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J,j,^J,,, '^ J ';Mf{,?l .rt.^' , - ••t • • • «• • • . !••••• • . • • • . •.. '. •• .- • : • •• .• .• . • • •.• • • • • ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • .•• • • • • • • • • • • • • LIST OP THE Physicians and Surgeons OF THE CITY AND DISTRICT OF QUEBEC, VfnO ARE PERMANENT MEMBERS. 1826, Deer. 4 Ant. G. Couillard, Joseph Painchaud, Joseph Morrin, Charles N. Perrault, James Douglass, Xavier Tessier, John Clark, 1827, John Whltelaw, Feby. 5 John Rowley, George Roberts, March 5 S. W. H. Leslie, Etienne Drolette, June 4 William Larue, Franjois J. Seguin, Deer. 3 Jean Blanchet, 1828, July 7 William A. Hall, 1829, Deer. 7 Edmund B. O'Callaghan. > LIST OF THE HONORARY MEMBERS. C" t- ■t-4 1828, July 7. . . .Drs. William Zollickoffer, Baltimore, 1829 " Etienne P. Tach^, Canada, March 2... « John C. Warren, Boston, " Thomas Sewall^ Washington, ^P"* ^ " T. Romeyn B. . k, Baltimore,' Augusts.. '^ Thomas Davis, i^ondon, '' Xavier Tessier, New- York. ja\ ^. rf'i i Tj thei thee ^nd viz :■ Med prud tttten the si \ Th, shall, unles: dent, thus! ceedi] i*' *ift (' ' 1.AWS OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY. I. THAT the Members present do hereby constitute themselret into a permanent Association^to be hereafter designated under the name and denomination of The Qubbbc Mbdical Society, the sole object of which is, and shall always be, the dissemination ^nd improvement of the various branches of Medical Science, viz : — ^Natural History, Botany, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Materia Medica, Physic, Surgery, Anatomy, Physiology, MedicalJuris- prudence, Medical Police, and Uie Obstetric Arts. That this Society shall hold its sittings on the first Monday of -e^ty month, to which all Members shall duly and regularly attend, except on urgent business; in case it be a holyday, thesitting will be held the next day. ui III. t. J » -A ^ That no person, except the Members and Honorary l^embers, shall, under any pretence whatever, attend any of the sittings, unless especially introduced by the President or the Vice-Presi« dent, the Secretary, and one of the Members ; but such person thus introduced, shall not be allowed to take any part in the pro- ceedings of the Society. 8 THE QUBBBC MBDICAL SOCIBTT. IV. That one President and one Vice-President be appointed an- nually, at every annual sitting, which shall be hela on the first Monday of December of every year, which appointments shall be made by a majority of the votes present. u . <,^ V. That the duty of the President shall be, to preside at every sitting, and to maintain order and decorum ; he will be allowed to take a part in the debates like all other Members, and at the expiration of his office, shall deliver to the Society an Address on some Medical subject, which shall become the first order of the day, after the minutes of the last meeting shall have been read ; and all such Addresses shall be kept as Records of the Society, to be published by its order. ■ ■'■■■'-' ' ^' •'•'. VI. s ■,„.;■";/. 1. . . M ',;•: That the duty of the Vice-President shall be, to preside in the absence of the President, subject to the same observance, and endowed with the same privileges as the President himself; the same rule to be observed, whenever, in the absence of both, any other member shall take the chair ; but when the President shall attend, the Vice-President shall then take bis seat with the other Members of the Society. , . . ,, ,. , . « ^f-* ' r*i-j VII. v.M'!:> That a Secretary be named, whose appointment shall be perpe- tual, and in case of his resignation or death, his successor shall be appointed by a majority of three-fourths of all the Members of the Society. His duty shall be, to preserve all Records, Docu- ments, and Transactions of the Society ; to correspond on the part of the Society, with all Medical Societies, Universities, Academies, Colleges, or other Medical or Scientific Associations or Bodies in any country, or with any individual out of the So- ciety, whenever such correspondence or connexion may appear convenient and practicable, or otherwise useful to tbiB oSj§Qta of the Society. . h<.; 'y^W Papers, Presents, or other objects which may be forwarded or presented to tlie Society, by or in behalf of any Medical or other Scientific Asso- ciation, body or individual, or by any person whether a perma- nent or honorary member, who shall not communicate it perso- nally, shall be addressed to the Secretary, who will submit them to the Society in a due form ; or such may be presented by any one of the Nlembers, in behalf of such AsKociatiop, body or indi- vidual ; except where the object shall be a regular or essential document of the Society, in which case it shall be delivered into the hands of the Secretary, as the proper channel through which the Society should receive it in an official manner. IX. That no person shall become a permanent member of this So- ciety, unless he shall have been proposed by one of the Members at a monthlv sitting, to be ballotted at the ensuing meeting ; and if two-thirds of the votes be affirmative, such person shall be- come a Member, and if less than that number, he shall be re- jected. Provided always, that the Member proposing him, shall shew to the satisfaction of the Society, that such person is a qua- lified Practitioner^ according to the intent and meaning of the Laws of this Province, and that he is actually In practice or residing in, or within a distance of twelve miles of, the city of Quebec. ^' That ho persoi) shall become an Honorary Member, unless he shall have been proposed at a monthly sitting, to be bal- lotted at the ensuing meeting, and a majority of the votes pre- sent shall be sufficient to admit him, otnerwise he shall be re- jected* XI. That whenever a person shall have b^eil rejected after having been ballotted, he shall not be again proposed within the space of one year, but if such person ahould have been rejected for the i^i^\ B ! i \0 THS OU.BBEC MBDICAI, SOOJ^^Tl^. want of any of the above qualifip^tions, he shall never be pro- posed a second time, unless it be satisfactorily proved that he has since acquired such qualification XII. .., \: U That whenever the Pr^bident, or the Vice-President shall not a^t^ndj, th^e sei^oir Mepber present shall pres^dfi ad vUeaf^m* i^^ '• *>i xin. -■■■n That it shall be the duty of every Member to present alter- nately a paper on some Medical subject. The senior Member shall begin, and at every subsequent meeting, each other Mem-> ber shall follow his example from his seniority, and thus in rota- tion. The President, Vice-President and Secretary, or all other officers of the Society shall also be included in this performance. Apd it shall be the duty of the Secretary to give notice, at ev&ry meeting, to tl^e Member whose duty it shall be to present his pa* per, and in case of such person being absent at the meeting when his paper is to be presented to the Society, he shall cause the same to be delivered in time to the Secretary who will then read it in his place ; and all such papers shall become the first order of the day after the minutes of the last meeting shall have been read. They shall also be kept as records of the Society, to be published by its order. '■■•;i '• ' ^; ■■ . ■' XIV. That the modes of voting on any resolution shall be the signal voting and the ballotting. The signal voting shall be dictated hy the President, and it shall be competent for the Societv to use that mode of voting with the unanimous consent of all Members present ; and the ballotting shall be had recourse to on the call of one of the Members, who shall not be bound to give any expla- nation for so doing. The balloting shall be in such a manner as every one may give his vote in secrecy ; and when the votes are all given, the Secretary shall then collect and report them in the presence of all the Membera, and enter the same accordingly in the Minutes. Provided always, that in all cases where the name of one Medical or other gentleman may have been mentioned, who may lie 9f. all interested in the event of the resolution, noi other mode of voting shall be ado|kted on all such occasions, than i ■\_.. THK aUBBBC MEDICAL SOCIBTY^ 11 hi not ', BO the ballotting. Except when It shall be necessary to appoint a President, Vice-President, or any officer which the Society may think proper to appoint in future, in which case every Member shall give his vote separately in writing to the Secre- tary, who will then declare the person or persons tiamed or ap^inted. XV. That four Members, including a President and the Seeretaryi shall constitute a Quorum, competent for transacting all afTairi and business of the Society. XVI. That it shall be competent for the Society to determine, at any future period and by a majority of the votes present, the pro- priety of raising a subscription fee from all the Members in order to procure plates, printings, stationery, books, pamphlets, or any other article required for its use, or for the further and pro- per execution of its object. XVII. That no conversi\tion, discussion or motion bearing on any poli- tical or other subject foreign to any of the objects of the Society, as mentioned in the above Resolutions, shall, at any future period of its existence, be allowed during any of its sittings ; and in case of the person thus proposing such conversation, discussion or motion, refusing to obey the call to order by the President, he shall immediately be dismissed from the Society, and declared incapable and unfit to be again proposed as one of its Members. XVIII, That no other right or privilege than those provided for in these Resolutions, shall ever be understood to be invested on any of the Members and officers of this Society, whether they relate to any right or immunity appertaining to any one, in whatever capacity he may be acting ; or whether they refer to any species of control of opinion or person over any one of the Members, who are all to be considered as perfectly independent of one another, but one is to be dependent on the whole^ in as much only as it will be essential to the maintenance t^ order, dec^iicy^ and de- corum* ■ u-.^ V •■••»^'-a t^f .?*^^. iVv4- >■»' ''"' ^-'i'^'i '■'' m\ »,• ,» 13 THB QUXBBC MEDICAL SOCIBTY. i'^fj'f: (.i :iii'->yh[ XIX. I'lH-i-^yA ^^ 'tr■•)'"'"■■:^i^ ■ That it shall be competent for the Society to appoint at disore* tion. Committees for inquiring and reporting on any subject which the Society might, at any time, think proper to investi- gate ; which Committees shall be appointed in the same manner as provided for with regard to all other officers of the Society; they shall in all their proceedings strictly conform themselves to all the rules and regulations of the Society, subject to the same observance and endowed with the same privileges as the Society Itself, in as much as may be necessary to good order and de- corum, or to the prosecution of their labour. Provided always that, whenever any question shall arise which may relate to any prerogative or to the interpretation of any of these rules and by- laws, they shall proceed no further but call an extraordinary meeting of the Society, and lay before it the question of difficulties at issue, upon which the Society shall proceed and determine ac- cording to the literal and true meaning of these rules and by-laws. XX. That it shall be competent for any two Members to call an extraordinary meeting of the Society, oy applying and submitting their reasons to the Secretary, who shall then make them known to the President, whose duty it shall be to give immediate order to the Secretary to call such extraordinary meeting, dictating also the time when it shall be held. XXI, That it shall be in the power of any one of the Members, to introduce any one of his friends and acquaintances at all annual sittings of the Society, but such person thus introduced shall not be allowed to take any part in the proceedings or transactions of the Society. XXIL That no proposal or motion tending to alter, destroy or amend any of these rules and by-laws, either in their tenure, meaning, or c£fect, shall b^ proposed to this Society, befose the expiration of five yeai^*fik>m TUB OUBBKC MBDICAL SOCIKTT. ]3 Society for the inspection of the Members, during the space of three months, before the Society shall proceed upon it : and all such proposals or motions shall be adopted by a majority of three* fourths of all the Members of the Society, Members absent being allowed to vote by proxy, or by sending their vote in writing; to the Secetary ; and should it be once rejected by the want of such majority^ it shall not be again proposed. XXIIl. That it shall be competent for the Society to make and adopt, at any future period, such Rules and Regulations, or appoint such additional officers, as may be considered useful ; and all Resolu* tions once adopted, shall not be liable to be altered or repealed before the lapse of twelve months from the date of their adop- tion. Provided always, that ail such proposed motions or regu* lations shall be consonant with the true spirit and meaning of these rules and by-laws. .V -'^'K V. 5. < ^i; 'i; ti ji •" '• ) A -,/'•• ;• '\)itt i-.l.' .V ,,•,... 1 It;', r. ;» ! ♦'?S-'':s,j»r- .,''i\-»«i!i'^'-»'^ '•f^-;if#-^(^- *:.*t ' t.. ! • ' '."ti -^}/ .ii;*.;:( ifM i;'i\k;: ADDITIONS ^C5 fc' ?jfi i ',P2l>iJC*l*|':J^5Jf<> JiA-./ ■ 1 .;''•'.' ■ "■'", TO TBk ' '' •*•• ■ ■■;■ ■ ■■/..■ ■•• ' ,'fli' '''■^?' BY-LAWS OF' THE SOCffifY. ;;> :? ■vt^jj^K ■, J^^ ADfOvUti in 1829 aitH 1880, J ■ : V : I ! That all the Members of the Society, present and future^ will form the Auxiliary Branch of " The London Vaccine Institution" as established in this City, and that all Honorary Members of the Mother Institution shall become Honorary Members of the said Auxiliary Branch. II. That the Anniversary Meetings of the Society sha^U be heltf on the first Monday of December, each year, at the Society's Rooms, at 3 o'clock, p* m. to be followed by a Dinner on the same evening* >', - ■;..■ ' . V-'^ ^. III. *.*' Any Member reiiaiiiiii6|[ absent for three monthty tneetings in Succession, without IMignihg a cause in writing to the Secretary, THB QtJBBBC MEDICAL SOCIBTY. u a.i» V .<■ ill order that he may lay the same before the Society for their information, shall be considered, as expelled from the Society. . •'.«.■ IV. That the Secretary will apply to the gentleman whop^ luvift it may be to read a paper at a monthly meetings for the swtlj^^ on which he intends to treat, in order that he may noti^lj^ tijii^ %iW9ie to each Member in the Circular Note* I J } i- r V. Any Member addressing the Society will do so, •Trfj\ffj|(||ij|. :fi: '>>ii VL Such Members as are Subscribers to Periodical PijliJBpujiioas, are requested to send such Publications to the Socie^'% II^Q^Q^IPils* for perusal. , i * -» t VII. No person can be proposed as a Member of the Societjib unless he shall have resided in Quebec at least, twelve months VIII. Each Member will be called upon for his Monthlj^ fi||^ ac« cording to his standing, in the Society. IX. At each monthly meeting, as soon as the Minutes ol tibe< pre- ceding meeting shall have been read, the Society will attend to the reading of the Monthly Paper, which paper shall be left at the Society's Rooms in charge of the Secretary. ]6 TUB QU£BKC MKDICAL SOCIETY. X. I Every Member, newly elected, on his entering the Society, sbuN pay in aid of its funds the sum of one pound currency, independent of the Annual Contribution to the same amount, and the Secretary shall then present him with a copy of the Laws of the Society. / : .,„-. iMi?- ■ ' '^^K',liV'\ ■»V\ ^' ■ ■■■■ XI, i The Monthly Meetings shall commence at 6 o'clock, p. m. from the first of November to the first of May in winter, and at seven o'clock, p. m. from the first of May to the first of November in summer. f 'Ut^r:\ .^, . ,?. 51 XII. *■> "}•«. Ji*'''! J>' W< Corresponding Members shall be subject to the same mode of election as a Permanent Member. \ .-. No Member present at any Meeting of the Society shall be allowed to leave the Room (previous to the Meeting being adjourned) without leave from the President. •-..:: i T'.. v^ •-•«., >r. > t ' .» -.'<;. ,>;. ;.,;;,«.' * - *.•- :i^ ?■ ...U'.'l ! •' t / <;;r "' ■r\ ,\ !-: -'m jiJ :i:J ? t!'>i r. j.,..i. •; ;. I ft .' ■i,:/r):iri;^ "".-.^J^ s-^' fr(.,-> '■■* ;;.;v; ..•;•* iVi I'.ir^vlk 'ml ^V.^■^\J■^\:^'Si m .• Society, currency, i amount, >py of the ,■ ' • .' ' ■ - \.i REGULATIONS RESPECTING The Librarian and Curator. ck, p. M. inter, an. -t-v > I "i- V(, Wt * ^/ *V* \. "5* \t'l "•"/■'♦ ^ IS ■t\' ,j I . ? y f-'C't- »•• « m ? 'H .h^ f yl iHttl 'fi ,1 -x A .M. •■K, vy .t>'«^>i V, OFFICERS ._ ^...-.v-tvH OF THE QUEBEC MEDICAL SOCIETY, Elected December 1826. Joseph Morrin, President, C. N. Perrault, Vice-President, Xavier Tessier, Secretary. ^ Elected December 1827. Joseph Morrin, President, C. N. Perrault, Vice-President, Xavier Tessier, Secretary. , <■; Elected December 1828, C. N. Perrault, President, " Joseph Painchaud, Vice-Presidept, Samuel W. H. Leslie, Secretary. Elected December 1829. Joseph Painchaud, President, William A. Hall, Vice-President, S. W. H. Leslie, Secretary, :>^^^ Joseph Morrin. Treasurer, John Maxham, Librarian and Curator. ,,■•..' i^ ^> :1 « -,3r C ■< '.I DISSERTATIONS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY IN THE YEAR 1887. (A 1. — On the progress of Medicine — By Joseph Painchaud, 2, — On the successful employment of Ergot in promoting Uterine action — ^By ^nt. G, Couillard, 3.*- On the History of Vaccine in Canada — By Joseph Morrin* 4.~On Mania— By C N. PerraulU 5. — On the Utility of a thorough knowledge of Anatomy to the Physician — By John Rowley, » 6. — On the Disease termed Charbon, as it actually prevails on the Island of Orleans, District of Quebec^— By John Clarfc. 7- — On Tetanus — By James Douglassi 8. — On Pulmonar}' Disease and Premature Puberty — ^By Xavier Tessier. 9 — On Uterine Haemorrhage— By William Larue. 10. — On Cupping. — By FranqoisJ. Seguin, i i : ' ] 1. — On an Anomalous case of the Dislocation of the Shoulder Joint — By G.Roberts, ^^i-.- v, i -^^ .^.,■,.5.. m .■„.♦;; i :;> ,;;j 12.— Annual Address, Medical subject,— State of Medicine and Surgery since the Conquest of Canada — By Joseph Morrin, President. ■i j '• DISSERTATIONS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY IN THE YEAR 18W. ].— On Cephalalgia — By Etienne Drolet. 2. — On Diffusive Cellular Inflammation — By JoJm fFhitelaw. 3. — On the Effects of Iodine in Bronchocele — ^By Jean JBtanchet. 4.— On Tubercular Disease— By Samuel W, H, Leslie, 5. — On the Management of the Placenta — By Joseph Painchaud 6. — On the Retention of the Placenta — By Joseph Morrin* 7. — On Continued Fever as it existed in Quebec in the years 1823, 1824, and 1825— By C. N, Perraull. 8. — On Fungus Hsematodes — By William Hall. 9. — On Delirium Tremens — By John Rowley, 10, — On Wounds of the Spine — By Jean Blanchet, 11. — On Superfoetation — By Joseph Painchaud, 12. — Annual Address, Medical subject, — The Advancement lately made in Medical Science in Canada,— By Joseph Morrinj President. J ■ j^ ) { « i ) 1 DISSERTATIONS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY IN THE YEAR U99. 1. — On the Management of retained Placenta as deduced from Practical Observations — By George Roberts. 2. — On Charbon — (continued) — By John Clark. 3. — Osteo- Sarcoma, Case of — By James Douglass. 4. — On Continued Fever as it existed in the Quebec Emigrants Hospital, 1828.— By Samuel W, U. Leslie. 6.— On Wounds of the Abdomen — By Etienne JDrolet, 6. — On Pessaries — By Joseph Painchaud, 7. — On a remarkable Case of Intussusception — By Ant, G, Couillard. 8. — On the Antiquity of Epidemics and the Existence of Inter- mi tent fevers in the District of Quebec — By Joseph Morrin* 9. — On Fever— (continued) — By C. N. Perraule, 10. — On Charbon — (conclusion)— By John Clark, U. — On Delirium Tremens — By James Douglass. 12. — Annual Address, Medical subject, — ^The St. Paul's Bay Disease, District of Quebec— By C. N, PerrauU, President. J r DIPLOMA OF THE Quebec Medical Society. I OMNES HOMINES quibus pervenerint Jub litera discant. 900m^ SOCIETATEM MEDICAM QUEBECENSEM ex desi^ derio artem medicinaleiii, his in partibus colendi^ ■ — . Propter summam ejus intelligentiam et in re medic^ experientiam prsecipu^ commendatum, numero suorum hodi^ ^'' adscripsisse. QuAPBOPTER ego, Prceses, consociis annuentibus, ■ ■ ^ ■ omnes honores, dignitates et societatis privilegia con- tuli, cujus, in testimonio rei sigillum commune et autographum meum his Uteris apposui. ' Prceses. Quebeci, 183 . * — Secy. f -