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The Early History of the Medico-Psychological Association

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

T. Outterson Wood
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Our Association, which celebrated its jubilee at the Annual Meeting held at Birmingham in 1891, under the presidency of Mr. Whitcombe, numbers but few members who know much about its origin, formation, and early history, and it has occurred to me that it might be well if a record of it could be obtained and published while there yet remain among us some of the survivors of its earlier days. It will always be a regret to me that this was not taken in hand before the death of our greatly lamented colleague, Dr. Hack Tuke, who was one of our oldest and most devoted members, for he knew so much about its past history, and was personally acquainted with most, if not all, of the original members. Sir John C. Bucknill is, as far as I can ascertain, the sole surviving member of the Association in the days when the roll of members was a very small one, numbering between 30 and 40 at most, and his name first appears in our records in 1849.∗

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 42 , Issue 177 , April 1896 , pp. 241 - 260
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1896

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∗ Dr. Huxley, of the Kent Asylum, and Mr. Holland, then of Surrey, and subsequently of Whittingham, both attended a meeting at the Warneford Asylum, on June 23, 1847, but neither of them are members of the Association now. I have, unfortunately, been unable to gain any information from them.Google Scholar

∗ Altered to “official” at subsequent meeting.Google Scholar

∗ This was altered at the following meeting.Google Scholar

∗ Can any member of the Association throw any light upon the whereabouts of this book, or Dr. Thurnam's paper?Google Scholar

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