Boone County Medical Society history

ALLERMAN, DEERING, SCHERMERHORN, FAIRCHILD, MOSER, ENFIELD

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall (email)
Date: 7/25/2005 at 03:09:07

Boone County Medical Society
A medical society existed in Boone county in 1866 called the Boone County Medical
Society. A few meetings were held but owing to a lack of interest on the part of
its members it was soon abandoned. April 21, 1871 a new society was orgainized
called the Boone County Medical Society with 14 members, Dr. L.J. Allerman was
elected president and Dr. A.A. Deering, secretary. Four or five meetings were held,
then this society followed its predecessors. In 1874 at a conference between Dr.
L.J. Allerman, Dr. W.S. Schermerhorn and Dr. D.S. Fairchild of Ames, a meeting was
arranged of the physicians of Green, Boone and Story counties for the purpose of
forming a district society. Subsequently Carroll, Calhoun and Hamilton were added.
At the first meeting in Boone, Dr. P.S. Moser of Boone was elected president; Dr.
W.S. Schermerhorn, Jefferson, vice-president; Dr. Charles Enfield, secretary. This
society met semi-annually and remained in active existence until the great
reorganization of the medical state and national associations, when its place was
taken by the various county medical societies.

-source: "History of Medicine in Iowa", D.S. Fairchild, M.D., F.A.C.S., reprinted from
The Journal of the Iowa State Medical Society, pg 156

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for Boone co. IAGenWeb
-note: I've added the biography of P.S. Moser from this book to the Boone co. biography board; click the link below to read it:

Bio of Dr. P.S. Moser
 

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