History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

288 History of Medical Practice in Illinoisgust 22, 1891, as the National Homeopathic Medical College. It droppedthe word "Homeopathic" from its name in 1895 anc^ m 1900 took the abovetitle. The first of its classes was graduated in 1892 and a class graduated eachsubsequent year until the school was declared not in good standing by theIllinois State Board of Health in 1909.By 1893, Frank E. Waxham, who was Emeritus Professor of Rhinologyand Laryngology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons (he was alsoProfessor of Diseases of Children) had moved to Denver, Colorado, becauseof the illness of his wife, and Boerne Bettman remained on as Professor ofEye and Ear and Clinical Ophthalmology. Moreau R. Brown was theProfessor of Rhinology and Laryngology. Instructors of that day were J.B.Loring, W. E. Gamble, Oscar Dodd, R. H. Brown and Charles F. Brown.In 1895 T. Melville Hardie appeared as Professor of Otology. W. L. Ballenger,destined to head the department, was then listed as Clinical Instructorof Nose and Throat. By 1900 Moreau R. Brown was Professor of Laryngology,Rhinology and Otology, Thomas Melville Hardie Clinical Professorof Laryngology, Rhinology and Otology, William Lincoln BallengerAssistant Professor of Laryngology, Rhinology and Otology; Richard H.Brown, Henry W. Berard, James Moreau Brown, Frank A. Phillips andEdwin S. Antesdale were Clinical Instructors.Early Otolaryngological Literature in IllinoisAn analysis of the medical literature for the years 1850 to 1900 presentsan informative chronicle of the progress made in otolaryngology over thatperiod. It is not intended here to cover all reports and papers; only themost significant contributions are referred to or reviewed.Practically no papers of importance in this field appeared in the Illinoisliterature before the Civil War. In 1867 Dr. Edmund Andrews, a generalsurgeon, described an endoscope using a perforated mirror at an angle andobtaining bright illumination by passing a magnesium wire through a lampflame. (Proc. 111. State Med. Soc. 1867, p. 113.) It was used principally at thattime in the bladder and vagina and to follow bullet tracks. From the illustrationsin the article it was evident that it had been applied to the respiratorytract through a tracheotomy incision, which was then the approachto the lower respiratory tract.A report on plastic surgery of unusual interest, made by Dr. David Princeof Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1867, showed illustrations of a pedicled foreheadflap for reconstruction of the nose and an eyelid that are strikinglysimilar to modern technic. (Trans. 111. State Med. Soc, 1867, p. 113.) Regardingear reconstruction, Dr. Prince said that the application of expedientsdescribed for other parts rendered special attention to this organunnecessary.