Report of the committee on plans of organization for state and county medical societies of the American Medical Association : read at the meeting in Detroit, May, 1856 / by A.B. Palmer.

  • Palmer, Alonzo Benjamin, 1815-1887.
Date:
1856
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Credit: Report of the committee on plans of organization for state and county medical societies of the American Medical Association : read at the meeting in Detroit, May, 1856 / by A.B. Palmer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANS OF ORGANIZATION FOR STATE AND COUNTY SOCIETIES. The Committee on Plans of Organization of State and County Societies, respectfully report: That they have had the subject assigned them under consideration, and are deeply impressed with its importance to the cause of medical improvement. Indeed, of the great desirableness of a thorough or- ganization of our profession into State and County Societies there can he no doubt among those who have given the subject attention. That the American Medical Association has ever appreciated this fact, and the objects to be attained by organization, is evinced by its repeated expressions and acts. In the preamble attached to the con- stitution of this body, the objects of its organization are declared to be: “ For cultivating and advancing medical knowledge; for elevating and advancing the cause of medical education; for promoting the usefulness, honor, and interests of the medical profession; for en- lightening and directing public opinion in regard to the duties, re- sponsibilities, and requirements of medical men; for exciting and encouraging emulation and concert of action in the profession ; and for fostering and facilitating friendly intercourse between those en- gaged in it.” And, in order that these great objects might be effect- ed throughout the masses of the profession and the community—that all might participate in their advantages, the Association has held out, and in the appointment of your Committee, and through its efforts, strives still to iiold out all possible inducements for the universal for- mation of State and County Societies, preferring that they should be auxiliary to this body, and direotly co-operate with it, in its efforts at improvements. Your Committee are of the opinion that in no profession is there sp great a necessity for a thorough education and discipline of those entering it, and for all the aids which association may afford to improvement afterwards, as in that of medicine In this, there are