Pettigrew's New England professional directory 1904 : containing a directory of physicians, and information regarding the hospitals, societies, dispensaries, and training schools of New England, and other information of interest to the medical profession / Richard R. Pettigrew.

  • Pettigrew, Richard Richardson.
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1904
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Credit: Pettigrew's New England professional directory 1904 : containing a directory of physicians, and information regarding the hospitals, societies, dispensaries, and training schools of New England, and other information of interest to the medical profession / Richard R. Pettigrew. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    National and General Associations and Societies. The American Academy of Medicine. In September, 1876, seven physicians met by appointment in one of the hotels of West Philadelphia; the meeting was the result of the extensive correspondence of Dr. Robert Lowry Sibbett, of Carlisle, Pa., who had been humbled, in a recent residence in Europe, by the lack of respect paid to the American Medical Degree. After canvassing the subject, it was resolved to organize a medical society to be composed only of those whose college and university training would be fairly equivalent to that required for the degree of M. D., in Germany. The purpose of the organization being: 1. A society of record of those who had so prepared themselves. 2. A society of protest against the prevailing low requirements for the medical degree. At the present stage of development, the American Academy of Medicine may be des- cribed as an association devoted to the scientific study of those sociologic problems in which the physicians are professionally interested, or, as it has been called. Medical Sociol- ogy. It still retains its old conditions of membership, as it believes a liberal course of training should precede the technical for the highest development of the physician; and that for the majority, this is best attained by securing the first degree from a reputable college and then the degree in medicine, but the rule is a flexible one, as the Council has the power to decide upon the equivalence of training, and to recommend the election of those who have an academic degree, if the preliminary education is approved by it. The Academy was at one time described as a missionary society; in a sense, this is true, for its efforts are purely altruistic, but it is rather a scientific society — as much as an association devoted to the study of botany or astronomy, and is in no sense a trades or- ganization. The questions discussed at its meetings and published in the Biclletiti, con- tribute to the welfare of the profession, but are not apt to spread abroad one's skill as a medical practitioner and so secure consultations. The initiation fee is five dollars, and the annual dues are one dollar. In addition the Academy is publishing a periodical known as the Bulletin of the American Academy of Medicine. It is issued every other month and the subscription price is three dollars a year; but this is not obligatory. Admission to the Academy is gained only by application. A blank form has been prepared which can be obtained from any Fellow or by applying to the Secretary. When this has been filled out it should receive the signature of a Fellow and be mailed to the Secretary. At the next meeting of the Council the application is acted upon; if it is approved by that body the application is submitted to the Academy for decision. President, John B. Roberts, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice-Presidents, T. D. Davis, M. D., Pittsburg, Pa.; James H. McBride, M. D., Pasadena, Cal.; J. T. Searsy, M. D., Tus- caloosa, Ala.; S. A. Knopf, M. D., New York City; Secretary, Dr. Charles Mclntyre, Easton, Pa.; Treasurer, E. M. Green, M. D., Easton, Pa. Members living in New England: Z. B. Adams, Robert Amory, J. B. Atwater, Sherman W. Boone, Geo. W. Bourne, Vincent Y. Bowditch, E. F. Bradford, Wm. H. Bradford, Mary Jones Brewster, Henry H. Brock, Francis H. Brown, Frank I. Brown, John L. Buel, John T Cahill, Franklin P. Capron, Geo. W. Carr, Chas. V. Chapin, Edmund D. Chesebro, Augus- tus P. Clarke, Jasper D. Cochrane, Frederick Coggeshall, Chas. H. Cogswell, Geo. T. Collins, Chas. W. Connell, Edward Cowles, Frank H. Crocker, Emma B. Culbertson, Geo. H. Cummings, Chas. K. Cutter, Oscar C. S. Davies, Frank L. Day, Alvah B. Dearborn, J. A. Elmere, James W. C. Ely, Geo. J. Englemann, Everett Flood, Geo. M. Forkett, Chas. W. Foster, Chas. Fuller, Geo. E. Fuller, Alonzo Garcelon, John F. Gaylord, Frederick H. Ger- rish, Arthur C. Gibson, Geo. L. Goodale, Joseph L. Goodale, Walter T. Goodale, Ralph S. Goodwin, Albert E. Ham, Wm. P. Hammond, D. C. Hawley, Fred S. Herrick, Geo. D. Hershey, John L. Hildreth, Horace B. Hill, Garry DeN. Hough, Chas. L. Hubbell, Chas. O. Hunt, John C. Irish, John H. Jackson, Frank M. Johnson, Geo. F. Keene, F. Thomas Kidder, Alfred King, Wm. T. Learned, Chas. M. Leighton, Geo. A. Leland, Elisha A. McCollister, Ralph A. McDonnell, Edward J. McDonough, Wm. S. McLaren, John O. Marble, Henry O. Marcy, Henry O. Marcy, Jr., Francis C. Martin, E. Edgar Maryott,