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History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

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302 <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medical Practice <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>oiscult to obta<strong>in</strong>. He therefore suggested, "All physicians should write theirautobiographies, if only for their families. There are thousands <strong>of</strong> th<strong>in</strong>gs<strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> the history and development <strong>of</strong> this new country which wouldprove pr<strong>of</strong>itable and <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g read<strong>in</strong>g for us. Young men and old menshould write their personal rem<strong>in</strong>iscences and autobiographies, and putthem where they can be found after they are dead and gone." (Trans. 111.State Med. <strong>Society</strong>, 1891.)Among the many otolaryngologists <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois, we can naturally list onlyshort biographies <strong>of</strong> some. Many <strong>of</strong> their names have already been mentioned<strong>in</strong> other phases <strong>of</strong> the <strong>medical</strong> history <strong>of</strong> the state.*William L<strong>in</strong>coln Ballenger, 1862-1916. Graduate <strong>of</strong> Belleview HospitalMedical School; charter member Chicago Climatological and Laryngological<strong>Society</strong>; president Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology 1902;pr<strong>of</strong>essor Laryngology, Rh<strong>in</strong>ology and Otology, College <strong>of</strong> Physicians andSurgeons; member <strong>of</strong> the International Otological Congress; author <strong>of</strong> aTextbook on nose, throat and ear which first appeared <strong>in</strong> 1900 and passedthrough n<strong>in</strong>e editions.Seth Scott Bishop, 1852-1923, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Diseases <strong>of</strong> the Nose, Throatand Ear, Ill<strong>in</strong>ois Medical College and Chicago Post-Graduate School. One<strong>of</strong> the editors <strong>of</strong> the Laryngoscope; consultant Mary Thompson, Ill<strong>in</strong>oisMasonic and Silver Cross Hospitals (Joliet). Author <strong>of</strong> many papers and<strong>of</strong> "Diseases <strong>of</strong> the Ear, Nose and Throat" first pr<strong>in</strong>ted <strong>in</strong> 1897, and whichwent through four editions. He contributed to the Ill<strong>in</strong>ois MedicalJournal: Operations for Mastoid Disease(v. 87-194); Menthol <strong>in</strong> Diseases<strong>of</strong> the Air Passages (v. 90-34); New Method for Treat<strong>in</strong>g Diseases <strong>of</strong> theMiddle Ear (v. 86-252).William Evans Casselberry, 1858-1916, was a descendant <strong>of</strong> Benjam<strong>in</strong>Rush. He graduated from the Medical Department <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong>Pennsylvania <strong>in</strong> 1879; he did postgraduate study <strong>in</strong> Vienna, London andBerl<strong>in</strong>. He began his <strong>practice</strong> <strong>in</strong> Chicago <strong>in</strong> 1883, was Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> MateriaMedica at Northwestern Medical College until 1894; then became Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<strong>of</strong> Laryngology and Rh<strong>in</strong>ology. He was an attend<strong>in</strong>g surgeon <strong>in</strong> Laryngologyand Rh<strong>in</strong>ology at St. Luke's and Wesley Hospitals. Member and president,American Laryngological Association, president <strong>of</strong> Chicago Laryngologicaland Otological <strong>Society</strong>, Ill<strong>in</strong>ois and Chicago Medical Societies,Chicago Academy <strong>of</strong> Science, Chicago Tuberculosis Institute, NationalInstitute for the Study and Prevention <strong>of</strong> Tuberculosis. He was a hardworker, rarely <strong>in</strong>dulg<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> recreation.Henry Z. Gill, 1831-1907, <strong>of</strong> Jersey ville, Ill<strong>in</strong>ois, A.M., M.D., LL.D.* For biographical sketches <strong>of</strong> Drs. Boerne Bettman, Henry Gradle, Joseph SullivanHildreth, Edward Lorenzo Holmes, Samuel J. Jones and Charles H. Vilas, the readeris referred to Chapter XII <strong>in</strong> this Volume—Editor

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