American College of Surgeons - Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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lo American College of Surgeons detail and signed. The blank contains the following questions, — Name. Address. Place and date of birth. What school, academy, college or university did you attend? Date of graduation? Degrees? What medical college or colleges did you attend? Date of graduation? Degrees? In what hospitals have you been an interne, resident or assistant? From to ? In what hospitals have you been a stafiE member and in what capacity? In what teaching capacity have you been active? What other appointments have you had? What post-graduate studies have you pursued in America and where? What post-graduate studies have you pursued abroad and where? What official positions have you held? How many years in special practice and where? What department of special practice? What percentage of your work is surgical? What research or experimental work have you done? Of what medical societies are you a member? Give the names of five prominent surgeons as references, at least three of whom are from your own state. Give the names of books and contributions to medical and surgical literature of which you are the author, with date and place of publica- tion. The application papers contain a separate declaration against the practice of fee-splitting. This is in the nature of a personal pledge, and each applicant is requested to attach his signature to it and file it with his papers. This declaration is as follows, — I hereby promise upon my honor as a gentleman that I will not, so long as I am a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, practice di- vision of fees in any form; neither by collecting fees for others referring patients to me; nor by permitting them to collect my fees for me; nor will I make joint fees with physicians or surgeons referring patients to me for operation or consultation; neither will I in any way, directly or indirectly, compensate any one referring patients to mc; nor will I utilize any man as an assistant as a subterfuge for this purpose. While the by-laws require that an applicant give three endorsers, the Committee on Credentials now recommends that five names be given, three of which should be from the applicant ' s own state. The reference blank contains the following information questions, — Name. Address. College and date of graduation. 1. How long have you known the applicant? 2. What is his surgical standing in the profession? 3. What is his experience as a surgeon? 4. How extensively does he specialize? 5. What is his moral standing in his community? 6. What is his ethical standing? 7. Do you believe he will carry out in practice the spirit of the enclosed declaration?

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General Survey g Blank forms for the purpose of making application may be had, upon request, from the General Secretary of the College. 7. In making application for Fellowship the candidate shall sign a declaration which reads as follows, — I hereby promise upon my honor as a gentleman that I will not, so long as I am a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, practice division of fees in any form; neither by collecting fees for others referring patients to me; nor by permitting them to collect my fees for me; nor will I make joint fees with physicians or sur- geons referring patients to me for operation or consultation; neither will I in any way, directly or indirectly, compensate any one referring patients to me; nor will I utilize any man as an assist- ant as a subterfuge for this purpose. 8. The Regents of the College reserve the right to alter from time to time regulations respecting the admission of Fellows to the College as they may think proper. 9. As evidence of his qualifications in the art and technique of surgery, the candidate is requested to submit the histories or rec ords of fifty consecutive major operations performed by him- self after the date of application for Fellowship. The College has prepared a series of history-forms which in- dicate, in a general manner, first, the data desired in so far as they are applicable to each case, and, second, the form within reason- able limits in which these data should be submitted. These blank forms may be had, upon request, from the General Secretary of the College. The College does not supply these forms for actual record-keeping. The original hospital records, it is assumed, may, upon request, be reviewed for verification with the records submitted. The name of the patient, however, need not be given in any record. The hospital number of each case should be given. 10. In addition to the complete histories of fifty consecutive major operations, as stated in the preceding paragraphs, the candidate is asked to submit in brief abstract a report of at least fifty other major operations in which he has acted as an assistant or which he has performed himself. APPLICATION FOR FELLOWSHIP The application blanks are uniform and each candidate for Fellowship is requested to file an application blank filled out in

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General Survey ii 8. Do you believe from your knowledge of the applicant ' s life that we can accept in good faith his fulfilment of the principles in- volved in the enclosed declaration if signed by him? 9. Remarks. II. Surgeons widely recognized by the profession as leaders of progress and exponents of finished technique, by a unanimous vote of the Board of Regents may be admitted to Fellowship on recommendation of the Committee on Examination. CONVOCATIONS The first Convocation was held in Chicago on November 13, 1 9 13. The Fellowship address was delivered by Sir Rickman J. Godlee, Bart., President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Eng- land. Fellowships were conferred upon 1059 candidates and Hon- orary Fellowships upon the following: Sir Rickman J. Godlee, Bart., of London, England, W. W. Keen of Philadelphia, William S. Halsted of Baltimore, J. Collins Warren of Boston, and Robert F. Weir of New York. At this time Sir Rickman presented to the College greetings from the Royal College of Surgeons of England as follows, — We, the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, have heard with much interest of the approaching inauguration of the American College of Surgeons. We hereby convey to it our hearty good wishes, and express the hope that it may have a successful career and fill a position beneficial alike to the Profes- sion and to the Community. We cannot forget the important advances in the Science and Art of Surgery achieved by many distinguished Surgeons in the Continent of America during the past, and are proud to have enrolled upon our list of Honorary Fellows the names of some of the most active workers in these fields at the present day. In accepting the invitation for our President to take a part in the opening Ceremony we desire to show that we appreciate the intention of the American College to strengthen the bonds that already unite the Medical Profession amongst English-speaking peoples. It is a sentiment which always meets with a cordial response in this country, and it is one which this College will endeavour to support by all the means in its power. In witness whereof we have caused the Common Seal of the College to be hereunto affixed this 9th day of October, 19 13. President Rickman J. Godlee -,. T, ., , G. H. Makins Vice-Presidents ( Eve.