Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-08-21
Tiske Medical Prize Questions.

.IYENllE Trustees Of the Fiskc Fund, at IN,
n annual meeting Of tho RHODE sanC
Medical Society, holden at Newport, or
"Wednesday, linc 2Jlh, 1915, announced
that tho premium Of Fifty Dollars by then
offered Tor he best DlssCItl lton on the follow
Il ing subject:
\ The best mote Of troiing, and he best an
PmotuS for NE management d, fractures Of liz
lMiGh,
had hccn awarded TO the author Gf the Dis
srrlalion bearing the motto,
PRO Deo, pro E+''"'" pro hominum salute
4 From The accompanying packc, they as
ccrialncd that the successful competitor ia
WM. EDw'D CoALE M. d.. Of Boston, men,
her Of the Boston tSGciety .)or .'iedicat I'm.
| prorement.
4 This Dissertation will shortly be publish
cd IN tnc Now England MEDICAL and Surgi
cal journal, aud subsequently be put IN pam
pllet form for distribution among the mem.
bcrs Of the society.
Il On the other Question no award was made
Il The Trustees now propose the following
i Qucs,inns for 1915 40, viz:
QncSlion LIST. The Therapeutic properties
Iof Electricity AMI Nagnrtism, and lie hSt
mode oj jcmptoy'"g these agents far medicinal
purposes.
Question Cd. Iodine, Nio,ine, and Bro
mine Mew medicol preparations and rmedi
ii applications.
For the best Dissertation on each of the
preceding Questions. should an award hc
made, the Trustees will pay the sum Of ETny
DoilWs the award TO be announced at the
annual meeting oi the Rhode Island Medical
Society, TO be hold at Providence on the la>t
Wednesday in June, A. ID. 1916. or through
The columns OF the Providence Journal und
Newport Herald of The Tunes, as soon there
after as practicable.
| II is the wish of the Trustees ,la, the DIS.
sor,alions should possess as little of ,hco-
retIcal mud as much u! a practical CHARACTER
as possible II is therefore recommended
that the writer's dwell no more upon the
theory Of the causes mud uniurc than they
may deem necessary for clear understand
ing OF he principles by which they were
guided III the selection Of the treatment by
| them adopted 1t Is also recommended that
they hvoid crowdlng their paper with the dc
lalls Of printed aud easily accessible cases.
Every competitor Tor n premium is ca.
pccted to conform 10 the following rcgulu-
tlons, VIZ
lst. TO forward 10 ono of tho Trustees
on or before The tenth day OF Maya ID. 1876
free OF al! expenses, copy of his DItscTia.
lion, with motto written thercupon, aud al.
So accompanying 1t sealed letter, having
the same motto inscribed upon the outside,
aud hI, name aud place of residence within.
Both Dissertation aud letter must be written
IN clear and lcglble manner.
I'd. Ec'thcr name nor any other mnrk
shall be put upon the Dissertation, or any nc
compahyng pap r. (savc IN The manner above
ocslgnaled.) whereby the author will be-
known 10 The Trustees.
81. Previously To receiving the premium
awarded, the author Of The sncccssul DIsscr-
taton muSi transfer So the Trustees all his
right, title and interest IN aud 10 the same,
for the use, benefit and bchuui Of the FIskc
rpnd.
The letters accompanying The nasucccss
'nl Disscrlailons will be DESTROYED by The
Trustees, unopened, aud the Dissertations
may be procurcl by their respective authors
from lhc Trustee 10 whom they were direct
ed, II application be made therefor within
three months from the Sncmty's annual meet
ug but all such as remain uncalird Tor, aE
Ter The expiration Of The time here specified,
will DC considered MS property OF The Society,
Ia be- disposed of ~ such manner Ms the
Trustees mav deem mos, advisable.
TlIEDPllllUS G. DUNN, Newport,
LEWIS l." MILLER, Providence,
JABEX HOLMES, Bristol,
Trustees OF the fisko Fund.
TnoMAs II. WIHR. Secretary
" more rnnvcnicui, plsscrla'luns may he
sent To- The care of The secretary, No. -,
Washington street. Boston ~ Mcssrs. Bart
lru 4 Wclliord, No. %s', BrUadwoy New
Imk.
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