Excerpt from Constitution and by-Laws of the Medical Society of South-Carolina: Instituted at Charleston, December 24, 1789; Incorporated, May 10, 1794; Together With a List of Its Officers and Members; Also, a Catalogue of the Society's Books, an the Charleston Fee Bill Art. 3. Any regular monthly essayist, who, after accept ing the appointment, shall fail to inform the President of his subject at the meeting previous to its delivery, in order that it may be announced; or who Shall fail to read the same, or provide a substitute to read his paper, in case of his neces sary absence at the appointed time, shall be subject to a fine of ten dollars. He shall, nevertheless, in case of his total failure, still be required to furnish the Secretary with a written paper on some medical or philosophical subject, within three months after; in default of which, he shall be liable to a fur ther fine of ten dollars. Art. 4. NO paper shall occupy in the reading more than thirty minutes, and every member who reads, shall deliver to the President, immediately after so doing, a summary Of the leading contents of his paper, which shall then be read, para graph by paragraph, so as to regulate the discussion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.