Medical and Surgical Directory - 1876
SOURCE: The Medical And Surgical Directory of the State of Iowa. Lyons, Iowa: J.C. Hopkins, 1876.
Clinton County Medical Society.
This Society was organized in 1857. Re-organized and incorporated in January, 1869, and the Constitution and By-laws revised and Codified in 1874. Meetings are held quarterly on the first Tuesday in January, April, July and October at such places within the County as the society from time to time determine.
The by-laws provide that “none shall be admitted to membership in this society, except those who are regular graduates in medicine and surgery, having diplomas procured in a regular manner from medical institutions recognized by the American Medical Association.
OFFICERS.
President, A. B. Ireland, Camanche; Vice President, P. J . Farnsworth, Clinton; Secretary and Treasurer, H. S. Farnsworth, Clinton; Librarian, D. Langan, DeWitt.
CENSORS.
D. Langan, DeWitt; G. W. Frost. Bellevue, Jackson County; C. W. Meyers, Clinton.
MEMBERS.
| Charles P. Bissell, ----- | Charles E. Lee, Calamus. |
| John Dennison, DeWitt. | Daniel Langan, DeWitt. |
| O. E. Deeds, Delmar. | D. W. Lundy, Albany, Whiteside Co, Ill. |
| P. J . Farnsworth, Clinton. | Charles H. Lothrop, Lyons. |
| H. S. Farnsworth, Clinton. | A. W. Morgan, DeWitt. |
| G. W. Frost, Bellevue, Jackson Co. | W. Meyers, Clinton. |
| William Fitzgerald, DeWitt. | William McQuigg, Lyons. |
| Thomas Gamble, Wheatland. | ——— McKensie, Elwood. |
| A. J. Hobart, Clinton. | M. G. Sloan, Charlotte. |
| J. H. Hazard, Clinton. | A. O. Strout, Anamosa Jones Co, Iowa |
| A. B. Ireland. Camanche. | G. W. VanZant, Charlotte. |
MEDICAL REGISTER.
Giving names, address, place and date of graduation, and school of practice, of the physicians of the State.
NOTE: R denotes Regular in Practice; H. Homeopathic; E. Eclectic; P. M. Physic Medical; B. Botanic; * Graduation doubtful; + not a Graduate; = nothing known as to the standing or qualification.
N. B. If any errors exist in reference to the application of the above symbols, those who have neglected to respond to the circulars sent them are alone responsible.
Notes: Sometimes more than one college was listed or there were other information listed but I only did the first one. Some standard abreviations were used. See link above for full text.
CLINTON COUNTY. POPULATION, 34,295.
NAME OF PHYSICIAN |
TOWN |
COLLEGE/SCHOOL |
YEAR |
DEGREE |
| Ackley, W. | Lost Nation | College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk | 1875 | R |
| Andrews, W. H. | Calamus | = | ||
| Bissell, Charles P. | DeWitt | College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk | 1875 | R |
| Blanding, A. O. | Lyons | Medical Dept Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia | 1848 | H |
| Bowers, ----- | Low Moor | R | ||
| Boyd, J. H. | DeWitt | + R | ||
| Boyd, J. R. | Lost Nation | * R | ||
| Caldwell, T. O. | Toronto | + R | ||
| Cammack, F. F. | Clinton | London, England | 1851 | R |
| Churchill, Thomas | Calamus | = | ||
| Cogswell, C. H. | Clinton | Haneman Medical College, Chicago, Ill. | 1866 | H |
| Cogswell, Mary C. W. | Clinton | Women's Medical College, New York | 1874 | H |
| Cortis, Thomas | DeWitt | + R | ||
| Cook, D. C. | Wheatland | Medical Dept Iowa State Univ, Iowa City | 1873 | R |
| Daly, M. E. | Bryant | + R | ||
| Dennison, John | DeWitt | Albany Medical College, Albany, NY | 1846 | R |
| Deeds, O. E. | Delmar | Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York | 1867 | R |
| Elstun, John R. | Camanche | Medical College of Ohio, Cincinnati | 1862 | R |
| Farnsworth, Philo J. | Clinton | College Physicians and Surgeons, New York | 1860 | R |
| Farnsworth, Henry S. | Clinton | Medical Dept Univ of Vermont, Burlington, VT | 1860 | R |
| Fitzgerald, William | DeWitt | Medical Dept Iowa State Univ, Iowa City | 1876 | R |
| Frost, A. M. | Wheatland | = | ||
| Gamble, Thomas D. | Wheatland | St. Louis Medical College, St. Louis, MO | 1858 | R |
| Hart, R. J. | Camanche | Medical Dept Iowa State Univ, Iowa City | 1876 | R |
| Hays, ----- | Clinton | * R | ||
| Hays, ----- | Malone | = | ||
| Hazard, J. H. | Clinton | Medical College of Ohio, Cincinnati | 1867 | R |
| Hill, M. J. | Grand Mound | = | ||
| Hobart, A. J. | Clinton | Medical Dept Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 1859 | R |
| Ireland, Alexander B. | Camanche | Medical Dept Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill | 1846 | R |
| Kellogg, C. F. | Charlotte | + | ||
| King, E. H. | Clinton | Hahneman Medical College, Chicago, Ill | 1868 | H |
| Langan, Daniel | DeWitt | College Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk | 1863 | R |
| Lee, Charles E. | Calamus | Medical Dept Iowa State Univ, Iowa City | 1873 | R |
| Lothrop, Charles H. | Lyons | Medical Dept Univ of New York | 1858 | R |
| Meyers, Charles W. | Clinton | Medical Dept Western Reserve College, Cleveland, OH | 1862 | R |
| Matthews, J. J. | Lyons | College Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk | 1852 | R |
| Manning, C. D. | Camanche | Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill | 1870 | R |
| Mellick, J. B. | Lyons | + R | ||
| Mewherter, J. H. | Elvira | + R | ||
| Morgan, Albert W. | DeWitt | College Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk | 1870 | R |
| Minor, ----- | Camanche | * R | ||
| McArthur, J. E. | Lyons | + R | ||
| McCormick, Henry | Clinton | Medical Dept Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia | 1857 | R |
| McKensie, H. M. | Elwood | Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill | 1874 | R |
| McQuigg, William | Lyons | Medical Dept Western Reserve College, Cleveland, OH | 1861 | R |
| Paxson, W. C. | Clinton | Starling Medical College, Columbus, OH | no date | R |
| Russell, C. A. | Calamus | + | ||
| Schwager, Alvin | Lyons | Breslau, Prussia | no date | R |
| Sheehy, John | Clinton | Medical Dept Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 1870 | R |
| Smith, A. H. | Clinton | Chicago Medical College, Chicago, Ill | 1872 | |
| Sloan, M. G. | Charlotte | Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill | 1873 | R |
| Van Zant, G. W. | Charlotte | Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill | 1864 | R |
| Vary, W. E. | DeWitt | + R | ||
| Waggoner, M. R. | DeWitt | Hahneman Medical College, Chicago, Ill | 1870 | H |
| Westbrook, E. M. | Lyons | Kemper Medical College, St. Louis, MO | 1847 | R |
| Wetmore, A. | Clinton | Medical Dept Univ of New York | 1848 | R |
| Wetherell, George F. | Lyons | Medical Dept Univ of New York | 1856 | |
| Wrede, Th. | Lyons | Berne, Switzerland | no date | R |
| Yeomans, S. P. | Clinton | Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill | 1854 | H |
| Yeomans, Clara | Clinton | Hahneman Medical College, Chicago, Ill | 1870 | H |