Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-11
DR.. WEIGH, of Texas; DR., Seeley, Of AL

lcal EDUCATION.
}. On motion Of DR.. Toner, Of the DistriC
Of Columbia, it was referred to the speci;
| committee on that gabject. STEaf
. DIR. Eve offered the minutes Of th
Medical Society Of Tennessee, which wa
similarly referred.
4 DIR. Gaillard, Of Kentucky, offered th
following preamble and resolutions
which were referred to the same commit
tee: ,llf}Aff1 slIf2U{it
Whereas, The medical teachers Q
| America have, after trial Of TWENTY-FIVE,
| years, failed to meet, satisfactorily AM
efficiently, the requirements Of the grea
body of the profession in regard to med
ical education; and ...,.
/ Whereas, The condition of the PROBES
sion is yearly becoming more deplorabl'
on account Of the antagohistic and obj ec
tionable policy of medical schools in max
ing the amount of fees charged, rather
than successful teaching, the basis o.
competition; and
| Whereas, toobtain Professionally COM
petent gratuates, sound and efficient
teachers are indispensably necessary +;
and IA ~ ~ fI-afl't
! Whereas, such teachers, to be found
throughout the country, cannot be in>
duced to leave their homes without the
assurance Of competent remuneration /;
and
Whereas, such remuneration can only
be obtained by adequate fees charged,
unless by a system of low fees the NAM
Der Of students be relied upon to make
up the inevitable pecuniary deficiency /;
| and
Whereas, reliance upon numbers of
students for this purpose deplorably
| crowds the already oyercrowded profess
sional field, diminishing thereby indi>
vidusl income, Judgment, experience
and skill, thereby compelling practicion-
ers to resort to other avocations as
source Of supplemental income and
Whereas. This devotion to other pur-
suits destroys opportunities for study and
| Improvement, degrading thereby the
status and standard Of American phy>
sicians; and
Whereas, The schools of New Eng
land, New York, Pennsylvania, Nary
land, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Texas, Tennessee and District
of Columbia now charge comparatively
remunerative fees; and ...r..
Whereas, The low system of fees is
charged only in few Of the Middle
States, and can with advantage be made
to conform TO the rate of fees charged
elsewhere: and
Whereas: 1t is as unethical for collie
ges to underbid each other pecunisrily as
as for practitioners to do so:
Resolved, That hereafter no medical
school in this country, other than those
fully endowed, be entitled to represents
ton in this Association, if the amount
charged by such schools for a single
course irregular lessons be less than one
hundred and twenty dollars.
Resolved, That all schools charging
less than this sum are earnestly requested
by this Association to advance their rate
of fees to the amount mentioned.
The President announced the Commits
tee on Nominations of Officers for the en-
suing year. Their report was made on
the following morning. Geo. Menden-
hall, M. D., of Cincinnati, being an
nounced as President, with list Of four
Vice Presidents.
The special order for I'm. being the
report on Specialists, it was read by the
Secretary, and on motion of DIR. Sayre,
the resolutions were adopted and the
report referred to the Committee OF Pubs
LEGATION.
DR.. L. P. Yandell, Jr, Of Kentucky,
offered the following which was adopt
ed:
Resolved, That private handbills, ad
dressed to members of the medical pro-
fession, or by cards in medical journals,
calling the attention of professional
brethren to themselves as specialists, be
declared in violation of the Code Of
Ethics of the American Medical Assoc
citation.
DIR. Booth, of Mississippi, offered the
following preamble and resolution:
Resolved, That the proper construc-
ton of Art. 4, Sec. l, Code of Ethics,
A. M. A., having been called for, relative
to consultation with irregular practition-
ers, who are graduates OF the regular
schools: s.#-
Resolved, That said Art 4. Sec. l,
Code of Ethics, A. M. A., excludes all
such practitioners from recognition by
the regular professiOn.
THIRD DAY. ..5 --~..
An association of editors having been
formed by the editors of the various
medical Journals in the United States,
the gentlemen requested action upon an
application to be accepted as an organl-
zation into the American Medical Assoc
citation. Referred to committee on pubs
LEGATIONS. -rsaa- --s-,f
The important organization will prove
of great service and effect in medical
journalism. The necessity of having au
understanding for concert of action,
regulations for conduct in the manages
ment of the publications of the period,
and establishing thorough csde of pro-
fessional courtesy, etc, especially de7
mands an efficient organization of this
character.
The debates concerning the irregu-
larity of specialists, exhibits spirit OF
close communion, existing among the
| steady, old members and ambitious young
physicians, which argues in favor to
| division of labor in the profession. The
wisdom of this conduct Of Discrimination
| against speciahsm is perhaps open to
| sharp criticism, but there is no doubt
| that the wisdom Of the Association, In
| opposing promiscuous sensation adVerr
tislng in the profession, cannot be ques-
toned However, it is very certain that
| special practice is an absolute necessity
| of the age, and it is really the duty OF
this powerful organization to not only
define the rule Of conduct in such cases,
but also to foster the idea, 80 that the
| various branches of medicine may be
made more effective.
Dr. N. s. Davis, of the Chicago Aedi>
cal Examiner, was chosen Presidens
DIR. w. McPheeters, of the st Louis
Medical and Surgical Reporter, Vice
President; DIR. w. ID. Mitchell, of the New
Orleans Journal of Medicine, Permanent
Secretary; Dr. J. Berrien Lindsey, of the
Nashville Journal of Medicine, Secre-
tary. The Association will hold its an
nual meetings at the same time and place
as the meetings of the American Medi@
cal Association.
| FOURTH DAY
Was employed in accepting the hospi-
talities OF distinguished medical men and
other citizens of New Orleans, among
which was q trip on the steamer Laura
to the Lawrence plantations. Great good
feeling prevailed, and on Saturday morn-
ing the Association adjourned to meet in
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