An address to the annual convention of the Medical Society of Connecticut, convened at Hartford May 10, 1837 / by Thomas Miner.

  • Miner, Thomas, 1777-1841.
Date:
1837
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Credit: An address to the annual convention of the Medical Society of Connecticut, convened at Hartford May 10, 1837 / by Thomas Miner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADDRESS Gentlemen,— I WAS not a member of the Medical Convention of 1832; con- sequently, when I learned the result of your proceedings, I was taken by surprise. 1 had no expectation of the appointment of Vice Presi- dent, no one having previously suggested that I should be considered as a candidate, any more than I had of being promoted to the Presi- dency of Yale College, or of any other equally important institution. You have been pleased to favor me with your suffrages ever since, and when my very respectable predecessor resigned in 1834, you very courteously appointed me to take his place. You have also obligingly accepted my sincere, though very imperfect, endeavors to perform the duties of the office till this time. With the greatest sincerity, I am able to express my most hearty acknowledgments for all the favors and indulgence which I have received. I am happy to say, that during this intimate connection of the last five years, 1 am not sensible of a single circumstance, that has had a tendency to injure my feelings, with respect to my relation to the Society ; and I should feel much grieved, were 1 conscious of any thing on my part which was intentional, that had a tendency to make an unfavor- able impression, as to my conduct or motives. From the indulgence which you have so uniformly shown me, I have no reason to suspect any thing of the kind. It is with great satisfaction, therefore, that 1 am able to take my official leave of you, with such mutual cordiality. You will be so good as to consider me as being no longer a candidate for the office of President. The length of time in which I have served in this capacity, my feeble health, the superior age of other gentlemen who are much better fitted for the place, together with various considerations which it would be needless to mention, have contributed to bring me to this decision. During the brief space which is allotted me for keeping the chair, and before proceeding to the choice of a successor, I must ask your indulgence to make a kw hasty and desultory remarks.—It is hardly to be expected that the junior members of the Medical Society, which has been organized and incorporated about forty five years, can be familiar with its history, or without considerable enquiry, can be able exactly to appreciate most of the reasons, which existed at the time, for its formation. It is with great satisfaction, however, that I find two venerable seniors are members of this convention, who were in prac- tice for some years before the organization of our body, and are liv- ing chronicles of the medical condition of this State, before the incor- poration of our Society, and of the more important events connected with it, from its origin to the present day. In 1792, when the first