History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

42 History of Medical Practice in Illinois1 855 BloomingtonThis year the Society elected Dr. N. S. Davis as President, and the boundcopy of the transactions of the House of Delegates in the files of the JohnCrerar Library carries the inscription in his own handwriting: "N. S. Davis—Our 5th Session." The Society still owed him $56.00 which he had advancedfor "current expenses," and the dues were raised to $3.00 to pay theamount due.Dr. David Prince of Jacksonville was appointed as chairman of a specialcommittee to report on orthopedic surgery, a field in which he was interestedfor many years.In order to protect the Society, Dr. Rouse presented a resolution whichstated in brief that the publication of committee reports should not beconsidered as the adoption of the substance of such reports or communicationsby the Society. "The doctrines and opinions embraced in such reportsand communications belong to their authors, and this Society, as a body, isnot responsible for any such matters, except when expressly adopted bysome specific action of this Society."The House adopted a resolution that a committee of three (Drs. DavidV. Z. Blaney) "memorialize the Legislature withPrince, E. R. Roe and J.regard to additional provision for the insane and the establishment of aninstitution for idiots."The President of the Society was authorized to fill any vacancy existingin the group nominated as delegates to the meeting of the AmericanMedical Association.The amendments to the Constitution that were proposed in1854 wereadopted, and the annual assessment was set at $2.00 for the next year.1856—VandaliaThe members of the State Society assembled on June 3, 1856 in theOld State House in Vandalia and were called to order by the President,Dr. N. S. Davis, who had been one of the founders of the AmericanMedical Association in 1847 an