The act of incorporation, together with the medical police, by-laws, and rules of the Rhode-Island Medical Society.

Date:
1841
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Credit: The act of incorporation, together with the medical police, by-laws, and rules of the Rhode-Island Medical Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    both rational and laudable. Every man who en- ters into a fraternity, engages by a tacit compact, not only to submit to the laws, but to promote the honor and interest of the Society, so far as they are consistent with morality and the general good of mankind. A Physician, therefore, should cau- tiously guard against whatever may injure the gen- eral respectability of the profession, and should avoid all contumelious representations of the fac- ulty at large, all general charges against their selfishness or improbity, or the indulgence of an affected or jocular scepticism, concerning the ef- ficacy and utility of the healing art. CHAP. III. Of Officers. Sec. 1. Officers. Triennially there shall be chosen a President, and two Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, and Cabinet-Keeper for the Southern, and Libra- rian and Cabinet-Keeper for the Northern Dis- trict, and eight Censors, four for the Southern and four for the Northern District. The President and Vice-President shall be ineligible to the same of- fices for the next ensuing term of three years. Sec. 2. President. The President shall have power to call a special meeting of the Society, whenever he shall deem it expedient, or whenever five Fellows shall request it in writing—shall preside at all meetings of the Society—shall regulate all debates thereat—shall state and put questions—shall call for reports of committees—shall enforce an observance of the by-laws and regulations—shall have custody of and use, on proper occasions, the seal of the So-