Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-29
no TEXAS PHYSICIANS.
Letter from the President Of the Texas
State Medical Association.
BKLtoN, M, Jan. %, Dc


BRL1os, rEN,, Jan. 81, 1885.
DEAR DOCTOR: Article MI OF tho
by-laws OF the = ate Medical associa
ton makes IL "the duty OF the presi-
dent, three months prior to each an
nual meeting, To notify, by circular,
the profession Of the state and county |
organizations throughout the state,
and urge attendance ~ BE assured
this In one OF the most agreeable duties
my official relation 10 the association
enjoins.
rhe next meeting Of our state asso.
citation will take place in tho city OF |
Houston, beginning on the third |
Tuesday In April next, and continu- |
ing for four days, Your attendance IL |
most earnestly desired. Not only ie |
your presence desired, but your infu. |
ence over every respectable graduate
OF medicine IN the state, of your nc
quainiance, to induce him to become a |
member also, and thereby secure his |
active cooperation I'm promoting and |
advancing the great and d me.honored
work In which we are engaged. This
appeal 10 made directly To you, 10 do
all in your power to 'organIza the pro-
fcsslon OF the state In the most efficient
manner possible; TO encourage "a high
standard Of professional qualifications
and ethics, and promote professional
brotheI hood.p
Article OF our constitution defines
the eligibility for membership NJ fol-
lows: "rhere shall be only one class OF
members In this association; every
regularly educated man within the
limits OF the state who IL y graduate OF
IA regular medical college, In good
standing, and who adopts aud con.
forms 10 the code Of ethics Of tho
American Medical association shall be
eligible 70 membership In this body
Hence the applicant hhould be able
and prepared 10 satisfy the Judicial
council that he IL graduate OF med
zeal college in good standing. Every
physician In the state who IL oompe-
tent and willing 10 comply with tho
above requirements IN most urgently
and cordially Invited 10 join the asso,
citation.
We have been thus explicit In max.
Ing the foregoing statements from the
fact that this circular Nv intended for
those who do not, IA we'll sB those who
do, belong 10 The organization. We
not only urge all TO attend, but 20 pre-
pare and present weI-digested paper
or article, on some subject, 40 that Il
pertain 10 one OF the following sections,
or 10 any Of the cognRte branches OF
medicine:
Section On Practice OF Medicine,
Mnteria Medlca and Pathology
Dec. 2 On Obs etrics and Diseases
OF Women and Children.
Sec. On Surgery aud Anatomy.
Sec. 4. On Medical Jurlsprudence,
! Chemistry ana pecyCology.
Sc b. On State Medicine and Pub
lie Hygiene
Sec On Gynmcoloey,
! Sec. z. On Opthalm0lopy.
Sec. s On Dermatology.
Sec o. IN Medical Botany.
| IL IL the sincere wiah Of every true
physician that the seventeenth cone
vocation shall surpafs each Of Is
predecessors In everything that tends
10 make such an occasion both inter
cutting and profitable. Let us, then.
urge you 10 attend, and that, too, with
determination TO lend helping
hand-oi leaving nothing undone that
would be calculated 10 further tho
benehcent work Of scientific aud prao-
teal medicine.
The eyes Of millions are being turned
toward our great state. Texas will
| bODH Db lnt EThnutoti bilt iiDhL Oiiltlhut
star OF all those that 60 TO make up the
galaxy ofstaiRs OF the American Union
She IL rapidly advancing In all the
elements that combine 10 make
great, prosperous and happy people.
Her wonderful resources and marvel
Oua Developments arealready astOniRh-
ing and challenging the admiration Of
the civilized world These facts be-
ing admitts d-and who 40 bold ~
dare deny--shall we continue re-
elusive life, professionally, and allow
our noble vocation 10 lag behind?
| Nay, verify. Then we again ask
every physician In the state, worthy
| OF the name, 10 come 10 the front and
perform at feast ANAL part OF his
obligation aud his duty In the
premises.
While we Arc painfully aware OF the
fact that our slate In abundantly Rc-
cursed with qnacks, chaflatans and
monte-banks, many Of whom have
been driven from other stdles la con-
sequence OF just and striDgent laws en-
acied by intellig' ut Legislators In be-
half ofthe best intsreais Of their 0 n
stituenis, aud h2ye thus been forced
| u sock refuge Ia OVr state because OF
no LnD retaining them from tri1ing
With the lives 1T our citizensi we are
| also aware Of another fact, that there
are hundreds ~ well-edncated and
highly accomplished physicians In tue