History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

Neuropsychiatry 323too far, as when he condemned certain neurologists for belief in the efficacyof electro-therapy. He was often inconsistent, for he testified in court caseswhile deploring the principle of factional expert testimony and fought thespoils system of which he was the beneficiary. His reform efforts were alwayssingle-handed and hence foredoomed tofailure.Dr. Clevenger died of a cerebral hemorrhage on his 77th birthday. 11While Dr. Clevenger was Superintendent of the State Hospital at Kankakee,a young neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Adolpfi Meyer, recently arrived fromSwitzerland, was recommended to him by Drs. Richard Dewey and LudvigHektoen. Dr. Meyer was retained in the hospital as a pathologist wherehe introduced new and useful methods in laboratory technic and, it issaid, left a rich inheritance for those who followed him there. Dr. Meyer'swork at Kankakee embraced the years 1893-95; at tne same time he held ateaching appointment at the University of Chicago. In 1895, interestingand attractive opportunities were offered him by eastern institutions. Theseoffers doubtless provided a greater opportunity for the use of his greattalents than Illinois could provide. Illinois thus lost immediate contact witha great teacher whose influence, however, extended for many decadesthroughout the nation.The death of Dr. Henry Martyn Bannister on May 1,1920, marked theclose of a life of ceaseless activity, even though fourteen years of invalidismhad preceded the end. He was born in Cazenovia, New York, July 25,1844. In 1871, he took his medical degree at the National Medical College,Washington, D. C, and began his medical practice in Chicago in 1874.At the very beginning of his medical career he became known in the fieldof neurologic and psychiatric literature, for with Dr. Jewell he foundedand edited the Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, continuing in theposition of Editor for seven years. He also was associated with other medicaljournals, and for many years preceding his death served on the editorialstaff of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Beside his journalisticwork ,his editorial duties and the publication of many articles, hewas the author of a number of larger works.Dr. Bannister for many years suffered from arthritis deformans and,although for years confined to his home in Evanston and unable to walk,he continued the medical literary work in which he had always been engaged.12Dr. Harold N. Moyer was born in Canajoharie, New York, August 14,1858, and graduated from Rush Medical College in 1879. Almost immediatelyhe became assistant physician in the Cook County Infirmary,the psychopathic department of which was then officially known as the11Dictionary of American Biography, New York, Scribner, 1930.12 J. Nervous & Ment. Dis. 52:286, 1920.