NEW YORK DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Semicentennial Celebration
ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. Dr. George Henry Fox
Mr. President and Members of the Society:
As the oldest active member of this society (in point of membership) I have been asked to occupy a little time tonight in a backward look over some of its earlier years. Dr. Sherwell and I both joined the society in 1873. Since Volume 1 of our records has unfortunately been lost, it is difficult to tell the exact month when each joined, but I find that my name precedes his in the little book containing the Constitution and By-Laws which all of you have signed.We have gathered tonight to celebrate an important event which occurred a little more than a half century ago, the birth of the New York Dermatological Society, the oldest organization of its kind in the world. Fifty years! It seems indeed a long period when