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History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

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Appendix 507The Rise and Fall <strong>of</strong> Disease <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois by Dr. I. D. Rawl<strong>in</strong>gs and publishedby the Ill<strong>in</strong>ois State Department <strong>of</strong> Public Health <strong>in</strong> 1927, is primarilyan account <strong>of</strong> transmissible diseases <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois cover<strong>in</strong>g the Indian,French, British, Spanish and American periods. It is illustrated by numerouscharts and tables and isadequately <strong>in</strong>dexed. This volume furnishesone <strong>of</strong> the <strong>in</strong>dispensable bases for the study <strong>of</strong> <strong>medical</strong> history <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois.Reference has been made to it aga<strong>in</strong> and aga<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> the text <strong>of</strong> Volume II.Diseases <strong>of</strong> the Mississippi Valley: Part I, 1850, Part II, 1854, by Dr.Daniel Drake. This is a monumental study <strong>of</strong> early geographical medic<strong>in</strong>e<strong>in</strong> the great Central West. It is both historical and descriptive. Dr. Drakeat that time was the most em<strong>in</strong>ent physician <strong>in</strong> this country, and aga<strong>in</strong>and aga<strong>in</strong> reference has been made to his contributions <strong>in</strong> these pages <strong>of</strong>Volume II.Paleopathology by Roy L. Moodie, Ph.D., pr<strong>in</strong>ted by the University <strong>of</strong>Ill<strong>in</strong>ois Press <strong>in</strong> 1923. In this volume Dr. Moodie, a noted paleopathologistand anatomist at the University <strong>of</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>ois College <strong>of</strong> Medic<strong>in</strong>e, presentsmany ancient evidences <strong>of</strong> disease, together with pert<strong>in</strong>ent illustrations.SpecialThe follow<strong>in</strong>g references will provide equally valuable <strong>in</strong>formation on<strong>medical</strong> historical data but <strong>of</strong> a less general nature:Early Medical Chicago by Dr. James Nev<strong>in</strong>s Hyde, published <strong>in</strong> 1879,by the Fergus Pr<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g Company <strong>of</strong> Chicago. One <strong>of</strong> the earliest and perhapsthe best <strong>medical</strong> history <strong>of</strong> Chicago, conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g data relat<strong>in</strong>g to theFort Dearborn massacre, the early practitioners <strong>of</strong> Chicago, the early<strong>medical</strong> schools, and the diseases <strong>of</strong> the last century.The Work <strong>of</strong> the Physicians Dur<strong>in</strong>g the Chicago Fire (1871) by Dr.John W. Williams, a participant, published <strong>in</strong> the Bullet<strong>in</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medical<strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Chicago, Vol. 2,1922. A quotation: "Words cannot express thescenes <strong>of</strong> unutterable chaos, distress and misery which we witnessed." Afirst-hand report by a physician <strong>of</strong> Chicago's greatest disaster.The Epidemics <strong>of</strong> Chicago by Dr. John B. Hamilton, published <strong>in</strong> theBullet<strong>in</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medical <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Chicago, Vol. 1, 1911. Thispaper was written by Dr. Hamilton about one year before his death <strong>in</strong> 1898.It was his <strong>in</strong>tention to write a complete history <strong>of</strong> the epidemics <strong>of</strong> Chicago,<strong>of</strong> which this was to be an <strong>in</strong>troductory chapter. Dr. Hamilton was a member<strong>of</strong> the faculty <strong>of</strong> Rush Medical College and for a time was SurgeonGeneral <strong>of</strong> the U.S. Public Health Service.Beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>of</strong> Medical Education <strong>in</strong> and near Chicago: The Institutionsand the Men, a research monograph <strong>of</strong> great value written by Dr. George H.Weaver and published <strong>in</strong> the Bullet<strong>in</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medical <strong>History</strong><strong>of</strong> Chicago, Vol. 3, 1925. Details are given <strong>of</strong> the early history <strong>of</strong> five <strong>medical</strong>

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