The Story of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement By J G Mumford
The Story of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement By J G Mumford
James Gregory Mumford
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The first prudential committee is mentioned as a creation of 1837. It consisted of Messrs. Ware, Fisher, Gould, Palmer and Robv five in all; a committee of five it has re- / mained ever since. For more than forty years its duties seem to have been largely perfunctory, certainly not onerous, consisting for the most part in approving the names of candidates for membership. And during all those former years it was composed of some of the oldest members of the society- -Dr. Jacob Bigelow and Dr. D.... H. Storer served until extreme old age ; also Dr. Ware and Dr. Gould for many years. Dr. Jacob Bigelow was constant in his attend- ance at the society meetings. Already of mature age, vast experience and deeply learned in he natural sciences, his presence was a great stimu- lus to his younger companions; and, unlike his distinguished son, he elicited, rather than de- pressed discussion. In that first era, which for convenience is limited to the years before 1846, one of the most conspicuous figures was Dr.
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