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CHAPTER XVIII

MEDICAL SOCIETIES.

THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.

THIS society was organized September 15, 1849, and is now in the thirty-second year of its existence, being one of the oldest, if not the oldest, in the State. The following were charter members: Drs. H. G. Carey, Joshua Clements, Oliver Crook, John B. Craighead, John Davis, Elias Garst, Michael Garst, Job Haines, Edmund Smith, Edwin Smith, H. K. Steele, John Steele, Julius S. Taylor, D. B. Van Tuyl and H. Van Tuyl.

Nearly all of the original members have passed away, the oldest surviving members being Dr. John Davis and Dr. J. C. Reeve.

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

As stated in the constitution of the Montgomery County Medical Society, "its objects shall be the improvement of its members in scientific and professional knowledge, the association for purposes of mutual recognition and fellowship; the promotion of the character, interests and honor of fraternity by maintaining union and harmony, and by aiming to elevate the standard of medical, education." Any regular graduate in medicine and surgery from any accredited medical college may become a member of the society after a residence of one year in this county. An exception to this rule is made in favor of the medical officers of the National Soldiers' Home, and of the Dayton Asylum for the Insane. At present, the society has a membership of thirty-four, as follows: P. N. Adams, M. D., Dayton Asylum of the Insane, 1879; E. R. Baker, M. D., West Milton, Ohio, 1878; J. S. Beck, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1872; W. S. Bookwalter, M. D., Miamisburg, Ohio, 1875; A. Boone, M. D., Harrisburg, Ohio, 1878, J. A. Brown, M. D., Germantown, Ohio, .1880; W. J. Conklin, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1869; J. M. Carr, M. D., Dayton Asylum for the Insane, 1875; E. C. Crum, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1872; John Davis, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1850; J. D. Daugherty, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1877; J. E. Donnellan, M. D., Germantown, Ohio, ---- ; J. F. De Bra, M. D., Miamisburg, Ohio, 1877; A. S. Dunlap, M. D., Soldiers' Home, Ohio, 1872; George B. Evans, M. D., Dayton Asylum for the Insane, 1881; J. S. Harper, M. D., Trotwood, Ohio, 1878; C. A. Hoff, M. D., Miamisburg, Ohio, 1878; A. H. Iddings, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1872; E. Jennings, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1866; H. S. Jewett, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1871; John D. Kemp, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1857; D. C. Lichliter, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1881; Thomas L. Neal, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1866; E. Pilate, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1866; J. C. Reeve, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1854; A. H. Stevens, M. D., Soldiers' Home, 1881; A. Scheibenzuber, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1873; Samuel Souders, M. D., Beavertown, Ohio, 1873; S. G. Stewart, M. D., Centerville, Ohio, 1880; J. B. Shank, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1878; W. P. Treon, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1873; J. Thompson, M. D., Union, Ohio, 1878; H. A. Tobey, M. D., Dayton Asylum for the Insane, 1881; J. M. Weaver, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1875; I. B. Wilson, M. D., Dayton, Ohio, 1877.

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

The code of ethics of the American Medical Association govern the professional relations of members to each other and to their patients.

At regular meetings, the following is the order of business:

1. Reading and adoption of minutes.

2. Reception of new members.

3. Reading of essays, and remarks thereon.

4. Reports of cases.

5. Reports of committees, and miscellaneous business.

6. Adjournment.

At each meeting, one essayist and an alternate are appointed to entertain the society at its next meeting.

Elections are held annually, and at present the officers are as follows:

Thomas L. Neal, M. D., President; J. M. Weaver, M. D., Vice President; J. B. Shank, M. D., Secretary; J. S. Beck, M. D., Treasurer; J. C. Reeve, M. D., John Davis, M. D., W. J. Conklin, M. D., Board of Censors.

THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

The organization of this society was effected at a meeting of the homeopathic physicians of the Miami Valley, held at Dayton on the 14th of June, 1860. The meeting was held in the parlors of Dr. W. Webster, in pursuance to a call issued by Drs. W. Webster, J. Bosler and E. W. Bosler, and was attended by the following physicians, in addition to those named: Dr. George Dick and Dr. W. A. Scott, of Eaton, Ohio, and Dr. M. Appleby, of Hamilton, Ohio. Resolutions favoring the formation of a society were passed, and the society organized, by adopting the name of the Miami Homoeopathic Medical Association, after which the following officers were elected: W. A. Scott, M. D., President; M. Appleby, M. D., Vice President; George Dick, M. D., Recording and Corresponding Secretary; W. Webster, M. D., Treasurer.

On the 13th of December following, a constitution and by-laws were adopted, and the society permanently organized by electing J. Bosler, M. D., President; M. Appleby, M. D., Vice President; G. Dick, M. D., Secretary; W. Webster, M. D.. Treasurer; W. A. Scott. M. T. D., of Eaton; E. W. Bosler, M. D., of Dayton; and J. J. Antrim, M. D., of Germantown, Censors.

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

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

In November, 1871, the society had the necessary steps taken to enable them to become an incorporated body.

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

The present officers (1881) are: W. Webster, M. D., President; J. W. Clemmer, M. D., Vice President; J. K. Webster, Secretary; W. W. Wolf, M. D., Treasurer; W. A. Shapple, William Egry and B. S. Hunt, Censors.