History of the great Kanawha Valley, with family history and biographical sketchesA statement of its natural resources, industrial growth and commercial advantages . firstlocated at Christiansburg Depot, Montgomery county, Va., butsubsequently removed to Brownsdale, Minn., and remained theretwo years, after which he returned to Montgomery county andfor nearly two years practiced at Radford. At the expiration ofthat time Dr. Wysor located at Kanawha Falls, and thencemoved to Coal valley. He arrived in the latter place April 3rd,1882, and the following day formed a partnership with Dr. J.


History of the great Kanawha Valley, with family history and biographical sketchesA statement of its natural resources, industrial growth and commercial advantages . firstlocated at Christiansburg Depot, Montgomery county, Va., butsubsequently removed to Brownsdale, Minn., and remained theretwo years, after which he returned to Montgomery county andfor nearly two years practiced at Radford. At the expiration ofthat time Dr. Wysor located at Kanawha Falls, and thencemoved to Coal valley. He arrived in the latter place April 3rd,1882, and the following day formed a partnership with Dr. J. , which partnership still exists. Dr. Wysor has achievedmuch in the comparatively short time of his residence in Fayettecounty, and already has an enviable reputation for skill in hisprofession. August 27, 1884, he was united in marriage toMiss Alice E. Pugh, daughter of William and Fannie (Farley)Pugh, of Buckingham county, Va. Three children have beenborn to them: Julia Bentley, Frank Laird and Alice Wysor is a member of the Medical society, of West Virginia,and both he and his wife are communicants of the Presbyterianchurch. He is a HISTORY OF THE GREAT KANAWHA VALLEY. 253 CHAPTER XX. BY A. L. KNIGHT. MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE KANAWHA VALLEY FROM I/gOTO l8gO—EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF FEVERS — OLD-TIME DOCTORS AND THEIRMETHODS — DISEASES PECULIAR TO THE FIRST SETTLERS — MEDI-CAL WRITERS ABROAD — INFLUENCE ON THE AMERICANPRACTITIONER — LIST OF COMPLAINTS IN THE VALLEY SCIENTIF-ICALLY DEFINED — MEASLES, MUMPS, KIDNEY TROUBLES, ANDOTHER EVILS FLESH IS HEIR TO—CHOLERA AND ITS RAVAGES — IMPROVEMENT IN MEDICAL TREATMENT—HOW THEY USED. TOBLEED EM:—CALOMEL AND JALAP — SUPREMACY OF THE LANCET — THE ROOT AND YARB DOCTOR — HE SNEEZED HER —PERIPATETIC PHYSICIANS AND THE INEVITABLE SADDLE-BAGS —DESCRIPTION OF A LONG NIGHT RIDE—FORDING MILL CREEK BYMOONLIGHT — PEN PORTRAITS OF OLD-TIMERS—THE HARVEYS,PUTNEYS AND OTHERS. R. JOHN EBERLE, wh


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