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SUFFOLK DISTRICT  MEDICAL  SOCIETY,
A  LIST  OF  MEMBERS.
ORGANIZED, M.DCOC.XL1X.
         BOSTON:
PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON,
        22, School Street.
            1855. 
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SUFFOLK  DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY,
A  LIST  OF  MEMBERS.
ORGANIZED, M.DCCC.XLIX.
         BOSTON:

PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON,

        22, School Street.

            1855. 
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By the Counsellors of the Massachusetts Medical Society, to George Hay ward and
                  others, Fellows of said Society, greeting:
    Your application, made in due form, requesting that a District or subor-
dinate Medical Society might be instituted, to consist of Fellows of the Massa-
chusetts Medical Society, residing in  Boston and  Chelsea  in  the  County of
Suffolk, was duly considered  at a meeting of the Counsellors,  held at Boston
on the twenty-ninth day of May, 1849 ; and it was thereupon voted that your
request should be granted.
    Be it therefore known, That, pursuant to an Act  of the Legislature of the
Commonwealth, entitled " An Act in addition to an Act, entitled ' An Act to
incorporate certain persons by the name of the Massachusetts Medical Society,' "
authorizing  the Counsellors of said Society thereunto, — a District or subordi-
nate Society, by the name of Suffolk District Medical Society, is hereby estab-
lished, to consist of those Fellows of the Massachusetts Medical Society, now
resident  within the District aforesaid, for the purpose of electing officers, and
transacting such other business as they shall deem expedient.
    In testimony whereof, the President, pursuant to the aforesaid vote of the
Counsellors,  has hereunto subscribed his name, and  affixed the seal of the
Corporation, at Boston, this twenty-sixth day of July,  A.D. 1849.

                                               JOHN WARE,  President.
   HENRY I. BOWDITCH, Secretary.
                                                        [L.8.] 
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BY-LAWS.
  V.  Social meetings, and meetings for medical improve-
ment, shall be held as frequently as the Society may, from
time to time, determine.
  VI.  Notices  of stated and  special  meetings shall be
given by the Secretary, by a printed notice sent to each
member.

                  ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

  VII. At the  Annual Meeting, there shall be chosen, by
ballot, a President,  Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer,
and  Librarian,  and two  members, who, together with the
foregoing officers, shall act as a Committee of Supervision;
and, at the same meeting, five Censors, and also Counsel-
lors, shall be chosen for the Massachusetts Medical Society
for the subsequent year.
  VIII. There  shall be chosen annually, at the stated meet-
ing in September, a committee of  five, who shall prepare
a list of candidates for  Officers of the Society, a  list of
Counsellors for Suffolk District, and five Censors; and the
chairman of said committee shall, on or before the second
Wednesday in  March, enclose a copy of said  lists  to the
Secretary  of the  Society, who  shall cause printed  copies
of the same to  be  distributed  at  the next  Meeting for
Medical Improvement.

                      THE OFFICERS.

  IX.  The President, Vice-President, and Librarian, shall
perform the duties usually devolving upon such  officers, and
such other duties  as shall be assigned to them. 
BY-LAWS.
  X. In case of the absence of the President and Vice-
President from any meeting, a chairman shall be chosen to
preside at the meeting.


                    THE  SECRETARY.

  XL  The Secretary shall attend, and keep a record of all
the meetings of the Society.  He shall keep  one book of
records of  the  stated and special meetings, and another
book  of records of the transactions of the meetings ap-
pointed for medical improvement.  He shall also have in
his custody a copy of the  By-Laws of the Massachusetts
Medical Society, for the signature of those becoming mem-
bers of that Society.
  At  each stated meeting, he shall announce the names of
all who have in any way become members of this Society,
and any other  changes which  may have occurred  by re-
movals from this District, since the  previous  stated meet-
ing ;  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may be
assigned to him.


                    THE  TREASURER.

  XII.  The Treasurer shall have the charge of the fiscal
concerns of the Society, and shall keep an account of its
receipts and expenditures, and  present it at the  Annual
Meeting, when a committee shall be chosen to examine it.
  XIII. The  records and accounts of  the Secretary and
Treasurer shall be  subject to  examination by the Society,
whenever they judge proper. 
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BY-LAWS.
               COMMITTEE OF SUPERVISION.

  XIV. The Committee of Supervision shall have a gene-
ral superintendence over all the affairs of the Society.
  XV. No discussion or vote touching the character of any
member, or involving the  expenditure of the funds of the
Society, shall be allowed  at  any other than at a stated or
special meeting.  No  By-Law shall be  altered, amended,
or repealed, nor any additional  By-Law adopted at any
meeting, unless the proposed  alteration or amendment has
first been  brought before  the Society  at a stated meeting,
to be acted upon at a subsequent stated meeting.
  XVI. Any of the foregoing By-Laws may be suspended,
at any stated or special meeting, by a unanimous vote of
the members present. 
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OFFICERS,   1854-5.
EPHRALM BUCK, M.D...........President.

J.  MASON  WARREN, M.D.........Vice-President.

JOHN  B. ALLEY, M.D...........Secretary.

N. B. SHURTLEFF,  M.D..........Treasurer.

W. E.  COALE, M.D............Librarian.

ZABDIEL  B. ADAMS, M.D.........) Committee of
SILAS  DURKEE, M.D...........$ Supervision.
LIST   OF  MEMBERS,
The asterisk (*) signified deceased; the dagger (t), retired from practice; the double dagger (t),
                       removed from the city.
Abbe, Alanson.
Abbe, Burr Reeve.
Abbott, Samuel L., jun.
Adams, Edwin.
Adams, Horace W.
*Adams, Zabdiel B.
Adams, Zabdiel B., jun.
Ainsworth, Frederick S.
Alexander, Andrew.
Alley, John B.
Appleton, Benjamin B.
Ayer, James.
Bacon, John,  jun.
Ball, Stephen, jun.
Barnard, Charles F.
Bartlett, Ezra.
Bartlett, George.
Bethune, George A.
Bigelow, George F.
Bigelow, Henry J.
Bigelow, Jacob.
Blake, E. Whitney.
Blake, Samuel C.
Borland, John N.
Bowditch, Henry I.
^Bradford, Williams.
Brewer, Thomas M.
Briggs, William A.
*Brooks, Edward, jun,
Brown, Buckminster.
Brown, John B.
Bryant, Henry.
Buck, Ephraim.
Buckingham, C. E.
*Bumstead, S. E. D.
*Burnett, Waldo I. 
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LIST  OF MEMBERS.
Butler, Alexander S.
Cabot, Samuel, jun.
JCalef, Jonathan S.
Calkins, Charles W.
*Capenj Robert.
Channing, Walter.
Channing, William F.
Chase, Charles (Chelsea).
Clark, Henry G.
Clark, Luther.
Clarke, Edward  H.
Cleveland, Charles D.
Coale, William E.
Codman, Benjamin S.
Codman, Willard W.
Coffin, William S.
Coit, Daniel T.
Coolidge, Algernon.
Cornell,  William M.
Crane, Phineas M.
Cummings, J. A.
Curtis, Josiah.
Dale, William J.
JDalton, John C.
{Dana, Francis.
Davenport, E. J.
Davis, Charles A. (Chelsea).
De Grasse, John V.
Derby, George.
Dix, John H.
Dupee, Horace.
Durkee, Silas.
Dyer, Henry.
Eastham, Charles.
Eastman, Edmund T.
Ellis,  Calvin.
Everett, Edward B.
Fales, Joseph J.
*Fisher, John D.
*Flagg,  Josiah F.
Fabyan, George.
Flint, John.
Fogg, John S. H.
Folts, Daniel V.
Forsyth, James  B.  (Chelsea).
Gale, Levi B.
*Gallup, George H.
Gay, George H.
*Gay, Martin.
Gordon, Charles.
Gould, Augustus A.
Gray, Francis H.
Greene, Moses C.
Greer, Robert.
*Gregerson, James  B.
Gregg, Samuel.
Hallinan, James B.
Hall, Adino B.
Hanaford, W. G.
Hannity, J. A. S.
Harlow, E. A. W.
Harlow, James F.
Harwood, Daniel.
*Hawes, William.
Hayden, John C.
Hayes, Augustus A.
Hayward, George.
Hay ward, George, jun.
Heaton, George.
Herrick, J. Everett.
Hinckley, John W.
Hinckley, Rufus L.
Hobbs, Alvah.
Hodges, Richard M.
Hoffendahl, Charles F.
Hoffendahl, H. L. H.
Holmes, Oliver W.
Homans, Charles D.
Homans, John, Pres.
Hooper, Robert W.
Howe, Samuel G.
Hubbard,  George.
Hyndman, James.
Inches, Hermann B.
*Ingalls, William.
Jackson,  Charles T.
Jackson, James.
Jackson, John B. S.
* Jackson, Thomas  P.
Jarvis, John F.
Jeefeies, John, Pres.
Jenks, Thomas L.
Jones, George S.
Jones, J. Stevens.
Keep, Nathan C.
jKennedy, T. J. W. 
LIST OF MEMBERS.
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Kittredge, E. A.
jKneeland, Samuel, jun.
Lane, J. F. W.
Lane, Jonas.
Lawrence, W. R.
Lee, Henry S.
Leonard, Marcus B.
Lewis, Winslow.
Lincoln, J. Randolph.
Lodge, Giles H.
Lyman, George H.
JMalcolm, Alexander B.
Mann, Jonathan.
Martin, A. D. W.
Martin, Henry A.
JMartin, Joseph L.
JMathes, Gustavus F.
Mattson, Morris.
McGowan, Dennis.
*McGowan, John J.
|Merrill, Levi.
Mifflin, Charles.
Mighill, Stephen.
Mignault, Louis M. F.
Minot, Francis.
JMolloy, P. E.
Moore, Charles W.
Moore, Edward B.
Moriarty, John M.
Morland, William  W.
Morrill, Samuel.
JMorris, William B.
Newell, Robert W.
Oakes, Thomas F.
Odin, John, jun.
*0'Donnell, C. B.
Oliver, Fytche Edward.
Osgood, David.
Otis, George W. (Chelsea).
Owens, Thomas R.
Palmer, E. D. G.
Palmer, Ezra,  jun.
Palmer, John K.
fPalmer, Joseph.
Page, William H.
Parcher, Sewell F.
Parker, David M.
Parker, Thomas I.
% Parker, William T.
*Parkman, Samuel.
Parks, Luther, jun.
Patch, Franklin F.
Perry, Marshall S.
Phelps, Abner.
Phelps, Charles A.
Philbrick, Samuel R.
Phipps, James M.
Poole, Alexander (Chelsea).
Pitts, William.
Putnam, Charles G.
Randall, Benjamin P.
Randall, W. A. C.
Read, William.
|Rees, Robert C.
Renton, George.
Renton, Peter.
{Revere, E. H. C.
Reynolds, Edward.
Reynolds, John P.
Richardson, A.  P.
Roberts, David.
JRoby, Joseph.
Rolfe, Enoch  C.
Russell, George.
Russell, Le Baron.
Salter, Richard H.
fSargent,  Howard.
JSewall, John G.
Sharp, J. Caldwell.
Sharkey, James M.
*Shattuck, George C.
Shattuck,  George C, jun.
Shaw, Benjamin S.
jShurtleff, Augustine.
Shurtleff, Nathaniel  B.
fSimpson, Paul, jun.
Slade, D.  D.
jSmall, Jonathan.
JSmilie, Elton R.
{Smith, D. D.
Smith, Jerome V. C.
{Snow, Asa B.
*Southard, Alba.
*Spence, John, jun.
fSpofford, Charles W.
Sprague, S. L. 
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LIST OF MEMBERS.
Stacy, Horace.
Stedman, Charles H.
Stevens, Calvin.
{Stevens, Ebenezer.
Stevens, John.
{Stevens, John A.
^'Stevens, Justin E.
Stevens, Norma  C.
Stone, H. Osgood.
Stone, James W.
Storer, D. Humphreys.
Storer, Horatio R.
Strong, Woodbridge.
Sumner, Fred. A.
Taft, Augustus C.
Talbot, Israel T.
Tarbell, John A.
Thaxter, D. McB.
Thayer, David.
{Thayer, William H.
Thomas, Alexander.
Thomson, George N.
Thorndike,  W. H.
Tobie, Ira W.
Toomy, John (Chelsea).
Tower, George.
Townsend,  S. D.
Townsend,  William E.
Trafton, Charles T.
{Tucker, Dexter M.
Tucker, Elisha G.
Tucker, Joshua.
Upham, Jabez B.
Wales, Thomas B.
Walker, William J.
Ward, Henry A.
Ware, Charles E.
Ware, John.
Warren, Ira.
Warren, John C.
Warren, J. Mason.
Warren, J. Wright.
Watson, Abraham A.
Weld, Moses  W.
*Wells, Eleazer P.
West, Benjamin H.
Weston, Hervey E.
Weymouth, A. L.
Wheeler, Wm. J. (Chelsea).
Whipple, Shilometh S.
White, Robert.
Whitney, Warren J.
Wilbur, S. F.
Willard, Francis A.
Willard, Henry.
Williams,  Henry W.
Williams,  Jacob L.
{Wright, Thomas S.
York, Jasper  H.
York, John C.
SUMMARY.
Whole number   •........288
Deceased...........22
Retired..........      5
Removed...........25
Present number.......,        236