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goHistory of Medical Practice in Illinoisact, and Dr. Pettit of Ottawa presented in detail the proposed material tobe presented in Springfield. After reading the Act he stated: "Unless it canbe clearly shown that such a law is in the interest of the public, it will notstand the test of a judicial decision, as the Constitution expressly prohibitsclass legislation. Whatever advantages may accrue to the profession by sucha law, must be incidental to the public good. This principle of protectionto the public must constantly be kept in view and any departure from it willnullify any law we may succeed in having enacted."The Committee asked for "not less than 12,500" to carry out this work—a far cry from the contested $200 requested a few years previously. Dr.Pettit stated that "Of this, the regular physicians will be expected to raise$1,100.00 which will be about 50 cents per capita for the members of thevarious medical organizations of the state."The Society approved "an excursion to the International Medical Congressto be held in Paris in 1900 to be known as the Illinois State MedicalSociety European Excursion."Dr. A. C. Corr, as Chairman of the Illinois delegates to the AmericanMedical Association, reported that Illinois had pledged $2,000 to the RushMonument Fund at the Philadelphia meeting. Drs. Murphy, Senn, Hamiltonand others had prevailed upon him to authorize this amount; Ohioand other states had pledged similar amounts, and Dr. Corr wanted hisaction in Philadelphia approved by officialmotion. The amount was tobe raised by "pro rata subscriptions." The action on the part of theSociety's delegates was secured by the necessary motion, and the amountbecame an official debt of the Society.Prior to adjournment, the 1899 meeting of the Society was set for Cairo"the third Tuesday in May, 1899."The year 1899 begins a new era in the history of the Illinois State MedicalSociety, for at that time the Illinois Medical Journal was established andbecame the official organ of the Society.
CHAPTER VTHE RISE OF MEDICAL SPECIALISMBy DAVID J.DAVIS, M.D.THEmost characteristic feature of medicine in Illinois during theperiod 1850 to 1900 was the gradual rise and evolution of the modernspecialties. The main reason for this emergence was the progress that wasoccurring at that time in the basic sciences throughout the western world.Technologic methods, discovered and used in clinics and laboratories, werebrought to bear upon the solution of the problems of disease in a multiplicityof ways. These advances, as they were applied during this halfcentury, were to change fundamentally the practice of medicine in itsevery respect.It is largely on this account that the plan of approach in this secondvolume of "The History of Medical Practice in Illinois" is altogether differentfrom that of Volume I. There was related chiefly what the doctor didin his daily work among his patients as they came to him and he went tothem. As their ailments were presented to him, he did the best he couldwith little or no regard to specialization. With differential diagnosis in itsinfancy, it was inevitable that many different diseases with a few symptomsin common, fevers for example, were grouped together and all were giventhe same treatment, regardless of their true nature.Furthermore, Volume I of this series is based largely on an orderly regionalor county plan, with both the physicians and the people in thevarious communities telling in a general way and by personal accountswhat had transpired in medicine. The entire state in this way was fairlyadequately covered. Little variation existed in the experiences which resultedfrom differences in disease distribution in various parts of the state.Fevers, especially malaria, were common, as were tuberculosis, contagiousdiseases, diarrheas, dysentery, cancer, pneumonias, bronchial troubles,wounds, local infections, abscesses,injuries of many kinds but especiallyfractures, complications of childbirth, and diseases of the eye, ear, throatand skin. Poisonings by snake bite, poison ivy, white snake root (milksickness) and a few other conditions were less common. Any or all of theabove afflictions could appear in a busy doctor's office almost any day, requiringand usually receiving prompt personal attention from the doctorhimself. At that time the profession included the greatly revered familyphysicians, who as general practitioners, rendered an indispensable service9i
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