10. That in a case of emergency when the patient has no regular medical attendant, the first member in attendance shall have the treatment of the case, unless otherwise determined by the patient or his friends. n . That no m e m b e r shall knowingly meet in consultation any practitioner in medicine w h o is not legally qualified. 12. That this Association will repudiate any attempt on the part of members, to practise on other principles than those recognized by the medical profession. TOWN VISITS.
Single visits ... ... .. When only one visit is required Each visit from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m.
... ... ...
1st Class. £ s. d. o 10 6 1 1 0 1 1 0
... ... ...
2nd Class. £ s. d. 0 5 0 0100 0100
3rd Class. £ s. d. 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 6 0
COUNTRY VISITS. Any distance not exceeding one mile ... ... Ditto, exceeding one mile for every additional mile The above charges will be doubled from 9 p.m. to 7
am
£ s. d. 0106 0 5 0
£
s. d. 0 5 0 0 3 0
-
£ s. d. £ s. d. Consultations at home . ... 0106 0 5 0 Detention—Every hour that the practitioner is detained after thefirst,either from urgency of the case, or desire of patient or friends 1 1 0 o 10 6 In chronic cases a discretionary deviation from the above charges may be made.
£
s. d. 0 3 0
MIDWIFERY. 1st Class.
I s. d. Attendance in ordinary cases
5 S
0
2nd Class.
£ s. d. 3 3 0
3rd Class.
£ s. d. 1
1
0
£ to
2
s. d. 2
0
CONSULTATIONS.
With Physician or Surgeon Ditto by letter Certificate of health Vaccination... Extracting teeth ... Fractures and dislocations In these cases the charge is m a d e for the operation only.
1st CI ass.
2nd C lass.
£ s. d.
£ s. d.
1
1
0
0 10
6
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
0
0 10
6
0 10
6 6
0 5 0 5
0
0 10
1
3rd Class £ s. d.
0
1 1 0 3 3 T h e subsecjuent visits will be an additional charge. 0
2
2
0
This tariff was subsequently amended in some particulars, and adopted; and a resolution was passed, " That the members be held bound in honour to adhere as far as possible to the same, and any m e m b e r failing to do so, shall incur the censure of the Association." T h e Society transmitted a petition to the House of C o m m o n s , concurring in a Medical Registration Bill, introduced by M r . Wakley, M e m b e r for Finsbury, praying "That the same privileges and protection as therein proposed to be conferred on the members of the medical profession in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, be extended to the members of the medical profession in the Australian Colonies, w h o form in this part of H e r Majesty's dominions, a numerous and respectable body of H e r Majesty's subjects." Dr. Wilkie continued Secretary until 1850, when he was succeeded by Mr. Edward Barker. T h e last minuted meeting of the Association was held 20th November, 1851, and was soon after dissolved, or rather died a natural death; the library was sold, the debts were paid, and all was over. T h e old minute-book was affectionately retained by Dr. Black, the Society's
