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History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

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46 <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medical Practice <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>oisother social functions which has been followed throughout the years. TheHouse ruled "that the resolution forbidd<strong>in</strong>g the provid<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> public enterta<strong>in</strong>mentsat meet<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>of</strong> the State Medical <strong>Society</strong> be onlv so construedas to free the Committee on Arrangements from all responsibility andpecuniary expense." From this day forward, the govern<strong>in</strong>g bodv <strong>of</strong> the StateSocietv has authorized the payment <strong>of</strong> expenses contracted by local committeesand chairmen <strong>of</strong> various groups, denied responsibility but assumedthe bill, admonished the <strong>of</strong>fender, and stated righteously that "no furtheraction along this l<strong>in</strong>e is contemplated."Dr. Blaney reported $140.00 <strong>in</strong> the treasury and $82.30 <strong>in</strong> prize monev.But no award was made.The House took f<strong>in</strong>al action on "the hirel<strong>in</strong>g system" and <strong>in</strong>serted oneword <strong>in</strong> the resolution as presented the year before: "No member shall beallowed to hire his services b\the month or year to private families or <strong>in</strong>dividuals."Dr. Pr<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>of</strong> Jacksonville (appo<strong>in</strong>ted at Bloom<strong>in</strong>gton <strong>in</strong> 1855) reportedon "<strong>in</strong>sane and Idiotic Persons" and a committee was appo<strong>in</strong>ted to cont<strong>in</strong>ueto <strong>in</strong>vestigate conditions <strong>in</strong> the state. The committee which was appo<strong>in</strong>tedto "memorialize the legislature to pass an act to legalize dissections"reported that it would not be able to mature any such plan to present atthis session <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Society</strong>, but that they would report through the ChicagoMedical Journal as soon as committee work had progressed sufficiently.Dr. Goodbrake <strong>of</strong> Cl<strong>in</strong>ton, <strong>in</strong> his Presidential Address, bemoaned thefact that it was the custom to send students east to attend lectures. "Thetime has come when we can boast <strong>of</strong> a sufficient number <strong>of</strong> <strong>medical</strong> schoolssupplied with even, material necessary to impart <strong>in</strong>struction, hospitals <strong>in</strong>cluded.. We should as a pr<strong>of</strong>ession, pay more attention to <strong>medical</strong> jurisprudence.. .It should be more extensively taught <strong>in</strong> our <strong>medical</strong> schools;its importance more strongly impressed upon the m<strong>in</strong>ds <strong>of</strong> students; andwe should all give it at least as much attention through life as we do any<strong>of</strong> the other branches, as it is most certa<strong>in</strong>ly not the least <strong>in</strong> importance."-—( DecaturIn the morn<strong>in</strong>g session <strong>of</strong> the first day's meet<strong>in</strong>g, Dr. D. W. Stormont <strong>of</strong>Grand View reported as the chairman <strong>of</strong> the first Legislative Committee.This group was known asthe Committee on the Registration <strong>of</strong> Births,Marriages and Deaths, but its work was legislative <strong>in</strong> nature. Its chairmanhad been to Spr<strong>in</strong>gfield where he "drew up a short memorial to the Legislature,and a complete draught <strong>of</strong> a Registration Law which were entrustedto Representative Mosely <strong>of</strong> Edgar County. They were <strong>in</strong>troduced andreferred to the Committee on Education <strong>of</strong> which Dr. Ba<strong>in</strong>es <strong>of</strong> Adams

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