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THE

ANNUAL DISCOURSE

BEFORE THE

MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY,

JUNE 3, 1874.

BY

NATHAN ALLEN, M.D., LL.D.,

LOWELL, MASS.

LIBRARY

BOSTON:

A. WILLIAMS & CO.....135 WASHINGTON STREET.

DAVID CLAPP & SON, PRINTERS,

1874.
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VHE PIBKYKA

THE MEDICAL PROBLEMS OF THE DAY.

BY NATHAN ALLEN, M.D.,

OF LOWELL.

Read at the Annual Meeting of the MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY, June 3, 1874.*

MR. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS

OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY:-
:-

GENTLEMEN:

To be the mouth-piece of the largest and one of the oldest medical societies in this country is an honor and position of no ordinary character. In 1781, ninety-three years ago this very month, was organized the Massachusetts Medical Society. This occurred in the midst of the Revolutionary War, and its founders were among the leading surgeons in that war. The object of the Society, as specified in its charter and by-laws, was not only to foster and build up a skilful, learned and honorable profession, but to protect the community from imposition and quackery. Since its organization it has had enrolled in its fellowship over three

* At an Adjourned Meeting of the Mass. Medical Society, held Oct. 3, 1860, it was Resolved, "That the Massachusetts Medical Society hereby declares that it does not consider itself as having endorsed or censured the opinions in former published Annual Discourses, nor will it hold itself responsible for any opinions or sentiments advanced in any future similar discourses."

Resolved, "That the Committee on Publications be directed to print a statement to that effect at the commencement of each Annual Discourse which may hereafter be published."

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