Proposed by E. Jones, Esq. Ross, Seconded by H. C. BARNARD, Substituting No Adequate Protection to the Great Body of Medical Esq
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25 by C. LINGEN, Esq. Hereford, and carried unanimously-" That ation.—Proposed by S. MILLARD, Esq. Whitchurch, seconded this meeting recognises with satisfaction the benefit which has ac. by C. LINGEN, Esq. Hereford, and carried unanimously-" That crued to the great body of the profession, and through it, of neces- this meeting do resolve itself into an association of the medical sity, to the public at large, from the improved course of study, practitioners of the city and county of Hereford, to be called and the increased amount of qualification required by the Apo- ’ The Herefordshire Medical Association,’ for the purpose of thecaries’ Company in the candidates for their licence ; and, watching over, and protecting the interests of the profession, therefore, most entirely disapproves of the repeal of the act of until they cease to be threatened in any such manner as they are 1815, unless some other measures are enacted, not only to ensure in the present bill ; -with the same constitution as at present." a still further improvement in the system of medical education, 13th Resolution : Thanks to sub-committee and honorary secre- but also a more efficient protection for the interest of those who, i tary.-Proposed by JONAS LEAKE, Esq. Hereford, seconded by at a great expenditure of time and money, have already qualified FREDERICK BARNETT, Esq. Ross, and carried unanimously- themselves for the due performance of the responsible and " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the sub-committee arduous duties which devolve on the practitioner of medicine." and honorary secretary, for conducting and preparing so ably the 5th Resolution: Against the constitution of the council.-It was proceedings, resolutions, and petition, for our regulation on the proposed by HENRY GRAVES BULL, Esq. Hereford, seconded by present occasion." Dr. GLASSPOOLE, Hereford, and at length was carried unani- 14th Resolution : Thanks to chairman.-Proposed by GEO. mously, although some gentlemen present wished it to go much WOODCOCK, Esq. Eardisley, seconded by SAMUEL WAUDBY, Esq. further-" That the meeting, fully admitting the want of a gene- Hereford, and carried by acclamation-" That the thanks of this ral council of health, as well as of a more perfect organization of meeting be given to the Chairman for his efficient conduct in the the medical profession, and equally sensible of the beneficial re- chair." sults likely to follow their introduction, cannot but view with After the meeting, at the invitation of the gentlemen resident anxiety the manner in which these objects are proposed to be in Hereford, their medical brethren from the country dined with carried out in the present bill, and more especially the absolute them at the City Arms Hotel, and the evening passed off most power which it vests in the government, by giving to it the ap- agreeably to all parties; indeed, so cordial was the feeling of pointment of more than two-thirds of the first council, and the friendship and harmony prevalent, that it was proposed from the absence of any guarantee that the interests of that great body of chair, and rapturously carried by acclamation, that the Hereford- the profession, the general practitioners, shall be in any way shire Medical Association should be a permanent one, and that represented therein." its members should meet annually in this city, for the purpose of 6th Resolution : The petition.-It was proposed by Dr. STRONG, uniting themselves more closely for the interests of the profes- Ross, seconded by Dr. GLASSPOOLE, Hereford, and carried unani- sion, and to discuss the reigning topics of the day. The gentle- mously—" That the following petition, when signed by the mem- men present immediately enrolled themselves for the ensuing bers of the medical profession of the city of Hereford, of the towns year, and separated shortly afterwards. of Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, Ross, and Weobley, in the county of Hereford, and of the adjoining districts in the VOTE OF THANKS TO MR. WAKLEY BY THE MEDICAL PROFESSION same county, be forwarded to the members for the city and OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HEREFORD. for to the House of Commons." And in the ‘ county, presentation To the Editor of THE LANCET. event of the bill the House of that a similar reaching Lords, pe- have the honour to to the unanimous tition be in the hands of the lord-lieutenant of the SIR,—I convey you placed county, thanks of a of the medical of the for to that the public meeting practitioners city presentation house.-(A petition, embodying pre- and of Hereford, for the able manner in which was then read to the and afterwards county very you ceding resolutions, meeting, have advocated the cause of the medical in the profession; and, signed by gentlemen present.) accordance with resolution 11, I herewith forward to the 7th Resolution: to members and county.— you Deputation of city proceedings of the meeting, and request, in its name, the favour It was Dr. EDWARD seconded proposed by MORRIS, Hereford, by of their insertion in columns at as a as be JOHN and carried That your early period may TANNER, Esq. Ledbury, unanimously-,, i convenient. I remain, sir, your obedient servant, the following gentlemen, Dr. Gilliland and Francis Braithwaite, HENRY GRAVES BULL, Hon. Sec. Esq., with the chairman and honorary secretary, (Henry Graves Hereford, Sept. 17, 1844. Bull, Esq ) be appointed a deputation to wait on Messrs. Clive and Pulsford, the members of parliament for the city, and on Messrs. Hoskins, Bailey, and Baskerville, the members for the HASTINGS. in behalf of of county of Hereford, the medical practitioners the MEETING OF THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. city and county of Hereford, for the purpose of drawing their attention more particularly to the injurious tendency of the bill, AT a meeting of the medical practitioners, resident in Has- to place the petition in their hands, and to request them to use tings and St. Leonard’s, held on Monday, the 16th of September, their best exertions for its success." ’ and convened for the purpose of discussing the medical bill of 8th Resolution: Deputation to members of Leominster.-Pro- Sir James Graham, W. DUKE, Esq., in the chair, posed by WM. DENHAM, Esq. Pion, seconded by THos. CAM, It was proposed by Dr. MACKNESS, and seconded by F. TicE- Esq. Hereford, and carried unanimously-,, That T. F. Watling HURST, Esq.—" That this meeting! views with disapprobation the and Thomas Burlton, Esqrs. of Leominster, be appointed a depu- proposed constitution of the council of health and medical educa- tation to wait on Messrs. Arkwright and Greenaway, the mem- tion, inasmuch as no general practitioner is by this bill proposed bers for that borough, from the same body, and for the same to be appointed on the council, thereby withholding from that nu- purposes as specified in the last resolution." merous body a voice in the formation of all the laws and regu- 9th Resolution: Thanks to Governors of Infirmary.-Proposed lations which will have so important an effect on the future con- by R. ARCHIBALD, Esq. Hereford, seconded by P. B. GILES, dition of the great body of medical practitioners throughout the Esq. Byford, and carried unanimously-,, That the thanks of United Kingdom." this meeting be given to the Chairman and Board of Governors Proposed by JoHN SAVERY, Esq., and seconded by R. RANK- of the Infirmary, for so kindly allowing the use of their com- ING, Esq.-" That, in the opinion of this meeting, the bill for the mittee-room on the present occasion." better regulation of medical practice throughout the United King- 10th Resolution: Thanks to "Times" and Medical Press.- dom, repealing, as it does, the Apothecaries’ Act of 1815, and Proposed by E. JoNES, Esq. Ross, seconded by H. C. BARNARD, substituting no adequate protection to the great body of medical Esq. Hereford, and carried unanimously-" That the thanks of practitioners, would, if carried in its present form, be highly pre- this meeting be given to the editor of the Times’ newspaper and judicial to the interests of the profession, and to the public wel- the medical press, for the very able manner in which the cause fare." of the profession has been advocated in several leading articles Proposed by JosEpH RANGER, Esq., and seconded by W. H. which have appeared in those publications, on the subject of the GARDNER, Esq.-" That the Society of Apothecaries are entitled new medical bill." to the best thanks of the profession for having enforced a gra- llth Resolution: Where to request the proceedings published.- dual and extended course of study and examination, which has Proposed by J. MORRIS, Esq. Hereford, seconded by ’VILLIAM elevated the position of the general practitioner; and that the BLAKELY, Esq. Kington, and carried unanimously-" That the removal of all restrictions and penalties from unlicensed practi- proceedings of this meeting be forwarded to the editors of the tioners of medicine, which the repeal of the act of 1815 would ’Times,’ the Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal,’ the effect, would be greatly injurious to the profession, and to the -1 Medical Gazette,’ THE LANCET, and the Hereford Journal and public at large." Times’ newspapers, with a request for their insertion at as early Proposed by W. H. GARDNER, Esq., and seconded by Jogrr an opportunity as possible." SAVERY, Esq.—" That a deputation be formed, consisting of the 12th Resolution : Formation of a Herefordshire Medical Associ- Chairman, Dr. Mackness, R. Ranking, Esq., F. Ticehurst, Esq., 26 J. Savery, Esq., W. H. Gardner, Esq., J. Ranger, Esq., and the the medical man, who is required by law to undergo a protracted Secretary, to wait upon the members for the borough, and to and expensive education, and to obtain, by rigorous examinations, afford them any necessary explanation, requesting them to stip- letters testimonial of his fitness to practise in his profession, should port the views of this meeting, urging upon them the injustice to by the same law also be protected from any invasion of his the profession, and the injury to the public, certain to result hardly-earned rights by the illegal practitioner.