The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-07-03
111 MEDICAL COLOR auEsz1oH.

60 10 s0o APpBAL our feaOeIS nave Oeel
\ made acquainted with the prescription
Of eolored physieisns BY. the Medica
Society of tue District Of Columbia, il
the rejection of the applications of Drs
Purvis and Augusta for membership o
that society. From the Washington
Chronicle we copy communication
from one Of the rejected applicants, or
the subject, which will be read with
interest A: ..,..
Permit me, through your columns, to
show the motives prompting DR.. Au.
gus,a and myself to make application
to become members of the Medical So
ciety of this city. About three months
ago this society caused to be published
in the papers of this city statement
setting forth that we were not members
of the Medical Society, aud had never
been licensed by the society, and were
practising medicine illegally. From
this statement, so wilfuliy made, there
could be but one inference drawn by
the public, upon whom we depended
for support, and that was, we were i'm.
posters. .....
Not until this statement had appeared
in the papers were we aware that this
society had either a legal or a moral
right to require a license of any physi-
clan who came here to practise. Nor
are we convinced now. Yet, as we de-
sire to be in harmony with the physi
clans, We, at the earliest opportunity,
to comply with the rules
physicians here. According
ly, we followed the usual routine, and
applied first for license, then for mem
bership to the society. Our diplomas
and credentials were submitted TO the
board of examiners appointed by the
society for the said purpose. who APP
proved them unbesitatingly, and award
ed to US our license. Next came the
of admitting US TO mem
bership in the society. To dispel the
opinion which the evening paper (the
Starr wished to convey, that we wanted
TO force ourselves into social relation |
society, and that the society is a pri- |
rate organization, We have to say-frs,, |
that charters are never granted to socis |
ole clubs !; second, that the charter sets
Forth that the object of the society is TO |
10 advance medical science, which SCI |
,nce, as we understand II, belongs to |
he world and not to the Medical Socie-
y of this District. Again, some of the
provisions of the charter make it .
punishable ofense Cor any member of
he. society to hold consultation with Il
ply stefan who is not a member. This
Of the charter acted as great
block to cur practice in |
fact it hada tendency to deny US all
practise for those who otherw se would |
have employed US, refused on the
ground that if consultation should ever
De required in the case at hand, that
they preferred employing those who
,ould be consulted with. IN addition
o our professional right to I belong to
be society, we have legal one. We
lold thai, as the society has imposed II
leavy tax upon US, which goes toward
he supported tho society. We have q
light to enjoy the benefits of our money
lone regret more than we the recent ac-
ion of the society, especially after ad nit
ing we were in every way qualified.
We hoped and looked for better
hings. We hoped, in view of the
igns Of the times, the policy and
rinciples laid down by our general and
peal governments, that no part of the
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