Fellows of the Connecticut Medical Society

00-2024-39-0

Item

Identifier: 00-2024-39-0

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

List of officers and fellows arranged by county.

Dates

Creation: 1833 May

Creator

Connecticut Medical Society (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown.

Biographical / Historical

In 1792, General Assembly of the State of Connecticut passed the Act of Incorporation of the Connecticut Medical Society. Under the 1792 charter, medical societies were created in each of Connecticut's eight counties. The State Medical Society membership consisted of the membership of the combined county societies. Connecticut was the only state with an established hierarchy of state and local societies until at least the 1850s. From its inception until 1893, the Society was responsible for licensing physicians. Now known as the Connecticut State Medical Society, it exists as a voluntary non-profit organization for scientific and educational purposes.