Proceedings, Constitution, 
ant 
RULES OF ORDER 
OF THE 
Medical Institute 
OF 
PHILLIPS COUNTY, ARK. 
MEMPHTF: 
8. C. TOOK, PRINTER AND BINDER, 
1874. Proceedings, Constitution, 
AND 
RULES OF ORDER 
OF THE 
Medical Institute 
OF 
PHILLIPS COUNTY, ARK. 
MEMPHIS: 
S. C. TOOF, PRINTER AND BINDER, 
1874. PROCEEDINGS. 
By agreement, the hereinafter named Physicians met at Helena, 
on the 20th day of March, 1874, for the purpose of taking de- 
cisive action for the maintenance of a proper professional stan- 
dard. 
Upon motion, Dr. Fras. N. Burke was called to tire chair. 
A card of withdrawal from membership in the Medical Associa- 
tion of Phillips County was then fead, adopted, signed, and order- 
ed to be sent to the President of said organization. 
After which the meeting resolved to form a distinct Society, un- 
der the name of the Medical Institute of Phillips County; the 
objects and authority of which are amply defined in the Constitu- 
tion and By-Laws, which were adopted, and ordered printed. 
The Institute then proceeded to the election of officers for the 
current year-which resulted in the choice of Dr. P. R. Ford for 
President; Dr. D. E. Byrd for Vice President; Dr. F. N. Burke 
for Secretary and Treasurer. 
Upon motion, the Institute adjourned to meet at Helena, on the 
first Monday in April, at 12 M. 4 
MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 
WITHDRAWAL CARD. 
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Medical Association of Phillips 
County, Arkansas : 
We the undersigned, members of your body, beg leave to an- 
nounce our determination to withdraw from your Association, for 
reasons that we deem sufficient and good 
The necessity for such course is deeply regretted by us ; having 
already devoted much time and labor to obtain for ours an honor- 
able position among Medical Societies ; to earn for it the respect 
and admiration of the thinking and reasoning multitude; to en- 
courage among our members a love of professional honor ; and to 
stimulate in them a desire for scientific attainment, a want of 
which has for so long a time brought upon us public ridicule, if 
not odium. 
Having watched the interests and growth of the Association 
with tender and earnest care, it is therefore with sadness that we 
feel it our duty to withdraw our names from membership with the 
Medical Association of Phillips County, on account of the evils 
that have crept in, and because of the much to be regretted want 
of co-operation among its members. 
The interest in it is dead. Those who have been hard workers 
in the organization, have grown apathetic-there not having been 
a meeting of said Association, which could be properly so called, 
for many months. Some of its members have been knowingly 
living in open violation of the Code of Ethics, almost from the 
very date of their admission, and who we fear have acted with 
a spirit of determination to destroy its usefulness, or to drown the 
peace and harmony that was existing among its members-the nec- 
essary sequence of which would be great good to the Medical pro- PHILLIPS COUNTY. 
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fession, and also beneficial to the community in which we live. 
Whether such has been the motive or not, certainly such a result 
has been accomplished. 
Rather than live in turmoil, we have concluded it best to with- 
draw ; for, the few who have attended our meetings for the past 
year, have had no time to devote to the progression of science-the 
whole time being taken up in the settlement of irregularities 
among its members. 
In thus acting, we do so with the fixed determination of taking 
the Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association-that by 
which your Association has professed to be governed-as our guide 
in our intercourse with the Medical world. 
In leaving you, permit us to express a desire, that you recon- 
sider your action, and that you speedily return to a constitutional 
and ethical form of government, such as will be recognized by your 
superior organizations, and without which no Medical Society can 
prosper. 
With great respect, we are your petitioners, 
P. R. FORD, M. D. 
A. A. HORNER, M. D. 
D. E. BYRD, M. D. 
R. A. BURTON, M. D. 
A. J. HUGHES, M. D. 
D. A. LINTHECUM, M. D. 
F. N. BURKE, M. D. 
J. II. VINEYARD, M. D. 
A. G. EDMONDSON, M. D. 6 
MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 
INTRODUCTORY. 
From time immemorial societies have been held as inductive of a 
degree of social and friendly intercourse between individuals 
which, independently, does not exist. A common interest in the 
pursuit of knowledge of any character guarantees a greater unity 
of purpose. 
Our purpose, while scrupulously cultivating social and friendly 
relations among ourselves, aims at an increased interest in the ad- 
vancement of all the corollary branches appertaining to the science 
and application of our profession. While we accord equal privi- 
leges to all men, we claim specific ones to ourselves, and with this 
introductory, we announce the organization of our Society. PHILLIPS COUNTY. 
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CONSTITUTION. 
ARTICLE I. 
This organization shall be known as the Medical Institute of 
Phillips County, and its members styled Fellows. 
ARTICLE II. 
The authority of this organization originates and exists only in 
the full support of its individual members. 
Its chief object is to enable its members to keep pace frith the 
progressive spirit of the age ; and not only in the science and 
practice of Medicine and Surgery as publicly taught at the pres- 
ent day, but in all those co ordinate branches inseparably con- 
nected with it. And while we may never fulfill the measure of our 
design, or derive that amount of profit contemplated, we neverthe- 
less can expect that degree of recompense commensurate with 
our zeal and energy. 
Our observance of Medical Ethics will be in strict conformity 
with the Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association. 
ARTICLE III. 
This Institute may receive as members any Physician or Sur- 
geon who posesses the hereinafter specified qualifications, and who 
resides within Phillips County. 
Corresponding or honorary members may reside in any other 
County in this State, or in any other State in the United States. 
ARTICLE IV. 
This Society has authority to enact laws for the maintenance 
and government of its members; of changing or repealing any 
portion of said laws whenever essential; and the adoption of such 
other rules and regulations or by-laws as may from time to time 
appear requisite. 8 
MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 
ARTICLE V. 
Section 1. The applicant must possess a good moral character 
in the community in which he lives. 2d. He must produce sat- 
isfactory evidence that he has availed himself of the advantages of 
a thorough Medical Education, and has graduated at some recog- 
nized Medical College or University, of good repute with the 
American Medical Association. 
Sec. 2. Whenever the name of an applicant is proposed for 
membership, the same shall be referred to the Committee on Cre- 
dentials, who will report at the next regular monthly meeting 
succeeding, before said application can be entertained or acted up- 
on by the Institute. 
Sec. 3. Every admission to membership must be by ballot, and 
any applicant receiving two dissenting votes shall be considered 
as rejected. 
Sec. 4. That no member shall allow personal feeling to preju- 
dice the eligibility of an applicant. 
Sec. 5. Honorary and Corresponding members are eligible to 
election the same meeting their names are proposed. Provided 
that two members will vouch for their Medical Education and stand- 
ing in the community in which they reside. 
Sec. 6. The fee for admission tomembership in this Institute, 
shall be Five Dollars. Honorary and Corresponding members 
exempted. 
Sec. 7. The Institute shall have power to make such annual 
assessment upon its members as may be deemed necessary to 
meet its current expenses. 
ARTICLE VI. 
Sec. 1. The officers of this Institute shall consist of a Presi- 
dent, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be elec- 
ted annually at the January meeting of the Institute, and shall 
hold their offices for one year, or until their successors are 
elected. 
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all 
meetings, when present; to give the casting vote when the mem- 
bers are equally divided upon questions before the Institute; to see PHILLIPS COUNTY. 
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that the rules of order and decorum are enforced in debate ; to 
sign the approved proceedings of each monthly meeting ; and to 
endorse such orders as may be drawn on the Treasurer for expen- 
ditures ordered by the Institute. 
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Vice-President to preside 
in the absence of the President, and at all times to assist the 
President in the performance of his duty. 
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Secretary and Treasurer 
in his dual capacity : 1st. To keep a true and faithful record of 
the proceedings of each meeting; preserve all papers, and any other 
property belonging to the Archives of the Institute ; keep a reg- 
ister of the members, the date of their admission, and place of 
residence. He shall collect all moneys due from the members. He 
shall attend all Committees appointed by this Institute, with such 
documents as may be necessary for reference ; report such unfin- 
ished business of previous meetings as may appear on his books 
requiring action ; and attend to such other business as the Insti- 
tute may direct. Also, to hold correspondence with other Medical 
Societies ; to keep a list of the same ; and attend to all the gen- 
eral correspondence, at the will and pleasure of the Institute. 
2d. As Treasurer, it shall be his duty to receive all moneys de- 
livered to him, passing his receipt for the same ; and to pay out 
moneys only by order of the Institute, endorsed by the President. 
ARTICLE VII. 
No member of this Institute, shall bid for the practice of any 
institution, or for any public practice, but may accept the position 
of Surgeon or Physician in any institutions where the authorities 
have fixed the salary. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
In case of the resignation or death of any officer of this Insti- 
tute, the vacancy shall be filled by election at the next monthly 
meeting, or as soon thereafter as possible. 
ARTICLE IX. 
This Constitution may be altered or amended by the consent of 
two-thirds of all the members of the Institute. 10 
MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 
BY-LAWS. 
The Medical Institute of Phillips County, shall meet at Helena, 
monthly, on the first Monday, at 12 M., for the transaction of any 
business coming before the Institute. 
LAW I. 
LAW II. 
One-third of the members of the Institute shall constitute a 
quorum for business. 
LAW III. 
ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
1. The President shall call the meeting to order ; call for the 
reading of the minutes of previous meeting, by the Secretary, and 
correcting the same, which after approval, shall be adopted, 
2. The consideration of all unfinished business from the previous 
meeting. 
3. Report of Committees. 
4. New Business. 
5. Written Communications. 
6. Proposals for Membership. 
7. General Discussion of Medical Subjects. 
LAW IV. 
In case there is no quorum for the transaction of business, the 
members present, may adjourn the meeting from time to time, or 
until the next regular monthly meeting, unless sooner convened 
by the President. 
LAW V. 
The fee of admission to membership in this Institute, shall be 
(as stated in the Constitution), Five Dollars; and such other 
sums may be assessed upon its members as circumstances may 
demand. PHILLIPS COUNTY. 
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LAW VI. 
That Cushing's Manual be the guiding authority in the transac- 
tion of business in this Institute. 
All questions of business before this Institute shall be deter- 
mined by a majority of the members present, and no member shall 
be excused from voting, unless by the consent of the majority. 
LAW VII. 
LAW VIII. 
Should any member in good standing desire to change his 
place of residence, and remove from Phillips County, he shall upon 
on written application to this Institute, be furnished with the fol- 
lowing : 
M. D., of Phillips County. Arkansas, having exhibited to this Insti- 
tute his Diploma of Graduation as a Physician and Surgeon, from a regu- 
larly recognized Medical College, and having also produced satisfactory 
evidence of possessing a good moral character, was admitted a member of 
the Medical Institute of Phillips County, State of Arkansas, on the day 
of A. D. 18 
Since admission to membership, M. D., has . assiduously attended 
to the duties of his profession, with commendable zeal and energy, and by 
his conduct has gained many friends among all classes of people. This 
Institute recommends him to the public generally, and fervently wish him 
prosperity and happiness. 
Given by order of the Medical Institute of Phillips County, and sealed 
with our seal, this the day of A. D. 18 
[Seal of the Institute.] 
President. 
Attested by Secretary. 
DIPLOMA. 
LAW IX. 
Sec. 1. The President shall, at each annual meeting, appoint 
the following standing committees, consisting of not less than 
three, nor more than five members each, to-wit: 
1. Committee on the Science and Progress of Medicine. 
2. A. Judicial Council. 
3. Committee on Printing, Finance and Claims. 
4. Committee on Credentials. 
Sec. 2. The Committee on the Science and Progress of Medi- 12 
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cine, shall collect and preserve such specimens and publications 
of interest, as may be of benefit to the Institute, and render such 
aid by lecture or otherwise, as may be required. 
Sec. 3. The Judicial Council shall consider all Ethical subjects, 
all questions of a personal character, or controversy including 
complaints and protests, which may be referred to it. The Coun- 
cil shall organize by choosing a President and a Secretary, and 
shall keep a permanent record of its proceedings. It shall report 
to the Institute at the earliest practical moment, and its decisions 
shall be final and binding upon all parties. 
Sec. 4. The Committee on Printing. Finance and Claims, shall 
procure such printing as the Institute may order, investigate any 
claim that may be presented, and report annually the finances, 
receipts, expenditures, etc., as exhibited by the books and papers 
of the Secretary and Treasurer. 
Seo. 5. The Committee on Credentials shall satisfy themselves 
that the applicant for membership is possessed of the proper quali- 
fications to entitle him to become a member of this Institute, as 
defined in Article V of the Constitution, made and provided for 
such cases, and shall report the result of their investigation to the 
Institute for final decision. 
The members of this Institute shall, at any monthly meeting, 
be at liberty to give a history of results in practice, in any im- 
portant case, together with any new discoveries, or peculiar inci- 
dents that may have transpired; and the Institute may, if deemed 
proper, appoint a member annually, or biennially, to deliver a pub- 
lic address, in behalf of the Institute, upon the general outlines of 
the importance and progress of the Medical Profession. 
LAW X. 
LAW XI. 
At called meetings of this Institute, no business shall be trans- 
acted except that for which the meeting was specially called. 
LAW XII. 
Should any member demean himself in an ungentlemanly and 
unprofessional manner, although not strictly or wilfully violating 
any of the rules and regulations governing this Institute, it shall 
be the duty of the President, upon learning the same, to possess 13 
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himself of all the facts, and gently yet firmly remonstrate with 
such member, and endeavor to dissuade him from such conduct. 
Should such member then persistently continue this reprehensible 
course, and openly violate any of said rules and regulations es- 
tablished for our governance, and charges and specifications be- 
ing preferred against him, the whole matter shall then be referred 
to the Judicial Council; and should this Council, after a full in- 
vestigation, having given the member so offending proper notice, 
time and opportunity to defend himself before them, deem him 
deserving of expulsion, and so declare it their opinion, the Insti- 
tute shall thereupon expel him. 
It is expressly stipulated herein, that any member being ex- 
pelled from this Institute, is debarred from being reinstated by civil 
process or suit in any of the courts in this District or State. 
LAW XIII. 
Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of this Institution, 
as soon as any Physician settles in the County or District, to pre- 
sent him with a copy of the Constitution, By-Laws and Rates of 
Charges, and in the event of his refusing to sign them, the Fellows 
of this Institute shall not consult with him. 
Sec. 2. It is the duty of the Fellows of this Institute, to re- 
ceive such pecuniary acknowledgements from their patients, for 
their services, as are contained in their Fee-Bill, and to make a 
settlement of the same on the first day of January of each year, 
or as much sooner as the Physician attending the case may see fit.' 
Sec. 3. We hereby pledge ourselves to adhere to the Constitu- 
tion, By-Laws and Fee-Bill herein adopted, and herwith attest 
with our individual signatures, as gentlemen and physicians, our 
intention to be governed by the same. 
LAW XIV. 
The attention of the profession is called to the following construction of 
Art. IV, Sec. 1, Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association, in 
session at New Orleans, in 1869 : " Whereas, the proper construction of 
Article IV, Sec. 1, Code of Ethics, American Medical Association having 
been called for, relative to consultations with irregular practitioners, who 
are graduates of regular schools, Resolved, That said Article IV, Sec. 1, 
Code of Ethics, A. M. A. percludes all such practitioners from recognition 
by the regular profession." 
ADDENDA. 14 
MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 
FEE-BILL. 
1. Visit in town, (in day,) $2 50 
" " (after dark,) ... 5 00 
2. On board a ship or boat in a stream, (in day,) 5 00 
On board a ship or boat in a stream, (after dark,) 10 00 
3. Rising from bed at night and prescribing, 2 50 
4. Office Prescription, ... 1 50@20 00 
5. Visit under two miles in the country, (in day,) 2 50 
Visit under two miles in the country, (after dark,) 5 00 
Visit over two miles, (per mile,) 1 00 
Visit over two miles, after dark, per mile 2 00 
6. Consultation visit, (mileage extra,) 10 00 
After the first, only the ordinary Fees will be charg- 
ed by the Consulting Physician. 
7. Written advice for continued or entire treatment of a 
case, not being on the footing of a single prescription, 10 00 
8. For a certificate of the state of health, ... 5 00 
9. Examination for Life Insurance', at office, 5 00 
Examination for Life Insurance, visit and mileage extra. 
OBSTETRIC FEES. 
1. Simple obstetric cases with one after visit, (visit and 
mileage extra,) $20 00 
2. Tedious cases not requiring instruments, charge for 
detention, over six hours, per hour, 2 00 
3. For turning or instrumental labor, ... 50 00 
4. Vaginal examination with speculum, 5 00 
5. Adjusting displacements of uterus,... 5 00@10 00 
6. Reducing prolapsus uteri, and retaining by pessary, 10 00 
7. Delivering placeuta alone, 10 00 
8. Attendance upon a case of abortion, 20 00 
Visit and mileage extra. 15 
PHILLIPS COUNTY. 
SURGICAL FEES. 
1. Treatment of Gonorrhoea, $10 00@20 00 
2. " " Syphilis, (primary,) $25 00 
" . " " (secondary,) ... 50 00 
" " " (tertiary,) 75 00@150 00 
3. Opening abscesses, 1 00@5 00 
4. Venesection, 1 50 
5. Extracting tooth, 1@5 00 
6. Scarification and cupping, 2 50@5 00 
7. Vaccination, 1 00 
8. Reducing luxation of jaw, 10 00 
9. " " " Clavicle, 10 00 
10. " " " Wrist, ... 10 00 
11. " " " Shoulder, 25 00 
12. " " " Elbow, ... 25 00 
13. " " " Hip, 50 00 
14. " " " Knee, 25 00 
15. " " " Ankle, 15 00 
16. " " " Finger, toe, or patella, 5 00 
17. Extirpation of tumors, 10 00@50 00 
18. Adjusting simple fracture of lower jaw, 10 00 
19. Adjusting simple fracture of nose, ... 5 00 
20. " " Clavicle, 10 00 
21. " " Arm or forearm, ... 10 00 
22. " " Thigh, 50 00 
23. " " Leg, 25 00 
24. Dressing simple fracture of Cranium, 10 00 
25. Adjusting simple fracture of patella, 10 00 
26. " " Finger or toe, 5 00 
27. " " Rib, .... 5 00 
28. Adjusting compound fractures double. 
Visit and mileage extra. Regular price for after treatment. 
AMPUTATIONS AND OPERATIONS. 
1. Amputation of arm, $100 00 
2. " at hip-joint, ... 200 00 
3. " of thigh or leg ... 100 00 
4. " of finger or toe, 10 00 
5. " of penis, 50 00 
6. " of metatarsal or metacarpal bones, 20 00 
7. Operation for fistula in ano, 50 00@75 00 
8. " for phimosis or paraphimosis, 10 00@25 00 
9. "• for paracentesis abdominis, 10 00@50 00 
10. " for lithotomy, ... 200 00 16 
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11. Dressing common wounds, $ 5 00 
12. Ligating arteries, 10 00@50 00 
13. Introducing catheter, (at discretion,) ... 5 00 
14. Excision of mamma, 50 00 
15. Division of fraenum linguae, ... .' 2 50 
16. Reducing strangulated hernia (by taxis) 10 00 
17. " " " (by operation,) 50 00 
18. Tapping hydrocele, 10 00 
19. Radical treatment of hydrocele, 25 00 
20. Formation of artificial anus, 10 00 
21. Excising external haemorrhoids, 10 00@25 00 
22. " internal " 25 00@50 00 
23. Autopsies, 50 00 
Visit and mileage extra. 
1. Attendance upon contagious diseases, double the usual 
charge. 
2. Detention in all cases, per hour, Two Dollars. 
3. The foregoing table contains the standard Fees of the Medi- 
cal Profession of Phillips County. All bills shall be rendered in 
conformity with the above Fee table. They may be increased, 
according to the judgment of the practitioner, in all cases of 
extraordinary detention or attendance; also in proportion to the 
importance of the case, the responsibility attached to it, and of 
services rendered, when those are extraordinary. It shall be con- 
sidered unprofessional to diminish the standard Fees with a view 
to mercenary competition. 
4. It is not designed by these regulations to prevent gratuitous 
services to those who are incapable of making remuneration with- 
out distressing themselves or families. 
5. When circumstances permit, every physician should pre- 
sent his account upon the dismissal of the patient. 
6. A reduction of 20 per cent, for cash payments will be 
made. O. F. RUSSELL, 
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 
Drugs and Chemicals 
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DYE-STUFFS, 
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Articles, Perfumery and Soaps, Stationery, 
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JACKS & CO., 
HELENA, . . . ARK. 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
DRUGGISTS. ' 
Monthly Shipments of POWERS & WEIGHTMAN'S Chemicals Received. 
A full line of Surgical Instruments, Trusses, Abdominal Supporters, &c. 
Full stocks of Tilden's & Thayer's Fluid Extracts, Sugar Coated Gran- 
ules, Elixirs, &c., &c. Special inducements to Physicians who pur- 
chase Medicines for dispensing. Our Prescription Depart- 
ments and Laboratory is complete in all the late appliances. 
We have the largest Stock of Drugs, and do the largest 
Drug business of any house in the State of 
Arkansas. We are alive and not asleep, 
and propose to be fully 
up to the times. 
GIVE US Ax TRIAL. 
Always on 
hand a large Stock of Pure 
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Any Memphis or Eastern bills duplicated in price and quality.