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History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

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326 <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medical Practice <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>oisbacked up by his high ideals and unusual ability, he perhaps did more thanany other man to raise the neurological threshold <strong>of</strong> the Chicago district.He was not a prolific writer, but his papers were brief, clear, very much tothe po<strong>in</strong>t, evidenced accuracy and good judgment but were not entirelyfree from polemic. In meet<strong>in</strong>gs his discussions showed the same qualities,and he was adept at prick<strong>in</strong>g neurological bubbles. 14At the close <strong>of</strong> the 19th century, there appeared on the <strong>medical</strong> scene<strong>in</strong> Chicago three dynamic teachers whose <strong>in</strong>fluence had much to do <strong>in</strong>guid<strong>in</strong>g the teach<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> neurology and psychiatry <strong>in</strong> the Middle West formany years: Oscar A. K<strong>in</strong>g, Hugh T. Patrick and Archibald Church. Thesemen were vitally <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> the care <strong>of</strong> the mentally afflicted as wellas work <strong>in</strong> the classroom. Their students, numbered <strong>in</strong> the thousands,carried their teach<strong>in</strong>gs throughout the nation.Dr. Oscar A. K<strong>in</strong>g was born <strong>in</strong> Peru, Indiana, February 22, 1851. Hebegan the study <strong>of</strong> medic<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> 1873 under Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Henry Palmer <strong>of</strong>Janesville, Wiscons<strong>in</strong>, a prom<strong>in</strong>ent surgeon <strong>of</strong> the War <strong>of</strong> the Rebellion.He also studied under Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Louis A. Sayer <strong>of</strong> New York, and graduatedfrom the Bellevue Hospital Medical College <strong>in</strong> 1878. After a short time <strong>in</strong>private <strong>practice</strong> with Dr. Palmer, he was chosen second assistant physician<strong>in</strong> the Wiscons<strong>in</strong> State Hospital for the Insane at Madison, Wiscons<strong>in</strong>.Dur<strong>in</strong>g 1880 and 1881, he studied abroad, devot<strong>in</strong>g himself ma<strong>in</strong>ly toneurology and psychiatry. On return<strong>in</strong>g home, Dr. K<strong>in</strong>g resumed hishospital work at Madison, but <strong>in</strong> 1882 resigned to accept the Chair <strong>of</strong>Mental and Nervous Diseases <strong>in</strong> the newly founded College <strong>of</strong> Physiciansand Surgeons <strong>in</strong> Chicago where he had the honor <strong>of</strong> giv<strong>in</strong>g the first lecture<strong>in</strong> the <strong>medical</strong> curriculum. In 1894, his teach<strong>in</strong>g title was changed to Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<strong>of</strong> Neurology, Psychiatry and Cl<strong>in</strong>ical Medic<strong>in</strong>e.In 1883, Dr. K<strong>in</strong>g founded the Oakwood Retreat (for the <strong>in</strong>sane) <strong>in</strong>Lake Geneva, Wiscons<strong>in</strong>, <strong>of</strong> which he was President and Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff. In1896, he founded the Lake Geneva Sanatarium, and <strong>in</strong> 1901 amalgamatedthe two <strong>in</strong>stitutions and rema<strong>in</strong>ed Director. At the time <strong>of</strong> his death he wasPr<strong>of</strong>essor (emeritus) <strong>of</strong> Neurology and Psychiatry <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong>Ill<strong>in</strong>ois College <strong>of</strong> Medic<strong>in</strong>e. 15Dr. Archibald Church was born <strong>in</strong> Fond du Lac, Wiscons<strong>in</strong>, March 23,1861. He graduated <strong>in</strong> 1884 from the College <strong>of</strong> Physicians and Surgeons<strong>of</strong> Chicago. From 1884 to 1888, he served as attend<strong>in</strong>g physician and laterAssistant Super<strong>in</strong>tendent <strong>in</strong> the Northern Ill<strong>in</strong>ois Hospital for the Insaneat Elg<strong>in</strong>. Return<strong>in</strong>g then to Chicago, he became a member <strong>of</strong> the faculty<strong>of</strong> the Chicago Medical College where he lectured on Insanity and Medical11 Trans. Amer. Neurol. Assoc. 61:171, 1935.15 Cutler, H. G.: Physicians and Surgeons <strong>of</strong> the West, Ill<strong>in</strong>ois Edition, Chicago, 1900,p. 246; and Ill<strong>in</strong>ois Med. Jr. 40:350, 1921.

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