copy of such published reports; and further, that when such reports are made up, State statistical mortuary reports be likewise sent to this bureau. Resolved, That in States, cities and towns where these reports are not made and published, they be urged to publish them for the general good of the country, as well as for local advantages. ADOPTED JUNe 27, 1877. Resolved, That all papers rejected by the Committee of Publication, and not published with the Transactions of the Institute, be referred back to their authors by the General Secretary, to be disposed of as they may see fit. ADOPTED JUNE 29, 1877. Resolved, First, That the Committee of Arrangements, in preparing the Order of Business for future meetings of the Institute, be requested to set apart a certain time for hearing reports from delegates from institutions and societies who may be present at the meeting, such reports to be limited to five minutes each. ADOPTED JUNE 26, 1879. Resolved, That the General Secretary shall hereafter furnish to the homoeopathic journals, editorial copies of the Transactions of this Institute. ADOPTED JUNE 15, 1880. Resolved, That the report of the Bureau of Organization, Registration and Statistics follow that of the Necrologist. Resolved, That the selection of the time and place of meeting and the election of officers take place at noon of the third day of the session. Resolved, That the reports of the colleges be made by the Bureau of Organization, Registration and Statistics. ADOPTED JUNE 16, 1881. Resolved, That hereafter the sectional meetings of bureaus be abolished, and that it shall be the duty of the members of bureaus to have their papers in the hands of the respective chairmen of the same at least two months prior to the meeting of the Institute. It shall then be the duty of the chairman of each bureau to prepare, or cause to be prepared, synopses of these papers to be read before the Institute for discussion, the original papers to be referred to the Publication Committee. Resolved, That Section 16 of Article VII, of By-Laws, providing for sectional meetings of the various bureaus, be rescinded. REPORT ON A COMPLETE CODE OF MEDICAL ETHICS. The undersigned, appointed by the American Institute of Homoopathy a Committee to "prepare a complete code of medical ethics," respectfully present the following as the result of their labors. Considering it to be very desirable that the codes of ethics. adopted by the various associations of the physicians of our country should be uniform in scope and arrangement, and as nearly identical in language as possible, the Committee have used the arrangement, and, to a great extent, the language of the Code adopted by the American Medical Association, and published in vol. xvi of their Transactions (for 1865), modifying it where changes seemed to be demanded by a proper regard for liberality and for justice, both to patient and to physician, or by a due concern for the freedom of medical education, opinion and action. Respectfully submitted. CARROLL DUNHAM, M.D., E. M. KELLOGG, M.D., Committee on Medical Ethics. CODE OF MEDICAL ETHICS. SCOPE. The scope of a Code of Medical Ethics comprises the reciprocal duties and obligations of physicians and patients; the duties and obligations of physicians to each other; and the reciprocal duties and obligations of physicians and the public. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES. The great principles upon which Medical Ethics are based are these: 1. The great end and object of the physician's efforts should be "the greatest good to the patient." : 2. The rule of conduct of physician and patient, and of physicians towards each other, should be the GOLDEN RULE: "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise." The various articles of the Code are only special applications of these great principles. |