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LIBRARY SALRON GPHERAL'S OFFICE 12- SEP-1902
Official Souvenir Program
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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
ARMY MEDICAL LIBRARY FOUNDED 1836
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THE Medical Society of the County of Kings has, for seventy-six years, been an important factor in medical science in this country. Com- mensurate with the growth of the greater city and the broadening requirements of medical research, it is erecting a building, where its valu- able library and lecture hall will afford increased facilities for research and study.
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT ARMORY
HISTORY
OF THE
MEDICAL S OCIETY OF THE
COUNTY OF K INGS
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
... . OF THE ....
GRAECO-ROMAN FESTIVAL TO ASKLEPIOS AND AESCULAPIUS
BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN 1099
The Record Press, Printers, 25 Park Place, New York
Annex WB 1 ANG K5M4h 1899
T THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY to the Building Committee of the Medical Society of the County of Kings expres- ses gratitude to the many friends who have so generously contributed to the success of the Graeco-Roman Festival.
The courtesy everywhere extended has enabled the Auxiliary to broaden the scope of the work, and to give the Brooklyn public an entertainment of unusual magnitude.
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Published by the Press Committee of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Building Committee of the Medical Society of the County of Kings.
PRESS COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Havens Brewster Bayles. Business Chairman.
Mrs. H. Beeckman Delatour,
Mrs. Victor A. Robertson,
Miss Potter,
Mrs. Sidney Allan Fox,
Mrs. Frank E. West,
Mrs. D. M. Staebler,
Mrs. William Hutchinson.
Mrs. William Simmons,
Mrs. J. C. Cardwell,
Mrs. Z. Taylor Emery,
Miss Alice Jewett.
Mrs. Homer L. Bartlett, Literary Chairman.
Mrs. William Braislin,
Mrs. Frederick Cranford,
Mrs. Herman Bender,
Mrs. Joseph A. Kene.
Mrs. J. Eliott Langstaff, ex-officio.
Mr. Silas B. Dutcher, Special Treasurer Press Committee.
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MERCK BUILDING, UNIVERSITY PLACE.N.Y.
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CONTENTS .
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Patrons
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Subscribers 13
History of the Medical Society of the County of Kings 15
Description of New Building
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Program of the Graeco-Roman Festival 47
Music Program -
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Woman's Auxiliary to the Building Committee of the Medical Society of the County of Kings - -
Committees 71
Officers 83
Early History - 85
Members
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" Why, Where and When ?" A Short Historical Sketch of the Medical Society of the County of Kings
93
Associate Members 101
List of Books Written by Members of the Medical Society of the County of Kings 111
Eagle Editorial 113
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and is increasing ......... Cows are, unfor- tunately, very subject to tuberculosis The society recognizes the fact that it is impracticable to stamp out tuber- culosis in cattle ......... but it will insist that the public has a right to a milk supply which shall be absolutely free from tubercle bacilli, and shall not scatter death among the children of all classes of the community."
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JAMES I. FELLOWS,
THE N. Y. PHARMACAL A'SS'N,
SCOTT & BOWNE, EDWARD EVERETT CADY,
PARKE, DAVIS & Co.,
D. APPLETON & Co., ALEX. CAMPBELL MILK Co.,
N. Y. & N. J. TELEPHONE CO., SUTTON & REYNOLDS, N. Y. CONDENSED MILK CO., SCHIEFFELIN & Co.,
H. B. PLATT,
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December 31st, 1898.
Mrs. S. V. WHITE, President.
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" Platt's Chlorides" was first introduced to the public through the medical profession in 1880. Since that time it has steadily, but rapidly, grown in favor and demand, until now over 23,000 practising physicians endorse its merits, hundreds of thousands of careful householders daily employ it, and nearly every druggist in 'every city, town and village of the United States has it in stock.
" Platt's Chlorides " is an odorless, colorless liquid ; a powerful disinfectant and prompt deodorizer. It is sold everywhere by druggists, in quart bottles only, and manufactured by HENRY B. PLATT, Platt Street, New York.
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Abraham & Straus, H. D. Annabel, D. Appleton & Co.,
Armour & Co., P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Bolton Drug Co.,
The Bovinine Co., Chas. Boyer, Peter P. Brady,
The Brookfield Glass Co.,
Henry J. Brown & Son,
Building and Sanitary Inspection Co.,
Edward Everett Cady,
Alex. Campbell Milk Co.,
The Carabana Co., The Centaur Co., F. H. Chandler,
Clyde Steamship Co.,
Peter Cooper's Glue Factory,
The C. N. Crittenton Co.,
Joseph Dahlbender, Davidson & Bulkley, Demarest Seating Co., H. T. Dewey & Son,
The Echo Farm Co ..
Electric Carpet Cleaning Works,
Esterbrook Steel Pen Co.,
Fairchild Brothers & Foster,
Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co.
James I. Fellows, Franklin Trust Co., Great Bear Spring Co., Hahne & Co., Hamilton Trust Co.,
Ellwood Hanson, Fred Haslam & Co., L. M. Hirsch, J. B. Hoecker, Charles E. Hotaling, Johnson & Johnson, H. A. Kaysan, Kings County Trust Co.,
Charles Kilgore, H. B. Kirk & Co., C. C. Kraemer Co., Lehne & Fink, Mrs. A. Harriet Leach, V. Linn & Son, Adolph Levy, Long Island College Hospital,
Long Island Loan and Trust Co., Wm. F. Maass, Manufacturers' Trust Co.,
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Stephen Merritt Burial Co., The Nassau Trust Co.,
N. Y. Condensed Milk Co.,
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Scott & Bowne,
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Speidel Brothers,
Hektor Staempfli,
Stallman & Fulton,
Sutton & Reynolds,
Symphonion M'f'g Co., The Travelers' Insurance Co.,
G. E. Traver, Geo. H. C. Trutner,
J. H. Vail & Co.,
The Vapo-Cresolene Co., Wm. Von Heill,
Geo. J. Wallau, Warwick Valley Milk and Cream Co.
R. C. Werner, H. Wilkenloh, Wm. Wise & Son, Wm. Wood & Co., Young & Smilie.
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Minutes of the Rings County Medicus Lecity organised Mb auch
A number of the Physicians of the Country of things, mit in the village of Flatbush, on alblondey the 25% of February, 1822 pursuant to previous notice present, Dvs. Charly Ball !. Matthew physway Mendels, John Carpenter, William D. Greed, presents
Frances Ho. Suboyd Adrian "anderwew.
Dr. Bull was called to the Chair & Adrian You - devre chosen Secretary. .. On Motion,
a draft By- laws
Resolved; That a Committee the appor, ed: ta. draft By- Laws, for the Regulation of a Medical Society, & that they report at the next meeting of the Physicians, of which due notice will be quew/ On Attion,
Resolved, That Drs. Wendell. Dubois 2 Vandensen constitute this Committee .-. Un Motion,
Resolved, that an adjourned setting be held, at This House of Milliar Glipherwon. in adjours to Brooklyn, on Saturday, March 24, at 2. 0 Clock C.a for the purpose of organising a Society I checking fbauch 2 . officer. Une Motion,
Resolved, that this Meeting acausa, To mich again, at the lines place next have muntaner
Adriane "anderen), Les-
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Medical Society of the County of kings
OFFICERS FOR 1899
THE COUNCIL
President JOSEPH H. HUNT, M.D., 1085 Bedford Ave.
Vice-President Elias H. Bartley, M.D. Secretary David Myerle, M.D., 572 Bedford Ave. Associate Secretary Robert J. Morrison, M.D. Treasurer Charles N. Cox, M.D., 257 Jefferson Ave. Associate Treasurer O. A. Gordon, M.D. Librarian William Browning, M.D., 54 Lefferts Place
Censors
H. B. Delatour, M.D.
Walter Wood, M.D.
J. E. Sheppard, M.D. J. M. Van Cott, M.D.
H. A. Fairbairn, M.D.
Trustees
Jos. H. Hunt, M.D., ex-officio. Chas. N. Cox, M.D., ex-officio.
Frank E. West, M.D., Chairman
Walter B. Chase, M.D.
Calvin F. Barber, M.D.
Charles Jewett M.D.
Geo. MacNaughton, M.D.
Committee on New Building
Wm. Maddren, Chairman David Myerle, Secretary
Francis H. Stuart, Treasurer
W. S. Applegate Z. F. Dunning E. H. Mayne
F. D. Bailey
J. T. Duryea
H. C. McLean
F. Baldwin
L. M. Dusseldorf
W. Moitrier
C. F. Barber
G. A. Evans
D. Myerle
E. H. Bartley
H. A. Fairbairn
H. Noss
W. N. Belcher
L. M. Fleming
G. B. O'Sullivan
H. Bender
S. H. Gardner
W. L. Rickard
S. H. Benton
W. J. Gilfillan
T. Schenck
J. B. Bogart
J. O. F. Hill
W. H. Skene
W. Browning
W. Hutchinson
H. C. O. Steinke
W. W. Browning
J. W. Hyde R. Jeffery
F. H. Stuart
A. H. Brundage
J. A. Jenkins P. H. Sturges
C. W. Brunner
J. J. Keyes
R. L. Van Kleeck
H. B. De Latour
J. L. Kortright
J. Von Glahn
W. A. DeLong
A. W. Lawrence
A. A. Weber
A. J. Dower
W. Maddren
J. M. Winfield
H. R. Maine
J. H. Sterling
A. T. Bristow
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DR. JOHN CARPENTER.
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History of the Medical Society of the County of Kings-
The formation of the state and county medical societies was authorized by the Act of 1806. Soon several county societies were formed in various parts of the State, though the Society of the County of Kings was not organ- ized until March 2, 1822, at the residence of Simon Voiz, in Flatbush.
The first annual Meeting took place on April 8, 1822, at a tavern called "Auld Lang Syne," conducted by Willian Stephenson, at Fulton and Nassau streets. The following were the first officers and founders : CORNELIUS LOW, President ; MATTHEW WENDELL, Vice-President ; JOHN CARPENTER, Treasurer ; ADRIAN VANDEVEER, Secretary and Corresponding Secretary; JOSEPH G. T. HUNT, THOMAS W. HENRY, CHARLES BALL, Censors; Matthew Wendell, Dele- gate to State Medical Society ; FRANCIS H. DU Bois and WILLIAM D. CREED.
From 1822 to 1827 the meetings alternated between the house at Flat- bush and the Auld Lang Syne tavern, after which until 1857 they were held quarterly in the Apprentice Library Building, Henry and Cranberry streets.
The records show that for a number of years the Society confined itself to the discharge of the duties connected with the "regulating of the practice of physics and surgery within its limits."
The nature of the work may be more clearly comprehended by the lay reader when the fact is known that the law of the State required all practising physicians and surgeons to connect themselves with the society in the county in which they resided. Thus, the statute of the State in 1827 required the President of the County Medical Society to serve personally a written notice on every physician and surgeon residing in the County, not a member of the Society, directing him to apply for and receive a certificate of membership within sixty days after the service of such notice.
The history of old Brooklyn records many physicians whose standing was open to question. As it was necessary for the protection of the public at large, as well as that of the reputation of the medical profession, it may be readily understood that the officers and members of the Society had sufficient work in enforcing the law of the State during the first thirty odd years of its existence. The first historian of the Society was THEODORE L. MASON, M. D., who recorded the above facts in a short sketch of the Society published in 1858, at which times the meetings were held at the Brooklyn Lyceum, better
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known as the Brooklyn Institute, on Washington strect, near Concord, 1837- 1866.
Although so occupied by the business of enforcing the law, the Society found time as a society to aid the poor as early as 1835, when ISAAC J. RAP- ELYE, M. D., President of the Society, recommended that a committee be appointed to prepare a memorial to the Common Council proposing the establishment of a City Hospital for the care of the sick poor. It would be well to notice here that a dispensary had been organized by individuals in 1833 at the corner of Jay and Sands streets. This was the first Brooklyn Dispensary. The attending physicians were Doctors J. SULLIVAN THORNE and W. A CLARK. The consulting physician was MATTHEW WENDELL.
To return to the hospital project, the Committee named below were appointed, and their efforts resulted in the organization of the City Hospital in 1839, then located in Adams street, near Johnson.
Committee : Theodore L. Mason, M.D., Isaac J. Rapelye, M. D., JOHN C. FANNING, M.D., Matthew Wendell, M.D., GEORGE MARVIN, M.D., SAMUEL BOYD, M.D. The staff at this time included : THEODORE F. KING, M.D., Presi- dent from 1840 to 1842; John Sullivan Thorne, M.D., Secretary; and the attending physicians were PURCELL COOKE, M.D., George Marvin, M.D., and Samuel Boyd, M.D.
The Brooklyn City Hospital may, therefore, be considered the nucleus of the great hospital system which is one of the crowning glories of our city. Our hospitals are established for the relief of suffering, rich and poor are alike benefited, and it is a question which derives the greater good from these institutions. The Long Island College Hospital, as well as the Brooklyn City Hospital, owes its inception to members of the Society, Drs. DANIEL AYRES, LOUIS BAUER, and JOHN BYRNE, together with the first council, and all but three of the first faculty were members of the Society.
Owing to the fact that during the first thirty years of its organization the Society was obliged to expend its efforts in the enforcement of the law, there was little or no time left for scientific work. As a result, the Brooklyn Medico-Chirurgical Society was formed on November 10, 1856, with ANDREW OTTERSON as President. The members of the society were, with few excep- tions, members of the County Society. During the ten years of its existence the society was a most active body. Here for the first time in the medical history of the City of Brooklyn was the opportunity offered to present papers on the advancement made in medicine and surgery, the discussion of which tended not alone to benefit the members, but the community at large.
In 1858, by a revision of the State statutes, the County Medical Society was relieved from its work of regulating the practice of medicine, and began the publication of its transactions. This was simply the beginning of the great work accomplished here on behalf of the people of this city.
At this time the Society was made up of men who were ready to give not only their services but their lives when the opportunity came. For example, during the yellow fever epidemic in 1856 at New Utrecht Doctors JOHN L. CRANE and JAMES E. Du Bois gave their lives in their endeavor to save those
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who werc stricken with the disease. A few years before, in 1854, JOSEPH C. HUTCHISON, M.D., took charge of the Brooklyn Cholera Hospital, retaining its management for some years. Later, during the epidemic of 1866, WILLIAM HENRY THAYER, M.D., also a member of the Society, devoted his energies to the Hamilton Avenue Cholera Hospital. WILLIAM J. SWALM took charge of the Cholera Hospital in the City Park, called the City Park Hospital, near the Navy Yard. Besides this, various members of the society gave what leisure time they had to the improvement of the Brooklyn public schools. Doctor J. Sullivan Thorne was president of the Brooklyn Board of Education from 1868 to 1871. From the beginning of the school system in the Town of Brooklyn to the present day there have been physicians connected with the board, ever ready to give their advice on matters pertaining to the public health and to better the condition of the children.
The first Health Officer of Brooklyn was Dr. J. G. T. Hunt, who went into office in 1825. He was one of the organizers and second President of the Society, and from his time until the present, with three exceptions, every Health Officer or Commissioner has been connected with the County Society. No one can estimate what a vast amount of work these men, whose lives are devoted to the healing art, have accomplished for the people of this city or borough. The monumental work performed in this direction by Dr. A. N. BELL is sufficient of itself to test the sincerity of the Society's members in behalf of the public good. It has been said that the physicians have not received the recognition which is their due. As a matter of fact, however, the records show that many of our physicians have been called upon to fill places of honor, both in the State and National Societies. These positions have been such as to command the highest integrity and intellectual development. Dr. Joseph C. Hutchison, as well as three members of the Society who are still living, have held the presidency of the New York State Medical Society. Two of our specialists have been President of the New York Obstetrical Society, one of whom has also been President of the American Gynecological Society. Dr. Joseph C. Hutchison held the office of President of the New York Pathological Society. Another of the members has been President of the New York Neuro- . logical Society. Still another of the American Dermatological Society, and two more have been Presidents of the American Association for the Cure of Inebriates. These few examples show that the ability of Brooklyn men has not been entirely disregarded, and proves conclusively that the members of the County Society have been active in both State and National Societies, while eight of the members have received the degree of LL.D.
The first offspring of the Socicty was the above-mentioned Medico- Chirurgical Society. The second was the Brooklyn Pathological Society or- ganized as a section of the County Medical Society in 1870, under the direc- tion of RICHARD CRESSON STYLES, President of the Society at that time. To- day it is an active body, independent of membership in the County Society, though, with a few exceptions, its members arc also members of the old County Society.
In 1866, the Society changed from quarterly to monthly meetings, secur-
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ing rooms in the Hamilton Building, at 44 Court street, where it continued to mcct until 1875. Then removing to Everett Hall, 398 Fulton street, where they met until 1887, when they purchased the Bridge strect building, 365 Bridge street, and remained until August 1898. At present, the meetings arc held at Apollo Hall, 102 Court street.
During the past few years, the Society has been making efforts to com- memorate events connected with its members, and with medical history. The first of these was a dinner to the late Dr. ANDREW OTTERSON, on April 25th, 1895, in honor of his completing fifty years of active practice in our city. Next, the Jenner Centennial, commemorating the inauguration of vaccination, May 14th, 1896, all the guests receiving bronze medals in commem- oration of the occasion. Then the 75th Anniver- sary meeting of the Kings County Medical So- ciety, April 11th, 1897. Finally, the laying of the corner-stone of the new building of the Kings County Medical Society, November 10th, 1898.
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