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ADDENDA
Very little information can be found concerning the following physicians:
Sole Ditkowski practiced at Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Children's School, Normal, Ill. in 1940.
Seymour Fisher also located at Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Children's School in 1935.
Alvin H. Follingstad was elected to membership in McLean County Medical Society in 1938.
Milton M. Glascoe was located at 3131 N. Main St., Bloomington, Ill. in 1930-31.
S. J. Huerta practiced in Towanda, Ill. in 1937-38.
Frank J. Koenig practiced in Normal, Ill. in 1940.
N. M. Koeningsberg practiced in Bellflower, Ill. in 1938.
William F. Kuhn II graduated from University of Kansas Medical School in 1936. Practiced in Bloomington, Ill. from 1951 to 1953. Served in World War II; entered as a Captain May 17, 1942, separated as a Major in November, 1945, receiving Combat Medical Badge and Unit Citation. He married Miss Erma Kathleen Mace, RN, AANA, September 5, 1947; children by a former marriage - William Frederick Kuhn III and Barbara Louise Kuhn.
E. R. Lerwick practiced in Lexington and Bloomington, Ill. in 1952.
George E. Morgan practiced in Bloomington, Ill. in 1942.
Barbara M. Mounts resigned from the McLean County Medical Society in 1949.
William L. Penniman practiced in Normal, III. in 1934.
Sidney S. Schochet was located in Normal, Ill. in 1946.
G. E. Seymour practiced in Colfax, Ill. in 1936-38.
Clarence P. Wikoff located in Bloomington, Ill. in 1934.
C. E. Wittenberg practiced in Danvers, Ill. in 1936-38.
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FACTS OF INTEREST
MEMBERSHIP
Biographical sketches of 384 members of the McLean County Med- ical Society are included in this history: 172 sketches in Book I; 89 sketches in Book II; and 123 sketches in Book III.
BIRTHPLACES OF 358 MEMBERS
Illinois
162
Rhode Island
3
Bloomington - 31
Maine
2
Normal - 2
Massachusetts
2
Ohio
40
Nebraska
2
Pennsylvania
22
Kentucky
18
Tennessee
2
Indiana
13
Vermont
1
New York
10
Paris, France
1
Missouri
8
Italy
1
Iowa
7
Lithuania
1
Germany
6
Mississippi
1
Virginia.
6
New Hampshire
1
Wisconsin
6
New Mexico
1
Michigan
6
North Carolina
1
Canada
5
Puerto Rico
1
England
5
Dresden, Saxony
1
New Jersey
5
South Dakota
1
Ireland
3
Wales
1
Kansas
3
Washington
1
Maryland
3
Washington, D. C.
1
Minnesota
3
Oklahoma
2
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LOCATION OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS OF 358 MEMBERS
Name of Medical School
Members Attending
Rush Medical College
59
University of Illinois Medical School
45
Northwestern University School of Medicine 38
Chicago Medical College
23
Ohio Medical College
22
Jefferson Medical College
18
St. Louis College of Physicians & Surgeons
12
University of Michigan Medical School
11
Loyola School. of Medicine
10
Missouri Medical College
9
Louisville Medical College
7
Transylvania University Medical School
6
Eclectic Medical School
6
New York Medical College
6
Barnes Medical College
5
Washington University Medical School
5
Bellevue Hospital Medical School
5
Keokuk Medical College
5
University of Maryland
5
Harvard Medical College
4
Philadelphia Medical College
4
Starling Medical College
4
2 members graduated from
1 member graduated from
medical schools in -
Boulder Col.
Hahnemann School, Chicago
Baton Rouge, La.
Bloomington, Ind.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Kansas City, Mo.
Iowa City, Iowa
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lincoln, Neb.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Omaha, Neb.
Cornell, Ithaca, N. Y.
Columbus, Ohio
Memphis, Tenn.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Burlington, Vt.
Heidelberg, Germany
Castleton, Vt.
Washington, D. C.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Rome, Italy
Leipsic, Germany
Zurich, Germany
Geneva, Switzerland
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medical schools in - Yale, New Haven, Conn. Wabash, Ind.
Woman's Medical College, Chicago
New Orleans, La.
PATRIOTISM
Members of the McLean County Medical Society who have served in wars number 136; serving on Medical Examining Boards - 6. Nine members have served in two wars; while one member, James Robert McIntosh, has served in three wars. Two members were killed in the line of duty during foreign service - Leroy W. Yolton and Charles Roy Kerr.
Civil War 23
Spanish-American War
2
Crimean War (American surgeon in Russian Army) 1
World War I
40
World War I (German Army)
1
World War I (Italian Army)
1
World War II
73
Korean War
6
WOMEN DOCTORS
The McLean County Medical Society has had sixteen women doctors in its membership.
1904
Eliza Dawson
Rhoda Galloway Yolton
Annie E. Kelso
Eliza J. Hyndman
Margaret H. Nelson
Mrs. E. A. Shaw
Minnie Alice Phillips
Mrs. E. K. Crothers
M. Frietag Savage
E. Martha Bull
1954
1934 Florence Dorothy Ames
Helen Denny Rachel M. Cooper Ann Elizabeth Freeman Bernice Curry McConnell Rita Walsh
HOSPITAL INSURANCE
First mention of hospital insurance occurs in the minutes of the May 14, 1940 meeting of the McLean County Medical Society. "Dr. Casner made a report on 'Hospital Insurance Plans' and motion was made and carried that McLean County Medical Society endorse any reliable hospital insurance plan which would be acceptable to our local hospitals, and would provide patients with their free choice of doctors."
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Family relationships are numerous throughout the membership in the McLean County Medical Society. The largest family group occurs in the Sloan-Ball family of six doctors.
Six Members: Brothers - E. P. Sloan, Guy Sloan, and O. J. Sloan. Their sister was the mother of O. H. Ball and W. G. Ball. Howard P. Sloan is the son of E. P. Sloan.
Four Members: Brothers - William A. Elder, Charles S. Elder, and Guilford D. Elder; Horace W. Elder was the son of William A. Elder.
Three Members: Grandfather - A. L. Fox; son - Ralph Deems Fox; grandson - Ralph McIntosh Fox.
Uncle - James Loar; nephew - Nelson Loar; Ralph R. Loar is the son of Nelson Loar.
Brothers - Charles Menaphe Noble, Joseph Price Noble; Robert Avery Noble was the son of Charles Noble.
Brothers - William A. Dunn and McCann Dunn; Jeff Dunn was the son of William A. Dunn.
Father - W. P. Scott; sons - T. C. and Walter E. Scott.
Parents - Rhoda G. Yolton and J. L. Yolton; son - Leroy W. Yolton.
Two Members: Father and son - Frank Deneen and Owen Deneen; T. T. Haering and O. E. Haering; William McIntosh and James Robert McIntosh; James C. McNutt and Justin McNutt; B. P. Marsh and Walworth Marsh; Charles E. Shultz and Gordon Shultz; Ira E. Vander- vort and Franklin C. Vandervort.
Uncle and Nephew - Edson B. Hart and Harlan Hart; F. L. Wake- field and Bard Wakefield.
Brothers - R. L. Atkinson and W. H. Atkinson; Lester B. Cavins and S. T. Cavins; Charles E. Chapin and H. S. Chapin; George W. France and John T. France; Ferd C. McCormick and Nelson K. Mc- Cormick.
Husband and wife - Gilbert B. Causey and Helen Denny (Causey) ; E. K. Crothers and Maria L. Crothers; George B. Kelso and Annie E. Kelso.
FIFTY YEAR CLUB
On March 8, 1938, the McLean County Medical Society held a guest dinner at Roland's Tea Room in honor of the first member of the Fifty Year Club of McLean County - Dr. Rhoda G. Yolton. Other member's who have received the Fifty Year Pin from the Illinois State Medical Society are Drs. Stanley S. Boulton; Thomas Moate, deceased; Ralph Plummer Peairs; Ora M. Rhodes, deceased; Frank L. Wakefield, de- ceased; and Edward C. Williams.
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HONORS FOR THE DOCTOR
"I have never had the time," said the old doctor as he looked over his personal questionnaire, "to accept honorary positions in civic life." And after the word "Honors" on his questionnaire he firmly wrote "None."
No honors for the doctor! The very phrase is erroneous. His life is filled with honors though they may be intangible. His hostages to fame are the lives he has saved. His medals are the inky footprints of newborn babies he has ushered into the world. His applause and ex- pressions of adulation are the prayers of thankfulness wafted toward heaven by anguished parents.
No title of high rank can compare in greater honor than that of doctor, for the title of the healer is closest to that of Christ's lifetime work. No profession holds more courage; the doctor fights as dire a foe as any soldier - ignorance, disease, death! He builds as marvelous an edifice as the most eminent architect or engineer, though he builds with bone and nerves instead of wood and steel. He creates in a delicate operation as distinguished a performance of virtuosity as the artist or musician.
Honors for the doctor? No judge in the highest court can vie with the dignity and nobleness of a doctor's calling; no king has a more illustrious sceptre or emblem of authority than the old doctor's fifty year pin. His is the honor to serve humanity. The humblest country doctor and the most renowned city surgeon reap equal honors in serving their fellow men with their marvelously trained hands and minds and hearts.
No honors for the doctor! Rather let us say, "All honors are the doctor's!"
- CLARA LOUISE KESSLER, Historian
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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS McLEAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY Bloomington, Illinois
REVISED AND ADOPTED NOVEMBER EIGHTH, 1938
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I. NAME
The name and title of this organization shall be the McLean County Medical Society.
ARTICLE II. THE PURPOSES OF THIS SOCIETY
The purposes of this Society shall be to organize the physicians of McLean County so that by frequent meetings and full and frank ex- change of views the members may secure intelligent unity and harmony in every phase of their labors as will elevate and make effective the opinions of the profession in all scientific, legislative, public health, material and social affairs in order that the profession may receive that respect and support within its own ranks and from the community to which its honorable history and great achievements entitles it. Its further purpose is to join with other County Societies and through it with the other State Associations, to unite with and maintain the American Medical Association.
ARTICLE III. ELIGIBILITY
Any registered physician residing and practicing in McLean County who is of good moral and professional standing and is a citizen of the United States, and who does not support, practice, or claim to practice an exclusive system of medicine, shall be eligible for membership.
ARTICLE IV. MEETINGS
Regular meetings shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by the Society. Special meetings may be called by the Presi- dent whenever in his judgment the interests of the Society require them or when requested to do so by five members of the Society. A call for a special meeting shall state the object of such meeting, at which no business except that stated in the call shall be transacted.
ARTICLE V. OFFICERS
The officers of this Society shall consist of a President, Vice- President, Secretary-Treasurer, Delegate and Alternate Delegate, and a Board of Three Censors. These officers, except the Delegate and the
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Board of Censors, shall be elected annually. The Delegate shall be elected for two years, and in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of the State Society. One member of the Board of Censors shall be elected each year to serve three years, provided that at the first election after the adoption of this Constitution one member of the Board shall be elected for one year, one for two, and one for three years.
ARTICLE VI. FUNDS AND EXPENSES
Funds for meeting the expenses of the Society shall be raised by annual dues, special assessments and voluntary contributions. Funds may be appropriated by vote of the Society for such purposes as will promote its welfare and that of the profession.
ARTICLE VII. AMENDMENTS
The Society may amend any article of this Constitution by a two- thirds vote of its members at any regular meeting, provided that such amendment or amendments are not in conflict with the laws and reg- ulations of the State Society; provided also, that such amendment shall have been read in open session at a previous regular meeting and shall have been sent by mail to each member ten days in advance of the meeting at which final action is to be taken.
ARTICLE VIII. MEMBERSHIP
The Society shall consist of active, honorary and emeritus members. Any reputable and legally qualified physician who is a citizen of the United States and a resident of McLean County, and who does not support, practice or claim to practice sectarian medicine may be eligible to active membership. Any active member may upon request be elected to honorary membership. He will not be entitled to the privileges of an active member, will not have to pay dues, and will no longer be a member of the State Society.
An active member who has been in good standing for thirty-five years and has reached the age of seventy years may be elected to emeritus membership. He may be recommended to emeritus member- ship in the State Society and when so elected he shall have all the rights and privileges of an active member without the payment of dues to this Society or the State Society.
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BY - LAWS
CHAPTER I. ORDER OF BUSINESS
Section 1. The order of business of this Society shall be at all times, subject to the vote of three-fourths of all the members present. Until permanently altered, except when suspended for a time, the regular order of business shall be as follows, unless changed by three-fourths of the members present:
1. Call to order.
2. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting by the secretary.
3. Report of committees and unfinished business.
4. Board of Censors report. Communications received and read.
5. New business.
6. Report of cases.
7. Program and discussion.
8. Adjournment.
CHAPTER II. MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. A candidate for membership shall make application in writing and shall state his age, his college and date of graduation, the place in which he has practiced, and the date of his registration in this State. The application must be accompanied by the annual dues and must be endorsed by two members of this Society. It shall be referred to the Board of Censors, who shall inquire into the standing of the applicant, assure themselves that he or she is duly registered ac- cording to the laws of the State, and report at the next regular meeting of this Society. Election shall be by ballot, and three-fourths of the votes of the members present and voting shall be necessary to elect. The application shall be returned to the secretary, who shall file it for future reference. Applications for membership from rejected candi- dates shall not again be considered within one year of such rejection.
Section 2. A physician accompanying his application with a trans- fer card from another component society of this or any State within sixty days of the issuance of said card, shall be admitted without fee on a majority vote of the members present, and without the application being referred to the Board of Censors. Such application may be acted upon at the meeting at which it is presented on vote of three-fourths of the members present, otherwise it shall lie over until the next regular meeting. No annual dues for the current year shall be charged against such members, provided the same have been paid to the Society from which the applicant comes.
Section 3. A physician residing in an immediately adjoining county may become a member of this Society in like manner and on the same terms as a physician living in this county, by permission of the society of the county in which the applicant lives.
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Section 4. A member in good standing who is free from all indebt- edness to this Society, and against whom no charges are pending, in case he wishes to withdraw, shall be granted a transfer card. This card shall give the date the member associated himself with this Society, the date of issuance of the card, and shall be signed by the President and the Secretary. It shall be accompanied with a copy of the application presented at the time the member joined the Society, for information to the Society to which the member desires to attach himself.
Section 5. The members of the Society shall be equally privileged to attend all the meetings; take part in the proceedings, and shall be eligible to any office of honor within the gift of the Society, so long as they conform to this Constitution and By-Laws, including the pay- ment of dues. A member who is under sentence of suspension or expul- sion shall not be permitted to take part in any of the proceedings, or be eligible to any office until relieved of such disability. It is further provided that none of the privileges of membership shall be extended to any person not a member of this Society except on a majority vote of the Society in regular meeting.
Section 6. A member who is guilty of a criminal offense or of gross misconduct either as a physician or as a citizen, or who violates any of the provisions of this Constitution and By-Laws or the Principles of Ethics of the American Medical Association, shall be liable to censure, suspension or expulsion. Charges against a member must be made in writing and conform to the model procedure laid down for such action in the Constitution and By-Laws of the Illinois State Medical Society. Censure or suspension shall require a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting, and three-fourths vote of those present and voting shall be required to expel a member. No action shall be taken by the Society in such cases until at least six weeks have elapsed since the filing of the charges. A member suspended for a definite time shall be reinstated at the expiration of the time.
Section 8. Members expelled from this Society for any cause shall be eligible for membership after one year from the date of expulsion and on the same terms and in like manner as original applicants.
CHAPTER II. POWERS AND DUTIES
Section 1. This Society shall have general direction of the affairs of the medical profession of the County, and its influence shall be constantly exerted to better the scientific, material and social condition of every physician within its jurisdiction. Systematic efforts shall be made by each member, and by the Society as a whole, to increase the membership until it embraces every reputable physician in the County.
Section 2. A meeting shall be held at 6:30 P. M. on the second Tuesday of the month, September to June inclusive. When advisable this date may be changed by the officers. Five members shall constitute a quorum. The officers and the program committee shall profit by the experience and example of other similar societies, and strive to arrange for attractive and successful programs for each meeting. Crisp papers, discussions, and reports of cases shall be arranged for and encouraged, while tedious and profitless proceedings and discussions shall be avoided as far as practicable.
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Section 3. The Society shall endeavor to educate its members to the belief that the physician should be a leader in his community in character, in learning, in dignified and manly bearing, and in courteous and open treatment of his brother physicians, in order that the profes- sion may occupy that place in its own and the public estimation to which it is entitled.
CHAPTER III. OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the Society shall be elected at the December meeting in each year, which shall be known as the annual meeting. A nominating committee of three members shall be elected by the Society at the October meeting and this committee shall report at the November meeting. It shall present the names of at least one candidate for each elective office, provided that other names may be presented at the time of election. Officers elected at the annual meeting shall take office at the May meeting following the election.
Section 2. The duty of the President shall be to preside at meetings of the Society, preserve order, state and put all questions and motions agreeable to the statement and intention of the members, regulate debates, decide questions and matters in dispute, and perform such other duties as the By-Laws may require, and also to appoint all standing committees.
Section 3. The Vice-President shall perform all the duties of the President in his absence, or when called upon by the latter to preside in his place. In the absence of both President and Vice-President, a presiding officer pro tempore shall be elected, and he shall perform the duties of the President.
Section 4. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a correct record of all the transactions of the Society in a book provided for the purpose. He shall give notice of all meetings, take charge of books and papers committed to his care, collect all moneys due the Society and pay them out on the order of the Society signed by the President and counter- signed by the Secretary. He shall have authority to pay the expenses of speakers who appear upon the programs but these bills should be presented for approval at the next regular meeting of the Society. He shall keep a record of all moneys received and paid out by him, and shall once a year, or oftener if required by the Society, exhibit a statement of all receipts and expenditures as Treasurer and shall deliver up to his successor in office, all books, papers, moneys and other property in his custody belonging to the Society. At the close of the year he shall receive an honorarium of not less than tweny-five dollars. The President shall appoint an auditing committee of two mem- bers to audit the books and report at the annual meeting.
Section 5. It shall be the duty of the Board of Censors to carefully examine the professional standing, legal qualifications and moral char- acter of all applicants for membership and report at the next regular meeting of the Society. Also to have general oversight over the profes- sional and ethical conduct of the members, and on receiving the written complaint of the unprofessional and unethical conduct of a member signed by one or more members, they shall immediately investigate
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the charges and if in their judgment the member complained of is guilty, they shall use their influence to cause such member to discon- tinue such unprofessional and unethical practice and shall report their findings in writing at the next regular meeting.
Section 6. The delegate shall attend and faithfully represent the profession of this County in the House of Delegates of the State Society, and shall make a report of the proceedings of that body to this Society at the earliest opportunity.
Section 7. The annual dues shall be $12.00 and shall be payable on January 1 of each year. The amount of the dues may be changed at the annual meeting, by a majority vote of those present. Any member who shall fail to pay his annual dues by April 1 shall be held as suspended without action on the part of the Society. A member suspended for non-payment of dues shall be restored to full membership on pay- ment of all indebtedness. Members more than one year in arrears shall be dropped from membership in this Society.
Section 8. The fiscal year of this Society shall be from January to December inclusive.
Section 9. The deliberations of this Society shall be governed by parliamentary usage as contained in Roberts Rules of Order, unless otherwise determined by vote.
Section 10. The Principals of Medical Ethics of the American Med- ical Association shall govern this Society.
Section 11. These By-Laws may be amended, added to or repealed at any stated meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present. Provided, that such motion shall be made at a stated meeting and lay over until a subsequent stated meeting, each member to have notice of such motion.
Section 12. The Officers of the Society and the Board of Censors shall constitute an Executive Committee, which may transact any rou- tine business of the organization, and report the same at its first subsequent meeting.
Section 13. The standing committees of this Society shall be as follows:
1. Program.
2. Entertainment.
3. Legislative.
4. Public Relations.
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AMENDMENTS
ARTICLE III. ELIGIBILITY
(As presented at regular meeting of McLean County Medical Society on March 11, 1941, and adopted at regular meeting on April 8, 1941.)
Any registered physician residing and practicing in McLean County who is of good moral and professional standing and is a citizen of the United States, and who does not support, practice, or claim to practice an exclusive system of medicine, and who does not contract for the treatment of employees or members of any fraternal, educational, com- mercial, or other organization (except with Supervisors of the County of McLean, city or state governments, or under the provision of the Workmen's Compensation Act of the State of Illinois) shall be eligible for membership.
ARTICLE VIII. MEMBERSHIP
(Strike out Article VIII and in lieu of part so stricken substitute following - adopted September 9, 1947.)
Section 1. The Society shall consist of active members, emeritus members, residency members, Government Service members, past service members and honorary members.
Section 2. Any reputable and legally qualified physician who is a citizen of the United States and a resident of McLean County, and who does not support, practice or claim to practice sectarian medicine may be eligible to active membership.
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