Ohio History Journal

134    OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY

Public Session of the Ohio Committee on Medical History and

Archives, 2:00 P. M., April 7, Ohio State Museum Library,

Jonathan Forman, Presiding

The public session of the Ohio Committee on Medical His-

tory and Archives was called to order by Dr. Jonathan Forman,

its chairman, at 2:00 P. M. on April 7, 1939, in the Library of

the Museum. The program was concerned with "The Pioneer

Physicians of Ohio: Their Lives and Their Contributions to the

Development of the State, 1788-1835." The first paper in this

series was written by Dr. D. D. Shira and was entitled "An At-

tempt to Regulate by Law and the Purpose behind the Move-

ment." Dr. Shira was not present and his paper was read by

Dr. Robert G. Paterson.

(paper)*

DR. FORMAN: I think it is well to call attention to the fact that

in these early days county prosecutors reluctantly prosecuted cases

against unlicensed practitioners until a new law provided that

half of the fine should go to the county where the case was tried.

Now, it seems that there is a penalty because of holding this

meeting on Good Friday, as Dr. Waite of Cleveland cannot be

with us. The next paper will be that of Dr. Howard C. Dittrick

of Cleveland, speaking on "The Equipment, Instruments and

Drugs of the Pioneer Physicians of Ohio."

(paper)

DR. FORMAN: To go on now with the discussion of "The Method

of Treatment of Some of the More Common Diseases of the

Times by the Pioneer Physicians of Ohio" by Dr. David A.

Tucker, of Cincinnati.

(paper)

DR. FORMAN: I will try to tell you something about "The Med-

ical Journals of the Pioneer Physicians of Ohio" of this par-

ticular time.

(paper)

 

* Because of the educational and historical value of these papers it is planned

to publish them in the July, 1939, issue of the Ohio State Archaeological and His-

torical Quarterly. By this means the full proceedings of the 1939 Ohio History Con-

ference can be preserved.

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DR. FORMAN: We will now go to "The Part That the Pioneer

Physicians Played in Getting Certain Institutions for the Citizens

of Ohio, Such as the Commercial Hospital, the Schools for the

Deaf and Blind," by Dr. Robert G. Paterson.

(paper)

DR. FORMAN: We will now pass on to the seventh paper "The

Part That the Pioneer Physicians of Ohio Played in the Com-

munity as Exemplified in the Church and Lodge" by Dr. James

J. Tyler, of Warren.

(paper)

DR. FORMAN: We come now to "The Beginning of Formal

Dental Education at Bainbridge, Ohio," by Dr. Edward C. Mills,

of Columbus.

DR. MILLS: It is with real pleasure that I note the importance

that this organization has given to dentistry. During the reading

of the papers I was very much pleased to find Chillicothe so

prominently mentioned. That is my native heath and the region

of which I am going to speak lies twenty miles west of Chillicothe,

near Bainbridge.

(paper)

DR. FORMAN: This brings to a close the program which Dr.

Lindley, possibly wisely, called to ask me about--as to whether

we were going to give it in one afternoon or two days. Our

program has been lengthy but I think it has been very worth while

and I hope that it will be agreeable with the group next year to

go on and build up another period of about twenty-five years.

We should like to get the history of the part that the doctor has

played in Ohio. Do you have any announcements, Dr. Lindley?

DR. LINDLEY: Dr. Forman, I want to say that it is disconcerting

to try to be at three different places at the same time in one after-

noon. I was indeed sorry that I could not have been here at the

opening of the session to have given you a word of welcome to

the Ohio State Museum. We are proud of this movement that

has been carried forward in such a fine way by Dr. Forman and

Dr. Paterson. I have concluded that the medical profession is

much better balanced than I had thought it was. You do cer-

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tainly have an interest in historical background. I hope that each

of these papers will be deposited with the secretary of this sec-

tion and I want to say that from what I have heard we will want

to publish as nearly all of them as possible. I would like to have

at least abstracts so that in the course of the year we can carry

this out and make the discussions a matter of record. The Ohio

State Archaeological and Historical Society was organized and is

supported by the state of Ohio with one specific function and

that is to collect and preserve Ohio history in every way.

We appreciate very much the sort of experiment that we have

had this year--a united historical interest of various types into

this one historical conference. This is no longer the meeting of

the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society--this is the

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, the historical

society of the medical profession, the Columbus Genealogical

Society, and the general session of the history teachers of colleges

and universities of the State. As you know, the annual dinner of

the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society is to be held

at six-fifteen at the Faculty Club of the Ohio State University

and all of those participating in the conference are invited. Fol-

lowing the dinner will be an address by Mr. Grove Patterson,

editor of the Toledo Blade. Tomorrow morning there will be a

joint session of the Columbus Genealogical Society and the Ohio

State Archaeological and Historical Society in the Auditorium of

the Museum. Those of you who can get away from your pro-

fession and be present are most cordially invited to attend.

DR. FORMAN: Is there any other business to come before the

group? Will all those appearing on the program kindly turn

their papers over to Dr. Paterson?

The session adjourned.

 

Annual Dinner Session of the Ohio State Archaeological and

Historical Society, 6:1₅ P. M., April 7, Faculty Club,

O. S. U., H. C. Shetrone, Presiding

The Annual Dinner of the Ohio State Archaeological and

Historical Society, held at 6:15 P. M., April 7, at the Faculty Club

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