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History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

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Pathology \\\were held <strong>in</strong> the residence <strong>of</strong> Dr. Lyman at 533 Wesl Adams Street. From1883 to 1889, the <strong>Society</strong> (now the Chicago Pathological <strong>Society</strong>) met <strong>in</strong>various public build<strong>in</strong>gs or at the homes <strong>of</strong> its members. The <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong>Dr. C. D. Wescott, Madison Street and Ogden Avenue, was the place <strong>of</strong>meet<strong>in</strong>g from 1888 to 1891. From 1891 to 1894 the <strong>Society</strong> met at the HammondLibrary, and from 1894 to February 14, 1898, the group met <strong>in</strong>the Laboratory Build<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> Rush Medical College, 762 West HarrisonStreet.After February 14, 1898, the <strong>Society</strong> was designated as the Section onPathology <strong>of</strong> the Chicago Medical <strong>Society</strong> and held its meet<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> theChicago Medical <strong>Society</strong>'s rooms <strong>in</strong> the Stewart Build<strong>in</strong>g, 92 to 98 SouthState Street.From 1878 to 1882 monthly meet<strong>in</strong>gs were held more or less regularly.From 1882 to 1895 seven to twelve scientific meet<strong>in</strong>gs were held each year,and s<strong>in</strong>ce then meet<strong>in</strong>gs have been held each month from October to Mayor June <strong>in</strong>clusive.Reports <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> the early meet<strong>in</strong>gs were published <strong>in</strong> the ChicagoMedical Journal arid Exam<strong>in</strong>er from 1878 to 1885; from September 1891to September 1894 the transactions <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Society</strong> were published monthly<strong>in</strong> the Chicago Medical Recorder; from 1894 to June 1926, they were publishedas separate numbers <strong>in</strong> a total <strong>of</strong> 11 1/ 2volumes. Volume I <strong>of</strong> theTransactions <strong>of</strong> the Chicago Pathological <strong>Society</strong> conta<strong>in</strong>s the scientificpapers presented at the meet<strong>in</strong>gs dur<strong>in</strong>g the years 1894 and 1895. Thepreface <strong>in</strong> this volume states that "dur<strong>in</strong>g the last two or three years a newimpetus has been given to the work <strong>of</strong> the Chicago Pathological <strong>Society</strong>.This has been and <strong>in</strong> large measure is due to the enthusiastic response tothe demand for more scientific and more strictlypart to the greatly <strong>in</strong>creased membership; <strong>in</strong> part topathological papers; <strong>in</strong>the hold<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>of</strong> themeet<strong>in</strong>gs at a place near the County Hospital, to whose morgue the <strong>Society</strong>is <strong>in</strong>debted for many valuable specimens illustrat<strong>in</strong>g morbid anatomy; <strong>in</strong>part to the fact that at the new place <strong>of</strong> meet<strong>in</strong>g plenty <strong>of</strong> microscopesand accessories are at hand <strong>in</strong>vit<strong>in</strong>g a display <strong>of</strong> microscopic specimens."Many orig<strong>in</strong>al articles appeared <strong>in</strong> full <strong>in</strong> these volumes, the majority <strong>in</strong>the field <strong>of</strong> morbid anatomy but many also were <strong>in</strong> bacteriology, immunologyand biochemistry. An analysis <strong>of</strong> this program material w T illdisclose<strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g trends <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>vestigation dur<strong>in</strong>g the period <strong>in</strong> these basic fields<strong>of</strong> study.Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the program <strong>of</strong> February 8, 1892, the censors reported uponthe application for membership <strong>of</strong> Drs. E. I. Hook, Ludvig Hektoen andH. Williams Howard. Presumably they were elected, and at the next meet<strong>in</strong>g(March 14, 1892), Dr. Hektoen reported a case <strong>of</strong> "traumatic rupture<strong>of</strong> healthy cardiac valves, presented (sic) the patient, and exhibited speci-

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