,|8rriTCTION 
AN!) 
BY-LAWS 
OF 
THE GEORGIA MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
TO WHICH IS APPENDED 
2'he Act of In corp oration , 
LIST OP OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, 
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CHAS. E. O’SULLIVAN, PRINTER. 
J 8 6 7. CONSTITUTION 
AND 
BY-LAWS 
OF 
THE GEORGIA MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
TO WHICH IS APPENDED 
Th e Act of Inco rj) o ratio n , 
LIST OF OFFICERS AND .ME It HERS, 
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• HAS. K. O’SULLIVAN, PttINTJfiK. 
1 8 6 7. AN A(’T 
2‘o In co rp orate 
fpHE fjEORGIA IpEDICAL f^OCIETY. 
Whereas Noble Wimberly Jones, President—John Irvine, Vice 
President—John Grimes, Secretary—Lemuel Kolloek, Treasu- 
rer—John Cummin", James Ewclf, Moses Sheftall, Joshua E. 
White, William Parker, Thomas Schley, George Jones. George 
Vinson Proctor, Henry Bourquin, Thomas Young, Jun., Peter 
Ward. William Cocke, James Glenn, and Nicholas S. Bayard, have 
by their petition represented, that they haveassociaied'in the-city 
of Savannah, under the style and name* of The Georgia Medical 
Society. for the purpose of lessening the fatality induced by cli- 
mate and incidental causes, and improving the science of medi- 
cine. And in order to ensure and establish their said institution 
in a permanent and effectual manner, so that the benevolent and 
desirable objects thereof, may be executed with success and ad- 
vantage, have prayed the legislature to grant them an act of incor- 
poration. 
Sec. .1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 
tives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and by the 
authority of the same, it is hereby enacted, That the several per- 
sons herein before named, and others who are, or may become 
members of of the said society respectively, the officers and mem- 
bers thereof, and their successors, shall be, and are hereby de- 
clared to be a body corporate, in name and deed, by the style and 
denomination of “The Georgia Medical Societ y and by the 
said name and style, shall have perpetual succession of officers 
and*members, and a common seal to use; and shall have power 
and authority to make, alter, amend and change such bye-laws as 
may he agreed on by members of the sameProvided such bye- 
laws be not repugnant to the laws or the constitution of this 
State or the United States. 
Sec. And be it further enacted, That they shall have full 
power and authority under the style and name of the Georgia Medi- 
cal Society, to sue for in the name of their President and Vice Presi- 
dent, lor the time being, and recover all such sum or sums of 
money, as are, or hereafter may become due the said society, by 
any name or style whatever, in any court of law, or at any tribu- 
nal having jurisdiction thereof; and the rights and privileges of 
the said society in any court, or at any tribunal whatever, to de- 
fend and also to receive, take and apply such bequests or dona- 
tions as may be made, to, and for the uses and purposes intended 
bv the said society; and shall be, and are hereby declared to be 
vested with all the powers and advantages, privileges and immu- 
nities of an association or society of people incorporated, for the 
purposes and intentions of their said association. 
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be, and is 
hereby declared to be deemed and considered a public act. to all 
intents and purposes whatever. 
ABRAHAM JACKSON, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
JARED IRWIN, President of the Senate. 
Assented to, December 12,1804. JOHN MILLEDGE, Governor. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 
' OF THE 
Georgia Jeedical Society. 
CONSTITUTION. 
ARTICLE I. 
This Society shall be known as “The Georgia 
Medical Society,” and shall consist of Resident 
and Honorary Members. 
ARTICLE IT. 
This Society is established in the Citv of Sa- 
vannah, lor the advancement of Medical Science, 
and the cultivation of professional and social 
intercourse and good feeling among its members. 
ARTICLE III. 
The Resident members of this Society shall be 
composed of regular Graduates of Medicine, and 
shall be gentlemen of respectable social position. 
ARTICLE IV. 
The Honorary members of this Society shall 
be chosen from non-resident professional gentle- 
men of distinguished zeal and scientific attain- 
ments; and from such resident members who 
have retired from the practice of their Profes- 
sion, as the Society may elect. 
ARTICLE V. 
The Officers of this Society shall consist of a 
President, a Vice-President, a Recording Secre- 
tary, a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer and 
a Librarian; who shall severally perform the 
duties usually assigned to such Officers, together with such other duties as may be required of 
them by the Society. 
ARTICLE VI. 
The Anniversary Meeting of this Society shall 
be held on the first Wednesday in January of 
each and every year; at which time the election 
of Officers shall take place, and an address be 
delivered by the President. 
ARTICLE VII. 
For the better understanding of our mutual 
relations, and for the promotion of harmony, 
we adopt the Code of Medical Ethics set forth 
bv the National Medical Association. 
ARTICLE VII r. 
With a view to the collection of an extensive 
Library, composed of Medical and Scientific 
Standard Works and Periodicals, the members 
of this Society exert themselves to obtain con- 
tributions of books on Medicine and its correl- 
ative sciences. 
ARTICLE IX. 
With a view to preserve for the use of the 
Profession large numbers of Surgical and Ana- 
tomical specimens, the members ot this Society 
exert themselves to obtain contributions of such 
specimens for the establishment of an extensive 
Museum. 
ARTICLE X. 
This Constitution shall not be altered or 
amended at any time, unless the alteration or 
amendment shall have been set forth at least 
one month before it is to be acted upon; and 
not then, unless two-thirds of the members 
present shall vote in favor of such alteration or 
amendment; provided, also, that half the resident 
members of the city be present at such meeting. BY-LAWS. 
ARTICLE I. 
The regular meetings of this Society, for the 
transaction of business, shall be held on Wed- 
nesday evening in every week, at 8 o’clock P. 
M., unless otherwise ordered; but the President 
shall, at the request of any three members, call 
a special meeting of the Society. Five members 
shall constitute a quorum for ordinary business. 
ARTICLE II. 
Any member shall be allowed the privilege 
of introducing a friend or acquaintance as a 
guest of the Society, particularly Medical gen- 
tlemen who may be visiting the city. 
ARTICLE III. 
Every application for membership shall be 
submitted in writing, accompanied with the in- 
itiation fee of Five Dollars ($5.00), and the ap- 
plicant vouched for by two resident members 
of the Society; such applicant shall be balloted 
for at any subsequent meeting, and if two-thirds 
of the members present vote in his favor, he 
shall be declared duly elected; provided, that 
at least ten members be present at the time of 
such election. 
ARTICLE IV. 
Every resident member of the Society shall 
pay into the Treasury, at the first meeting in 
January of each year, an annual tax of Five 
Dollars ($5.00); and shall also pay such assess- 
ments as may be made from time to time by the 
Society. 
ARTICLE V. 
Any member who shall decline or refuse the payment of his regular tax or assessment for 
thirty days after notification by the Treasurer, 
shall forfeit his membership. 
ARTICLE Vr. 
Any resident member may resign his mem- 
bership by making known his desire in writing, 
accompanied by a receipt from the Treasurer 
for all moneys due at the time. 
ARTICLE VII 
No member of this Society shall consult with 
or recognize as a regular practitioner of Med- 
icine, any Physician who shall have become a 
resident practitioner, for two months, and shall 
have failed to become a member of the Society. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
Names of persons recommended for honorary 
membership shall be proposed at one meeting, 
and balloted for at any subsequent meeting ; a 
vote of two-thirds of the members present, in 
favor of such proposition, shall be required for 
their election. They shall enjoy all the priv- 
ileges of the Society except that of voting, and 
shall be exempt from the payment of any dues 
or requisitions. 
ARTICLE IX. 
Any member who shall be guilty of ungentle- 
manly conduct during the session of the Society, 
or who shall conduct himself, out of the Society, 
in such a manner as would render him ineligi- 
ble to membership, shall be expelled from the 
Society according to the wishes of two thirds 
of the members of the Society present, provided, 
that in every instance, specific charges be set 
forth and handed to the individual at least one 
month before the Society take action thereon. ARTICLE X. 
All resolutions brought before the Society 
shall be submitted in writing, and seconded 
before action shall be taken thereon. 
ARTICLE XL 
The By-Laws of this Society shall not be al- 
tered or amended unless the alteration or 
amendment shall have been set forth at least 
one week before it is so be acted upon, and not 
then unless two thirds of the members present 
shall vote in favor ot such alteration or amend 
ment. 
9 ORDER OF BUSINESS 
1st. The President shall take the Chair, and call 
the members to order. 
2d. The Minutes of the last Meeting shall be 
read and confirmed. 
3d. Balloting for Candidates shall take place. 
4th. The Secretary may now report whatever 
he may wish to bring before the Society. 
5th. The Treasurer may now report whatever 
he may wish to bring before the Society. 
fith. The Librarian may be called upon for a 
like purpose. 
7th. Committees may now report, in the order 
they were appointed. 
8th. Propositions for Membership may be read. 
9th. Motions will now be in order. 
10th. Essays, &c. may be read, and subjects 
debated. 
11th. Miscellaneous business. 
12th. Adjournment. Z, 1ST 0 F OF'FJCH'RS. 
R. I). Arnold, M. I)., President. 
P. M. Bollock, M. I)., Vice President. 
R. P. Myers, M. I)., Recording Secretary. 
Jas. J. Waring, M. I)., Corresponding Sec’y. 
Wm. Duncan, M. I)., Treasurer. 
J. M. Clift, M. D., Librarian. 
MUMIBUKS. 
W. G. Bulloch, M. R. 
rl'. J. Charlton, M. 1). 
W. IT. Elliott, M. D. 
J. C. Habersham, M.D. 
W. S. Lawton, M. D. 
J. D. Martin, M. D. 
W. Magoffin, M. I). 
J. T. McFarland, M. D. 
J. R. Nunn, M. D. 
Edward Rogers, M. D. 
Thos. Smith, M. D. 
J. G. Thomas, M. I). 
W. R. Waring, M. D. 
W. M. Charters, M. 1), 
T. B. Chishlom, M. D. 
J. I). Fish, M. D. 
.1uriah Harriss, M. P. 
J. C. L. Hardy, M. D. 
Jno. A. Mayer, M. I). 
J. M. Madden, M. 1). 
•T. M. Morel, M. D. 
J. B. Read, M. D. 
J. B. Robinson, M. I). 
J. S. Sullivan, M. 1). 
J. A. Wragg, AT. I). 
Easton Yonge, M. D. FEE BILL 
OF THK 
||| EDICAL 
Savannah, June 20, 7866. 
Practice of Medicine. 
For strangers or non-residents, for a single visit #5 
“ “ “ for subsequent visits 2 
Visit on board ship at wharf 5 
Subsequent visits on board ship, at wharf 3 
Visit on board ship, in stream, 5 to 10 
,l “ “ “ at night to to 30 
Visit in town 2 
Visit at night from 8 to 12 P. M., 5 
Visit from 12 P. M. to 6 A. M., 10 
Rising from bed and prescribing 5 
Visit in the Country per mile, 2 
“ “ “ after dark, per mile 4 
Visit and Consultation, 15 
Advice in common cases, 2 
“ extraordinary cases, 5 
Letter of advice, 10 to 20 
Detention by request, per hour, 5 
Examination for Insurance ft 
Visiting Small Pox, per visit, 4 
Not more than three visits per day to be charged unless made 
by request. 
Practice of Midwifery. 
Simple Obstetric case, ♦■'>0 
Instrumental Labor or Turning, 1< 0 to 200 
Examinations per Vaginam, 10 
Examinations during Labour, of Vagina 10 
Examination with speculum and cauterization of Os. Uteri, 10 
Abortion and Miscarriage, 25 to 50 
Induction of Premature Labour, 100 to 200 
Reducing Prolapsus Uteri and retaining by Pessary, 10 to 20 
Delivering Placenta . 10 to 50 
Any Medical attendance, after five days to be charged as usual. 14 
Practice of Surgery. 
Trepanning and subsequent treatment $10' to 50b 
Operation for Cataract, &c !0 i to 5' 0 
“ “ Artificial Pupil, loo to 500 
“ “ Fistula Lachymalis, 30 to 50 
“ “ Extirpation of Eye, 50 to 100 
“ “ Extracting Polypus, 20 to 100 
“ “ Trichiasis, 20 
“ “ Ectropion, Entropion 20 to 100 
“ “ Pterygium or Strabismus, 20 to too 
“ Tenotomy, 20 to loo 
“ for Varicose Veins, 20 to 50 
“ “ Arresting Epistaxis, 10 to 30 
‘, “ “ Haemorrhage, 5 to 20 
“ “ Extirpating Tonsil, 3 > 
“ “ Brachial Aneurism, 100 
“ “ Popliteal “ '01 to 500 
“ “ Tying Subelavian Artery, 500 
“ “ Tying up Veins, 20 to 5 ' 
“ “ Paracentesis Thoracis, 30 
“ “ “ Abdominis, 10 to 20 
“ “ Tapping Hydrocele, 10 
“ “ Radical Treatment Hydrocele 20 to 100 
“ “ Hernia and subsequent treatment 100 to 500 
Reducing Hernia per taxis, 10 to 50 
Applying a Truss, 10 
Lithotomy and subsequent treatment, 500 
Lithotrity “ “ “ 500 
Extracting Stone from Urethra, 20 to 50 
Operation for Phymosis, 25 
“ “ Parapbymosis, 25 
Extirpation of Testicle, 50 to 100 
Puncture of Bladder, 50 
Introduction of Catheter 5 to 10 
Treatment of Stricture, 60 to 500 
“ “ Gonorrhoea, 20 to •' 0 
“ “ Syphilis 30 to 100 
Extirpation of Harniorrhoids, 20 to loH) 
Ciesarean Operation, 500 
Extirpating Tumors, 10 to 50) 
Division ofFrenum Linguae 5 
Extirpating Cancer of the Lip, 50 to 100 
Extraction Foreign Bodies from .Esophagus or other 
Passages, 10 to 100 
Operation for Ranula, 20 
Tracheotomy or Laryngotomy, 100 to 500 
Operation for Fissure of Anus; 50 
“ “ Fistula in Ano, 50 to 100 
Examination per Anum 10 
Operation for Fistuia in Perineo 50 to 10 i 
“ “ “ VesicoVaginal, 200 to 500 
“ “ “ Recto Vaginal, 200 to 500 
“ “ Harelip, 50 to 100 
Plastic Operation, 50 to 500 
Perforation Antrum Maxilla, 25 to 50 
Excision of Mamma, 50 to 100 
“ “ Cervix Uteri, 10 to 200 
Amputation Shoulder Joint, 100 
“ Arm or Forearm 50 to 100 Amputation Hip Joint, 500 
“ Thigh or Leg, 100 to 200 
“ Finger or Toe, 25 
'* MetacRrpal or Metatarsal Bone, 100 
“ Penis, 60 
Resections charged as those of Amputations. 
Resection of Clavicle, 50 to 100 
“ ‘‘ Inferior Maxilla 50 to 100 
Disarticulation of Inferior Maxilla,. 50 to 100 
Resect on of Superior Maxilla, 100 to 200 
Extirpation of “ “ 500 
Trcatmeut Fracture Lower Jaw 25 to 100 
“ “ Clavicle 30 to 50 
“ “ Arm and Forearm, 30 to 50 
“ “ Thigh or Leg, 50 to lt'0 
“ “ Olecranon 50 to loo 
“ “ Patella, 50 to 100 
“ “ Finger or Toe 15 to 25 
“ “ Rib, 25 to 50 
Compound Fractures to he charged the double of simple cases. 
Reducing Luxation of the Jaw 20 
“ “ Shoulder, Elbow or Wrist 20 to 100 
“ Hip, Knee or Ankle 50 to 100 
“ “ Finger or Toe 15 to 25 
“ *• Patella 15 
Dressing Common Ulcers 2 to 5 
Opening Common Abscess 1 to 3 
Venesection or Extracting Tooth 2 
Insertion of Seyton or Issue 5 
Scarification and Cupping 2 to 5 
Application of Leeches 5 
Arteriotomy 2 to 5 
Vaccination 3 
Medical Certificates 5 
Making a Post-Mortem Examination by request 20 
Administering Chloroform or Ether 10 
All Bills presentable as soon«as the Case is terminated. 
Richard D. Arnold, M. D., President. 
P. M. Kollock, M. D., Vice President. 
R. P. Myers, M. D., Secretary. 
15 ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
1st. The President shall take the Chair, and call 
the members to order. 
2d. The Minutes of the last Meeting shall be 
read and confirmed. 
3d. Balloting for Candidates shall take place. 
4th. The Secretary may now report whatever 
he may wish to bring before the Society. 
5th. The Treasurer may now report whatever 
he may wish to bring before the Society. 
Oth. The Librarian may be called upon for a 
like purpose. 
'7th. Committees may now report, in the order 
they were appointed. 
8th. Propositions for Membership may be read. 
Oth. Motions will now be in order. 
10th. Essavs, Arc. may be read, and subjects 
debated. 
lltli. Miscellaneous business. 
12th. Adjournment.