Anniversary discourse, before the New York Academy of Medicine : delivered in the chapel of the University of New York, November 3rd, 1852 / by F. Campbell Stewart.

  • Stewart, F. Campbell (Ferdinand Campbell), 1815-1899.
Date:
1853
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Credit: Anniversary discourse, before the New York Academy of Medicine : delivered in the chapel of the University of New York, November 3rd, 1852 / by F. Campbell Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and there exists no evidence of a desire to interfere with or molest any party or sect. The call for the preliminary meetings which resulted in the establish- ment of the Academy, was published in all the city papers ; it was signed by the President of the County Medical Society, and by the eminent heads of the two Medical Colleges which were then in existence ; and it was addressed to all the regular members of the medical profession of the city and county of New York. You may remember what a general response was made to this call, and how numerously attended were these first meetings. The necessity of the case demanded prompt and united action. Old animosi- ties were forgotten; and the most modest and retiring, with the humble and the eminent, assembled together, and resolved, with entire unanimity, that it was expedient and necessary to organize an Associa- tion. An impartial and numerous Committee was appointed to draft a Constitution, which was duly reported and deliberately adopted. What are the requirements of this Constitution ? Do its provisions contain anything that can be construed into an inten- tion to form an exclusive or monopolizing Society ? Not one sentence or word. It declares, in the Second Article, that the objects of the Academy shall be, First—The cultivation and advancement of the Science of Medicine. Second—The promotion of the character and honour of the profession. And, Third—The elevation of the standard of medical education.