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PERMANENT MEMBERS. (a) Permanent members shall consist of licensed medical practitioners regularly proposed by two members in good standing, recommended by the Executive, and admitted by not less than a two-thirds vote of the members present at tho annual meeting. They shall be entitled to attend the meetings and participate in the aifairs of the Association so long as they continue to conform to the constitution, by-laws and regulations of the Society, and every person so elected must, prior to the organization of the annual or any other meeting of the Associa- tion, or to voting on any question or taking part in any discus- sion, have signed his name to the constitution and by-laws. 44624 inscribing his name, address, etc., in a book to })e kept by the Secretary for that purpose, and must pay all dues and demands against him at the time. HONORARY MEMBERS. (h) Members of the Medical Profession residing outside the Dominion of Canada who have distinguished themselves in medical and surgical science or literature may be elected hon- orary members by a unanimous vote of the members present at any meeting of the Association after nomination ))y the Executive. They shall be entitled to participate in all its proceedings, except voting, without contributing to its funds. DELEGATES. (c) Medical practitioners who are appointed by Provincial, County, District or City Societies shall be elected members of this Association in the usual way upon the payment of the annual fee. GUESTS. {d) Medical practitioners residing outside of Canada, and other men of science of good standing, may be received by invitation of the meeting or after an introduction by any of the members present, or by any of the absent permanent members by letter of introduction. They shall hold their connection with the Association until the close of the session at which they are received, and shall participate in all the affairs of the meet- ing except voting. 3rd. — Meetings. The regular meetings of the Association shall be held annually, at such time and place as may be determined by the Association at its previous annual meeting, in default of which the time and place shall be fixed by the Executive. ' ' Twenty permanent members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any annual or special meeting. o Special meetings may be called by the President upon a requisition, stating the objects of such meeting, signed by ten permanent members. 4th. — Officeks ani> Executive Council. The officers of the Association shall consist of a President, who shall be selected from the province (jr city in which the next annual meeting is to be held, a General Secretary and a Treasurer, also a Vice-President and a local Secretary for each province of the Dominion, as well as an Executive Council, composed of the President, General Secretary, and Treasurer, together witi. three members to be elected annually from the place or in the vicinity of the next annual meeting. All the officers shall assume the functions of their respective offices at the close of the annual meeting at which they have been elected. 5th. — Duties of Officers and Executive Council. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association and perform all other duties that custom, parliamentary prac- tice and usage may re(iuire. He shall sign orders for the pay- ment of money drawn on the Treasurer by the General Secretary. He shall appoint two Auditors at each annual meeting. In the absence of the President, the Vice-President for the Province in which the meeting is held shall perform the duties, or, in his absence, any other Vice-President selected by the meeting, unless otherwise determined by a majority vote of the members present at the meeting. It shall be the duty of the President to select from among the members of this Association the reader of one or more addresses upon some special subject in medicine, which address shall be prepared and read at the next annual meeting. The President shall be ex-ojfficio a member of all committees. 6 SECKKTARY. The Goiiunil Sucrotary shall attend all the meetings of the Association, with the records, documents and papers belong- ing thereto. He shall record and authenticate the proceedings of all meetings, give due notice to each member by postal card or circular, and duly notify the medical journals of the Dominion of the time and place of the annual and special meetings, notify all members of connnittees of their a})])ointment and duties, hold correspondence with other organized medical associations, both domestic and foreign ; preserve the archives, published transac- tions and essays belonging to the Association, and perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Association or the President. For his services he shall receive an honorarium and his legitimate travelling expenses. He shall be ex-ojfficio a memljer of all committees. The local secretaries shall assist the General Secretary at the annual and special meetings, and perform the duties of corres- ponding secretaries for the respective provinces. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall collect the dues and demands of the Association from the members, and hold- the same in trust for the Associati(m. He shall give a bond to the President for their safe keeping, proper use and disposal. He shall, at evei'y annual meeting, or oftener if required by the President, present his accounts, with the vouchers and other papers, duly audited and signed by the Auditing Committee, and at the end of his term of office shall hand the same to his successor or the President of the Association, together with the money, books and other property belonging to the Assopijitiou. He shall pay such orders as may be drawn on him by the Secretary, countersigned by the President, or, in his absence, the acting President. His legitimate travelling expenses to and from all regular and special meetings shall be defrayed by the Association. ()TH. — Committees. The following Connnittees shall be appointed at every annual meeting of the Association : (a) The Executive Council, as provided in section 4. It shall meet half an hour l)efore each morning session, and at such other times as the interests oi the Association shall re((uire. It shall be the duty of the Executive Council to consider all applicatiims for membership. It shall constitute a Board of Inquiry for the investigation of all charges against members of unprofessional conduct, or of other oft'ences. It shall direct the publication of transactions and other '>iatters connected with the Association ])y means of a "sub-committee," and shall decide as to the publication of papers by " title," ''abstract," or in "extenso." It shall, from time to time, report ti) the Association, otherwise its proceedings are to be considered confidential. (6) The Nominating Committee shall consist of sixteen mem- bers, representing each Province in the Dominion, when practicable. Its duty shall be to nominate the Ofticers and Executive Council for the ensuing year, and to propose the place for the next annual meeting. It shall be nominated during the morning session of the second day of each annual meeting, elected by ballot at the next ensuing session, and shall report before the adjournment of the first session on the last day of each annual meeting. It shall, when practicable, select the President from the Province in which the next annual meeting is to be held. 8 (c) A Committee of Arrangements consisting of five members, with power to add to their number, including the President and General Secretary. (d) A committee of five shall be appointed by the President- elect, to be known as the Committee on Papers and Business, whose duty it shall be to secure papers, etc. , and to arrange the programme. All papers should be in their hands at least three weeks before the date of meeting. Special committees shall be appointed from time to time as the business of the Association requires. Each such committee shall consist of five members, unless otherwise ordered. All reports of committees shall be presented in writing, and signed by the chairman and concurring members of the com- mittee. The first named on any committee shall be the chair- man of such committee, unless the said committee determines otherwi '^ at its first meeting. 7th. — Funds and Appropriations. Every permanent member shall pay the Treasurer an annual fee of two dollars ($2.00) at every annual meeting that he attends. The funds so raised shall be appropriated to defray the ex- penses of the annual meetings, the necessary expenses con- nected with the oftice of the General Secretary and the Treas- urer, publishing the proceedings, memoirs, essays, reports and papers ordered by the Association, and for such other objects as may be deemed proper. Each permanent member of the Association, upon the pay- ment of his annual fee, shall be entitled to a copy of the trans- actions. Additional copies may be purchased by members at one dollar ($1.00) each, and by non-members at two dollars GO) each. ''-.i-U . .Vv '■"^^^>i' 8th. — Notices of Motion. Notices of Motion shall be presented in writing to the Gen- eral Secretary or his substitute, and shall be referred by him to the Executive Council for consideration. 9th. — Amendments. No amendment or alteration shall be made in any of the fore- going articles unless it has first been submitted to the Executive Council, and then only by a vote of two-thirds of all the mem- bers in session at the annual meeting, after due notice has been given at the previous annual meeting. 10th. — Order of Business. First Sessioii. 1. Calling the meeting to order. 2. Secretary's report of the last annual meeting. 3. Report of the Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements. 4. Report of the Committee on Papers and Business. 5. Introduction of the officers of the Association. 6. Election of members. 7. Reading of papers and discussion. Other Sessiotis. 1. Calling the meeting to order. 2. Reading of minutes of last session. Q Election of members. 4. Reading of papers and discussions. 5. Reports of conmiittees. 6. General business. This order of business shall not be changed or altered unless by the unanimous vote of the members present, and then only for the time being, except a notice be given at a previous annual meeting for the purpose of some permanent alteration, 3 10 11th. — Members and Their Duties. Every member who shall have paid his annual subscription shall be entitled to a report of the annual meeting, and transac- tions and such other documents and publications as the Asso- ciation may order to be gratuituously distributed among its members. The time devoted to the reading of any paper or address, except otherwise determined by the consent of the meeting, shall not exceed fifteen minutes. No person shall be permitted to address the Association unless a member thereof, and no member shall be permitted to speak more than once on the same subject unless to explain. No member shall occupy more than five minutes at one time on any subject before the Association. The person who intro- duces a resolution may, by permission of the President or of the meeting, occupy a longer time if deemed necessary. A copy of every address, discourse, or paper read before the Association shall at once be handed to the General Secretary, and shall become the property of the Association, and shall be preserved with the other documents, etc. Members desiring their papers to appear in any particular journal shall present a duplicate copy with the name of the journal marked thereon. Any member appointed on any special committee who fails to report at the next succeeding meeting, shall not be continued on the same, unless a satisfactory reason be given. All resolutions and motions shall be presented in writing. 12th. — Delegates to Foreign Medical Societies. This Society may appoint delegates to represent this Associa- tion at the meetings of the British Medical Association, the American Medical Association, or any other of the medical societies of Europe, and such other scientific bodies as may be 11 in affinity with this Association, but in the absence of action of this Association the President shall have the power to make these appointments. 13th.— Ethics and Discipline. Complaints against a member for violation of the« Code of Ethics shall first be referred to the Executive Committee (see Sec. 6 a) through the President or General Secretary. Code of Medical Ethics. CONSISTING OF 1. The Duties of Physicians to their Patients, and of the Obliga- tions of Patients to their Physicians. 2. The Outies of Physicians to each other, and to the Profession at larfjc. 3. Hie Duties of the Profession to the Public, and of the Obliga- tions of the Public to the Profession. Of the Duties of Physicians to their Patients, and of THE Obligations of Patients to Their Physicians. Art. I. — Duties of Physicians to their Patients. 1. A physician should not only be ready to obey the calls of the sick at all times, but his mind should be attuned to the greatness of his mission and its responsibilities. These obliga- tions are the greater, because ordinarily there is no other tribunal to appeal to th.an his own cimscience in case of neglect. Physicians ought, therefore, to minister to the sick with due regard to the importance of thoir office, reflecting that the com- fort, health and lives of those committed to their charge depend on their skill, attention and fidelity. Physicians should unite tenderness with' firmness, and condescension wif^^h authority, and thus inspire their patients with gratitude, respect and confidence. y 2. Every case committed to the charge of the physician should be treated with serious attention and humanity. Reasonable allowance should be made for mental infirmity and the caprices of the sick. Secrecy and delicacy when required by peculiar circumstances should be strictly observed, and the familiar and confidential intercourse to which physicians are admitted in their professional visits should be used with discretion, and with the most scrupulous regard to fidelity and honor. The obligation to secrecy extends beyond the pe/iod of professional services ; no circumstance connected with the privacies of per- sonal or domestic life, infirmities of disposition, or stain of character, observed during professional attendance, should ever be divulged by the physician, except when he is imperatively recjuired to do so. So great is the necessity of this obligation that courts of justice protect professional men in their observ- ance of secrecy under certain circumstances. 3. Frequent visits to the sick are, in general, re the patient, and comforting to the relatives around him, even to the last ])eriod of a fatal malady, by alle- viating })ain and other symptoms, and by soothing moutal anguish. To decline attendance, under such circumstances, vv(>uld ))e sacriticing to fanciful delicacy and mistaken liberality, thjit moral duty which is independent of, and far superior to, all pecuniary considerations. (i. Consultation should i)e encouraged in dilticult or protracted cases, as they give rise to contidence, energy, and more enlarged views in practice. 7. The o[)p()rtunity which a [)hysician not infrequently enjoys of promoting and strengthening the good resolutions of his patients, sutiering under the consequences of vicious conduct, ought never to be neglected. His counsels, or even remon- strances, will give satisfaction, not offence, if they be prof erred with ])oliteness and with a genuine Icjve of virtue and a sincere interest in the welfare of the patient to whom they are addressed. Akt. II. — Oblifjations of Patients to their Physicians. 1. The members of the medical profession, upon whom so many arduous duties are imposed, and who are re({uired to make so many sacrifices of ease, comfort and health for the wel- fare of mankind, have certainly a right to expect that patients should entertain a just sense of the duties which they owe to their medical attendants. ' ' ' 15 2. The first duty <^f a j^atient is to select as his medical ad- viser one who has received a regular professional education. In no trade or occupation does mankind rely on the skill of an untaught artist ; and in medicine, confessedly the most difficult ji,nd intricate of the sciences, the world ought not to suppose that knowledge is intuitive. 3. Patients shoukl ja'efer a physician whose habits of life are regular, and who is not devoted to comi)any, jdeasure, or any pursuit incompatiVde with his professional obligations. A })atient should also confide the care of himself and his family as nuich as possible tf) one physician, for a medical man who has become ac(piainted with the peculiarities of constitution, haj)its, and predispositions of those he attentls, is more likely to be suc- cessful in his treatment than one wdio does not possess this knowledge. A patient who has thus selected his physician should always apfdy for medical advice even in what may apj)ear to him trivial cases, for fatal results often supervene «)n the slightest accidents. It is of still more importance that he should apply f<^r assistance in the early stage of violent dis- eases. It is to a neglect of this precept that medicine owes nmch of the uncertainty and imperfection with which it has been reproached. 4. Patients should faithfully and unreservedly connnunicate to their physician the supposed cause of their disease. This is the more important as many diseases of a mental origin simulate those depentling on external causes, and yet are only to be cured })y ministering to the mind diseased. A patient should never be afraid of thus making his physician his friend and ad- viser ; he should always bear in mind that a medical man is under the strongest obligations of secrecy. Even the female sex should never allow feelings of shame or delicacy to prevent ' their disclosing the seat, symptoms and causes of complaints peculiar to it. However commendable a modest reserve may 16 be in the common occurrences of life, the too strict oi)servance of it in medicine is often attended with the most serious conse- (juences, and a patient may sink under a painful and loathsome disease which might have been readily prevented had timely intimation been given to the physicim. 5. A jjatient should never weary his physician with a tedious detail of events or matters not appertaining to his disease. Even as relates to his actual symptoms he will convey much more real information by giving clear answers to interrogations, than by the most minute account of his own framing. Neither should he obtrude uprm his physician the details of his business nor the history of his family concerns. 6. The obedience of a patient to the prescriptions of his phy- sician should be prompt and imi)licit. He should never permit his own crude opinions as to their fitness to influence his atten- tion to them. A failure in one particular m.ay render an other- wise judicious treatment dangerous, and even fatal. This re- mark is e(]ually applicable to diet, drink and exercise. As patients become convalescent thej^^ are very apt to suppose that the rules prescribed for them may be disregarded, and the con- sequence, but too often, is a relapse. Patients should never allow themselves to be persuaded to take any medicine what- ever that may be recommended to them by the self-constituted doctors and doctresses who are so frequently met with, and who pretend to possess infallible remedies for the cure of every dis- ease. However simple some of their prescriptions may appear to be, it often happens that they are productive of much mischief, and in all cases they are injurious by contravening the plan of treatment adopted by the physician. 7. A patient should, if possible, avoid even the friendly visits of a physician who is not attending him, and when he does receive them he should never converse on the subject of his dis- ease, as an observation may be made, without any intention of 17 interference, which may destroy his conhdunce in the course he is pursuing and induce him to neglect the directions prescribed to him. A patient sh))jecti<)nabk'. 4. Eipially derogatory to [)rofe.sHi()nal character is it for a physician to hold a i)atent for any surgical instrument or medi- cine, or to dis[)enHe a secret nostrum, whether it be the compo- sition or exclusive property of himself or others. For, if such nostrum is of real etKcacy, any concealment regarding it is in- consistent with beneficence and professional liberality ; and if mystery alone gives it value and importance, such craft imjdies either disgraceful ignorance or fraudulent avarice. It is also reprehensil)le for [)hysicians to give certificates attesting the efiicacy of patent or secret medicines, or in any way to prt)mote the use of them. ■ Art. II. — Professional Services of Phiisicians to Each Other. 1. All practiticmers of medicine, tlieir wives and their children while under the paternal care, are entitled to the gratuitous services of any one or more of the faculty residing near them, whose assistance may be desired. A physician afflicted with disease is usually an incompetent judge of his own case, and the natural anxiety and solicitude which he experiences at the sickness of a wife, a child, or any one who, by the ties of con- sanguinity is rendered peculiarly dear to him, tend to obscure his judgment, and produce timidity and irresolution in his prac- tice. Under such circumstances medical men are peculiarly dependent upcm each other, and kind offices and professional aid should always be cheerfully and gratuitously afforded. Visits ought not, however, to be obtruded officiously, as such unasked civility may give rise to embarrassment, or interfere with that choice on which confidence depends. But if a mem- ber of the faculty whose circumstances are affluent request attendance, and an honorarium be offered, it should not be declined, for no pecuniary obligation ought to be imposed which the party receiving it would wish not to incur. 20 Art. III. — 0/ the Duties of Phyaicidns as Respects Vicarhnis O^ees. 1. The aftkirs of life, tlie pursuit of health, and the various accidents and contingencies to which a medical man is pecu- liarly exposed, sometimes retpiire liim temporarily to withdraw from his duties to his patients, and to request some of his [)ro- fessional brethren to officiate for him. Compliance with this re([uest is an act of courtesy, which should always be performed with the utmost consideratiuld be instituted relative to the nature of the disease ov the remedies employed, but the topics of conversation should be as foreign to the case as circumstances will admit. 4. A physician ought not to take charge of or prescribe for a patient who has recently been under the care of another mem- ber of the faculty in the same illness, except in cases of sudden emergency or in consultation with the physician previously in attendance, or when the latter hiu-; relinquished the case or been regularly notified that his services are no longer desired. Under such circumstances no unjust, illiberal insinuations should be thrown out in relation to the conduct or practice previously pursued, which should be justified ^s far as candor aud regard 25 for truth and probity will permit, for it often happens that patients become dissatisfied when they do not experience imme- diate relief, and, as many diseases are protracted, the want of success in the first stage of the treatment affords no evidence of a lack of professional knowledge and skill. 5. When a physician is called to an urgent case because the family attendant is not at hand; he ought, unless his assistance in consultation be desired, to resign the care of the patient to the latter immediately on his arrival. 6. It often happens in cases of sudden illness or of recent accidents and injuries, owing to the alarm and anxiety of friends, that a number of physicians are simultaneously sent for. Under the circumstances courtesy should assign the patient to the first who arrived, who shall select from those present any additional assistance that he shall deem neceasiiry. In all such cases, however, the practitioner who otticiated should re<(uest the family physician, if there be one, to be called, and, unless his further attendance be re(] nested, should resign the case to the latter on his arrival. 7. When a pliysician is called to the patient of another prac- titioner, in consecpience of the sickness or absence of the latter, he ought, on the return or recovery of the regular attendant, and with the consent of the patient, to surrender the case. 8. A physician when visiting a sick j)erson in the country may be desired to see a neighboring patient who is under the regular direction of another physician, in conse((uence of some sudden change or aggravation of symptoms. The conduct to be pursued on such an occasion is to give advice adapted to present circumstances ; to interfere no further than is absolutely necessary with the general plan of treatment ; to assume no further direction unless it be expressly desired ; and, in this last case, to reij^uest an immediate consultation with the prac- titioner previously employed. 2(> « 9. A wealthy physician should not give advice gratis to the affluent, because his doing so is an injury to his professional brethren. The office of a physician can never be supported as an exclusively beneficial one, and it is defrauding, in some degree, the common funds for its sujiport when fees are dis- pensed with which might justly be claimed. 10. When a physician who has been engaged to attend a case of midwifery is absent, and anotlier is sent for, if delivery is accomplished during the attendance of the latter he is entitled to the fee, but should resign the patient to the practitioner first engaged. * Art. VI. — Of Differences Betiveen Physicians. 1. Diversity of opinion and opposition of interest may, in the medicinal as in other professions, sometimes occasion contro- versy and even contention. Whenever such cases unfortu- nately occur and dannot be immediately terminated, they should be referred to the arbitration of a sufficient number of phy- sicians or a court medical. 2. As peculiar reserve must be maintained by physicians towards the public in regard to professional matters, and as there exist numerous points in medical ethics and etiquette, through which the feelings of medical men may be painfully assailed in their intercourse with each other, and which cannot be understood or appreciated by general society, neither the subject matter of such differences nor the adjudication of the arbitrators should be made public, as publicity in a case of this nature may be injurious to the individuals concerned, and can hardly fail to bring discredit on the faculty. > Art. VII. — Of Fecnniary Achwviedgments. Some general rules should be adopted by the faculty in every town or district relative to pecuniary acknowledgments from 27 their patients, and it should be deemed a point of honor to adhere to these rules with as mi"^h uniformity as varying cir- cumstances will admit. Of the Duties of the Profession to the Public, and of THE Obligations of the Public to the Profession. Art. T. — Duties of the Profenavm to the Public. 1. As good citizens it is the duty of physicians to be ever diligent and vigilant for the welfare of the community, and to bear their part in sustaining its institutions and burdens. They should also be ever ready to give counsel to the public in rela- tion to matters especially ai)pel*taining to their profession, as on subjects of medical police, public hygiene and legal medicine. It is their province to enlighten the public in regard to quaran- tine regulations, the location, arrangement and dietaries of hospitals, asylums, schools, prisons, and similar institutions ; in relation to the medical police of towns, as drainage, ventilation, etc., and in regard to measures for the prevention of epidemic and contagious diseases, and when pestilence prevails it is their duty to face tlie danger and to continue their labors for the alleviation of the suffering, even at the jeopardy of their own lives. 2. Medical men should also always be ready when called on by the legally constituted authofities to enlighten coroners' imjuests and courts of justice on subjects strictly medical, such as involve questions relating to sanity, legitimacy, murder by poison or other violent means, and in regard to the various other subjects embraced in the science of medical jurisprudence ; but in these cases, and especially when they are re(juired to make a post-mortem examination, it is just, in consequence of the time, labor and skill required, and the respr .sibility and risk they incur, that the public should award them a proper 28 honorariiini. Medical men should also be properly paid for attendance as witnesses in certain cases. 3. There is no profession by the members of which eleemosy- nary service", are more liberally dispensed than the medical ; but justice re(iuires that some limits should be placed to the performance of such ji^ood offices. Poverty, professional broth- erhood, and certain of the public duties referred to in the first section of this article, should always be recognized as present- ing valid claims for gratuitous services ; but neither institu- tions endowed by the public or rich individuals, societies for mutual benefit, for the insurance of lives (the certificates for which should be sent confidentially to the company and paid for), whether furnished by the medical adviser of the company or by the family physician, or for analogous purposes, nor any profession or occupation can be admitted to possess such privi- lege. Nor can it be justly expected of jjhysicians to furnish certificates of inability to serve on juries, to perform militia duty, or to testify t(j the state of health of persons wishing to insure their lives, obtain pensions or the like, without a pecu- niary acknowledgment. But to individuals in indigent cir- cumstances such professional services should always be cheer- fully and freely accorded. 4. It is the duty of physicians, who are frecpient witnesses of the enormities conuuitted by ({uackery, and the injury to health and even destruction of life caused by the use of (piack medi- cines, to enlighten the public on these subjects, to expose the injuries sustained by the unv.ary from the devices and preten- sions of artful empirics and imposters. Physicians ought to use all the influence which they may possess by exercising their option in regard to the shops to which their prescriptions shall be sent, to discourage druggists and apothecaries vending (juack or secret medicines, or from being in any way engaged in their manufacture and sale. , = ; 29 Art. II. — Obligations of the Fnhlic to Physicians. 1. The benefits accruing to the public, directly and indirectly, from the active and unwearied beneficence of the profession, are so numerous and important that physicians are justly entitled to the utmost consideration and respect from the com- munity. The public ought likewise to entertain a just appre- ciation of medical qualification ; to make a proper discrimination between true science and the assumption of ignorance and empiricism, and to aff'ord every encouragement and facility for the ac(|uisition of medical education. OFFICBRS OF THE Canadian Medical Association FROM 1867 to 1900. QUEBEC. 1867-68. Present, 109. President— Hon. (now Sir) Charles Tupper, Halifax, N.S. General Secretary— Dr. Alfred G. Belleau, Quebec. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia . . . .*Dr. R. S. Black, Halifax Dr. James R. DeWolf, Halifax. New Brunswick.* n Le Baron Botsford, St. John . tt W. S. Harding, St. John. Quebec n Hector Peltier, Montreal n W. H. Kingston, Montreal. Ontario * h E. M. Hodder, Toronto n Win. Cannitf, Belleville. Treasurer — Dr. Robert Henry Russell, Quebec. MONTREAL. 1868-69. Present, 148. Presided— Hon. (now Sir) Charles Tupper, Halifax, N.S. General Secretary — Dr. Alfred G. Belleau, Quebec. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia .... Hon. D. McN. Parker, Halifax. . .Dr. Arthur Moran, Halifax. New Brunswick.* Dr. Le Baron Botsford, St. John. . n W. S. Harding, St. John. Quebec n G. W. Campbell, Montreal .. . u J. P. Rottot, Montreal. Ontario * ti E. M. Hodder, Toronto n Wm. Canniff, Belleville. Treasurer—Dr. H. Blanchet, Quebec. TORONTO. 1869-70. Present, 53. President— Hon. (now Sir) Charles Tupper, Halifax, N.S. General Secretary — Dr. A. H. David, Montreal. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia Dr. T. R. Almon, Halifax Dr. A. P. Reid, Halifax. New Brunswick. . n W. S. Harding, St. John n G, A. Hamilton, St. John. Quebec n Tindel u J. B. Blanchet, Quebec. Ontario Wm. Canniff, Belleville i. H. H. Wright, Toronto. TrecwMrer— Dr. D. W. Scott, Montreal. *obit. •,•;■ ■;*.■•'■' ■ V 31 / OTTAWA. 1870-71. Present, 59. President— Hon. D. McN. Parker, Halifax. General Secretary— Dr. A. H. David, Montreal. Vice-President for Nova Scotia Dr. Rufus Black, Halifax New Brunswick . . Quebec Ontario ... Local Secretary for Dr. A. P. Iteid, Halifax. Wm. Bayard, St. John n J. T. Steeves, St. John. (J. Chamberlain, Quebec m J. B. Blan(;het, Quebec. John R. Dickson, Kingston . . h W. J. Henry, Ottawa. Treasurer — Dr. E. Robillard, Montreal. QUEBEC. 1871-72. Present, 80. President~*Dr. J. A. Sewell, Quebec. General Secretary — Dr. A. H. David, Montreal. Vice-President for Local Set etaryfor Nova Scotia Dr. C. C Hamilton, Cornwallis. .Dr. A. P. Reid, Halifax. New Brunswick . . n Quebec i. Ontario u MONTREAL. Wm. Bayard. St. John .i J. T. Steeves, St. John. S. H. Trudell, Montreal i J. B. Blanchet, Quebec. (nowSir) J. A. Grant, Ottawa, m W. J. Henry, Ottawa. Treasurer— Dr. E. Robillard, Montreal. 1872-73. Present, 52. President —Dr. (now Sir) J. A. Grant, Ottawa. General Secretary —Dr. A. H. David, Montreal. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia Dr. C. C. Hamilton, Cornwallis. .Dr. H. Gordon, Halifax. New Brunswick. Quebec Ontario ST. JOHN. J. T. Steeves, St. John n E. J. C. Earle, St. John. W. Marsden, Quebec n H. Blanchet, Quebec. J. D. McDonald, Hamilton., .i R. Berryman, Toronto. Treasurer— Dr. E. Robillard, Montreal. 1873-74. Present, 55. President— Dr. W, Marsden, Quebec. General Secretary— Dr. A. H. David, Montreal. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia Dr. E. Jennings, Halifax *Dr. R. S. Black, Halifax. New Brunswick., m J. T. Earle, St. John n Geo. E. S. Keates, St. John. Quebec n (now Sir) W. H. Hingston, „ A. G. Belleau, Quebec. Montreal. Ontario n H. H. Wright, Toronto * n J. Fulton, Toronto. Treasurer — Dr. E. Robillard, Montreal. NIAGARA FALLS. 1874-75. Present, 39. President— *Dr. Le Baron Botsford, St. John, N.B. General Secretary— Dr. A. H. David, Montreal. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia Dr. W. W. Wickwire, Halifax ... Dr. Arthur Moran, Halifax. New Brunswick . . n O. A. Hamilton, St. John. . . n T. A. Gregory, Fredericton. Quebec i J. P. Rottot, Montreal n F. E. Roy, Quebec. Ontario n J. D. McDonald, Hamilton . . n A. E. Malloch, Hamilton. Trmsurer— Dr. E, Robillard, Montreal. ' *Qbit. ■' ^' .:^^'^:ty*- • '"■' :\2 HALIFAX. 1875-7W. I'kksknt. W. Preniiifnt—* Dr. K. M, HodMor, Toronto. General Secretarif— \tr. A. H. David, Motitrwil. Vice- Pn'xident for Local Secrefari/ for Nova Scotia Dr. K. .JenniiifjH, Halifax Dr. II. (Jordon, Halifax. New lirunswi(!k. . u J. T. Karle, St. John * ,, T. McLarL'ti, St. John. t^uehec (now Sir) W. H. Hinjfslon, ,, F. E, Roy, i^uohuc. IVIontrt'al. Ontario n J. Thorburn, Toronto * ti U. Zininiernian, Toronto. l^n'ttHurer— Dr. K. Itobillard, Montreal. TOKONTO. 187H-77. Prehknt, (kJ. I'regidcnt — Dr. (now Sir) W. H. HinjfstoTi, Montreal. General Secretai^/— Dr. A. H. David, .Montreal. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia Dr. Arthur Moran, Halifax Dr. T. It. Alnion, Halifax. New Hrunswick. . n W. Uayard, St. John n Harrinirton. (Quebec Hon. J. J. Ross, Montreal i. H. Rufssell, Quebec. Ontario *Dr. J. Workman, Toronto . . . .*ii R. Ziininerman, Toronto. Treasurer— Dr. E. Robillard, Montreal. MONTllKAL. 1877-78. Pkesent, 75. President— * Dr. Jas. Workman, London. General Secretary — Dr. A. H. David, Montreal. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia Dr. A. J. Cowie, Halifax Dr. John lilack, Halifax. New Brunswick. .*n T. McLaren, St. John h A. IJ. Atherton, Kredericton. (Quebec *ii E. D. Worthinf^ton, ,i F. W. Campbell, Montreal. Sherbrooke. Ontario ^^ J. D. McDonald, Haniiltoi). . m J. Sweetland, Ottawa. Treasurer— Dt E. Robillard, Montreal. HAMILTON. 1878-79. Pkesent, 88. President— Dr. J. D. M(! Donald, Hamilton. General Secretary~Dr. A. H. David, Montreal. Vice- President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia Dr. J. Kerr, Londonderry Dr. A. Lawson, Halifax. New Brunswick. . u Geo. A. Hamilton, St. John, n L. Allison, St. John. Quebec *ii R. P. Howard, Montreal .... n Wm. Osier, Montreal. Ontario n R. M. Buck, liOndon .. T. Burgess, London. 'Treasurer— Dr. E. Robillard, Montreal. LONDON. 1879-80. Present, 60. President — *Dr. R. P. Howard, Montreal. General i^ecretary— Dr. A. H. David, Montreal. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia Hon. D. McN. Parker, Halifax . . Dr. W. W. Wickwire, Halifax. New Brunswick .. Dr. A. B. Atherton, Fredericton .. L. Allison, St. John. Quebec n F. W. Campbell, Montreal . . * h Geo. Ross, Montreal. Ontario H. Hill, Ottawa * .- H. P. Wright, Ottawa, Treasurer— Dr. E. Robillard, Montreal. * Obit. OTTAWA. 33 1880-81. PREaENT, 73. President— T)r. Win. CannifT, Toronto. General Secretary~Dv. A. 11. David, Montreal. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia Hon. D. McN. Parker, Halifax.. Dr. A. Lawson, Halifax. New Brunswicit . . Dr. Jas. ("hristie, .St. John „ I». R. Inches, .St. .Fohn. Quebec , *., (1. K. Fenwitik, Montreal ... ., A. G. lielleau, Quebec. Ontario *.. J. A. Mullin, Hamilton .... „ A. H. Wright, Toronto. Treasurer~\)x. E, Uo))illard, Montreal. HALIFAX. 1881-82. Pkksknt, 53. Pfesident—*Dr. G. K. Fenwiok, Montreal. General Secretary— Dr. Wni. Osier, Montreal. Vice- President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia *Dr. R. S. Black, Halifax Dr. Chas. D. Rigby, Halifax. New Brunswick. . ,, P. R, Inches, St. John , C. Holden, St. John. Quebec „ F. W. Campbell, Montreal. . .. A. U. lielleau, Quebec. Ontario n D. Clarke, Toronto ,i A. H. Wright, Toronto. Treastirer~Dr. E. Robillard, Montreal. TORONTO. 1882-83. Present, 94. President— *Dr. J. A. Mullin, Hamilton. Gener Secretary— Dr. Wm. Osier, Montreal. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia Dr. E. Jennings, Halifax Dr. Almon, Halifax. New Brunswick , . „ A. B. Atherton.Fredericton. u W. F. Coleman, St. John. Quebec i J. B, Gibson, Cowansville.. .■ A. S. Brunelle, Montreal. Ontario *„ G. A. Tye, Chatham * ., H. J. Saunders, Kingston. Manitoba ,t Kerr, Winnipeg * ,. J. W. Whiteford, Winnipeg. KINGSTON. Treasurer— Dr. E. Robillard, Montreal. 1883-84. Present, 74. President— Dr. M. Sullivan, Kingston. General Secretary— Dr. Wm. Osier, Montreal. Vice-President for Nova Scotia Local Secretary for Dr. R. S. Black, jr., Halifax. .Dr. J. W. McDonald, Londonderry. New Brunswick. . „ Jos. Christie, St. John. . .*. . u W. F. Coleman, St. John. Quebec ,, E. Robillard, Montreal ,, James Bell, Montreal. Ontario , Jas. Thorburn, Toronto * m J. L. Bray, Chatham. Manitoba *n J. S. Lynele, Winnipeg u Betts, Winnipeg. Treasurer— Dr. Chas. Sheard, Toronto. ^Obit. MONTREAL. 34 1884-85. Present, 119. Premlent — lir. Wni. Osier, Montreal. General Secretary iJr. .las. Stewart, Montreal. Vice-President /or Nova Scotia . . . New Hrunswick (Quebec! *h Ontario „ Manitoba *« Dr. A. I). Fraser, Windsor Dr. II L. Allison, St. .lohn i *ii Ueo. Ross, Montreal m J. L. Braj , Chatham i J. W. WhitefonI, Winnipe}?. h Local Secretary for Alinon, jr., Halifax. T. D. Walker, St. .John. .Ir.nics Hell, Montreal. \N nj. Hurt, I'aris. F. H. Mewburn, Winnipeg (^lATTIAM. Treaimrer—l)r. Chas. Sheard, Toronto. 1 880-80. Prehknt, 70. President — Dr. J. K. Ilohnes, Chatham. General Secretary— Dr. .lames Stewart, Montreal. Vice-President for Local Secretarff for Nova Seotia . . .'. .Dr. W. W. Wickwire, Halifax . .Dr. Almon, Halifax. New Brunswick. . n .1. T. Karle, St. .Fohn n II. Liinan, Camv^bellton. (Quebec II C. Sewell, Ouebec n James Bell, Montreal. Ontario h W. Sloan, Blyth u John Wishart, London. Manitoba . n R. (i. Brett, Winnipejr u J. W. (Jood, Winnipeg. Treasurer~T)r. Chas. Sheard, Toronto. QUEBEC. 188(5-87 I'llESENT, 36. President— *Dr. J. E. Graham, Toronto. General Secretary — Dr. James Stewart, Montreal. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Sootia Dr. W. W. Wickwire, Halifax . .Dr. Trueman, Maccan Sta. Nftw Brunswick , . u J. Ij. Ciirrie, Fredericton .. m H. Lunan, Campbellton. (Quebec n H. Russell, «^uel)ec las. Bell, Montreal. Ontario *m T. R. Dupuis, Kingston n Geo. T. McKeough, Chatham. Manitoba Hon. J. H. O'Donnell, Winnipeg, u H. H. Chown, Winnipeg. Treasurer— Dr. Chas. Sheard, Toronto. HAMILTON. 1887-88. Present, 87. President —*Dr. Geo. Ross, Montreal. General Secretary— Dr. James Bell, Montreal. Vice-President for Local Secretary for Nova Scotia Dr. W. W. Wickwire, Halifax . .Dr. Trueman. ' New Brunswick . . n J. L. Currie, Fredericton .. n H. Lunan, Campbellton. Thos. Christie, Lachute n O. E. Armstrong, Montreal. F. R. Eccles, London n J. A. Grant, jr., Ottawa. R. J. Blanchard, Winnipeg, n H. H. Chown, Winnipeg. New Westminster. . m O. Milne, Victoria. Quebec n Ontario i, Manitoba n British Columbia n Tremurer— Dr. Chas. Sheard, Toronto. Ob:t. OTTA VV A. 35 lSH8-8!>. Prkskxt, 70. rreitiilcnt. 'Dr. II. P. Wriyfht, Ottawa. Genet-al Secret ar If -Ih: Janit-s Hell, Montreal. Vice- P resilient /or Local Seeretarjf for P. E. Island .... Nova Scotia .... New Urun8wi(!k (Quebec . Dr. S. 11. .lenkinH, Chariot tet<)Wfi.l)r. I'. McLaren, (Jeorjjetown. Edward Farrell, Halifax (Irahan., Halluirst F. W. Caniplell, Montreal. Ontario .. . . Manitoba . * N -W. T ... II. B. Webster, Wolfville. II Kellar, FVe«lericton. II A. W. Worthinjftojj, Sberbrooke. • I H. S. (iritHn, Hamilton. .1. S. li.vncb, Winnipeg n A. II. Kertfuson, VVinnipej;. A. Iiikei}, Kei^ina n ('has. Sheard, Toronto. British (y'olunibia n J. M. Lefevre, Vancouver. ().('. E 1 37 ST. JOHN. 18&4-95. Present, 119. President— Dr. Wm. Bayard, St. John, N.B. General Secretary— Dt. F. N. O. Starr, Toronto. Vice-President for Local Secretary for P. E. Island Dr. Peter McLaren, New Perth . .Dr. R. MacNeill, Stanley Bridge. Nova Sootia ,i R. A. H. MacKeen, m W. H. Hattie, Halifax. Cow Bay, C.B. New Brunswick . n Murray McLaren, St. John ... n O. J. McCully, Moucton. Quebec .. Geo. E. Armstrong, Montreal, u CJ. G. Campbell, Montreal. Ontario *.. G. M. Shaw, Hamilton *ii K. N. Fenwick, Kingston. Manitoba i R. .1. Blanchard, Winnipeg .. n J. Nelson, Winnipeg. N.-W, T II C. Hamilton, Regina n Geo. Macdonald, Calgary. British Columbia n T. Eberts, Wellington m W. A. Richardson, Victoria. Treasurer— Dr. H. B. Small, Ottawa. KINGSTON. 1895-96. Present, 109. President — Dr. James Thorburn, Toronto. General Secretary— Dr. F. N. G. Starr, Toronto. Vice-President for ~ Local Secretary fw P. E. Island Dr. Jas. Warburton, Dr.H. D. Johnson, Charlottetown. Charlottetown. Nova Scotia h Wm. Tobin, Halifax u G. C. .Tones, Halifax. New Brunswick., i. W. W. White, St. John n Wm. Christie, St. John. (Quebec Hon. - D. Marsil, St. Eustache ... .i J. G. McCarthy, Montreal. Ontario Dr. Fife Fowler, Kingston h J. H. Mathieson, St. Mary's. Manitoba n H. H. Chown, Winnipeg h W. J. Neilson, Winnipeg. N.-W. T II R. G. Brett, Banff m Geo. Macdonald, Calgary. British Columbia h R. E. M(rKechnie, Nanaimo . . n W. A. Richardson, Victoria. Treasurer— Dr. H. B. Small, Ottawa. MONTKJ^AL. 1896-97. Present, 168. President— Dr. V. H. Moore, Brockville. General Secretary— Dr. F. N. G. Starr, Toronto. Vice-President for Local Secretary for P. E. Island Dr. F. J. Conroy, Charlottetown . Dr. H. D. Johnson, Charlottetown Nova Scotia n J. F. Black, Halifax n A. I. Mader, Halifax. New Brunswick, h Thos. Walker, St. John n G. A. B. Addy, St. John. Quebec n J. M. Beausoliel, Montreal u J. G. McCarthy, Montreal. Ontario n W. W. Dickson, Pembroke n W. G. Anglin, Kinjiston. Manitoba i R. S. Thornton, Deloraine. ... ti W. H. Smith, Winnipeg. N.-W. T M E. H. Rouleau, Calgary n Geo. Macdonald, Calgary British Columbia .. E. B. C. Hanington, Victoria, i. O. Weld, Vancouver. Treasurer— Dr, H. B. Small, Ottawa. * Obit. 38 MONTREAL. 1897-98. Present, 90. President— Dr. J. M. Beausoliel, Montreal. General Secretary— Dr. F. N. G. Starr, Toronto. Vice- Presiden f for Local Secretary for P. E. Island ....Dr. R. Ma(!Neill, Stanley Bridge.Dr. P. McLaren, New Perth. Nova Scotia h R. A. H. MacKeen, (ilace Bay. m Jas. Ross, Halifax. New Brunswick., it P. R. Inches, St. John H. Lunan, Campbellton. Quebec n C. S. Parke, Quebec n A. Marois, Quebec. Ontario n A. McPhedran, Toronto n Fl B. Echlin, Ottawa. Manitoba J. R. Jones, Winnipeg ti W. J. Neilson, Wintiipej?. N.-W. T II F. H. Mewhurn, Lethbridge. . n O. A, Macdonald, Calgary. British Columbia n S. J. Tunstell, Vancouver u B. de F. Boyce, Kelowna. Treasurer— Dr. H. B. Small, Ottawa. QUEBEC. 1898-99. Present, 79. President— }Ar. Irving H. Cameron, Toronto. General Secretary— Dr. F. N. G. Starr, Toronto. Vice-President for Local Secretary for P. E. Island Dr. J. McLeod, Charlottetown ..Dr. S. R. Jenkins, Charlotte town. Nova Scotia .... n E. A. Kirkpatrick, Halifax .. >i W. G. Putnam, Yarmouth. New Brunswick., m L N. Bourque, Moncton u T. I). Walker, St. John. Quebec tf Jas. Bell, Montreal n C. Marsil, St. Eustache. Ontario n J. A. Williams, IngersoU n C. R. Dickson, Toronto. Manitoba n R. S. Thornton, Deloraine . . . m Geo. Clingan, Virden. N.-W. T II N. J. Lindsay, Calgary n D. Low, Regina. British Columbia n S. J. Tunstell, Vancouver n R. E. Walker, New Westminster. Treasurer — Dr. 11. B. Small, Ottawa. TORONTO. 1899-1900. Present, 242. President— Dr. R. W. Powell, Ottawa. General Secretary— Dr. F. N. G. Starr, Toronto. Vice-President for Local Secretary for P. E. Island Dr. S. R. Jenkins, Charlottetown. Dr. H. D. Johnson, Charlottetown. Nova Scotia n W. G. Putnam, Yarmouth n G. M. Campbell, Halifax. New Brunswick., m A. R. Myers. Moncton n G. A. B. Addy, St. John. Quebec h A. R. Marsolais, Montreal v J. A. Hutchison, Montreal. Ontario m A. J. Johnson, Toronto h W. H. Klock, Ottawa. Manitoba h W. J. Neilson, Winnipeg u W. Harvey Smith, Winnipeg. N.-W. T II H. U. Bain, Prince Albert. . . . i. M. M. Seymour, Qu'Appelle, British Columbia n O. M. Jones, Victoria m W. J. McQuigan, Vancouver. Treasurer— Dr. H. B. Small, Ottawa. Obit. jp- ■ -•::]*7' ^-.■. , •^'TTv. v^* ■, •»; J ■ Jt -ifW''-'jirir--iwyr^^ ■r .•■-fr^vn?' v. ;•.•}■•' ■ . ^ i "•l\Jtr^ir j- ~ ■ " " - ^ : "^^ "- ' ' !».■''?.■.»- 1" ■ '^^