Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-08
YORK MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

) A regular meeting of York Medical and
Surgical Association was held in Bratton's s
Hall at II A. NJ, on Monday last, the Pres
ident, DR.. A. l. Barron, in the chair, and
the following members present: Drs. j. r..
Bratton, J. T. Lindsay, j. Wistar Allison,
J. P. Hambright, James H. Saye, r. An
dral Bratton, w. NJ. Love, w. G. White,
A. P. Campbell, Miles Walker.
The secretary, DIR. R. Andral Bratton,
read the minutes of the last meeting, which
were adopted.
DR.. A. P. Campbell, appointed at last
meeting to read an essay at the present
meeting, was excused at his request until
the next meeting; and other essayists pre-
viously appointed not appearing, on mo-
tion of DR.. j. R. Bratton they were also con-
tinued, with the request that they be pre-
sented at the next meeting.
The President read the following paper
on the occasion of the present meeting clo-
sing his Presidential term:
Gentlemen of the York County Medical and
Surgical association You will find on the
11th page of the code of ethics which has
been adopted by our constitution, on penal
ties, paragraph third, this penalty: "Any
fTeSlueul WIN otidll ldll IhS VI
his term of Office, to address the Society on
some subject connected with its objects,
shall pay to the treasurer the sum of two
dollars as fine for his neglect of duty"
Now, Gentlemen, as I am retiring from
Office, and have no ready cash to pay the
fine, allow me to make 4 few remarks to
you as my only subterfuge.
After long absence from the regular
meetings of the Society, l am once more
with you and must congratulate you on
facts which have come under my own obser-
vation, and information which believe to
be true, coming from others.
First, I would congratulate you on your
continued prosperity as a society. For
more than Ave years this Society has been
in existence. It was organized as new
body, based on the organization Of the old
Medical Society of York county, in lS4S,
which body, from the late war and perhaps
other causes, had ceased to exist.
Second, would congratulate you on the
fraternal feeling that would seem to exist
between the members, each vieing with the
other in the extension of professional cour-
tesy and a thoughtful regard for the great
and noble cause you are advocating.
Third, l would congratulate you on the
ing as it does, almost the entire profession
in our county, and as your secretary informs
me, some members outside of the county.
Imight stop right here and content my
self with saying, am free from the t,cO-d0l
Tar .fne; but indulge me while make
general remark, in which think our Soci-
ETY. and the Profession at large are deeply
concerned. l allude to the enactment by
the Legislature in the year 1882, of law, as
recorded in General Statutes, page 5l2, Sec
tion 1751, which reads as follows:
"It shall be unlawful for any physician to
give prescription for any such liquor except
when actually in bona fde attendance upon a pa
tient.'
For violation of this law is affixed a fine
of 5000, or Imprisonment, or both, in the
discretion of the Court.
do not know of myself that the law has
been violated by any of us; but do know
that many of US have been importuned to
do 80. Instance, myself. / was once called
on, upon the Sabbath day, to make pre-
scription for sick mule. One quart of
whisky was the request made. Poor sick
mule would certainly die, unless gave the
prescription. Well, was not satisfied that
the man owned mule; if he did, l was not
satisfied that it was sick; but this d! did
know, that the applicant was very fond of a
nee drop, and my conclusion was, as it was
Sunday, that he wished to get on "bust,"
as they call it, and rant around and have a
good time and enjoy himself generally.
referred him to his family physician.
Now, Gentlemen, my own experience IN