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HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY 311
act. It is expected that there will be a general attendance of physicians
of this district, as the eleventh section of the act provides that no person,
other than members of one of the medical societies in this State,
shall be permitted to practice physic or surgery after the 1st of July
next.
"NorAvalk, April 10, 1824. DANIEL TILDEN."
At a meeting of the society held in 1830, a resolution was adopted
approving of the efforts then being made for the suppression of intemperance.
During the year Dr. George Anderson was the president, but
no further mention of the proceedings of this society are found, and it
is probable that the organization was not maintained much later than
the year 1830.
ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
The Erie County Medical Society Avas the outgroAvth of a meeting
of physicians held in Sandusky on the 6th of April, 1850, at the office
of Dr. E. S. Lane. Of this meeting Dr. Daniel Tilden was chosen chairman
and Dr. E. Lauderdale secretary. This gathering was wholly informal
and the main business transacted was the declaration of intention
to organize the society, and the appointment of a committee on constitution
and by-laAvs, as follows: Dr. E. S. Lane, Robert R. McMeens,
C. Cochran and E. Lauderdale of Sandusky, Doctor Galpin of Milan,
Doctor Caldwell of Huron and Doctor Wilson of Castalia.
The constitution and by-laws were adopted and the society organized
on the 13th of April, 1850. The first officers were Dr. Daniel Tilden,
president; Dr. E. S. Lane, secretary. The original members of the
society were Drs. Daniel Tilden, Sr., Aaron Austin, E. S. Lane, Robert
R. McMeens, E. Lauderdale and Charles Cochran.
From that time the society received acquisitions in membership and
was productive of much good, both to the members and the people of
the county.
The society continued in a prosperous condition for something over
ten years, until the breaking out of the war, and thenceforth it seems to
have suffered Avith the general disintegration, not only of societies, but
of parties and all manner of civil associations. From 1861 to 1870 but
feAV meetings Avere held and no proceedings were entered on the records
of the society. - In 1870 the society Avas again brought together, mainly
to take some action upon the occasion of the death of Doctor Tilden,
which occurred during that year, hut since 1861 the society has never
been as strong as at and prior to that time.
Physicians and surgeons of the present time: Henry B. Beatty,
Emily Blakeslee, Chester B. Bliss, G. H. Boehmer, William A. Crecelius,
Harry B. Frederick, Edwin Gillard, Charles Graefe, Henry Graefe, Jr.,
William Graefe, James S. Hanson, William D. Hower, R. B. Hubbard,
C. R. Knoble, Ferdinand Leblicq, John S. McClelland, George P. Max-
Avell, Charles H. Merz, James D. Parker, Hiram D. Peterson, Clarence
Schimansky, Fred Schoepfle, Henry C. Schoepfle, Parker F. SoutliAvick,
William S. Walker.