, 1864-11-19
MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Provision for tllc Sick Poor of tho City
Report, Discussion and Iccom-
uleudMtfopH,


The regular weekly meeting Of the Chica,
Medical Society YVES held Inst eyenlnr, mr. n :
Hcydok In he chair. ' --''@' '>'' " !
The minutes Of The preceding meeting We,
read and approved.
DR.. Hamil from the committee appointed to =;
for the poor Of the city, exhibited report (
~h1ih ths are The pE1%nept
provision for the sick poor. nor Is assocfstIyc a.
ion sufficient without municipal aid ~
Une city physician could not be able to attend o
AZ the cases Of sickness among The poor, nor wa
eco proper salary to secure a we'll qualtae
man.
r. a dltpcnsaty should be established in each di
y,sion Of the city, with medicine and dispcnsin
PHYSICIAN, who should attend Mt least Que hon
each day, and visiting physician for each divis
1on;
The rent Of rooms and the cost OF medicine
would be all the needed expense at the dlspensary
as medical gentlemen. could always be found (
prescribe gratis, and in the south and North hi
in the Rush and find COLLEGES. EisitiHr nhrsi
Clans should have at least $500 per amin
he Of ho5se sn
mum, md tbc adyauta@es would mncI MR. r. 4h.r ~
pay ihe outlay. ''1 '''''''' '''''~ ~1''&A
of dealing Win he eici pooT b. srndin thsm "
very incomplete m arrangement. ] reneral bos. Ma.
iitsl On Ezabet street baIlt in is conla t6ey aes
had no doubt, be diverted to civ use The renoIt
.dwe.t in seathng language on tic present reuaIra
nsn lsoad Gf % as s1 Elm 1t e. saeD; The so9 y
On Ais account patients oflcn Wsnt neoiertad ~
the phyeicfan could not tell What was ncede1 ri
he Ind examincd The naticnt II ySns s1xo ;nd3c..
ted that nosfMoTf<,n efs31af,ons sSonid -
by thofouchjy onaiacd nrastit;onet pe ecai1 manc
s9F ss sesR Sos a1eyfs a provided hst
was proposed to submit to he Cook connty Ro., :.
Of Supervisors. se'~ ~O'N ~''t' Dun I
-, The 5spo5t vas discussed At length by of
Dr. Blake 10 The proposed nnmher If y
Se as M Of WoDd e aaVsa 9el tongh
3ectcd that one Genital disnensarv n ~. VII
city, with TWO visitors in each division wou1d be
twelve dispeusaries scattered over he city. nus
mort thev should nnt ast far 1ao mnc Q. soe fe
we're hiCh, and the Superyfsors nrahaliT wonid " he
willing to but little, II anythfnc. ia toushf that
office Of city or county physician On 70 snn,lj M
salary; In TINT case the county and city would be
too that he colleges would 5e stricken from Se ie
lie It was crnel 10 hive patients exposed 10 the
gaze and remarks OF the Young men there- Te
spoke highly Of the Mercy Hospital and its uau-
agement. He himself WIS willing to prescribe
made for suppyns ealcIne be W. VA so,,sed
that few other physicians would be unwilling to do
Prescribed srais and found that te ~ oissa ed
Dot been procured because the patient had I,t. m
dee;rnated where fe sIcl mar cnn1d ha aunn,d W
free OF cost when Cratuttously nrescrihe3 fnr
Several individuals subscribed to st,nnly feI md
ed such assistance conid thew have receiye5 mai.
cal aid in time dc thought also Il iSss the % anty
Dr. Ms5rnesat enoese e = ,Ra an,p sacs,nater
Wickcrshn1l. and especially that idea abont ~ -.
punging he colleges, dc Believed tbat even i the
heinz jareer shohd bare .1o ~ he, Mess slae @
no cfy ii the States Wss 30 aa1 iooEn ~. .nn. ~
@fraG pr M a;ne tnoke of t,,e veu ro,,, .,a,,n,
were III m nat;en3s eee % ~ trs.sca ,s aofk system
cost Of f1o1b sixty Der cent Of this beinr u foa
more en tice H. hc,ia1a Gaas On r. an mare aserase not
cees II he report ve1e not adnn,e nsng me CO..
rceonmend tSo1 }Re ,choie D tSin ne Wonld
ha9as ., the nounG Mems Christian Assoeia
n View. voIE - 1s ~ were saec1nated
vaccine matter fnrnlsLea to rsceinsfe ~ y, ~ Ell
alete' e'0r's were made to compel all to undergo
Boston beTe w. ~ veil III o. wo14g n
s@s st5ists VI Is physician aad visitor one
Vhoie ci1v purchasing the medicine for the
Dr. or!in Smith thonsht that two alspensarles
viii olher locations u.s. 4' eo''eses might oe used
p: 1lste sEetshsd vtvidly the sufsz1nss of the
wcTc t1eafcd T h. ,naissaG nnder which they
thai ths peone %oad ans3a he was satisfied
he thina had nercr hers @ saen movement
superyisors in an intsij;nih,o aha 70 me
ycrscd with mnnv nrr,1n}Tenf r'tY .as M u. 4aa COZ
tect md all arrcet thnt Te onah, - ~ a.n ns SUI @
hospital. W. S1AAs " aa'o iaee
Dr.. ThoDpEon Eaid TINT. all the difBrn7t,oa |
kecn fully considered by The coumitec n r.. ao ~
port Tie only way the city could do comn,efa |
justicc to its poor was to be ect npart Nv At ~
he proposed dispensa1iee. be ai1ocated their he,
ing located one in each division He a]so favored /
the employment Of three visiting physicians to /
each division as recommended In the report,
DR.. Davis said there were objections to eyerv
system OF charity that could be devised, and he
same objections that gentlemen were urcinr |
reeinst- the one proposed could be urged WftG |
equal force against poor houses. He said that a t
way could he devised whereby imposition in the |
matter Of procuring medicines could be avoided, |
md TINT was to require all applicants to presents
certificate Of poverty from the county agent or /
.o.nc other authorized person to be appointed By
The Boafd Of Supervisors. He advocated the
r Troposiuou to locate the proposed dtfpcusaries |
In each of the two medical colleges,
End gave certain cogent reasons therefor. He
thouEht the dispensaries,. being thus To-
lated, would be Of inealculable value II
medical science and to the profession generally,
from The opportunity 1t would give for clinical In
stIuction. He also advocated the necessity OF the
profession exercising healthy control Of the city