Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-02-05
"uEpIcAL SOCIETY of vIRGINIA.'

Mes.rs Editors Knowing you TO he WARM advocate "i
Education would like 10 have your cooperation md ~
lencc in favor Of institution which We believe 10 he
fully deserving Of legislative patronage which has
been presented 10 tha, BODY this Wntcrwo nludc 10 The
Medical Society of Virginia.. This institution was incor
poated since. The objects contemplated
by lis charter 'he diffusion. INTERCHANGE preservation
and general advancement OF Medical knowledge throughout
the State" We approach the Legislature wi confidence
behalf Of institution whose aims nro 50 desirable and
whose sphere Of usefulness 50 expansive Il Is not loca
Ats character, and its advantages are no. limited 10 !c"
bur extended 10 GH-cmhacing within liz ample Dids ht
rtole Medical Faculty of the State IL has not been n Ge
neral in its benefits as desired have been OWING I"
the want Of means The members OF the Society ere al
nnay taxed derav the expenses o the rent i room III
which hold their meetings for their Periodicals. or ne
publication of their transactions &C. &c he usefulness OF
tho Society would be greatly promoted ~ ah aFpfoa"h
from the Legislature purchase choice library Chein
cal and Philosophical apparatus, Ia aid ihc members IN me
prosecution their Investigations and 10 demonstrate then
lectures and odicc which hay be The pflde o
the State and an ornament 10 Tie cyi III which 'he SoccD
may hold its regular meetings. preserve lis specimens {" me
dicira anatomical and natural science anu c s ahhuu
meetings. and in which the assembled Medical WISDOM OF
ia, may consu, and determine upon the means best
cuated advance tho interests Of the profession 10 pre-
its dignity and Ia part niutua! ni"Eiation an"
thereby insure the safety Of the community b! making
medical competent and skliu in the management
Of extreme and critical cases OF disease me VIC
medical profession aud al the community more nearly
allied to each other than the publr seem TO 1e a~@ S.
endangered. The cannot be improved without III
creasing the safety OF the other. II this be true, II Is
highly important that proper direction should be gwen
Ia medical education How this be done viii il
be done BY adding the number OF the medical faculty
viii this increase the knowledge o. ihc faculty generally,
or afford them greater facilities for obtaining Information =
Every intelligent mind will readily answer no Do the wants
Ct community require more Doctors! IS there nei@l-
borhood in the State where the sick suffer for Of mcdi
cal atlention Ii there be not would it not be proper and
wise policy State Legislature give aid 10 that ns'i
tuition which may be best calculated TO improve and foster
the medical talent existing in the State The Medical
Society OF Virginia the only institution OF which we
know that istiy claim 10 be State Medical school
1t has individual and pccuniary interest TO suser'eo
personal ambition raliiyt is equally the property OF
every respectable Physician in the SatcGH NAV ENJOY It's
bt ncts by becoming members. cmphnt'cay Satf
Institution and the State should feea noble pride in uphold
ng III and respectfully submit its claims 10 the con
-carion of ;hat enlightened and patriotic body the Gene
raj Assembly of Virginia For years annual tax has been
laid upon the profession the Doctors tax, which we have
eyer regarded be and unsas obstacle 10 The
march Of scienceand the profession generally has had no
return in form OF protection oan donation This ls the
first appeal that has been made in its behalf. II Will
not therefore be esteemed unreasonable 10 ask the eT-a
tue 10 give the amount Of the Doctors 10 tho Medical
Society Virginia. in order enable the Society 10 advance
the great cause OF medical science throughout the State
and 10 foster its native talent. =.
Richmond January a. 1850.