The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-10-09
sorrH Kansas MEDICAL SOCIETY.

18OkMk0H
A call was issued . short time since from
this city for the meeting and organizing Of =
medical association to meet in this city on
Wednesday, October 1st, fifty-eight physi-
clans signed the call and thirty-four reported
in person. They met at Odd Fellows Hall.
DR.. r. S. Floyd, of Sedgwick City, was made
temporary chairman and DIR. Mendenhall. Of
Winfield, temporary secretary. The chair
appointed Drs. Martin, Of Florence, Cole, Of
Winfield, and Furley, of Wichita, committee
on credentials who reported the names OF all
but one who had signed the call correct
The qualification for membership being
certificate to practice medicine issued by the
board Of examiners of the Kansas Medical
Society.
The objects Of the association, as explain
ed by DR.. Furley, are the promotion Of the
| measures adapted to the relief of suffering
to protect the community from the infringe
ment Of the law lately enacted regulating
the practice Of medicine, the advancement OF
medical knowledge, the protection Of the in
terests Of its members, and the promotion Of
harmony. social good fellowship and frater-
MY ia Tue pEolessiOn
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Drs. Furiey, Of Wichita. Cole, of Winfield,
Chittenden, of Ceder Point, were appointed a
committee on constitution and bylaws. The
name of South Kansas Medical Society was
adopted and also the following resolutions:
WHEREAS. By an act of the Legislature Of
the State Of Kansas, passed at its last session
il is made obligatory on all who practice med
icine and surgery in this State to obtain a liz
cense therefor from a legally constituted
board OF examiners, provided for by that act,
and as it is the duty of all physicians to be
ever vigilant for the welfare OF the comml-
nifty, and live and demean themselves accord
ing to the laws Of the land; and, as every
ply sician in assuming the obligations OF his
profession, also accepts the high obligation
to exert his best abilities to maintain its dig |
nifty and honor, to exalt its standing, to ex- |
tend its usefulness, and to be himself an OBJ |
server Of the laws OF the land; therefore be |
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Resolred, That in accordance with the eth |
les Of the American Medical Association, |
regular medical education furnishes the only |
presumptive evidence of the professional |
ability and attainments that fits the practi-
toner to enter upon the duties Of the pro-
fessiOn, and entities him to the confidence |
and respect thereof, and in addition thereto
he must be of good moral character and law
abiding. 1t is therefore the sense of this as
sOciatian that holders of certificates to prac-
ticc medicine, issued by the Board of Exam
liners Of the Kansas Medical Society. and who
live in obedience to the law of the land and
faithfully observe the code of ethics adopted
by the American Medical Association, and
none others, are fit associates, professionally
or otherwise, Of the members hereof, and
shall be the only persons declared eligible TO
membership in this Association.
In the evening the visiting doctors were
invited and partook Of an oyster supper at
the Douglas Avenue House by invitation
from the doctors of the regular profession
resident in the city. The association adj
jOurned to meet December Sd to complete
the organization to which all physicians who
are eligible are invited 10 attend