Ethics. Rules of Order. County Societies Affiliation. Organization Charters. One Society in one County. Qualification for Membership. CHAPTER X.-ETHICAL PRINCIPLES. The ethical principles governing the members of the American Medical Association shall govern the conduct of members of this ASSOCIATION in their relations to each other and to the public. CHAPTER XI.-RULES OF ORDER. The deliberations of this ASSOCIATION shall be governed by parliamentary usage as contained in Robert's Rules of Order, unless otherwise determined by a vote of its respective bodies. CHAPTER XII.-COUNTY SOCIETIES. SECTION 1. All County Societies now in affiliation with the State Association or those that may hereafter be organized in this State, which have adopted principles of organization not in conflict with this Constitution and By-Laws, shall, upon application to the House of Delegates, receive a charter from and become a component part of this ASSOCIATION. SEC. 2. As rapidly as can be done after the adoption of this Constitution and By-Laws, a medical society shall be organized in every county in the State in which no Component Society exists, and charters shall be issued thereto. SEC. 3. Charters shall be issued only upon approval of the House of Delegates and shall be signed by the President and Secretary of this ASSOCIATION. The House of Delegates shall have authority to revoke the charter of any Component County Society whose actions are in conflict with the letter or spirit of this Constitution and By-Laws. SEC. 4. Only one component medical society shall be chartered in any county. Where more than one county society exists, friendly overtures and concessions shall be made, with the aid of the Councilor for the district if necessary, and all of the members brought into one organization. In case of failure to unite, an appeal may be made to the Council, which shall decide what action shall be taken. SEC. 5. Each County Society shall judge of the qualification of its own members, but as such societies are the only portals to this ASSOCIATION and to the American Medical Association, every reputable and legally registered physician who is practicing, or who will agree to practice, nonsectarian medicine shall be entitled to membership. Before a charter is issued to any County Society, full and ample notice and opportunity shall be given to every such physician in the county to become a member. SEC. 6 Any physician who may feel aggrieved by the Appeal. action of the society of his county in refusing him membership, or in suspending or expelling him, shall have the right of appeal to the Council and the House of Delegates. SEC. 7. In hearing appeals the Council may admit oral or Hearings. written evidence as in its judgment will best and most fairly present the facts, but in case of every appeal, both as a Board and as individual Councilors in district and county work, efforts at conciliation and compromise shall precede all such hearings. SEC. 8. When a member in good standing in a Component Removals. Society moves to another county in this State, his name, upon request, shall be transferred without cost to the roster of the County Society into whose jurisdiction he moves. SEC. 9. A physician living on or near a county line may hold his membership in that county most convenient for him to attend, on permission of the society in whose jurisdiction he resides. SEC. 10. Each County Society shall have general direction Functions and of the affairs of the profession in the county, and its influence Duties. shall be constantly exerted for bettering the scientific, moral and material condition of every physician in the county. Systematic efforts shall be made by each member, and by the society as a whole, to increase the membership until it embraces every qualified physician in the county. SEC. 11. Frequent meetings shall be encouraged, and the Work. most attractive programs arranged that are possible. The younger members shall be especially encouraged to do postgraduate and original-research work, and to give the Society the first benefit of such labors. Official position and other preferments shall be unstintingly given to such members. SEC. 12. At some meeting in advance of the annual session of this ASSOCIATION each County Society shall elect a delegate or delegates to represent it in the House of Delegates of this ASSOCIATION in the proportion of one delegate to each one hundred members, or fraction thereof, and the Secretary of the Society shall send a list of such delegates to the Secretary of this AssOCIATION, at least ten days before the Annual Session. Delegates. List of Physi SEC. 13. The Secretary of each County Society shall keep cians in County. a roster of its members, and a list of the nonaffiliated registered physicians of the county, in which shall be shown the full name, address, college and date of graduation, date of license to practice in this State, and such other information as may be deemed necessary. He shall furnish an official report containing such information, upon blanks supplied him for the purpose, to the Secretary of this ASSOCIATION, thirty days in advance of each Annual Session, and at the same time that the dues accruing from the annual assessment are sent in. In keeping such roster the Secretary shall note any changes in the personnel of the profession by death, or by removal to or from the county, and in making his annual report he shall be certain to account for every physician who has lived in the county during the year. Amendments. CHAPTER XIII.-AMENDMENTS. These By-Laws may be amended at any Annual Session by a majority vote of all the delegates present at that session, after the amendment has been laid upon the table for one day. INDEX OF ORIGINAL ARTICLES Address of the President... 23 Appendicitis-Some Observations on, Based on 372 Opera- tions 156 Diabetes Mellitus-The Present State of our Knowledge of.... 44 97 Diphtheria-The Medical Treatment of.. 85 Diphtheria-The Surgical Treatment of Laryngeal. Ethmoiditis Acute Suppurative 93 77 257 Forceps-When to Use the. 217 Gangrene-Emphysematous Hemiplegia, Right, Six Cases of, with Aphasia. Hemorrhoids-A Simple Method for the Removal of External Under Local Anesthesia...... 193 250 ... 203 Infections The Effect of Rest Upon the Progress of Septic.. 35 225 Kidney-The Treatment of Suppurative Inflammation of the.. 137 213 Labor-The Management and Preparation of the First Stage of 210 · 29 Natural Selection as Applied to Medicine and Medical Special- 265 Paralyses-Puerperal and Gestational... 229 Peritoneum-A Case of Acute Tuberculosis of the. 133 Pregnancy-The Management of..... 205 Spine-Diagnosis and Treatment of Injuries to the.. 171 Syphilis-Injection Treatment of, by Means of a New Mer- curial Formula 64 Thyroid Body-Report of Cases of Surgery of the. 144 Thyroid Gland-Surgery of the, With Lantern Illustrations, 154 Tuberculosis-Practical Deductions from Experiences in a 113 Tuberculosis-The Treatment of Pulmonary. 124 |