History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

508 History of Medical Practice in Illinoiscolleges in Illinois together with an invaluable collection of early medicalbiographies and photographs of Illinois doctors.Loyola University School of Medicine: Dr. R. M. Strong was officiallydesignated by the faculty to write the history of the Loyola UniversitySchool of Medicine. This was completed during 1954 and a copy has beendeposited in the John Crerar Library in Chicago. The monograph includesthe early history of Bennett Medical College which was the institution antecedentto Loyola College in Chicago.Illinois in the Fifties (1851-1860) was written in 1918 by Dr. Charles B.Johnson, who was a graduate in medicine of the University of Michiganfollowing his service in the Union Army during the Civil War. For manyyears he was a well known doctor, living in Champaign and practicingthere as well as throughout the state. He was the author of Muskets andMedicine, Medicine in Champaign County, Sixty Years in Medical Harness,as well as many historical papers.Old Illinois Houses, written by John Drury and published by the IllinoisState Historical Society in 1948, is a volume of historic Illinois houses coveringthe last century. It was in such homes that the doctors visited theirpatients and in some of which they themselves lived. On page 79 is thehouse of the renowned Dr. William Fithian of Danville, Illinois, built byhim in the 1830's. From its porch, Lincoln delivered an inpromptuaddress while a guest there in 1858. This house was used as the Frontispieceof the 1953 issue of the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society,and a concise biography of Dr. Fithian accompanies the illustration.The Family Doctors of the Lincoln Family in Springfield (LincolnianaNotes: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 47:57, 1954). Dr.William S. Wallace, the brother-in-law of Mrs. Lincoln, served for yearsas the Lincoln family doctor. Especially was he called when the childrenwere ill. He was well known and popular in the community. A brief biographicalsketch of him is given in Volume I of this series.Less well known was his office partner, Dr. P. H. Bailharche, who, as ayoung man, came to Springfield in 1857 after graduating from the PennsylvaniaMedical College. His brother, W. H. Bailharche, was atthat timeEditor of the Illinois State Journal. Dr. Bailharche served the Lincolnfamily in Dr. Wallace's absence from the city. During the Civil War he wasgiven several assignments. In 1863, he became Surgeon of the 14th IllinoisCavalry which he served until mustered out in 1865. After the war he wasassociated with the Marine Hospital Service until his death in 1919.