WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
1850-1950
Copyright 1950
The Athens Press, Iowa City, Iowa
Expert from the volume which contains a story of the medical profession in Iowa during the Century of the greatest medical progress of all times. Includes the story of the service of this profession to the citizens of Iowa, taking the doctor through the saddle bag stage, the horse and buggy stage, to the present time of writing.
The history of Medicine in Iowa is closely interwoven with the settlement and development of social, economical and professional life in the prairie state. Deep gratitude is expressed to all those who have assisted in the preparation of this volume, and had given so much to reflect the remarkable progress of medical education, development of hospitals, public health, and other allied agencies.
The Wapello County Medical Society was organized in May 1853.
Officers: President, C C Warden of Ottumwa; vice president, A D Wood of Ottumwa; secretary, J Williamson of Ottumwa.
Members: C C Warden, A D Wood, Jefferson Williamson, and WL Orr of Ottumwa: J W LaForce of Old Ashland; and A R Weir of Agency City. -- Henry, Clyde A.: Medical History of Wapello County, J Iowa Soc., 1944-1946
All records over an 8 year period were lost or destroyed ( Civil War time).
" This Society was first reorganized as the 'Ottumwa Medical Society' in 1870. and the name was changed to the 'Wapello County Medical Society.'
Officers 1876: President, S B Thrall of Ottumwa; Vice President E L Lathrop of Ottumwa; secretary-treasurer, S R Mitchell of Ottumwa. Members: Mrs J T Cox, L D Dexter, T J Douglass, J C Hinsey, B F Hyatt, E L Lathrop, C G Lewis, S R Mitchell, S C McCullough, W L Orr, and D W Stewart of Ottumwa; D C Dinsmore and I H McCune or Kirkville; R W Huston of Eldon; A C Olney of Chillicothe; A D Rouse, location unknown,; and G F Foster of Moline, Illinois --Med & Surg Directory of Iowa, Charles H Lathrop, M D., Lyons, Iowa, 1876.
Reorganized in 1903.
Officers: President, M W Pascoe of Ottumwa; SEcretary, C E Huband of Ottumwa; delegate, L J Baker of Ottumwa --Trans. Iowa M. Soc., xxii; 370, 1904
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