Report of the fourteenth anniversary meeting of the Provincial Medical & Surgical Association, held at Norwich, Aug. 19 and 20, 1846. President John Green Crosse.

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1846
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Credit: Report of the fourteenth anniversary meeting of the Provincial Medical & Surgical Association, held at Norwich, Aug. 19 and 20, 1846. President John Green Crosse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Dr. Chambers thought Mr. Daniell had failed to shew the necessity for the proposed scheme, and that it would materially interfere with the Benevolent Fund. Dr. Soulby, of Dover, said that Mr. Daniell appeared to proceed upon the idea that there was no such fund in existence. He held in his hand a report of the Essex and Hertfordshire fund, and which was doing a great amount of good ; a similar one had been established at Kent for nearly sixty years, which gave away from £200 to £300 yearly. He believed there was also a Norwich and Norfolk Asso- ciation, having a like object in view. He thought that such a society had a much better prospect if limited to a district wThere members naturally had thrown more feeling into it; whereas in this institution they must send their money to Northampton, and leave it to a Board of Directors there. He was there- fore inclined not to afford to Mr. Daniell’s proposition that local habitation which he sought to obtain for it. He was sure Mr. Daniell would succeed much better in confining himself to a more limited district, and he felt that he was doing Mr. Daniell a kindness in moving as an amendment— “ That this Annuity Fund be not considered an object of this Association.” Dr. Forbes said he was a contributor to Mr. Daniell’s fund, but he never expected he was con- tributing to any thing that would tend to injure the original Benevolent Fund of the Society. He now thought the proposal would be most injurious to the latter fund, and he was, therefore, induced to support the amendment, though he should be happy to support Mr. Daniell’s fund in a proper form, seeing, as they all unfortunately did, how little was contributed to the original fund. He thought it would be a great mis-