American Decades
"Preliminary Report of the Committee on Organization"
Journal article
By: Joseph N. McCormack, P. Maxwell Foshay; George H. Simmons
Date: May 25, 1901
Source: McCormack, Joseph N., P. Maxwell Foshay, and George H. Simmons. "Preliminary Report of the Committee on Organization." Journal of the American Medical Association, May 25, 1901, 1435–1451.
About the Authors: Joseph N. McCormack (1847–1922) was born in Kentucky and graduated from the Miami University at Cincinnati with a doctorate in medicine in 1870. From 1883 to 1913, he served as secretary of Kentucky's state medical board. He chaired the committee on organization of the American Medical Association (AMA) from 1899 to 1913.
P. Maxwell Foshay held a doctorate in medicine and served as the editor of the Cleveland Journal of Medicine.
George H. Simmons (1852–1937) was born in England and attended Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, where he...
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