OHIO MEDICAL HISTORY, 1835-1858
STILL FURTHER ASPECTS
FIVE YEAR REVIEW OF THE
WORK OF THE OHIO COMMITTEE
ON MEDICAL HISTORY AND ARCHIVES
BY ROBERT G. PATERSON, PH. D.
Material presented in this issue of the Ohio
State Archaeo-
logical and Historical Quarterly by the Ohio Committee on Medical
History and Archives represents another
chapter of five continuous
years of effort on the part of a small
group of men throughout
the State in an attempt to mirror the
significant contributions of
men and events connected with the
development of medicine in
Ohio. The title of the present series
is, "Ohio Medical History
1835-1858, Still Further Aspects."
The origin of the Committee is explained
by Dr. Jonathan
Forman, chairman, as follows:
On September 27, 1937, a memorandum
proposing such a Committee
was submitted by Dr. Paterson, executive
secretary of the Ohio Public
Health Association. The matter was then
taken up with Secretary Harlow
Lindley of the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society. On October
26, the Board of Trustees of the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society approved the plan and authorized
the appointment of Dr. Forman
as chairman and Dr. Lindley as
Secretary1 with power to enlarge the
Committee as events dictated.
Approval by the Council of the Ohio
State Medical Associa-
tion and the Executive Committee of the
Ohio Public Health As-
sociation was received in December,
1937. On May 12, 1938, the
first formal meeting of the Committee
was held at Columbus in
connection with the annual meeting of
the Ohio State Medical
Association. Annual meetings have been
held since in conjunc-
tion with those of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society. These have taken place on April
7, 1939; April 5, 1940;
1 Dr. Paterson was appointed
Secretary of the Committee in
1939.
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