Jr., 
A. R. THOMAS, M.D., 
LEMUEL COFFIN, 
B. F. BETTS, M.D., 
JOS. C. GUERNSEY, M.D. 
JOHN E. JAMES, M.D., 
RALPH C. SMITH, M.D., 
j. w. McAllister, 
CHARLES MOHR, M.D., 
GEO. BURNHAM, 
W. B. TRITES, M.D., 
JOHN HUNTER, 
M. S. WILLIAMSON, M.D., 
FRANCIS W. KENNEDY, 
C. S. MIDDLETON, M.D., 
E. BURGESS WARREN, 
PEMBERTON DUDLEY, M.D., 
WM. C. HANNIS, 
CHARLES J. HARRAH, Jr., 
FRANK W. SMITH, 
THOMAS C. HILL, 
RICHARD D. BARCLAY, 
WM. G. FOULKE, 
JOHN F. SMITH. 
Advisory Board. 
BISHOP H. W. WARREN, D.D., 
COLEMAN SELLERS, 
J. LEWIS CROZER, 
J. BARLOW MOORHEAD, 
HENRY C. TOWNSEND, 
JAMES KITCHEN, M.D., 
CHARLES NEIDHARD, M.D., 
ALFRED M. COLLINS, 
G. I. McLEOD, M.D., 
JOSEPH JEANES, 
HORACE H. FURNESS, LL.D., 
CONRAD B. DAY, 
C. WILLIAM BERGNER, 
B. W. JAMES, M.D., 
JOEL COOK, 
R. H. DOWNING, 
JOSEPH KERENS, M.D., 
CALEB J. MILNE, 
H. NOAH MARTIN, M.D., 
EMANUEL HEY, 
Rev. W. H. FURNESS, D.D., 
W. A. CHURCH, 
D. KARSNER, M.D., 
CASPAR GARRETT, 
JOHN DICK, 
GEORGE C. THOMAS. CHARTER 
OP THE 
HAHNEMANN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL 
OP PHILADELPHIA. 
A CONSOLIDATED CORPORATION. 
To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas 
No. 2, for the City and County of Philadelphia:— 
The Petition op “ The Hahnemann Medical College op 
Philadelphia ” and “ The Homoeopathic Hospital of 
Philadelphia,” 
Respectfully Represents:— 
That “ The Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania ” 
was incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania by an Act 
approved the seventeenth day of February, A.D. 1865.* 
That “The Washington Medical College of Philadelphia ” was 
incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania by an Act 
approved the second day of May, A.D. 1853. 
That by decree of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace 
of the County of Philadelphia, made the first day of June, A.D. 
1867, the corporate name, style and title of the said “ The 
Washington Medical College of Philadelphia ” was changed to 
the corporate name, style and title of “ The Hahnemann Medical 
College of Philadelphia.” 
* The original charter incorporating the Homoeopathic Medical College 
of Pennsylvania was issued April 8th, A.D. 1848. 4 
That the Legislature of Pennsylvania by an Act approved the 
second day of April, A.D. 1869, merged and consolidated the said 
“The Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia” and “The 
Homoeopathic College of Pennsylvania” into one corporation, 
by the name, style and title of “The Hahnemann Medical 
College of Philadelphia.” 
That by the last-recited Act it was provided that the said Act, 
entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington Medical College 
of Philadelphia,” second hereinabove recited, should apply to 
and govern the consolidated corporation, except that the words 
“ the Allopathic Colleges ” in said Act should be struck out, and 
the words, “ any Medical College ” inserted in lieu thereof; and 
further, that the said Act entitled “ An Act to incorporate the 
Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania,” first herein- 
above recited, should apply and govern the consolidated corpo- 
ration, except that Sections 3 and 7 of said Act should be re- 
pealed, that Section 4 of said Act should be amended by striking 
out the word “ especially,” and inserting the word “also” in lieu 
thereof, and by adding the letters “ es ” to the word “ possess,” so 
as to make the same read “ possesses,” and that Section 5 of the 
said Act should be amended by striking out the word “fifty,” 
and inserting the words “one hundred” in lieu thereof. 
That the Legislature of Pennsylvania, by an Act approved 
the eleventh day of March, A.D. 1870, authorized a joint meeting 
of the Trustees, Faculty, and officers of the said two colleges so 
consolidated, for the purpose of electing officers and preparing 
By-Laws for said consolidated corporations. 
That at a Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of 
Philadelphia, held at Philadelphia on the seventh day of Decem- 
ber, A.D. 1874, the Court approved the charter of “The Homoeo- 
pathic Hospital of Philadelphia,” which was duly recorded in the 
office of the Recorder of Deeds for the City and County of 
Philadelphia, in Charter Book F. T. W., No. 1, page 514, 
whereby the said “ The Homoeopathic Hospital of Philadelphia ” 
became a body corporate in law. 
That the Charter of the said “ The Homoeopathic Hospital of 
Philadelphia ” was amended by the Court of Common Pleas No. 
3, for the said County, on the twenty-fourth day of March, A.D. 
1883, which amendments are recorded at Philadelphia, in 
Charter Book No. 7, page 471, etc. 5 
That the said “ The Hahnemann Medical College of Philadel- 
phia ” and “ The Homoeopathic Hospital of Philadelphia ” de- 
sire to consolidate and merge with each other, and are entitled to 
do so by the provisions of the Act of Assembly of the Common- 
wealth of Pennsylvania, approved the twenty-ninth day of 
April, A.D. 1874, entitled “An Act to provide for the incor- 
poration and regulation of certain Corporations,” and the Supple- 
ments, both of said corporations being corporations not for profit. 
That a joint committee having been appointed by the said two 
corporations, made report to the respective Boards of Trustees 
of the said two corporations in favor of such consolidation or 
merger, upon the terms, limitations and powers hereinafter ex- 
pressed and set forth, which report was adopted by the Board of 
Trustees of the said “ The Hahnemann Medical College of 
Philadelphia,” on the fifth day of January, A.D. 1885, and by 
the Board of Trustees of the said “ The Homoeopathic Hospital 
of Philadelphia,” on the sixth day of January, A.D. 1885. 
The terms, limitations and powers on which the consolidation 
and merger of the said two corporations is applied for are as 
follows :— 
ARTICLE I. 
The name of the consolidated corporation is “ The Hahnemann 
Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia.” 
ARTICLE II. 
The purposes for which the said consolidated corporation is 
formed are:— 
1. Instruction in Medicine, Surgery, and all the branches 
appertaining thereto. 
2. The maintenance of a suitable place for the care and treat- 
ment of patients in accordance with the Homoeopathic practice 
of medicine, thus affording greater facilities to the Faculty in 
giving instruction in clinical medicine and surgery. 
3. The maintenance of a training-school for nurses. 
ARTICLE III. 
The business of the said consolidated corporation shall be 
transacted in the City of Philadelphia. 6 
ARTICLE IV. 
The said consolidated corporation shall have perpetual 
existence. 
ARTICLE V. 
The rights, powers and franchises of the consolidated corpo- 
ration for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five 
shall be vested in and exercised by the following-named persons, 
chosen from the Boards of Trustees of the two corporations, and 
from the medical profession at large in the City of Philadelphia, 
to wit:— 
William H. Brown, George C. Thomas, Dr. Amos R. Thomas, 
George Burnham, Dr. B. Frank Betts, E. Burgess Warren, 
William K. Ramborger, Dr. Pemberton Dudley, Richard A. 
Lewis, Francis W. Kennedy, Dr. John E. James, Lemuel Coffin, 
John B. Stevenson, Dr. Charles Mohr, William C. Hannis, 
James W. McAllister, Dr. Matthew S. Williamson, Richard G. 
Oellers, John Hunter, Dr. William B. Trites, John Dick, Dr. 
Caleb S. Middleton, Dr. Joseph C. Guernsey, Dr. Ralph C. 
Smith and William McGeorge, Jr., all of the City of Philadel- 
phia, who shall be designated Trustees. 
At the first meeting of the said Trustees after the granting 
of this Charter by the Court they shall divide themselves into 
classes of five each, the first class to serve one year, the second 
class to serve two years, the third class to serve three years, the 
fourth class to serve four years and the fifth class to serve five 
years; it being also arranged that in each of these classes shall 
be one of the Faculty of the College and one from the profession 
at large; of the members chosen from the Faculty, four shall be 
elected, while the fifth shall be the Dean, who shall be a member 
of the Board ex officio. 
ARTICLE VI. 
After the division of the Board into classes they shall elect a 
President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall serve for one year, 
or until their successors are elected. 
ARTICLE VII. 7 
All vacancies in the Board, by death or otherwise, shall be 
filled at the annual meeting of the Contributors, unless such 
vacancies shall occur more than six months before the next 
annual meeting, when the same may be filled by the Board of 
Trustees. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
ARTICLE IX. 
The nominations for filling all vacancies in the Faculty of the 
College shall be made by the Faculty, and nominations for fill- 
ing vacancies in the Corps of Clinical Teachers and of Resident 
or Visiting Physicians and Surgeons in the Hospital and Dis- 
pensary shall be made by the ten physicians in the Board of 
Trustees. 
ARTICLE X. 
At all times there shall be in the Corps of Clinical Teachers 
and Consulting and Visiting Physicians and Surgeons repre- 
sentatives from the profession at large. 
ARTICLE XI. 
The rents and revenues of the consolidated corporation shall 
be from time to time applied for the maintenance and support of 
the said College and Hospital, and in the erection and necessary 
repairs of the Hospital and other buildings which now do or 
shall hereafter belong to the said corporation, and to no other 
use or purpose whatsoever. 
ARTICLE XII. 
The said consolidated corporation shall have all the powers, 
privileges and immunities as to the granting of the degree of 
Doctor of Medicine and of Homoeopathic Medicine, and as to 
all other matters as are conferred by the Acts of Assembly and 
the Decrees of the Court hereinbefore recited, upon the said 
“ The Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia ” and “ The 
Homoeopathic Hospital of Philadelphia,” or either of them.* 
* The only powers, privileges and immunities possessed by the two 
corporations, referred to in Article XII above mentioned, which are not 
specifically set forth in the foregoing Charter, are as follows:— 
By Act of Assembly of May 2, 1853 (Pamphlet Laws, 658), amended by 8 
ARTICLE XIII. 
When appropriations, donations or legacies shall be specifically 
granted or given for the use and benefit of the College or for the 
Hospital, the corporation shall use or apply the same for the 
object or institution named in such gift, grant or devise. 
ARTICLE XIV. 
The consolidated corporation shall have full power and au- 
thority to raise, by loan or otherwise, a sum not exceeding one 
hundred thousand dollars, and to expend the same in the pur- 
chase of a lot or lots of ground in said city and the erection 
thereon of a suitable building or buildings, for a College and 
Hospital, or to purchase or rent such buildings for said College 
and Hospital. 
The petitioners therefore pray this Honorable Court to make 
a Decree that the said “ The Hahnemann Medical College of 
Philadelphia” and “The Homoeopathic Hospital of Philadel- 
phia ” be and the same are consolidated and merged into one 
corporation by the name, style and title of “ The Hahnemann 
Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia,” upon the terms 
and limitations and with the powers stated in this application. 
(Signed) Wm. McGeorge, Jr., 
President. [Seal.] 
Attest, (Signed) Wm. C. Hannis, 
Secretary. 
(Signed) Wm. Hobart Brown, 
President. [Seal.] 
Attest, (Signed) Wm. McGeorge, Jr., 
Secretary. 
Act of April 2, 1869, it is provided as follows:—“ The said College to have 
all the immunities, right, and privileges granted to any medical college in 
the State of Pennsylvania, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution 
thereof.” 
By Act of Assembly of February 17,1865 (Pamphlet Laws, 181), amended 
by Act of April 2, 1869, it is provided as follows:— 
“Section 4. Said College shall have power to grant the degree of 
Doctor of Medicine, and also of Homoeopathic Medicine, to any such person 
as shall have attended two courses of medical lectures, and completed a 
course of study, and possesses the qualifications usually required of candi- 
dates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine in other medical colleges in this 
State, and also a knowledge of Homoeopathy.” 9 
City of Philadelphia, ss. : 
This sixth day of April, A.D. 1885, before me, the subscriber, 
a notary public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, residing 
in the City of Philadelphia, personally appeared William C. 
Hannis, Secretary of “ The Hahnemann Medical College of 
Philadelphia,” and being duly sworn, says that he was person- 
ally present at the execution of the above-written instrument, 
and saw the common seal of the said “ The Hahnemann Medical 
College of Philadelphia ” duly affixed thereto, and that the seal 
so affixed thereto is the common and corporate seal of the said 
corporation, and the above-written application for consolidation 
and merger of said corporation with “ The Homoeopathic Hos- 
pital of Philadelphia ” was duly signed and executed by, as and 
for the act and deed of the said “The Hahnemann Medical College 
of Philadelphia,” in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the 
Board of Trustees of said corporation on the fifth day of Jan- 
uary, 1885, and that the name of William McGeorge, Junior, 
President of said corporation, and of this deponent as Secretary 
thereof, subscribed to the same in attestation of the due execu- 
tion thereof, is ©f their own proper and respective handwriting. 
(Signed) Wm. C. Hannis. 
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid 
(Signed) Walter C. Rodman, 
[Notarial Seal.] Notary Public. 
City of Philadelphia, ss. : 
This sixth day of April, A.D. 1885, before me, the subscriber, 
a notary public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, residing 
in the City of Philadelphia, personally appeared William Mc- 
George, Junior, Secretary of “ The Homoeopathic Hospital of 
Philadelphia,” and being duly affirmed, says that he was per- 
sonally present at the execution of the above-written instrument, 
and saw the common seal of the said “ The Homoeopathic Hos- 
pital of Philadelphia ” duly affixed thereto, and that the seal so 
affixed thereto is the common and corporate seal of the said cor- 
poration, and the above-written application for consolidation and 
merger of said corporation with “ The Hahnemann Medical 
College of Philadelphia ” was duly signed and executed by, as 10 
and for the act and deed of the said “ The Homoeopathic Hos- 
pital of Philadelphia,” in pursuance of a resolution adopted by 
the Board of Trustees of said corporation on the sixth day of 
January, 1885, and that the name of William Hobart Browiq 
President of the said corporation, and of this affiant as Secretary 
thereof, subscribed to the same in attestation of the due execu- 
tion thereof, is of their proper and respective handwriting. 
(Signed) Wm. McGeorge, Jr., 
Secretary. 
Affirmed and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid. 
(Signed) Walter C. Rodman, 
[Notarial Seal.] Notary Public. 
In the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, for the County of 
Philadelphia. 
And 7ioiv, this seventh day of April, A.D. 1885, the within 
petition for the consolidation and merger of “ The Hahnemann 
Medical College of Philadelphia ” and “ The Homoeopathic 
Hospital of Philadelphia ” into one corporation under the name, 
style and title of “The Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital 
of Philadelphia,” upon the terms, limitations and with the powers 
therein set forth, having been presented to the Court, and it ap- 
pearing that such consolidation and merger as aforesaid is law- 
ful and beneficial, and that said terms, limitations and powers 
do not conflict with the requirements of the Act of the General 
Assembly of this Commonwealth, entitled “ An Act to provide 
for the Incorporation and Regulation of certain Corporations,” 
approved the twenty-ninth day of April, A.D. 1874, and its Sup- 
plements, nor with the Constitution of this State, it is hereby 
ordered and decreed that notice thereof shall be given by pub- 
lication, in accordance with the Statute in such case made and 
provided. 
(Signed) D. Newlin Fell. 
In the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, for the County 
of Philadelphia. 
And now, this sixteenth day of May, A.D. 1885, the within 
application for the consolidation and merger of “ The Hahne- 11 
mann Medical College of Philadelphia” and “ The Homoeopathic 
Hospital of Philadelphia ” into one corporation, having been 
presented to the Court, accompanied by due proof of publication 
of notice thereof, and no cause having been shown to the con- 
trary, it is, on motion of William C. Hannis, Esquire, ordered 
and decreed that, upon recording of the same, the said two cor- 
porations shall merge and be consolidated into one corporation, 
under the name, style and title of “ The Hahnemann Medical 
College and Hospital of Philadelphia,” on the terms, limitations 
and powers set forth in the within application. 
[Seal of Court.] (Signed) D. Newlin Fell. 
Recorded in the office for the Recording of Deeds in and for 
the City and County of Philadelphia, in Charter Book No. 10, 
page 306, etc., on the tenth day of June, A.D. 1885. 
Jos. K. Fletcher, 
Deputy Recorder of Deeds. 
Merger of “The Pennsylvania Homoeopathic Hospital for 
Children” with “The Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital 
of Philadelphia.” 
To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas 
No. 1, for the City and County of Philadelphia:— 
The Petition of “ The Hahnemann Medical College and 
Hospital of Philadelphia” and “The Pennsylvania 
Homoeopathic Hospital for Children,” 
Respectfully Represents:— 
That by an Act of Assembly of this State, approved the 
second day of May, A.D. 1853, a certain other Act approved the 
seventeenth day of February, A.D. 1865, a Decree of the Court 
of Quarter Sessions of this County, made the first day of June, 
A.D. 1867, a certain other Act of Assembly approved the second 
day of April, A.D. 1869, a certain other Act of Assembly ap- 
proved the eleventh day of March, A.D. 1870, and a Decree of 
the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, for the City and County of 
Philadelphia, made the sixteenth day of May, A.D. 1885, 
recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for this 12 
County in Charter Book No. 10, page 806, the said “The Hahne- 
mann Medical College and Hospital” was incorporated as a 
Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, and as such is now 
maintaining and supporting such College and Hospital in this city. 
That by a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, for the 
City and County aforesaid, made the nineteenth day of June, 
1880, and recorded in Charter Book No. 5, page 226, etc., the 
said “The Pennsylvania Homoeopathic Hospital for Children” 
was incorporated and opened and maintained a Hospital in 
West Philadelphia. 
That by an Act of Assembly approved the seventeenth day of 
April, A.D. 1876, entitled a Supplement to an Act approved 
April twenty-ninth, A.D. 1874, entitled an Act to provide for the 
Incorporation and Regulation of certain Corporations, it is pro- 
vided that corporations of the character of your petitioners, if they 
so desire, may “ consolidate and merge with each other, or one or 
more within the other, upon application to the Court of Common 
Pleas of the County in which the corporation is situated, into 
which the one or more desire to merge or become consolidated,” 
upon which application “ the same proceedings shall take place 
as are required on an application to amend; and upon Decree 
being made by said Court upon the terms specified in said appli- 
cation, the said corporations with all their rights, privileges, 
franchises, powers and liabilities shall merge and be consoli- 
dated into by the name, style and title given to the same in 
such Decree, and upon the terms, limitations and with the 
powers stated and conferred in said application and Decree.” 
That the corporators, contributors and supporters of the said 
“ The Pennsylvania Homoeopathic Hospital for Children,” to wit: 
Rev. William H. Furness, D.D., Horace Howard Furness, LL.D., 
Hon. John Welsh, Lemuel Coffin, Henry Winsor, Charles D. 
Reed, Lucius H. Warner, Esq., William C. Goodno, M.D., Wil- 
liam K. Ingersoll, M.D., Claude R. Norton, M.D., E. Everett 
Davis, M.D., John Maguire, John Hunter, William H. Bigler, 
M.D., Arabella Fernie, Junior, Mrs. O. H. Searle, Mrs. W. H. 
Harned, Mary Harned, Mrs. J. A. L. Wilson, Robert W. Jacob, 
W. H. Harned, S. H. Guilford, Mrs. Wm. C. Goodno, David 
P. Lear, F. H. Jackson, E. W. Clark and Enoch Lewis, pre- 
sented their memorial in writing to the Board of Managers of 13 
said “ The Pennsylvania Homoeopathic Hospital for Children,” 
setting forth as follows: “Finding ourselves unable to further 
support and maintain the institution, we desire to merge and 
consolidate it with ‘ The Hahnemann Medical College of Phila- 
delphia,’ and to transfer to the last-named Hospital all the prop- 
erty, real and personal, which the said ‘The Pennsylvania Homoeo- 
pathic Hospital for Children ’ is at present the owner of, for the use 
and benefit of the merged and consolidated institutions, upon the 
condition that a Ward in the Hospital of the said’merged and con- 
solidated corporations shall be designated as the ‘ Mrs. Furness 
Ward’ in memory of the late Mrs. Horace Howard Furness, to 
whose liberality the said Hospital owes its existence, and of the 
late Mrs. William H. Furness who was devoted to its support.” 
That at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the said “ The 
Pennsylvania Homoeopathic Hospital for Children,” held the 
second day of April, 1886, the following resolution was adopted : 
“Whereas, The corporators, contributors and supporters of 
‘ The Pennsylvania Homoeopathic Hospital for Children ’ have 
presented to this Board an instrument of writing, stating that 
they are unable further to support and maintain the said Hos- 
pital, and expressing their desire to merge and consolidate' it 
with ‘ The Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Phila- 
delphia,’ on condition that in the merged and consolidated Hos- 
pital there shall be a Ward designated as the ‘Mrs. Furness 
Ward,’ in memory of Mrs. Horace Howard Furness, to whose 
liberality the said ‘The Pennsylvania Hospital for Children’ owes 
its existence, and of Mrs. William H. Furness who was devoted 
to its support. 
“ Now it is therefore Resolved, That the proper officers of the 
Board of Directors are hereby authorized and empowered to 
place the Seal of the Corporation, attested by their signatures, to 
a petition in the Court of Common Pleas of this County, praying 
for a Decree authorizing the merger and consolidation of this 
corporation with ‘ The Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital 
of Philadelphia,’ on condition that a Ward in the Hospital of the 
said merged and consolidated corporations shall be designated 
as the ‘Mrs. Furness Ward’ in memory of the late Mrs. 
Horace Howard Furness, to whose liberality the said ‘ The 
Pennsylvania Homoeopathic Hospital for Children’ owes its 
existence, and of Mrs. William IT. Furness who was devoted to 
its support.” 14 
That in anticipation of the above action, in the month of 
January, 1886, the children undergoing treatment in said Hos- 
pital were transferred to the Hospital of “ The Hahnemann 
Medical College and Hospital,” and were received and given the 
benefit of medical treatment and nursing by the latter until they 
respectively recovered and were discharged. 
That at a meeting of the Contributors of “ The Hahnemann 
Medical College and Hospital,” held the thirteenth day of April, 
1886, it was “ Resolved, That the proposition of ‘ The Pennsylva- 
nia Homoeopathic Hospital for Children,’ to be merged into and 
consolidated with ‘ The Hahnemann Medical College and Hos- 
pital of Philadelphia,’ under the name of the latter corporation, 
on the condition that a Ward in the Hospital of the said merged 
and consolidated corporations should be designated the ‘ Mrs. 
Furness Ward’ in memory of the late Mrs. Horace Howard 
Furness, to whose liberality the said ‘ Pennsylvania Homoeopathic 
Hospital for Children’ owed its existence, and of Mrs. William 
H. Furness who was devoted to its support, be accepted, and the 
Board of Trustees of ‘ The Hahnemann Medical College and 
Hospital’ are hereby authorized and requested to take such steps 
as may be necessary to make such merger and consolidation 
effectual.” 
That at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of “ The Hahnemann 
Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia,” held the thir- 
teenth of April, 1886, it was “ Resolved, That the proper officers 
of the Board are hereby authorized and empowered to place the 
seal of the Corporation, attested by their signatures, to a petition 
to the Court of Common Pleas of this County, praying for a 
Decree authorizing the merger and consolidation of ‘The Penn- 
sylvania Homoeopathic Hospital for Children’ into and with ‘The 
Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia’ 
under the name of the latter corporation, on condition that a 
Ward in the Hospital of the said merged and consolidated cor- 
porations shall be designated as the ‘Mrs. Furness Ward,’ in 
memory of the late Mrs. Horace Howard Furness, to whose 
liberality the said ‘The Pennsylvania Homoeopathic Hospital for 
Children’ owed its existence, and of Mrs. William H. Furness 
who was devoted to its support.” 15 
The petitioners therefore pray this Honorable Court to make 
a Decree that the said “ The Pennsylvania Homoeopathic Hospital 
for Children” be merged into and consolidated with “ The Hahne- 
mann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia,” upon the 
terms that the name, style and title of the merged and consoli- 
dated Corporations shall be “ The Hahnemann Medical College 
and Hospital of Philadelphia,” and that in its said Hospital it 
shall maintain a Ward to be designated as the ‘Mrs. Furness 
Ward,’ in memory of the late Mrs. Horace Howard Furness, to 
whose liberality the said “ The Pennsylvania Homoeopathic 
Hospital for Children ” owed its existence, and of Mrs. William 
H. Furness who was devoted to its support, and that subject to 
these terms, the said merged and consolidated corporations may 
have, enjoy and be subject to all the rights, privileges, franchises, 
powers and liabilities possessed by the said two corporations 
under their respective charters at this present time. 
And your petitioners will ever pray, etc. 
(Signed) William B. Hanna, President. 
[seal] 
Attest, (Signed) Wm. C. Hannis, Secretary. 
(Signed) W. II. Furness, President. 
[seal] 
Attest, (Signed) Arabella Fernie, Jun., Secretary. 
City of Philadelphia, ss. : 
This sixteenth day 6f April, A.D. 1886, before me the sub- 
scriber, a notary public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 
residing in the City of Philadelphia, personallyappeared William 
C. Hannis, Secretary of “ The Hahnemann Medical College and 
Hospital of Philadelphia,” and being duly sworn, says that he 
was present at the execution of the above petition, and saw the 
seal of the said corporation affixed thereto, and that the said 
seal so affixed thereto is the seal of the said corporation, and the 
above written petition was duly signed and sealed in pursuance 
of a resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees of said corpora- 
tion on the thirteenth day of April, 1886, and that the name of 
the Honorable William B. Hanna, President of said corporation 
and of this deponent as Secretary thereof subscribed to the same 16 
in attestation of the due execution thereof is of their own proper 
and respective handwriting. 
(Signed) Wm. C. Hannis. 
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid. 
(Signed) John Rodgers, 
Notary Public. 
[Notarial Seal.] 
City of Philadelphia, ss. : 
This sixteenth day of April, A.D. 1886, before me the sub- 
scriber, a notary public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 
residing in the City of Philadelphia, personally appeared Ara- 
bella Fernie, Junior, Secretary of “The Pennsylvania Homoeo- 
pathic Hospital for Children,” and being duly sworn says that she 
was present at the execution of the above petition and saw the 
seal of the said “ The Pennsylvania Homoeopathic Hospital for 
Children ” affixed thereto, that the said corporation has never 
adopted any special form of seal, and that the seal so affixed is 
the seal of the said corporation, and that the above petition was 
duly signed and sealed as and for the act and deed of the said, 
“ The Pennsylvania Homoeopathic Hospital for Children ” in pur- 
suance of a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of said 
corporation the second day of April, 1886, and that the name of 
the Rev. William H. Furness, D.D., President of the said cor- 
poration, and of this deponent as Secretary thereof subscribed to 
the same in attestation thereof is of their proper and respective 
handwriting. 
(Signed) Arabella Fernie, Jun. 
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid. 
(Signed) John Rodgers, 
Notary Public. 
[Notarial Seal.] 
In the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, for the City and 
County of Philadelphia. 
And noiv, this sixteenth day of April, 1886, the above petition 
for the merger and consolidation of “ The Pennsylvania Homoeo- 
pathic Hospital for Children ” into and with “ The Hahnemann 
Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia,” as one corpora- 17 
tion under the name, style and title of “ The Hahnemann Medical 
College and Hospital of Philadelphia ” upon the terms therein set 
forth, having been presented to the Court, and it appearing that 
such merger and consolidation as aforesaid is lawful and bene- 
ficial, and that said terms do not conflict with the requirements 
of the act of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, 
entitled “An Act to provide for the Incorporation of certain 
Corporations,” approved the twenty-ninth day of April, 1874, 
and the Supplements thereto, nor with the Constitution of this 
State, it is hereby ordered and decreed that the said petition be 
filed and that notice thereof shall be given by publication in ac- 
cordance with the statute in such cases made and provided. 
(Signed) Joseph Allison, 
President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of the 
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania. 
In the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, for the City and 
County of Philadelphia. 
And now, this tenth day of May, 1886, the foregoing applica- 
tion for the merger and consolidation of “ The Pennsylvania 
Homoeopathic Hospital for Children” into and with “The Hahne- 
mann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia,” as one 
corporation, having been presented to the Court, accompanied 
by due proof of publication of notice thereof, and no cause 
having been shown to the contrary, it is on motion of William 
C. Hannis, Esquire, ordered and decreed that upon recording of 
the same the said two corporations shall merge and be consoli- 
dated into one Corporation under the name, style and title of 
“ The Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadel' 
phia,” on the terms and with the powers, privileges and liabilities 
set forth in the foregoing petition. 
(Signed) Joseph Allison [seal]. 
Recorded in the office for Recording of Deeds in and for the 
City and County of Philadelphia, in Charter Book No. 11, page 
297, etc. 
Witness my hand and seal of office this fourth day of May, 
A.D., 1886. 
(Signed) Geo. G. Pierie [seal], 
Recorder of Deeds. STATUTES AND BY-LAWS 
OF THE 
HAHNEMANN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL 
OF PHILADELPHIA. 
ARTICLE I. 
Contributing Members. 
All persons who may at any time have contributed the sum of 
at least $250 to the funds of the Hospital, either for its erection 
or for its support, shall have the right to vote at all annual 
elections. All other persons who shall in any one year con- 
tribute the sum of $10 shall have the right to participate in the 
election of that year; Provided, however, that no person shall so 
participate who shall not have paid his contribution at least 
three months prior to the time of holding such election. 
ARTICLE II. 
Annual Meetings. 
The contributors shall hold an annual meeting on the first 
Monday of May in each year. At each annual meeting they 
shall elect by ballot five trustees, to serve for the term of five 
years, and until the election of their successors—three of whom 
shall be laymen—one shall be chosen from the Faculty, and one 
from the medical profession at large. Vacancies occurring more 
than six months before the annual meeting of contributors may 
be filled by the Board of Trustees at any stated or special meet- 
ing after one week’s notice of such intended election. 
ARTICLE III. 
Board of Trustees. 
Section 1. The Board of Trustees shall consist of twenty- 
five members; five thereof shall be chosen from the Faculty, 19 
five from the medical profession at large, and fifteen thereof 
shall be laymen. 
Section 2. There shall be held an annual meeting of the 
Board of Trustees on the first Monday in May of each year. 
Stated meetings of the Board shall be held on the second Mon- 
day of October, and the second Monday of January of each 
year. Special meetings may be called by the President of the 
Board, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary to call special 
meetings upon the written request of three trustees, said request 
and call specifying the object of said meeting. Seven members 
of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business. A number less than a quorum may adjourn from time 
to time. No motion shall be declared adopted unless it receives 
the vote of a majority of the physicians and a majority of the 
laymen present at the meeting. 
Section 3. The Board of Trustees shall have the care and 
supervision of all real estate, endowment funds and other per- 
manent property of the Corporation, together with all real and 
personal property held by the Corporation for the use of the 
Hospital. 
President. 
Section 4. There shall be elected by the Board of Trustees a 
President, who shall hold his office for the term of one year, 
or until his successor shall have been elected. He shall pre- 
side at its meetings and at the public commencements, and con- 
fer the degrees of the College, and shall affix his signature to 
all diplomas issued by its authority. He shall sign all con- 
tracts, and perform sucb other duties as the Board may assign 
to him. 
Vice-President. 
Section 5. There shall be elected by the Board of Trustees a 
Vice-President, who shall hold his office for the term of one 
year, or until his successor be elected. He shall perform all the 
duties of the President in the absence of the latter. 
Section 6. The Secretary of the Board of Trustees shall keep 
careful and accurate records of the business of its meetings, 
attest all orders drawn upon the Treasurer, and perform such 
Secretary. 20 
other duties as the Board may assign to him. He shall also 
affix his signature and the seal of the Corporation to all diplomas 
issued by its authority. 
Treasurer. 
Section 7. The Treasurer of the Board of Trustees shall 
have the custody of all the funds received from any source 
whatever, and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, etc., belonging to the 
Corporation, and shall properly care for the same. He shall keep 
an account in such bank, banking house or trust company as 
the Board of Trustees may direct, by the style and title of “Treas- 
urer of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Phila- 
delphia.” He shall, out of the revenues received, pay all rents, 
interest, taxes and insurance due upon the corporate property, 
and afterward shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as the 
Board of Trustees may direct and upon orders duly attested. 
He shall keep a separate account of all moneys received and dis- 
bursed for the Hospital, shall make a report and exhibit his 
accounts and vouchers at each annual meeting of the Board of 
Trustees and of the contributors. All investments or changes of 
investments shall be made by the Treasurer only by authority of 
the Board of Trustees. 
ARTICLE IV. 
The Advisory Board. 
The members of the Advisory Board shall be appointed by the 
Board of Trustees from time to time, and shall continue in office 
for the term of five years. They shall, upon the request of the 
Board *of Trustees or Faculty, confer with and advise them 
respecting the educational work and general management of the 
College and Hospital. They shall have free access to the insti- 
tution in all its departments, for the purpose of acquainting them- 
selves with its facilities and resources, the extent and thorough- 
ness of its educational requirements, its modes of instruction, and 
with any and all other matters pertaining to its conduct and 
management. 
ARTICLE Y. 
Records. 
All matters of record in relation to the business of the Cor- 
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poration shall at all times be open to the inspection of any com- 
mittee of the members of the official boards. 21 
ARTICLE VI. 
The Faculty. 
Section 1. The Faculty shall consist of not less than seven 
Professors, to wit: A. R. Thomas, M.D., Lemuel Stephens, M.D., 
O. B. Gause, M.D., E. A. Farrington, M.D., B. F. Betts, M.D., 
Pemberton Dudley, M.D., Charles M. Thomas, M.D., John E. 
James, M.D., Charles Mohr, M.D., and William C. Goodno, M.D., 
and their associates and successors. They shall hold office at 
their option during life, unless removed in the manner herein- 
after provided. Vacancies in the Faculty shall be filled by the 
Board of Trustees, candidates being nominated by the Faculty. 
The Faculty shall have full power to appoint such Lecturers, 
Demonstrators and other assistant instructors and subordinate 
officers of the College as they may deem necessary. 
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Faculty to give at 
least one course of instruction annually upon the following sub- 
jects, viz.: Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Toxicology, Anatomy, 
Physiology, Pathology, Diagnostics, Materia Medica, Institutes, 
Practice, Surgery, Midwifery, Diseases of Women, Diseases of 
Children, Clinical Medicine, Clinical Surgery and Medical Juris- 
prudence. 
Section 3. A majority of the Faculty shall constitute a 
quorum for the tranaction of business, but a smaller number 
may adjourn from time to time. 
Section 4. The Faculty shall elect from among their own 
number a Dean, who shall hold his office for the term of five 
years, or until his successor shall have been elected. He shall 
act as the Chairman of the Faculty, preside at its meetings, sign 
all contracts on its behalf, and perform such other duties as may 
be assigned him by the Faculty. 
Section 5. The Faculty shall elect from among their own 
number a Registrar, who shall hold his office for the term of 
five years, or until his successor shall have been elected. He 
shall act as the Secretary of the Faculty, keep accurate records 
of its proceedings, attest all orders drawn concerning current ex- 
penditures, and perform such other duties as the Faculty may 
assign him. 
Section 6. The Faculty shall have the care and supervision 
of the Museum, Library, Casing, Furniture, Apparatus and 
other movable property of the College. They shall have power 
to enact By-Laws for their own government, Provided, the 22 
same be not in conflict with the Charter or with these Statutes or 
By-Laws. They shall also adopt Rules and Regulations concern- 
ing the admission of students, terms and times of attendance upon 
lectures, conduct and examination, and upon all other matters 
connected with the educational interest of the College. 
Section 7. The Professors shall divide among themselves the 
several branches of medicine and the collateral sciences named 
in these Statutes to be taught in the College, according to their 
own judgment. But no Professor once assigned to a particular 
chair shall be transferred to any other, nor the duties of the 
same as usually performed by him be divided or assigned to any 
other person, or in any way modified, without his consent. No 
Professor shall be removed from office except by a vote of two- 
thirds of the members of the Faculty, concurred in, after a hear- 
ing of both parties, by a vote of two-thirds of the Board of 
Trustees. 
Section 8. The Faculty shall receive the tuition fees from the 
students of the College, and shall pay therefrom the current ex- 
penses, water-rent and ordinary repairs of the College building, 
and the sum of six thousand dollars annually to the Treasurer 
for the support of the Hospital. 
Section 9. The commencement shall be held at the close of 
the regular winter session of the College, at which time the 
Degrees of “ Doctor of Medicine ” and “ Doctor of Homoeo- 
pathic Medicine” shall be conferred upon such candidates as 
shall have complied with the regulations of the College, passed 
successfully the final examination by the Faculty, and received 
the vote of a majority of the Trustees present at the meeting. 
Section 10. Each candidate upon whom the Degrees of the 
College are conferred shall be furnished with a proper diploma, 
signed by the President and Secretary and by all the Professors, 
and certified by the seal of the Corporation. 
Section 11. Honorary Degrees may be conferred upon dis- 
tinguished medical graduates, upon the recommendation of the 
Faculty and the concurrence of the Board of Trustees. 
ARTICLE VII. 
Hospital and Dispensary. 
Section 1. The Board of Trustees shall have supervision of 
all the financial concerns of the Hospital, shall elect annually 
all required physicians, surgeons and other medical officers, and 
shall appoint its steward and matron, and appropriate from time 23 
to time for the use and care of the Hospital and Dispensary 
such sums as in their judgment may be required and the condi- 
tion of the Treasury may warrant. 
Section 2. The Board of Trustees shall from time to time 
appoint five of its members to serve for the term of two months, 
to be styled Visiting Managers, one only of whom shall be of the 
Faculty, and one only from the Physicians on the Board, who 
are required to meet at the Hospital on Wednesday afternoon of 
each week, for the purpose of transacting the current business of 
the Hospital, deciding upon admissions and dismissals there- 
from, auditing the accounts and bills, and providing for weekly 
current expenses. The Visiting Managers shall appoint the 
nurses and make report of their actions to the stated meetings of 
the Board. 
Section 3. The Trustees may appoint an Auxiliary Board of 
Women, who shall aid and advise with the Board in all matters 
pertaining to the domestic affairs of the Hospital and the com- 
fort of the inmates. 
Section 4. Women Physicians may be eligible as Resident or 
Visiting Physicians or Surgeons. 
Section 5. The Medical and Surgical Staff of the Hospital, to- 
gether with the Visiting Managers for the time being, shall have 
the supervision of the medical, surgical and sanitary concerns of 
the Hospital and Dispensary, establish regulations, direct the 
educational uses of these departments, and make such sanitary, 
dietetic and medical, rules as in their judgment the interests of 
the patients may require. They shall present to the Board of 
Trustees at each annual meeting a detailed report of the work 
of the Hospital and Dispensary during the year. 
Section 6. No patient of the Hospital, whether charity or pay, 
shall be brought before the College class for treatment or exam- 
ination without his or her consent. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
Amendments. 
These Statutes or By-Laws may be altered or amended by a 
two-thirds vote at any Annual or Stated Meeting of the Board of 
Trustees, notice having been given to all the members at least 
one month previous, either at a meeting of the Board or by a 
written notice mailed, Provided, that the clauses hereinbefore 
contained required to be inserted by the terms of merger and 
consolidation shall not be subject to this Article.