MEDICAL REGISTER. ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES. American Medical Association. IN May, 1846, a convention of medical men was held in the city of New York, which declared it expedient for the medical profession of the United States to institute a National Medical Association. In May, 1847, the convention assembled at Philadelphia, reorganized, and, having adopted a series of regulations, became known as "The American Medical Association." Its first annual meeting was convened in Baltimore, May 2, 1848; and, since that time, with the exception of the years 1861 and 1862, annual sessions have been held in large cities in different parts of the country. Delegates may be appointed to the association from permanently organized state medical societies, and such county and district medical societies as are recognized by representation in their respective state societies, and from the Medical Department of the Army and Navy of the United States. Persons who have served in the capacity of delegates become permanent members, and are privileged to attend the meetings and participate in the affairs of the association, but without the right of voting. Any reputable physician, who is vouched for as such by three of the active or permanent members, can attend the meetings of the association, and is "entitled to participate in all its affairs, as in the case of delegates, except the right to vote." "Each state, county, and district medical society, entitled to representation, shall have the privilege of sending to the association one delegate for every ten of its regular resident members, and one for every additional fraction of more than half that number. "The medical staffs of the army and navy shall be entitled to four delegates each." The meetings of the association are held annually, and commence on the first Tuesday in May, or first Tuesday in June. The next annual meeting will be held at Chicago, on the first Tuesday in June, 1877. The sum of five dollars is assessed annually upon each delegate to the sessions of the association, as well as upon each of the permanent members, whether present or not. Permanent members who, for three years, fail to pay this assessment, are stricken from the roll of membership. A Judicial Council, consisting of twenty-one members, is intrusted with the decision of all questions of an ethical or judicial character. The decisions of this Council are final. A prize is offered annually by a committee of the association for essays on medical subjects. (See article on Prizes.) The twenty-seventh volume of the Transactions will be published in November, 1876. The officers for the year 1876-77 are: President - H. I. Bowditch, M. D., Massachusetts. Vice-Presidents - Drs. N. J. Pittman, North Carolina; Franklin Staples, Minnesota; J. R. Smith, U. S. A.; S. C. Busey, D. C. Treasurer - Caspar Wistar, M. D., Pennsylvania. Permanent Secretary - W. B. Atkinson, M. D., 1400 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Assistant Secretary J. H. Hollister, M. D., Illinois. Librarian - William Lee, M. D., Washington, D. C. Committee on Library - Johnson Eliot, M. D., Washington, D. C. Committee of Arrangements — N. S. Davis, M. D., Chicago, Ill., Chairman. Committee of Publication - W. B. Atkinson, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa., Chairman. |