The social position of the medical profession : with suggestions / by Thomas William Thursfield.

  • Thursfield, Thomas William, 1839-1924.
Date:
1888
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Credit: The social position of the medical profession : with suggestions / by Thomas William Thursfield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE SOCIAL POSITION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, pill JAN 92J|| WITH SUGGESTIOW Gentlemen,—Members of the Birmingham and Midland Counties Branch of the British Medical Association,— I My first duty is to offer to you my most sincere and heartfelt thanks for electing me to the honourable position in which I find my- self to-day. I cannot for one moment consider myself worthy of the position which has been so well filled by many illustrious and well- known men. I can only suppose that the accident of my coming from a portion of the district, which has not always been well represented upon this Branch, together with the fact that this year it is the turn of a country member to be President, has brought about my election, and I must trust to you for great indulgence and for lenient criticism. In the Midland Counties, no man can aspire to a greater honour than to become President of this great Branch,—one of the largest of our whole Association. The great value of our Association, and of its Branches, needs no comment of mine, but I may be allowed to point out how greatly the facilities for meeting, and for interchange of ideas, are brought within the reach of all of us, by the operations of our Associa- tion and its Branches ; and how much this must be an advantage not only to us, but to the public at large. The history of our Branch during the last year has been singularly uneventful. You have had in the report of the Council, and of the Sections, a record of the work which has been done. It has been said that that State is well governed which has no history, and in this sense, it may be said that our Branch has been well governed during the past year. This Branch has recorded its thanks to our late President. But I cannot refrain from stating how greatly I think his year of office has conduced to the popularity and to the efficiency of the Branch; while, at the same time, a name which is so well known, not only in