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Massachusetts Medical Society. tions for restoration were read, and the following committees were appointed to consider Stated Meeting of the Council. them : E. H. Ferguson: G. W. Winchester, L. S. McQuade, A stated meeting of the Council of the Mas- T. E. Guild. sachusetts Medical was held in Society John Joseph Shehan : W. C. Howe, Percy Brown, R. B. Ware Hall, Boston Medical Library, Wednes- Osgood. day, February 2, 1916, at 12 o'clock noon. The G. W. Ellison : A. F. Peck, Alexander McNeish, J. C. president, Dr. Charles F. Withington, was in Austin. the chair and the following 72 councilors present: The president nominated and the Council elected these delegates and alternates to the l'.i'.uusii i in-:. NOBFOLK. American Medical J. H. Kiley. M. V. Pierce. House of Delegates of the E. H. Brigham. Association for a term of two years from June 1, Bristol North. A. N. Broughton. Sumner Coolldge. G. W. Kaan. 1916: Bradford Kent. Bristol South. Delegate, J. B. Blake. Alternate, Gilman Osgood. Joseph Kittredge. " A. Jones. W. A. Dolan. W. H. Robinson. H. G. Stetson. L. " " J. R. W. Jackson. E. P. Starbird. L. F. Woodward. F. Burnham, H. G. Wilbur. Norfolk South. In the same manner, W. P. Bowers, of Clin- Essex North. C. S. Adams. a to the Annual R. V. Baketel. ton, was appointed delegate T. R. Healy. Plymouth. Congress on Medical Education, Public Health G. E. Kurth. A. E. Paine. and Medical Licensure, at the Congress Hotel, E. H. Noyes. F. G. Wheatley. F. W. Snow. Chicago, February 7 and 8, 1916, also these dele- Suffolk. to the annual meetings of state medical Essex South. J. D. Barney. gates G. M. Kline. E. S. Boland. societies : C. II. Bangs. H. I. Bowditch. R. E. Bicknell. G. W. W. Brewster. Vermont: I. J. Clarke, Haverhlll; A. D. Bush, Burl- N. P. Breed. E. M. Buckingham. ington, Vt. W. L. Burrage. Connecticut : A. J. Abbe, Fall River; S. A. Lord, Franklin. H. A. Christian. Cromwell, Conn. G. P. Twitchell. A. L. Chute. New Hampshire : P. P. Johnson, Beverly ; H. K. E. A. Codman. Faulkner, Keene, N. H. IlAMPDEN. J. A. Cogan. S. W. York Har- J. M. Birnie. E. G. Cutler. Maine: C. H. Bangs, Lynn; Allen, Albert Ehrenfried. bor, Maine. M. B. Hodskins. L. C. M. Green. ItiionE Island: Godfrey Ryder, Maiden, W. Mun- Middlesex East. J. B. Hawes, 2d. ro, Providence, R. I. C. J. Allen. W. C. Howe. New Jersey : To the one hundred and fiftieth anni- W. H. Keleher. J. L. Morse. versary of the founding of the Society, July 23, R. Abner Post. 1706 : L. M. Palmer, Framingham ; H. Ferguson, Middlesex North. Anna G. Richardson. East Orange, N. J. C. E. Simpson. R. M. Smith. I H. F. Vickery. The treasurer read his report for the year Middlesex South. C. F. Withington. re- Albert August. 1915, and the secretary read the following M. H. Bailey. Worcester. of the Auditing Committee : H. T. Baldwin. F. H. Baker. port F. E. Bateman. W. P. Bowers. "Boston, January 28, 1916. C. H. Cook. David Harrower. hav- G. O. Ward. "The undersigned, a duly appointed committee, H. F. Curtis. of Treasurer, find them A. A. Jackson. C. D. Wheeler. ing examined- the 'books the Woodward. correctly cast and properly vouched, and also that he S. F. McKeen. S. B. called for. C. E. Mongnn. Has in his possession the securities Godfrey Ryder. Worcester North. "Edward O. Otis, E. H. Stevens. E. A. Sawyer. "William H. Robey, Jr." Julia Tolman. C. T. Warner. Voted, To accept the reports and place them The reading of the minutes of the last meet- on file. was had been ing dispensed with as they printed for the Committee in full in the Journal and had been sent to Dr. J. D. Barney reported that the committee every Fellow. of Arrangements, stating The reports of the committees appointed to have prepared plans for holding the annual consider the petitions of J. J. Sullivan, of Law- meeting in the Copley-Plaza Hotel, Boston, as M. of for res- rence, and O. Deems, Springfield, last year, sketching the details and asking for to the of were toration privileges fellowship suggestions from the council. There were no read and accepted, and it was voted that they be and no discussion. restored on the usual conditions. Three peti- suggestions

The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal as published by The New England Journal of Medicine. Downloaded from nejm.org at SAN DIEGO (UCSD) on July 8, 2016. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. From the NEJM Archive. Copyright © 2010 Massachusetts Medical Society. 4. Committee the Dr. Green presented this report on member- That the Advisory representing Massachusetts Medical on the Board of Man- and it was and its recommenda- Society ship accepted agement of the Boston Medical and Surgical Jour- tions adopted by vote : nal be authorized by the Council to secure pledges towards the maintenance of the Journal. The Committee on Membership and Finance makes For the Committee on Membership and Finance, the following recommendations as to membership: Charles M. Green, Chairman. 1. That the following named Fellows be allowed to retire, under the provisions of Chapter I, Section 5, Dr. C. H. Cook read the following proposed of the by-laws : amendment to Section of the Carleton, Charles Greenleaf, of Lawrence. Chapter IV, 1, by- Fisher, Chester Irving, of New York. laws, and action on it was postponed until the 3. That the following named Fellows be allowed annual meeting of the Council, in June : to resign, under the provision of Chapter I, Section 7, of the by-laws: Chapter IV, Section 1. Bianco, Joseph Anthony, of East Boston. In the second line after the word, "president" in- Cain, William George, of Nashua, New Hampshire. sert the word, "ex-presidents", and in the third line Clark, James Colby Dorr, of Medford. omit the word "and", and after the word "treasurer", Johnson, Herbert Shattuck, of Maiden. insert the words, "and librarian", so that the section Kelley, Michael, of Fall River. shall read as follows : of San Langnecker, Harry Leslie, Francisco, Cal., Section 1. The Council shall consists of councilors to take effect March 1, 1916. and the ex- of South Caro- chosen by the district societies, president, Laws, Sophie Goudge, Spartanburg, presidents, vice-president, vice-presidents ex offlciis, lina. librarian of the so- Boston. secretary, treasurer and general Nagle, Evelyn Wyman, of chairman of each standing committee. Parker, Albert Munro, of Santa Maria, California. ciety, and the Quennell, Willard Leslie, of Lynn. Smith, Theobald, of the Rockefeller Institute, At the request of the president the secretary Princeton, N. J. read a letter from Dr. Joseph C. Bloodgood, sec- Vosburgh, Stephen Earle, of Augusta, Maine. retary of the American First Aid Conference, on Williams, Harry Edwin, of Mount Vernon, Maine. the importance of the subject of First Aid, and 4. the That following named Fellows be allowed on nomination the president the following to change their district membership, without change by committee was to represent the Mas- of legal residence, under the provisions of Chapter III, appointed Com- Section 3, of the by-laws: sachusetts Medical Society as a First Aid Boutwell, Horace Keith, from Norfolk to Suffolk. mittee : Bowditch, Henry Ingersoll, from Norfolk to Suffolk. F. B. J. B. Blake, R. P. Strong. Chamberlain, Myron Lev!, from Essex South to Suf- Lund, folk. read the resolutions Hartwcll, John Bryant, from Norfolk to Suffolk. Dr. Abner Post following Marshall, Herman Weston, from Norfolk to Suffolk. on the death of Dr. James Clarke White, on be- Pratt, Joseph Ilersey, from Norfolk to Suffolk. half of a committee appointed by the president : Richardson, Frank Linden, from Norfolk to Suffolk. Bobbins, Chandler, from Middlesex South to Suffolk. Resolved, That the Council of The Massachusetts Walker, Clifford Black, from Suffolk to Norfolk. Medical Society hereby express its sense of loss in the Walker, Irving James, from Middlesex South to death of Doctor James Clarke White,—a loss which Suffolk. affects not only the community in which he lived but Wernick, Benzion G, from Norfolk to Suffolk. the whole nrofession. For the Committee on Membership and Finance, Doctor White was graduated from Harvard College Charles M. Green, Chainnan. in 1853 and from the Medical School three years later. He then spent two years abroad, lnrgely devoted to the study of skin diseases, in Vienna under Professor Dr. Green presented the accompanying report life for the Hebra, and returned to Boston to take up his on finance Committee on Membership work. During his youth and college days, he had been and Finance, and it was accepted and its recom- greatly interested in natural history and scientific mendations adopted : study and on his return to Boston he was made Ad- junct Professor of Chemistry in the Medical School The Committee on Membership and Finance makes and a little later Visiting Physician to the Massachu- the following recommendations as to Finance: setts General Hospital. These positions he' resigned, in to take charge of a newly-ereated department 1. That a dividend of from the balance re- 1871, $4000, of dermatology in the same hospital. in the treasury on December be maining 31, 1915, In the same year, he was made Professor of Derma- apportioned among and paid to the district societies, in the Harvard Medical School, a chair which in accordance the of tology with provisions Chapter VII, he occupied for thirty-one years. It was the first pro- Section 3, of the by-laws: fessorship of the kind In Boston and, indeed, the first 2. That appropriations for Standing Committees in any medical school in this country. for the financial year 1916 be made as follows : He was an active member of the Natural History and of the American of Arts and For the Committee of Society Academy Arrangements. $2900 Sciences. He had also an extensive and appreciative Committee on and For the Ethics Discipline_ 25 knowledge of artistic and literary matters, but his the Committee on Medical Education and For was in field of Medical Diplomas. 50 great interest, his chosen dermatology. He was one of the founders of the American Der- For the Committee on State and National its first He 250 matologlcal Association and president. Legislation. was an attendant at various International Dermato- 3. That to make possible the continuance of the loglcal meetings and held Honorary Membership in affiliation of this Society with the Boston Medical many foreign dermatological societies. In 1903, the and Surgical Journal, the Council appropriate for International Congress of Dermatology was held in the year 1916 the sum of $9500, this sum to be reduced Now York and Dr. White presided over its delibera- by such amount as may be raised by special subscriptions. He was often spoken of as the Father of tion. Dermatology in this country.

The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal as published by The New England Journal of Medicine. Downloaded from nejm.org at SAN DIEGO (UCSD) on July 8, 2016. For personal use only. No other uses without permission. From the NEJM Archive. Copyright © 2010 Massachusetts Medical Society. In the Massachusetts Medical Society he was long Receipts. a councilor and librarian. In 1892, he gave the an- Balance from 1914. $14,906.76 nual oration on "The Relations of the Massachusetts Assessments paid to treasurer. 1,250.00 Medical Society to Medical Education." From 1892 to he 1894, was its president. Assessments paid to district treasurers : His erect, well-dressed figure, his careful statements and well-chosen speech were the index of an orderly Barnstable . $ 135.00 and logical mind. He was respected and honored 'by Berkshire . 394.00 those who knew him and most heartily beloved by Bristol North . 269.00 those admitted to the circle of his friends. Bristol South . 653.00 In speaking of the dead of the year then just past, Essex North . 723.00 in his annual oration in 1892, Dr. White said: Essex South. 1,018.00 "Not a few of us have ceased to labor in the year Franklin . 184.00 which closed yesterday,—some when their work had Hampden . 941.00 just begun, some in full tide of life, but most in the Hampshire . 299.00 evening of their days when the last rest had been Middlesex East. 335.00 well earned and could not have been unwelcome." Middlesex North. 462.00 After an active and fruitful life, Doctor White's Middlesex South . 2,068.00 rest is well earned, and by these resolutions we ex- Norfolk . 2,124.00 press our sincere respect and affection and our deep Norfolk South. 317.00 sense of loss. Plymouth . 454.00 Abner Post, Suffolk . 3,178.00 John T. Bowen, Worcester . 1,265.00 William L. Richardson. Worcester North . 418.00 - $15,237.00 at 219.00 Dr. G. W. was illness from Assessments paid Annual Meeting. Gay prevented by Sale of Dinner Tickets. 782.00 preparing resolutions on the death of Dr. Subscriptions for Boston Medical and Sur- David Williams Cheever, and in his absence the gical Journal* . 12.00 president read this tribute : Interest on Massachusetts Bonds. 560.00 Interest on deposits, New England Trust Co. 211.32 On December 27, 1915, the Society lost by death, Dr. Interest on deposits, Old Colony Trust Co. 154.60 David Williams Cheever, of Boston, one of its most Interest from Savings Banks for general valued members, its recording secretary in 1866-7, and fund . 43.38 its president from 1888 to 1890. This noted surgeon Interest from Savings Bank for Cotting and leading member of the medical profession was the fund . 121.20 son of Charles Augustus Cheever, a prominent sur- Interest on Annuity Policies of the Mass. geon of Portsmouth, and grandson of Abljah Cheever, Hospital Life Insurance Co. 867.86 of Saugus, a naval surgeon of the Revolution. He was Gift of Dr. M. C. Smith. 51.40 born at Portsmouth, November 30, 1831, graduated from Harvard College in the class of 1852 and from $34,422.52 the Harvard Medical School in 1858. Appointed dem- Expenses. onstrator of anatomy in the School in 1860, he rose President's expense : to be professor of clinical surgery in 1875, professor Travelling . $ 9.82 of in surgery 1882, and professor emeritus in 1893. Postage and printing . 7.05 - From the beginning of the Boston City Hospital in . $16.87 1864 he served the institution as surgeon for thirty Secretary's expense : years, becoming surgeon emeritus In 1893. He was Stamped envelopes, and print- known a to long series of medical students and prac- ing . 184.30 titioners as a resourceful and bold surgeon ; thorough Addressing circulars . 10.00 and painstaking in technic and assiduous in after-care Engrossing diplomas. 8.00 As a lecturer his language was concise, clear and to Publishing death notices. 1.00 the point. Dr. Cheever became vice-president of the Stenographers at annual meet- Boston Medical was Library in 1890 and in 1896 he ing . 51.75 its made president, holding that office while the funds Incidentals . 18.72 were raised for the present building and also during - $273.77 the first five years' occupancy of this joint permanent Librarian's expense: home of and the Library the Massachusetts Medical Postage and express . $ 38.26 Society, being always faithful in attendance at the Bookbinding. 52.80 meetings of the managing committee, and fair and im- -$ 91.00 partial in his rulings. He will be much missed. Treasurer's expense: Stamped envelopes, stationery The president read an obituary of Dr. George and printing . $202.70 Howard Malcolm Rowe, for thirty years Clerical work. 42.12 super- Clerk at Annual Meeting. 10.00 intendent of the Boston and a City Hospital Premium on bond. 37.50 Councilor of the Society from 1895 to 1909. Safety deposit box. 10.00 (See Boston Medtcal and Surgical Journal, Binding catalogues for Annual February 10, Meeting. 9.70 1916.) Incidentals. 2.00 Adjourned at 1 p.m. - $314.02 Walter L. District treasurers' expense. 921.20 Burrage, Secretary. Bank charges. 1.28 Supervisor's expense. 29.52 Censor's expense. 552.00 Treasurer's Report, January 1, 1916. Guarantee to Boston Medical and Ruroi- cal .Tournai. 7,303.24 Mr. President and Fellows of the Society: Defense of malpractice suits . 569.65 Tour treasurer has the honor to * Bv fnr the larger number of these subscriptions wore paid direct report the finances the the Treasurer as : to the Committee on Jouhnat., receiving only* of the year 1915 follows those that were less than five dollars.