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History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

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206 <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medical Practice <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>oisAnatomy, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Anatomy, <strong>of</strong> Microscopical and Surgical Anatomy,Military Surgery and Surgical Anatomy, Physiology, Surgical Pathology,Physiology and Histology <strong>in</strong> succession. From 1871 until his death <strong>in</strong> 1877,he was President <strong>of</strong> Rush Medical College.Chandler Burwell Chapman (1815-1877) was another prom<strong>in</strong>ent surgeon<strong>of</strong> those early years <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois. He was born <strong>in</strong> Vermont, graduatedfrom the Vermont Academy <strong>of</strong> Medic<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> 1836, and organized the RockIsland Medical School <strong>in</strong> 1848 as Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Anatomy. He later movedwith this school to Davenport and then to Keokuk, Iowa. He studied <strong>in</strong>Europe <strong>in</strong> 1852. In the early years he took on students at his home for$40.00 a year and gave lectures for eight weeks on practical anatomy andoperative surgery. He possessed a copy <strong>of</strong> Cruveillier's "Pathological Anatomy"with colored plates— a rare book. He jo<strong>in</strong>ed the 6th Wiscons<strong>in</strong>Regiment as surgeon dur<strong>in</strong>g the Civil War, and later became surgeon <strong>of</strong>the "Iron Brigade." In the last year <strong>of</strong> the war he was made Medical Director<strong>of</strong> the Army <strong>of</strong> the Rio Grande, see<strong>in</strong>g service from 1861 to 1864. Hedied <strong>in</strong> Madison, Wiscons<strong>in</strong>, <strong>in</strong> 1877.Willis Danforth (1821-1891) was born <strong>in</strong> New Hampshire. He was attachedto the Indiana and Rock Island Medical School <strong>in</strong> 1848. He then<strong>practice</strong>d <strong>in</strong> Oswego, Ill<strong>in</strong>ois, and <strong>in</strong> Joliet for 16 years. Dur<strong>in</strong>g the CivilWar he was surgeon <strong>of</strong> the 134th Ill<strong>in</strong>ois Infantry and Medical Director <strong>of</strong>Western Kentucky. In 1866, he became Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Surgery <strong>in</strong> HahnemannMedical College, Chicago. In 1879 he moved to Milwaukee, Wiscons<strong>in</strong>,where he died <strong>in</strong> 1891.Graham Fitch (1810-1892) was born <strong>in</strong> New York. Although not closelyaligned with surgery <strong>in</strong> the state he was <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> politics. He wasPr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Obstetrics and Children's Diseases at Rush Medical College<strong>in</strong> 1844. Then he stepped <strong>in</strong>to medic<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> 1849. He served as amember from Rush to revise the United States Pharmacopoea <strong>in</strong> 1850 atPhiladelphia. In the Civil War he raised a regiment <strong>in</strong> Indiana and latercommanded a brigade. He subsequently served <strong>in</strong> Congress and <strong>practice</strong>d<strong>in</strong> St. Charles and Aurora, be<strong>in</strong>g also associated with the Frankl<strong>in</strong> MedicalCollege.William B. Herrick (1813-1865) was born <strong>in</strong> Dunham, Ma<strong>in</strong>e. He graduatedat Dartmouth College <strong>in</strong>1836, and then settled <strong>in</strong> Louisville, Kentucky.In 1844, ne came to Chicago and became Lecturer <strong>in</strong> Anatomy atRush Medical College. Dur<strong>in</strong>g the Mexican War he served as AssistantSurgeon <strong>of</strong> the 1st Ill<strong>in</strong>ois Regiment, return<strong>in</strong>g to Chicago <strong>in</strong> 1847. In1850, he helped reorganize and was President <strong>of</strong> the Ill<strong>in</strong>ois State Medical<strong>Society</strong>. He was the second President <strong>of</strong> the Chicago Medical <strong>Society</strong> andserved as an <strong>in</strong>tern <strong>in</strong> this <strong>in</strong>stitution for two years and was, therefore, the first hospital<strong>in</strong>tern <strong>in</strong> Chicago.

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