Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-07-15
Tiskc Medical Prize Questions.

1--WE Trustees of the Fiske Fund annouo
ccd at the annual meeting Of the Rhode
leland Medical Society. holden IN Newport
on the 3Cth ult. that having been no compc
iili0n on either Of the questions proposed
last year, no premium was awarded.
In selecting the question which they have
for the year lSil-42, they have been nnuon
ccd by the conviction that no one Ii a, the
present time invested with higher interest.
aud that there j. no one which requires aud
deserves more careful and thorough lnves
ilyatiolL This Question, which they now
propose To the members Of the TX. ]. Medical
Society, and of the medical profession al
large. IL,
Jphai are Me causes. character and nature
Of he Diseases OF The Spine, boih structural
and functional, md ichai is the best mode ef
Treatment 10 be employed IN each?
! II is the wish Of the Trustees That the Dis
sertatons should possess as little oi thco
letic.l, and MS much Of a practical, character
as possible; It is therefore recommended tina,
/ the writer's dwell no more upon the theory oi
the causes and nature than they may deem
necessary for q clear understanding of the
principles by which they were guided IN the
selection of the treatment by them adopted
| it ID also recommended, that they avoid
crowding their paper with details Of printed
and accessible cases.
The more surely to enlist somc Of the Il
ncs, ,alcn, Of the profession in the co'npeti
ton, they have resolved 10 offer, and hereby
agree 10 award and pay, for the best Disser
laiion on The above Question, the sum Of snt
hundred GUITARS, or TO present gold medal o'
equal val.c at the option Of the successful
Icon,pciitor. The award TO be made know
at The annual meeting of the X. ]. Medical
Society, to be held ut Providence, Oh The lac,
| Wednesday in June, 1912.
l Every competitor for the premium is ex
pectcd To conform to the following regula
tlons, viz:
1 lsl. To forward to one OF the Trustees oi
or before the tenth day Of April A. ID. 1912
free of all expenses, a copy OF his Disserta.
| tion, with motto written thereupon, nnt
also accompanying it a sealed letter, havi.
T, the same motto Inscribed upon the outside
md his name md place Of residence within
I Both Dissertation and letter must be writer
in clear aud legible manner.
4 ID. Neither name nor any other mari
shall be put upon the Dissertation, or any
accompanying paper, (ssvc III the manne
above dcsicna;ed) whereby the author vii
be known to the Trustee.
Il 3D.. Previously to receiving the premium
awarded, the author OF the successful Disser
taton must transfer 10 the Trustees all hi,
right, title and interest in aud 10 the same
ioI the use, benefit and behUof of the Fisk,
4 Fund.
Il Tie letters accompanying the unsuccessful
Dissertations will be destroyed by the Trns
tees, unopened. and the Dissertations may b,
procured 10y their respective authors, from
the Trustee To whom they were directed, /
application DO made therefor within lhre,
months from the Socicty's annual meeting
but all such ns remain unculled tor, after th'
I expiration Of the time here specified, will b,
considered rs property OF the society to b.
disposed of in sdch manner as the Trustee
may deem most advisable.
RlCKMoND BEowNELL, Providence
n THEopmiLUs E.. DUSS, Newport,
Il JEREMIAH WILLIAMS. Warren,
Trustees OF the Fiskc Fund.
Il Thomas II. WrpB, Scc'ry.
III If more convenient, Dissertations may b
sent To the care of tho Secretary, No. 10
Washington street, Boston, or Messrs. Bar
, lett 81 Wexford, No. Broadway, Ne
;, York. July l5.