_To the Editors of the North Carolina Medical Journal_:
In order to regulate the practice of Medicine and Surgery in the State
of North Carolina, the General Assembly at the Sessions of 1858 and
1859, passed an Act to establish a Board of Medical Examiners.
Without a license from this Board, no physician who has commenced the
practice of his profession in this State, “after the 15th of April,
1859, shall practice Medicine or Surgery, or any of the branches
thereof, or in any case prescribe for the cure of disease, for fee or
reward,” nor “shall he be entitled to sue for or recover, before any
magistrate or court in this State, any medical bill for services
rèndered.” (See Laws of North Carolina, 1858–59.)
In conformity with the provisions of this Act, the State Board of
Medical Examiners will meet in the city of Greensborough, on Monday, May
19th, 1879.
By authority of the Board.
PETER E. HINES, M. D., President.
HENRY T. BAHNSON, M. D., Secretary.
Salem, N. C., April 15th, 1879.
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_Medical Remuneration._—Doctor: “Um! most insolent!” (To his wife),
“Listen to this my dear.” (reads letter aloud) “Sir, I inclose P. O.
order for thirteen shillings and six pence, hoping it will do you as
little good as your two small bottles of ‘physic’ did me.”—_Chicago
Journal and Examiner._—_Punch._