Medical reform : being the subject of the first annual oration, instituted by the British Medical Association, and delivered at the second anniversary of that society / by A.B. Granville.

  • Granville, A. B. (Augustus Bozzi), 1783-1872.
Date:
1838
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Credit: Medical reform : being the subject of the first annual oration, instituted by the British Medical Association, and delivered at the second anniversary of that society / by A.B. Granville. 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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    THE PRINCIPAL OUJECTS FOR WHICH ^^isociation WAS FOUNDED IN 1836-7, ARE To obtain a national system of medical government; to pro- cure wholesome changes in the constitution of the medical cor- porations or colleges; to press for the adoption of a higher and uniform standard of medical education; to insist upon an equal enjoy- ment of professional rights and privileges, and an equal protection from the laws; to remove and oppose all professional grievances, and all abuses in medical aflPairs; to uphold the dignity and re- spectability of the medical profession ; to for^ a Benevolent Fund for distressed brethren, their widows and orphans; and to pro- mote union and good fellowship among all professional brethren, by inculcating kind, friendly, and honourable feelings towards each other. BRANCH PROVINCIAL ASSOCIATIONS Have been formed, and are in progress, to aid in the above praise- worthy objects. The principal By-laws of the Association are these:— 1. All legally qualified practitioners in the medical art are eligible to be mem- bers, and are entitled to be elected on proving to the Secretary, by letter or other- wise, that they have a legal claim to the title they assume. 2. The election takes place at all the meetings of the Council and of the Association ; and the names of the elected are immediately registered. 3. A member pays one guinea on his admission, and every year after, as long as he continues a member; or he may compound at once by the payment of ten guineas. 4. A third part of all subscriptions is set apart to form a Benevolent Fund. 5. The Association meets, generally, twice a year; and the Council on each Tuesday of the second and fourth week in every month, at seven p.m. The meeting of the second Tuesday is open to all the members at nine o’clock, to bring forward any business they may have to propose. 6. The second general meeting of the Association in the year is the anniversary of the Society, at which the Council are bound to report their proceedings to the body at large, and an Annual Oration is delivered. This meeting takes place on the 30th of September. 7. All meetings of the Association and Council, except the anniversary meet- ing, are held at Exeter Hall, where communications to the Society may bo addressed to C. H. ROGERS HARRISON, Joint Honorary Secretary.