Massachusetts Medical Society

Massachusetts Medical Society

Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes

1781 According to its website, tthe Society was founded in 1781, and is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the United States.

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority

1790 - Massachusetts Medical Society Its publications.

Massachusetts Medical Society Website = http://www.massmed.org/

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev. Indexed
1790
(Number 1)

A Medical papers, communicated to the Massachusetts Medical Society. : To which are subjoined, extracts from various authors, containing some of the improvements, which have lately been made in physic and surgery
The record in the Harvard Univ. cat. indicates that the running title is Medical Communications
[Brown Univ. cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.] Med. Papers, communicated to the Massachussetts Med. Soc.
[Reuss, v.16, p.34 cites Nrb.1 [!].]
Medical papers, communicated to the Massachussetts Med. Soc.
[Reuss, v.4, p.238 cites Nrb.1 [!].] Reuss

1808
(v.1)

B Medical Communications of the Massachusetts Medical Society
According to the record in the Harvard Univ. cat., this had the alternative title: Medical Papers, communicated to the Massachusetts Medical Society, and it also includes an appendix (separately paged) containing the proceedings of the Society.
Continued by C.
[Brown Univ. cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.] Medical Communications
[Reuss, v.10, p.95 cites vol.1]
Massachusetts Med. Soc. Com.
[RSLC, v.1, p.l] Reuss
RSLC

1813
(v.2)

C Medical Communications and Dissertations of the Massachusetts Medical Society
According to the record in the Harvard Univ. cat., this also includes an appendix (separately paged) containing the proceedings of the Society.
Continues B. Continued by D.
[Brown Univ. cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.] Massachusetts Med. Soc. Com.
[RSLC, v.1, p.l] RSLC

1822 -1829
(v.3 - v.4)

D Medical Dissertations
According to the record in the Harvard Univ. cat., this was published by the Massachusetts Medical Society, and this also includes an appendix (separately paged) containing the proceedings of the Society.
Continues C. Continued by F.
[Brown Univ. cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]

1828 - 1928
(v.1 - v.197)

E Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Formed by the union of the Boston Medical Intelligencer and the New England Medical Review and Journal.
The record for F in the Harvard Univ. cat. indicates that this title absorbed F beginning in 1914.
According to the record in the Univ. Chicago cat., this was the official journal of the Massachusetts Medical Society, from July 2, 1914- ; and of the New England Surgical Society, from Oct. 19, 1916- and of other state medical societies.
The record in the Univ. Chicago cat. goes on to say that in April 1921 this journal was purchased by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Absorbed F. Continued by H.
[Univ. Chicago cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.] BMSJ
[New England Q., Vol. 51, No. 4 (Dec., 1978), p.531 cites 1895.]
Bos. Med. Surg. J.
[Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 100, No. 6 (Mar. 18, 2003), p.3484 cites 39 (1848).]
Bost. Med. & Surg. J.
[Yale Law J., Vol. 52, No. 3 (Jun., 1943), p.630 cites 175 (1916).]
Bost. Med. & Surg. Jour.
[American Anthropologist, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr., 1890), p.173 cites Vol. 66, 1862.]
Bost. Med. & Surg. Journal
[Am. J. Sociol., Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), p.137 cites 1895.]
Bost. Med. and Surg. Jour.
[Am. J. Sociol., Vol. 18, No. 2 (Sep., 1912), p.284 cites 166, June 1912.]
Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ.
[Am. J. Sociol., Vol. 18, No. 3 (Nov., 1912), p.426 cites 167, 1912.]
Bost. Med. Surg. J.
[J. Roy. Stat. Soc., A Vol. 162, No. 1 (1999), p.57 cites 177 (1917).]
Boston Med. & Surg. J.
[Mono. Soc. Res. Child Dev., Vol. 1, No. 2, (1936), p.76 cites 1883, 109.]
Boston Med. & Surg. Jour.
[Science, New Series, Vol. 63, No. 1642 (Jun. 18, 1926), p.607 cites 1916, CLXXIV.]
Boston Med. & Surg. Journal
[Harvard Law Rev., Vol. 11, No. 3 (Oct. 25, 1897), p.183 cites Feb. 1897.]
Boston Med. & Surgical J.
[Proc. Roy. Soc., B Vol. 167, No. 1008 (Mar. 28, 1967), p.329 cites 8, 1871.]
Boston Med. and Surg. J.
[J. Am. Inst. Crim. Law Criminol., Vol. 18, No. 1 (May, 1927), p.147 cites 196, 1927.]
Boston Med. and Surg. Jour.
[Am. J. Psych., Vol. 2, No. 1 (Nov., 1888), p.187 cites Oct. 1888.]
Boston Med. and Surg. Journ.
[Am. J. Psychol., Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan., 1890), p.19 cites 1885.]
Boston Med. and Surg. Journal
[J. Anthrop. Instit., Vol. 9 (1880), p.349 cites 1872.]
Boston Med. and Surgical Jour.
[Am. J. Psychol., Vol. 33, No. 4 (Oct., 1922), p.568 cites 1918.]
Boston Med. Surg. J.
[Proc. Roy. Soc., B Vol. 90, No. 633 (May 15, 1919), p.512 cites vol. 169 (1913).]
Boston Med. Surg. Jour.
[Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 39, No. 1 (Oct., 1933), p.77 cites XXX (1844).]
Boston Med. Surg. Journ.
[Science, New Series, Vol. 95, No. 2459 (Feb. 13, 1942), p.170 cites 175, 1916.]
Boston Med. Surg. Journ.
[RSLC, v.1, p.xxii]
Boston Med. Surg. Journal
[Science, Vol. 2, No. 39 (Mar. 26, 1881), p.138 cites CIII., 1880.] RSLC

1836 - 1913
(v.5 - v.24)

F Medical Communications of the Massachusetts Medical Society
According to the record in the Harvard Univ. cat., this also includes an appendix (separately paged) containing the proceedings of the Society. According one note in the record in the Harvard Univ. cat., Vols. 5-8 were also called Series two, v. 1-4; a second note indicates that Vol. 5-19 also as Series 2, v. 1-15.
The record in the Harvard Univ. cat. also indicates that since 1914, the Communications have been published in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.
Continues D. Absorbed by E.
[Brown Univ. cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]

1856 - 1871
(v.1 - v.3)

G Publications of the Massachusetts Medical Society
[Harvard Univ. cat.] Pub. Mass. Med. Soc.
[Science, New Series, Vol. 264, No. 5162 (May 20, 1994), p.1105 cites 2 (1868).]

1928, Feb. 23 -
(v.198 - )

H New England Journal of Medicine
Continues E.
The record in the Harvard Univ. cat. gives the publisher as Massachusetts Medical Society.
[Harvard Univ. cat.] N. E. J. M.
[Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 48, No. 7 (Jul. 15, 1962), p.1172 cites 266 (1962).]
N. Eng. J. Med.
[Yale Law J., Vol. 63, No. 7 (May, 1954), p.1013 cites 241 (1949).]
N. Eng. J. of Med.
[Yale Law J., Vol. 63, No. 7 (May, 1954), p.946 cites 244 (1951).]
N. Eng. J. of Medicine
[J. Law Econ., Vol. 15, No. 1 (Apr., 1972), p.125 cites 282 (1970).]
N. Eng. Jour. Med.
[Am. J. Nursing, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Feb., 1961), p.88 cites 263, 1960.]
N. Engl. J. Med.
[Science, New Series, Vol. 123, No. 3201 (May 4, 1956), p.801 cites 253 (1955).]
N Engl J of Med
[Envir. Health Perspect., Vol. 104, No. 3 (Mar., 1996), p.317 cites 292 (1975).]
N. Engl. Jour. Med.
[Am. J. Nursing, Vol. 81, No. 7 (Jul., 1981), p.1369 cites 304, 1981.]
N. England J. Med.
[Am. J. Nursing, Vol. 58, No. 11 (Nov., 1958), p.1484 cites 258, 1958.]
N. England J. Medicine
[Statistical Science, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Feb., 2000), p.45 cites 330 (1994).]
NEJM
[Management Science, Vol. 19, No. 4, (Dec., 1972), p.P96 cites Vol. 278 (1968).]
N.E.J.M.
[Newsl. Prog. Pub. Concept. Sci., No. 11 (Apr., 1975), p.34 cites 1966.]
New Eng. J. Med.
[Isis, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Oct., 1932), p.347 cites 205, 1931.]
New Eng. J. Medicine
[Stanford Law Rev., Vol. 14, No. 2 (Mar., 1962), p.277 cites 263 (1960).]
New Eng. J. of Med.
[J. Crim. Law. Criminol. Police Sci., Vol. 42, No. 1 (May - Jun., 1951), p.52 cites 234, 1946.]
New Eng. J. of Medicine
[Univ. Penn Law Rev., Vol. 132, No. 5 (Jun., 1984), p.1023 cites 292 (1975).]
New Eng. Jour. Med.
[New England Q., Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr., 1930), p.381 cites CC, circa 1930.]
New Eng. Jour. Medicine
[Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 62, No. 1 (Oct., 1956), p.248 cites 1956.]
New Eng. Jour. of Med.
[Univ. Penn. Law Rev. Am. Law Reg., Vol. 91, No. 5 (Jan., 1943), p.473 cites 199 (1928).]
New Eng. Jour. of Medicine
[American Literature, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Nov., 1957), p.360 cites CCLIV (1956).]
New Eng. Journal of Med.
[J. Pub. Health Policy, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Winter, 1990), p.437 cites 321 (1989).]
New Engl J. Med.
[Science, New Series, Vol. 105, No. 2720 (Feb., 1947), p.183 cites 1940.]
New Engl. J. Medicine
[Ann. Rev. Sociol., Vol. 21 (1995), p.384 cites 311, 1984.]
New Engl J. of Medicine
[Population French Ed., 41e Année, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 1986), p.1040 cites 1980, vol. 303.]
New Engl. Jour. Med.
[Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 46, No. 11 (Nov. 15, 1960), p.1529 cites 256 (1957).]
New Engl. Jour. of Med.
[Child Development, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec., 1932), p.358 cites 1928.]
New England J. Med.
[Am. J. Nursing, Vol. 33, No. 8 (Aug., 1933), p.762 cites 203, 1930.]
New England J. of Med.
[Am. J. Nursing, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Apr., 1945), p.31 cites 231, 1944.]
New England Jour. Med.
[Science, New Series, Vol. 77, No. 1984 (Jan. 6, 1933), p.9 cites cxcix, 1928.]
New England Jour. of Med.
[Biometrics, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Dec., 1954), p.451 cites 241 (1949).]

Massachusetts Medical Society
Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1781	According to its website, tthe Society was founded in 1781, and is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the United States.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1790 -	*Massachusetts Medical Society*	Its publications.
*Massachusetts Medical Society* Website = http://www.massmed.org/

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.	Indexed
1790 (Number 1) A	Medical papers, communicated to the Massachusetts Medical Society. : To which are subjoined, extracts from various authors, containing some of the improvements, which have lately been made in physic and surgery The record in the Harvard Univ. cat. indicates that the running title is *Medical Communications* [Brown Univ. cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]	*Med. Papers, communicated to the Massachussetts Med. Soc.* [Reuss, v.16, p.34 cites Nrb.1 [!].] *Medical papers, communicated to the Massachussetts Med. Soc.* [Reuss, v.4, p.238 cites Nrb.1 [!].]	*Reuss*
1808 (v.1) B	*Medical Communications of the Massachusetts Medical Society* According to the record in the Harvard Univ. cat., this had the alternative title: *Medical Papers, communicated to the Massachusetts Medical Society*, and it also includes an appendix (separately paged) containing the proceedings of the Society. Continued by C. [Brown Univ. cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]	*Medical Communications* [Reuss, v.10, p.95 cites vol.1] *Massachusetts Med. Soc. Com.* [RSLC, v.1, p.l]	*Reuss* *RSLC*
1813 (v.2) C	*Medical Communications and Dissertations of the Massachusetts Medical Society* According to the record in the Harvard Univ. cat., this also includes an appendix (separately paged) containing the proceedings of the Society. Continues B. Continued by D. [Brown Univ. cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]	*Massachusetts Med. Soc. Com.* [RSLC, v.1, p.l]	*RSLC*
1822 -1829 (v.3 - v.4) D	*Medical Dissertations* According to the record in the Harvard Univ. cat., this was published by the Massachusetts Medical Society, and this also includes an appendix (separately paged) containing the proceedings of the Society. Continues C. Continued by F. [Brown Univ. cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]
1828 - 1928 (v.1 - v.197) E	*Boston Medical and Surgical Journal* Formed by the union of the *Boston Medical Intelligencer* and the *New England Medical Review and Journal. The record for F in the Harvard Univ. cat. indicates that this title absorbed F beginning in 1914. According to the record in the Univ. Chicago cat., this was the official journal of the Massachusetts Medical Society, from July 2, 1914- ; and of the New England Surgical Society, from Oct. 19, 1916- and of other state medical societies. The record in the Univ. Chicago cat. goes on to say that in April 1921 this journal was purchased by the Massachusetts Medical Society*. Absorbed F. Continued by H. [Univ. Chicago cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]	*BMSJ* [New England Q., Vol. 51, No. 4 (Dec., 1978), p.531 cites 1895.] *Bos. Med. Surg. J.* [Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 100, No. 6 (Mar. 18, 2003), p.3484 cites 39 (1848).] *Bost. Med. & Surg. J.* [Yale Law J., Vol. 52, No. 3 (Jun., 1943), p.630 cites 175 (1916).] *Bost. Med. & Surg. Jour.* [American Anthropologist, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr., 1890), p.173 cites Vol. 66, 1862.] *Bost. Med. & Surg. Journal* [Am. J. Sociol., Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), p.137 cites 1895.] *Bost. Med. and Surg. Jour.* [Am. J. Sociol., Vol. 18, No. 2 (Sep., 1912), p.284 cites 166, June 1912.] *Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ.* [Am. J. Sociol., Vol. 18, No. 3 (Nov., 1912), p.426 cites 167, 1912.] *Bost. Med. Surg. J.* [J. Roy. Stat. Soc., A Vol. 162, No. 1 (1999), p.57 cites 177 (1917).] *Boston Med. & Surg. J.* [Mono. Soc. Res. Child Dev., Vol. 1, No. 2, (1936), p.76 cites 1883, 109.] *Boston Med. & Surg. Jour.* [Science, New Series, Vol. 63, No. 1642 (Jun. 18, 1926), p.607 cites 1916, CLXXIV.] *Boston Med. & Surg. Journal* [Harvard Law Rev., Vol. 11, No. 3 (Oct. 25, 1897), p.183 cites Feb. 1897.] *Boston Med. & Surgical J.* [Proc. Roy. Soc., B Vol. 167, No. 1008 (Mar. 28, 1967), p.329 cites 8, 1871.] *Boston Med. and Surg. J.* [J. Am. Inst. Crim. Law Criminol., Vol. 18, No. 1 (May, 1927), p.147 cites 196, 1927.] *Boston Med. and Surg. Jour.* [Am. J. Psych., Vol. 2, No. 1 (Nov., 1888), p.187 cites Oct. 1888.] *Boston Med. and Surg. Journ.* [Am. J. Psychol., Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan., 1890), p.19 cites 1885.] *Boston Med. and Surg. Journal* [J. Anthrop. Instit., Vol. 9 (1880), p.349 cites 1872.] *Boston Med. and Surgical Jour.* [Am. J. Psychol., Vol. 33, No. 4 (Oct., 1922), p.568 cites 1918.] *Boston Med. Surg. J.* [Proc. Roy. Soc., B Vol. 90, No. 633 (May 15, 1919), p.512 cites vol. 169 (1913).] *Boston Med. Surg. Jour.* [Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 39, No. 1 (Oct., 1933), p.77 cites XXX (1844).] *Boston Med. Surg. Journ.* [Science, New Series, Vol. 95, No. 2459 (Feb. 13, 1942), p.170 cites 175, 1916.] *Boston Med. Surg. Journ.* [RSLC, v.1, p.xxii] *Boston Med. Surg. Journal* [Science, Vol. 2, No. 39 (Mar. 26, 1881), p.138 cites CIII., 1880.]	*RSLC*
1836 - 1913 (v.5 - v.24) F	*Medical Communications of the Massachusetts Medical Society* According to the record in the Harvard Univ. cat., this also includes an appendix (separately paged) containing the proceedings of the Society. According one note in the record in the Harvard Univ. cat., Vols. 5-8 were also called Series two, v. 1-4; a second note indicates that Vol. 5-19 also as Series 2, v. 1-15. The record in the Harvard Univ. cat. also indicates that since 1914, the Communications have been published in the *Boston Medical and Surgical Journal*. Continues D. Absorbed by E. [Brown Univ. cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]
1856 - 1871 (v.1 - v.3) G	*Publications of the Massachusetts Medical Society* [Harvard Univ. cat.]	*Pub. Mass. Med. Soc.* [Science, New Series, Vol. 264, No. 5162 (May 20, 1994), p.1105 cites 2 (1868).]
1928, Feb. 23 - (v.198 - ) H	*New England Journal of Medicine* Continues E. The record in the Harvard Univ. cat. gives the publisher as Massachusetts Medical Society. [Harvard Univ. cat.]	*N. E. J. M.* [Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 48, No. 7 (Jul. 15, 1962), p.1172 cites 266 (1962).] *N. Eng. J. Med.* [Yale Law J., Vol. 63, No. 7 (May, 1954), p.1013 cites 241 (1949).] *N. Eng. J. of Med.* [Yale Law J., Vol. 63, No. 7 (May, 1954), p.946 cites 244 (1951).] *N. Eng. J. of Medicine* [J. Law Econ., Vol. 15, No. 1 (Apr., 1972), p.125 cites 282 (1970).] *N. Eng. Jour. Med.* [Am. J. Nursing, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Feb., 1961), p.88 cites 263, 1960.] *N. Engl. J. Med.* [Science, New Series, Vol. 123, No. 3201 (May 4, 1956), p.801 cites 253 (1955).] *N Engl J of Med* [Envir. Health Perspect., Vol. 104, No. 3 (Mar., 1996), p.317 cites 292 (1975).] *N. Engl. Jour. Med.* [Am. J. Nursing, Vol. 81, No. 7 (Jul., 1981), p.1369 cites 304, 1981.] *N. England J. Med.* [Am. J. Nursing, Vol. 58, No. 11 (Nov., 1958), p.1484 cites 258, 1958.] *N. England J. Medicine* [Statistical Science, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Feb., 2000), p.45 cites 330 (1994).] *NEJM* [Management Science, Vol. 19, No. 4, (Dec., 1972), p.P96 cites Vol. 278 (1968).] *N.E.J.M.* [Newsl. Prog. Pub. Concept. Sci., No. 11 (Apr., 1975), p.34 cites 1966.] *New Eng. J. Med.* [Isis, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Oct., 1932), p.347 cites 205, 1931.] *New Eng. J. Medicine* [Stanford Law Rev., Vol. 14, No. 2 (Mar., 1962), p.277 cites 263 (1960).] *New Eng. J. of Med.* [J. Crim. Law. Criminol. Police Sci., Vol. 42, No. 1 (May - Jun., 1951), p.52 cites 234, 1946.] *New Eng. J. of Medicine* [Univ. Penn Law Rev., Vol. 132, No. 5 (Jun., 1984), p.1023 cites 292 (1975).] *New Eng. Jour. Med.* [New England Q., Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr., 1930), p.381 cites CC, circa 1930.] *New Eng. Jour. Medicine* [Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 62, No. 1 (Oct., 1956), p.248 cites 1956.] *New Eng. Jour. of Med.* [Univ. Penn. Law Rev. Am. Law Reg., Vol. 91, No. 5 (Jan., 1943), p.473 cites 199 (1928).] *New Eng. Jour. of Medicine* [American Literature, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Nov., 1957), p.360 cites CCLIV (1956).] *New Eng. Journal of Med.* [J. Pub. Health Policy, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Winter, 1990), p.437 cites 321 (1989).] *New Engl J. Med.* [Science, New Series, Vol. 105, No. 2720 (Feb., 1947), p.183 cites 1940.] *New Engl. J. Medicine* [Ann. Rev. Sociol., Vol. 21 (1995), p.384 cites 311, 1984.] *New Engl J. of Medicine* [Population French Ed., 41e Année, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 1986), p.1040 cites 1980, vol. 303.] *New Engl. Jour. Med.* [Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 46, No. 11 (Nov. 15, 1960), p.1529 cites 256 (1957).] *New Engl. Jour. of Med.* [Child Development, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec., 1932), p.358 cites 1928.] *New England J. Med.* [Am. J. Nursing, Vol. 33, No. 8 (Aug., 1933), p.762 cites 203, 1930.] *New England J. of Med.* [Am. J. Nursing, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Apr., 1945), p.31 cites 231, 1944.] *New England Jour. Med.* [Science, New Series, Vol. 77, No. 1984 (Jan. 6, 1933), p.9 cites cxcix, 1928.] *New England Jour. of Med.* [Biometrics, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Dec., 1954), p.451 cites 241 (1949).]