RT Journal
T1 THe county society
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD May 8
VO LII
IS 19
SP 1502
OP 1503
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.02540450034010
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02540450034010
AB The county society is the basis of organization. It is not only the portal of entrance to the state and the national medical associations, but it is the unit that influences the whole organization. As are these units, so will be the whole. The state that has active working county societies will have an active working state society, and practical results of every endeavor will follow. On the contrary, when the county societies do little or nothing, the organized profession of that state will do little or nothing—and will be without influence. Incidentally, the secretary of the county society is the one on whom depends whether or not the society shall be an active working body. Occasionally there will be a sufficient number of members who have the good of the society at heart to overcome a poor secretary, but very seldom. Hence the plan of having an annual meeting