BiocHEMiCAL Bulletin 



Volume V APRIL-MAY, 1916 No. 20-21 



MEDICAL BROTHERHOOD 

 FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF INTERNATIONAL 



MORALITY 



Fraternitas medicorum 



F. M. 



A REPORT AND A DISCUSSION BY THE PRESIDENT, 



S. J. Meltzer 



In the issue of the Biochemical Bulletin for June-September, 

 191 5 (p. 292),^ an "Appeal to the Men and Women Engaged in 

 Medical Practice and the Advancement of Medical Sciences " was 

 pubhshed, asking them to join the Organization of the Medical 

 Brotherhood for the Furtherance of International Morality. It was 

 signed by about one hundred and fifty members of high Standing 

 in the profession of this country, many of whom enjoy an inter- 

 national reputation. Soon after its publication, we began sending 

 out the Appeal and an enrollment card to members of the medical 

 profession. We wish now to give an accoimt of the results thus far 

 attained, and to discuss the nature of this venture and its merits. 



Report. To this date (April 15) about fourteen thousand 

 American physicians have enrolled as members of the Medical 

 Brotherhood, the greatest part of whom are either members of med- 

 ical societies of good standingorof societies which cultivate medical 

 Sciences. The Appeal was also sent to some leading members of the 

 profession of other neutral countries. Here again we obtained very 

 encouraging results. We received, and continue to receive, requests 



^ See page 249. 



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