Montgomery County, Ohio - Chapter 18: Med [cal Societies, 1882

Chapter 18: Med [cal Societies

rHHIS society was organized September 15, 1849, and is now in the thirt J- second year of its existence, being one of the oldest, if not the oldest, the State. The following were charter members: Drs. H. G. Carey, Joshi

M. Garst, Vice President; Dr. Edmund Smith, Secretary; Dr. D. B. Van Tuj Treasurer; Drs. Elias Garst, H. K. Steele, H. G. Carey, H. Yan Tuyl and < Crook, Board of Censors. The first meetings of the society were held in tl old Dayton Council chamber. Then, for a time, the doctors met at their ow residences, in turn. Since then, the meetings have been held in the parlors <! the various hotels of the city. At the present time, the society finds a vei pleasant home in the Y. M. C. A. parlor.

As stated in the constitution of the Montgomery County Medical Societ " its objects shall be the improvement of its members in scientific and profe sional knowledge, the association for purposes of mutual recognition and ft lowsbip; the promotion of the character, ' interests and honor of fraternity 1 maintaining union and harmony, and by aiming to elevate the standard medical, education." Any regular graduate in medicine and surgery from ai accredited medical college may become a member of the society after a res dence of one year in this county. An exception to this rule is made in favor the medical officers of the National Soldiers' Home, and of the Dayton Asylum f the Insane. At present, the society has a membership of thirty-four, as follow

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The meetings are held on the first Friday of every month, at 7 :30 P. Mi, :cept the quarterly and annual meetings, which are held at 10 A. M.

The organization of this society was effected at a meeting of the homceoithic physicians of the Miami Valley, held at Dayton on the 14th of June, 160. The meeting was held in the parlors of Dr. W. Webster, in pursuance a call issued by Drs; W. Webster, J. Bosler and E. W. Bosler. and was atnded by the following physicians, in addition to those named: Dr. George ick and Dr. W. A. Scott, of Eaton, Ohio, and Dr. M. Appleby, of Hamilton, kio. Resolutions favoring the formation of a society were passed, and the organized, by adopting the name of the Miami Homoeopathic Medical 3sociation, after which the following officers were elected: W. A. Scott, M.

"Under the constitution, meetings were held at times and places decided pon from time to time by a majority of the members. They were usually eld at Dayton, but sometimes at Hamilton, Middletown and Glendale. It is ow a standing rule that all meetings shall be held at Dayton, on the first horsday of May and November of each year.

At the meeting held in Dayton on the 5th of November, 1868, the name if the society was changed to the Montgomery County Homoeopathic Medical .ocietv. This was done to enable the society to grant diplomas to certain of its rembers who would have been debarred from practice by an act of the Legislate prohibiting physicians from practicing unless they had been in practice venty years, or were regular graduates of a medical college, or members of a lunty medical society.

There are now about fifty members of the society, those living at a dismce being entertained by the resident physicians during the sessions of the ssociation.

llemmer, M. D., Vice President; J. K. Webster, Secretary; W. W. Wolf, M. )., Treasurer; W. A. Shapple, William Egry and B. S. Hunt, Censors.