Massachusetts Medical Society
The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) is the oldest continuously operating state medical association in the United States. Incorporated on November 1, 1781, by an act of the Massachusetts General Court, the MMS is a non-profit organization that consists of more than 25,000 physicians, medical students and residents. It is currently based in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Medical Society
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- Name
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Founded
- 1781
- Founder
- Edward Augustus Holyoke · John Warren
- Headquarters
- Waltham
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The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) is the oldest continuously operating state medical association in the United States. Incorporated on November 1, 1781, by an act of the Massachusetts General Court, the MMS is a non-profit organization that consists of more than 25,000 physicians, medical students and residents. It is currently based in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts Medical Society was founded in 1781, with headquarters in Waltham. Its fields of activity include medicine.
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Overview
The majority of the members live or practice in Massachusetts and the immediate vicinity.
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Key facts
• Name — Massachusetts Medical Society • Hq Location — Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S. • Industry — Industry association • Website — www.massmed.org
Publication
Publication
The Massachusetts Medical Society owns and publishes The New England Journal of Medicine, the most widely read and cited medical journal in the world. The New England Journal of Medicine is also the oldest continuously published and circulating medical journal in the world and has an impact factor of 91.2, the highest among all the medical journals in the world. It also publishes Journal Watch, a group of professional newsletters. NEJM Journal Watch publishes the following topics: • Cardiology • Emergency Medicine • Gastroenterology • General Medicine • HIV/AIDS • Hospital Medicine • Infectious Diseases • Neurology • Oncology and Hematology • Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine • Psychiatry • Women's Health In addition to its publishing activities, the key activities of the MMS include medical education for physicians, public health education for physicians and the public, legislative, and regulatory advocacy for physicians, and patients, and health policy research.
History
History
The charter of the MMS is signed by Samuel Adams as president of the Massachusetts Senate, and John Hancock as Governor of Massachusetts. John Sprague was a charter member. Edward Augustus Holyoke was the society's first president.
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1781
Massachusetts Medical Society established.
1790
An index of Medical communications, Library of practical medicine, and Publications of the Massachusetts Medical Society, 1790 to 1901 (1903) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1811
Boston, June 1, 1811: Sir, in conformity with the opinion of the publick, and especially of the fellows of the Massachusetts Medical Society, a medical school is now established in the town of Boston, and has commenced its operations... (1811) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1821
A report founded on the cases of typhoid fever, or the common continued fever of New-England: which occured in the Massachusetts General Hospital from the opening of that institution in September, 1821 to the end of 1835: communicated to the Massachusetts Medical Society, in June, 1838 (1838) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1827
A dissertation, read before the Massachusetts Medical Society, on the importance and manner of detecting deep seated matter (1827) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1009687-5, Massachusetts Medical Society.
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- 1.History. MMS website.
- 2.Clinical Publications. MMS website.
- 3.Ames, Nathaniel. The Diary of Dr. Nathaniel Ames of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1758-1822. Picton Press. 113-4. 1998.
- 4.Past Presidents of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Massachusetts Medical Society.
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