Address of Joseph M. Toner, M.D., President of the Association.
- Joseph Meredith Toner
- Date:
- 1874
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Address of Joseph M. Toner, M.D., President of the Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![ADDEESS. Gentlemen of the Amekican Medical Assocl\tion :— Custom has made it a duty for the presiding officer to deliver an address at the opening of each annual session. As the opportunity is one to be prized, though distrusting my ability, I hope with your indulgence to meet the requirements of the occasion. Your long line of distinguished Presidents^ has gleaned the fields of inviting inquiry, and has so carefully garnered the gems of medical thought, and spoken such earnest words of counsel and encouragement, as to make it difficult to select new topics, or improve upon their recommendations and admonitions. My remarks shall be neither long, learned, nor abstruse, but, I trust, suggestive and practical. This Association is a true medical republic. National and rep- resentative, catholic and paternal, it admits to membership dele- KAMES OP PBEgrDENTS. Jonathan Knight, M.D., Conn. Nathaniel Chapman, M.D., Pa. Alexander .StephenH, M.D., N. Y. Jyhn C. Warren, M.D., Mass. Reoben D. Mussey, M.D., Ohio James Moultrie, M.D., S C. Beverly R Welford, M.D., Va. Jonathan Knight, M D., Conn. Charleif A. Pope, M.D , Md. George B. Wood, M.D , Pa. Zina Pitcher, M.D., Mich. Panl P Eve, il D., Tenn. Harvey Lindsly, M.D., D. C. Henry Miller, M.D , Ky. Eli Ives, M.D., Conn. .Alden March, .M.D., N.V. -N'athan S. Davis, M.D., HI. Nathan 8. Dhvis, M.D,, 111, D, H niijphrey .Storer, M. D., SlasR. Henry K. Ankew, M D., Del. •Satnnel I) Oro^s, M.D . Pa. William O. Baldwin, M.D., Ala. Oeorge .Mendenhall, M D., Ohio Alfred Hii\K:. .*f.I>., Pa. David W. Varidell, M. D., Ky. Thomas M. Logau, M.D., Cal. Joii«ph M. Touer, H.U., l). C. SAT A3 PBE3IDENT IN May 1,1789 1846' May 28, 1778 1847 Sept. 4, 17S9 jl848 Aug. 1, 1778 'lS49 Jan. 2.3, 17S0 IS.jO Mar. 27, 179.3 ISolj Jaly 29,1797 18.i2! '18>.3 Mar. 1.5, 1S18 ]8.j4 Mar. IS, 1797 IS.i.j, Apr. 12, 1797 }Sr,6 Jiine27, 1808 1837| Jan. II, 1S04 1858 Nov. 9, 1800 1S.')9 Feb 7, 1779 jlSOO 179.'. ma Jaa. 9, 1817 l.^Ol 1186.0 Mar. 28, 1804 1866 June 21, ISO.O IsiiT July, I80.i '18'J8 Aug 9, 1.S18 ,1S0« May r,, 1814 11870 Oct. 1.3, 181.3 1K71 Hept. 4, 1826 1872 June 1.3, 1808 1.S7.3 Apr. 30, 182S,I874 I May 5 May 5 May 2 May 1 May 7 Jlay 6 May 26 May 3 May 2 May 1 May 6 iMay r> May 4 May 3 June !> June 2 June 7 June 6 May 1 Mrty 7 May 0 May 4 Msy 3 .May 4 May 7 May 6 June 2 New York Philadelphia Baltimore ; Boston Ciucinaali Charleston Richinoud New York St. Louis Philadelphia Detroit Nashville Washington Louisvil le Now Haveu Chicago New York Boston Baltimore Clnciu nail Washington iNew Orleans jWashloglon .San Francisco Philadi^lphia [St. Louis Detroit Aug. 25,1864, aged 75 July 1, lS.i3, aged 7n Mar 30, 1SC9, aged 80 May 4, 1856, aged 78. June 21, 1366, aged 86. May 29, 1869, aged 76 Dec. 27, 1870, aged 73 July 6, 1872, aged 52. Apr. 5, 1872, aged 75. Feb. 8,1S74, aged 74. Oct. S, 1861. aged 82. June 17,1869,aged 74. June 4, 1874, aged 60 * Names marked wllh a sUriemd twlc« as president. No meotlng wan held in 18«I, nor In 1882.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22304150_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)


