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A century of THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, 1847–1947, was observed in a series of meetings and observances beginning March 6th, and ending April 18th, 1947. The Academy issues an illustrated brochure, outlining the history of the institution, from which brief excerpts are quoted.
The New York Academy of Medicine was founded one hundred years ago. It came into being in a decade that witnessed the birth of many scientific organizations destined to have a profound influence upon the peoples of this nation and of the world. It was born when the world was literally in travail.
The decade from 1840 to 1850 is in many ways reminiscent of the current period. Europe was in a turmoil, and the domestic scene was turbulent. The world was still sensible to the effects of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic dictatorship. Time had not yet dissipated the dread of invasion from the hearts of the English. Many were the lands and the peoples who, in the inspiration of the revlutionary ideals—Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité—sought to win political and social independence, and attempted to throw off the yoke of imperial dominance.