Hiram Woods, Randolph Winslow, J. F. Crouch, Alexius McGlannan, Committees Scientific Work and Arrangements.-G. M. Linthicum, M. C. Pincoffs, H. B. Stone. Library Committee.-John Ruhräh, W. S. Thayer, L. F. Barker, Alexius McGlannan, J. W. Williams. Finney Fund.-L. F. Barker, Harry Friedenwald, Louis Hamman, H. B. Jacobs, Alexius McGlannan. Delegates to A. M. A.-Randolph Winslow, Delegate, Alexius McGlannan, Alternate; T. S. Cullen, Delegate; Charles O'Donovan, Alternate. Public Instruction.-J. H. Pleasants, W. T. Howard, Henry M. Lankford, Victor F. Cullen, J. H. M. Knox, Jr. Midwifery.-Mary Sherwood, J. G. Murray, Wm. L. Millea, W. Tarun, Philip Briscoe. Memoir.-W. J. Todd, J. E. Deets, James S. Billingslea, W. S. Archer. Fund for Widows and Orphans.-G. W. Mitchell, Joseph I. France, Mary Cooke Willis, T. B. Johnson, Paul W. Clough. Defense for Medical Research.-Standish McCleary, C. C. W. Judd, E. B. Freeman, Herbert Schoenrich, John E. Legge. Medical Education.-J. M. H. Rowland, J. W. Williams, Henry M. Fitzhugh. Legislative Committee.-H. H. Young, F. V. Beitler, J. S. Bowen. Future Improvements on the Building.-John Ruhräh, Chairman, T. S. Cullen, G. M. Linthicum. BALTIMORE CITY MEDICAL SOCIETY First and Third Fridays, October to April inclusive OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1923 President, Alexius McGlannan Board of Censors, Harvey B. Stone, Harvey G. Beck, T. B. Futcher Honor Committee, J. M. H. Rowland, E. B. Freeman, C. Urban Smith SECTION OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OTOLOGY. Fourth Thursdays. Chairman, J. W. Downey, Jr.; C. A. Clapp, Secretary. ALLEGANY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President John E. CALVERT COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, Wm. H. CAROLINE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, H. W. CECIL COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, George M. FREDERICK COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, E. D. HARFORD COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, W. B. Kirk, Darlington, Md.; Vice-President, Charles Richardson, Bel Air, Md.; Secretary-Treasurer, Charles Bagley, Bagley, Md.; Delegate, William S. Archer, Bel Air, Md. HOWARD COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, Wm. N. Gassaway, Ellicott City, Md.; Secretary-Treasurer, F. O. Miller, Ellicott City, Md.; Delegate, S. A. Nichols, Dayton, Md. KENT COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, H. G. Simpers, Chestertown, Md.; Secretary-Treasurer, Frank B. Hines, Chestertown, Md.; Delegate, Frank B. Hines, Chestertown, Md.; Alternate, Frank W. Smith, Chestertown, Md. MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, W. T. Brown, Silver Spring, Md., Box 33; Vice-President, V. H. Dyson, Laytonsville, Md.; Secretary-Treasurer, J. W. Bird, Sandy Spring, Md.; Delegate, James E. Deets, Clarksburg, Md.; Alternate, J. W. Bird, Sandy Spring, Md. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, H. B. McDonnell, College Park, Md.; Vice-President, George W. Jones, Laurel, Md.; Secretary-Treasurer, W. Allen Griffith, Berwyn, Md.; Delegate, H. B. McDonnell, College Park, Md.; Alternate, George W. Jones, Laurel, Md. QUEEN ANNE'S MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, SecretaryTreasurer, H. F. McPherson, Centerville, Md.; Delegate, W. H. Fisher, Centerville, Md. ST. MARY'S COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. No active organization. SOMERSET COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, I. A. B, TALBOT COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, W. A. WORCESTER COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. President, John L. STATE PRACTICE ACT State Board of Medical Examiners-Herbert Harlan,* J. McP. States: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin. Information connected with Medical Examinations and licensure by addressing Secretary, J. McP. Scott, Hagerstown, Md. • Deceased. TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1923 Osler Hall, 8.15 P.M. 1. President's address: Medical education and examining boards. Dr. Herbert Harlan President Medical and Chirurgical Faculty Presentation of Portrait of Dr. N. R. Gorter... 2. Influence of heredity on cancer in man and animal. 1. The Law.. 2. Surgery.. 3. Orthopedic.. 4. X-Ray... 5. Eye.... ..Dr. Herbert Harlan Illustrated. Dr. H. Gideon Wells Director of Medical Research, University of Chicago WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1923 Morning Session, 9 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. Afternoon Session, Osler Hall, 3 to 5 P.M. Workman's Compensation. .Dr. R. P. Bay .Dr. Alexius McGlannan Small Hall, 5 P.M. Secretaries' round table.... .Dr. J. A. Chatard Evening Session, 8.15 P.M. .Dr. Stuart McGuire 1. Certain types of goitre and their treatment... 2. Experimental modification of bone and tooth development.. Dr. E. V. McCollum 3. Diagnostic value of abdominal venous hums in portal obstruction 4. Problems of the new type of deep X-Ray therapy.. 5. Modern methods of treating pneumonia. THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1923 12.00 M. Dr. W. S. Thayer ...Dr. C. A. Waters .Dr. Henry M. Thomas, Jr. Election for State Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Herbert Harlan presided at the meeting. The House of Delegates nominated the following: W. Allen Griffith, John L. Riley, Richard Kieffer and J. A. Purvis. Nominations from the floor were in order. Dr. W. S. Love nominated Dr. E. H. Kloman. This was seconded by Dr. G. M. Settle. It was moved by Dr. L. B. Henkel that nominations be closed. This was seconded and carried. Vote was taken. Dr. W. Allen Griffith and Dr. E. H. Kloman were elected. The meeting adjourned. MEDICAL EDUCATION AND MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARDS BY DR. HERBERT HARLAN President Medical and Chirurgical Faculty It is no small honor to be elected to preside over the affairs of this honored and venerable society-chartered by the Legislature of Maryland in 1799. For that honor I thank you. My most important work in connection with this Faculty, as is well known to most of you, has been as a member of the Board of Medical Examiners, but for some years past succeeding presidents have been naming me, under protest, as chairman of the Committee on Education. Putting these two things together it occurred to me that a suitable subject for my talk this evening would be Medical Education and Medical Examining Boards. Let us look for a moment at some of the first opportunities for medical education in this country. Among the very early medical colleges may be mentioned the University of Pennsylvania with the original title of Department of Medicine College of Philadelphia organized in 1765. Graduated a class of ten in 1768. In this class the diploma of Dr. John Archer of Hartford County, Maryland, was the first one granted in America. This diploma is in the possession of this Faculty, as is a portrait of Doctor Archer. Then the Medical Faculty of King's College organized in 1767, and graduated the first class in 1769. Suspended during the war of the Revolution, and re-organized in 1792 as the Medical Faculty of Columbia College, New York. Classes were graduated irregularly until 1810 when the College of Physicians and Surgeons of City of New York was organized, and in 1814 there was a merger of the two colleges, and under the latter title. It became the Medical Department of Columbia College in 1860 and was definitely merged with Columbia University in 1891. The present title is Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. The Medical School of Harvard University was organized 1782; the first class graduated in 1788, and a class graduated each year since. No mergers-no change of name, making it much the oldest medical college in this country. 1 1 Dartmouth Medical School, 1797-1914, when it ceased clinical teaching and became a two-year school. Fifth is our own College of Medicine of Maryland, organized in 1807. First class graduated in 1810, and in 1812 becoming the University of Maryland School of Medicine. There have been from time to time in the United States a total of 452 medical colleges; of these 366 are extinct and 86 existing. Of the extinct schools many were simply very poor schools,-poor in two ways. Quite a number should be classed as frauds, sometimes called "diploma mills." In Maryland there have been 11 medical colleges, all located in Baltimore. Of these I have some personal knowledge of all except one, the Washington University School of Medicine, which was organized in 1827 as the Medical Department of Washington College, Pennsylvania-became extinct in 1851. Re-organized in '67 and merged with the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1877. In the autumn of that year began my medical acquaintance with Baltimore. There were then two schools; the University of Maryland which, as mentioned above, was organized as College of Medicine of Maryland in 1807, becoming the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1812; and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, organized in 1872 and merging with the University of Maryland in 1915. The University of Maryland having been in continuous existence since 1807, is one of the oldest medical schools of this country. The Baltimore Medical College was organized in 1881, and located first on North Paca Street. The school was the first in Maryland to admit women, but owing to differences in the faculty there was a cleavage and after a law suit regarding the name, one faction became the Baltimore University School of Medicine, which located in East Baltimore on Bond Street, and graduated its first class in 1885; this became extinct in 1907, -there having been another cleavage in '98, part of the Faculty separating and going to West Baltimore Street, there founding the Maryland Medical College, which became extinct in 1913. The Baltimore Medical College branch dropped the ladies and, under better management, became more prosperous and finally merged with the University of Maryland in 1913. Woman's Medical College of Baltimore, organized 1882, lacking all endowment and all expensive facilities for giving instruction, had small but enthusiastic classes, and for many years not one of its graduates failed to pass an examining board. It became extinct in 1910. The Johns Hopkins Medical Department, organized in 1887, began regular courses in '93, graduated its first class in '97, and being fairly well endowed and perhaps for other various and sundry reasons, is still in existence. |