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History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

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goo<strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medical Practice <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois<strong>in</strong> determ<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the treatment <strong>of</strong> patients by homeopaths and allopaths <strong>in</strong>their petition for a new city hospital. "The Common Council evaded theissue by declar<strong>in</strong>g the city too poor to make expenditures, requisite for theestablishment <strong>of</strong> the hospital, and then, <strong>in</strong> 1858, leased the build<strong>in</strong>g tosome 'regular' physicians who established there<strong>in</strong> a public hospital, caredfor the county poor and gave cl<strong>in</strong>ical demonstrations pr<strong>in</strong>cipally to thestudents <strong>of</strong> Rush Medical College. In 1862 the General Government confiscatedthe build<strong>in</strong>g and transformed it <strong>in</strong>to a general hospital, withSurgeon Brockholst McVickar <strong>in</strong> charge, and with George K. Amermanand J.P. Ross act<strong>in</strong>g as assistant surgeons. The hospital was shortly afterwardschanged <strong>in</strong> its scope <strong>of</strong> treatment, and soldiers afflicted with ophthalmicor auricular diseases were alone received there; Dr. Joseph S. Hildrethbe<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> charge (August 23, 1864), the hospital rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g under his adm<strong>in</strong>istrationuntil the close <strong>of</strong> the Civil War, when it became the DeMarrEye and Ear Hospital; subsequent to which it became the county hospital"(On January 1, 1866). (<strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medical Practice <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois, Zeuch,Vol. 1, page 241.)The Ill<strong>in</strong>ois Asylum for the Education <strong>of</strong> the Deaf and Dumb at Jacksonville,Ill<strong>in</strong>ois, was the first state charitable <strong>in</strong>stitution <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois. It wascreated by an Act <strong>of</strong> the General Assembly on February 23, 1839. (A board<strong>of</strong> trustees functioned up to 1909 when a s<strong>in</strong>gle State Board <strong>of</strong> Adm<strong>in</strong>istrationwas created and was given supervisory powers. In 1917 the Department<strong>of</strong> Public Welfare took over the reponsibilities. See footnote forlaws perta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, the year and page). It was not until 1846 that it was builtand <strong>in</strong> operation with the admission <strong>of</strong> 13 pupils. By 1899 it had a census<strong>of</strong> 499. To it came pupils from Missouri, Iowa and Wiscons<strong>in</strong>. At its <strong>in</strong>ceptionit was frequently referred to as "States folly." As with many similarprojects <strong>of</strong> that day, they bore the name <strong>of</strong> "asylum," "deaf and dumb"and "charitable" <strong>in</strong> their titles. This was no exception, for until 1849 lt:was called the Asylum for the Education <strong>of</strong> the Deaf and Dumb. For a fewyears after 1869 there was one board <strong>of</strong> trustees for the Ill<strong>in</strong>ois <strong>in</strong>stitutions<strong>of</strong> the deaf and the bl<strong>in</strong>d and "other classes." The American Instructors <strong>of</strong>the Deaf held their first meet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> New York City <strong>in</strong> 1850 and <strong>in</strong> Jacksonville<strong>in</strong> 1858.The first private school for the deaf <strong>in</strong> Chicago was the Ephephta Schoolfor the Deaf (1884), although the first day school was begun <strong>in</strong> 1874, andunder the present school system <strong>in</strong> 1894. In 1883 there was established theMcCowen Oral Home School for Deaf Children <strong>in</strong> Chicago (Englewood).Laws: 1839 p. 164, 1847 p. 47, 1849 p. 93, 1851 p. 102, 1853 p. 90, 1855 p. 35, 1857p. 34, 1869 p. 63, 1875 p. 104, 1887 p. 100, and 1897 P- 2 3-

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