RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Chicago Medical Society was founded in 1850 to uphold the highest standards in professional conduct, medical education and patient care; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of the remarkable work of the Chicago Medical Society by the Honorable Margaret Laurino, Alderman of the 39th Ward; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago Medical Society has been essential to the Chicago community for decades. In the past, the Society worked to combat epidemics of cholera, small pox, typhoid fever and other deadly diseases; and
WHEREAS, Physicians of the Chicago Medical Society improved sanitation by inspecting and investigating pest houses and holding public lectures on health topics; and
WHEREAS, During the "Golden Age of Bacteriology" in the late 19th century, the Chicago Medical Society educated both physicians and lay citizens on important advances; and
WHEREAS, In the early 20th century, the era of preventive medicine, the Chicago Medical Society waged campaigns to pasteurize milk, control venereal disease, report tuberculosis, chlorinate the City's water supply, and abolish the common drinking cup. The common drinking cup was a drinking pail used by all passengers of a train when they needed water, making all users very susceptible to disease; and
WHEREAS, As the 20th century progressed, the Chicago Medical Society advocated to ban cigarette advertisements, to increase the legal age to purchase cigarettes and alcohol, to ban indoor smoking, to post public signs for pregnant women about the dangers of alcohol and to pass Illinois legislation that prevented Drive-thru deliveries. Drive-thru deliveries occurred when new mothers and their babies were forced out of the hospital 24 hours after birth in order to prevent rising insurance costs. Due to a premature departure, both babies and mothers were susceptible to more illnesses; and
WHEREAS, In the second decade of the 21st century, the Chicago Medical Society advanced a state proclamation est...
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