1846

AMA establishes its code of ethics, which includes its “consultation clause.”  During the Civil War, the Army Military Board prohibited homeopaths from serving as army surgeons (M. Kaufman, 104).  In 1903, AMA revised its Code of Ethics, allowing members greater freedom in consultation admitting to membership eclectics and homeopaths, providing they ceased using those titles (Haller II, 272-275).  104