. One hundred years of medicine and surgery in Missouri; historical and biographical review of the careers of the physicians and surgeons of the state of Missouri, and sketches of some of its notable medical institutions . the younger members ofthe profession may know what kind of men their predecessors were—thatthey were abreast of the times in which they lived. Specialism, as it exists at the present day. with its advantages andevils (greatly beneficial when kept within certain bounds, otherwise not),was not in vogue at that time. The nearest approach that came to itwas in the case of a cert
. One hundred years of medicine and surgery in Missouri; historical and biographical review of the careers of the physicians and surgeons of the state of Missouri, and sketches of some of its notable medical institutions . the younger members ofthe profession may know what kind of men their predecessors were—thatthey were abreast of the times in which they lived. Specialism, as it exists at the present day. with its advantages andevils (greatly beneficial when kept within certain bounds, otherwise not),was not in vogue at that time. The nearest approach that came to itwas in the case of a certain Kentuckian, who undertook somewhat of amonopoly in this line. One morning he hoisted his sign, which read, , Phvsician, Surgeon, Aurist, Oculist and Accoucher, but die soonbroke down under the weight of his undertaking and left for parts un-known. In November, 1840, prior to my arrival, the celebrated Dr. Joseph , assisted by his friend and colleague. Dr. John S. Moore, estab-lished the first medical college west of the Mississippi Eiver, as the Medi-cal Department of Kemper College, but popularly known as the McDowellCollege, which started out with 31 matriculants. Fresh from the Univer-.
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