Medical societies : their organization and the nature of their work / by J. Collins Warren.

  • Warren, John Collins, 1842-1927.
Date:
1881
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Credit: Medical societies : their organization and the nature of their work / by J. Collins Warren. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    terrible possibilities ; but a debate, participated in by men whom all are anxious to hear, should be organ- ized early in the season, giving ample time for prep- arations. Important questions of the day might get the benefit of careful study from our best men,1 and we might aspire to produce in this way some original work. The formation of the Medico-Legal Society, which has proved so valuable an adjunct to our annual meet- ings, shows how useful a body an organization de- signed for special work may become. As the wants of any special department of medicine became urgent in the State, similar societies might be formed, which might or might not be sections of the Massachusetts Medical Society. The educational section has already been alluded to, and would come next in order. Some such plan of gradual development would be preferable to assigning all work to special sections, which, so far as I am aware, state societies have not yet attempted. De- partments which might be contemplated in the near future would embrace those branches of state medi- cine which relate to insanity and to hygiene, bodies which medical officials in the State would naturally turn to for advice or support, and from which, did they exist to-day, work of great value to the State might emanate. I have thus attempted to sketch the plan of organ- ization of our society from its beginning, and to offer a few suggestions for work in the future. When we compare it with some of the representative bodies of 1 The methods of the International Congress and of some of the Eng- lish societies are especially to be commended in this respect.