The Medical Police and rules and regulations of the Boston Medical Association : with a catalogue of the officers and members.

  • Boston Medical Library.
Date:
1864
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Credit: The Medical Police and rules and regulations of the Boston Medical Association : with a catalogue of the officers and members. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ► VICARIOUS OFFICES. Whenever a physician officiates for another by his desire, in consequence of sickness or absence, if for a short time only, the attendance should be performed gratuitously as to the physician, and with the utmost delicacy towards the pro- fessional character of the gentleman previously connected with the patient. SENIORITY. A regular and academical education furnishes the only. presumptive evidence of professional ability, and is so hon- orable and beneficial, that it gives a just claim to preemi- nence among physicians at large, in proportion to the de- gree in which it may be enjoyed and improved. Neverthe- less, as industry and talents may furnish exceptions to this general rule, and this method may be liable to difficulties in the application, seniority among practitioners of this town should be determined by the period of public and acknow- ledged practice as a physician or surgeon in the same. This arrangement, being clear and obvious, is adapted to remove all grounds of dispute among medical gentlemen; and it secures the regular continuance of the established order of precedency, which might otherwise be subject to trouble- some interruptions by new settlers, perhaps not long sta- tionary in the place. JOHN WARREN, LEMUEL HAYWARD, JOHN FLEET.