1847 to 1899
1847
Founding of AMA at Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia (Founder Nathan Davis)
AMA Committee on Medical Education appointed
AMA Code of Medical Ethics written and published
AMA sets first minimal standards for medical education
1848
AMA notes the dangers of universal traffic in secret remedies and patent medicine
1849
AMA establishes a board to analyze quack remedies and nostrums and to enlighten the public in regard to the nature and dangerous tendencies of such remedies
1858
AMA establishes Committee on Ethics
1868
AMA Committee on Ethics strongly advocates recognition of regularly educated and qualified female physicians
1869
Archives of Ophthalmology founded under title Archives of Ophthalmology and Otology
1870
AMA recommends that Congress pass a national system of quarantine regulations
1873
AMA Judicial Council founded to deal with ethical and constitutional controversies
1876
Sarah Hackett Stephenson becomes first woman member of AMA
AMA adopts a resolution promoting sanitary municipal water supplies and sewer systems
1882
Archives of Dermatology founded under title Journal of Cutaneous Diseases
1883
Journal of the American Medical Association founded; Nathan Davis is first Editor
1884
AMA supports experimentation on animals as the most useful source of knowledge in medical practice
1897
AMA incorporated
1897
AMA Committee on Scientific Research is established to provide grants for fostering medical research
1899
AMA creates Committee on National Legislation to represent the Association's interest in Washington
AMA establishes Council on Exhibits to promote public health education
Dr. George H. Simmons begins a 25-year appointment as editor of JAMA and develops the journal into an internationally recognized publication
AMA appoints a committee to report on the nature of tuberculosis, means of control, public education and advisability of establishing national and state sanitariums
AMA urges that local boards of health adopt laws requiring compulsory smallpox vaccination
