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June 14, 1871, the Society met in the Baptist church at Bangall. By invitation the Rev. Mr. Moore offered prayer. This is the first recorded instance of such exercise in the meetings of the Society.
August 14, 1872, the following was adopted by a vote of nine to four :-
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HISTORY OF DUCHESS COUNTY.
"Resolved, That after the Ist of January, 1873, the members of this Society will meet in consulta- tion, only members of a Society affiliated with the Medical Society of the State of New York."
Drs. Pine, Payne, Cooper, Harvey, Parker, Devan, Van Duser, Webb and Hubbard voted for, and Drs. Campbell, Stillman, Barnes and Cunning- ham against it. The action was rescinded Jan. 8, 1873.
Nov. 12, 1872, it is recorded :-
".A quorum failing to assemble at the time and place appointed, no meeting was held.
" This failure should doubtless be ascribed to the universal prevalence of influenza among the horses, by reason of which travel in the country is about suspended; and by no means to a distaste among members for the further discussion of questions of ethics.
A. HASBROUCK, Secretary."
June 11, 1873, it was resolved that the meeting held the second Wednesday in January of each year at Poughkeepsie should be annual, and that held the second Wednesday in June semi-annual.
In 1874, the Legislature, in a measure, put up the barriers taken down in 1844, so far as to dis- criminate against quackery, but not against regular schools of medicine. This law was discussed in a meeting of the Society of great interest Jan. 13, 1875. It requires practitioners to have a license from a medical society, or to be graduates from a medical college. May 29, 1880, an act was passed by the Legislature requiring medical practitioners to register in the County Clerk's office, their name, residence, place of birth, and authority for practic- ing. Both these laws make illegal practice punish- able by fine or imprisonment or both.
The records of the Society during the last decade of its existence evince a marked increased interest and larger attendance at its meetings. Papers of great interest and wide scope have been read, and these with numerous reported cases have elicited a general and enlightened discussion. The meet- ings, though most frequently held at Poughkeepsie, have been rotated to various parts of the county.
The following nained gentlemen * have served the society as presidents :-
Samuel Bard . 1806-1812
Benjamin De Lavergne. 1813
John Thomas. . 1814-1815
James Downs 1816
Uri Judd .. 817
Huntington Sherrill. 1818, 1824
David Tomlinson . 1819
Bartow White. 1820 John Cooper 1821, '38, '59, '60
John Dodge .. 1822
Shadrach Ricketson
1823
Henry D. Sleight 1825
Wheeler Gilbert 1826
David L. Dodge 1827
John Barnes 1828, 1834
Stoddard Judd . 1829, 1835
Abijah G. Benedict
1830-'32," 1840-'42
Eliphalet Platt
. 1833
William Thomas. 1836-'37
Richard A. Varick 1839, 1861-'66+
Nelson Andrews 1843
George W. Leach.
1844
Calvert Canfield. 1845-54-'58±
Lewis H. White
1867-1876
- Beadle 1877-'78
D. Guernsey 1879-'80
Per Lee Pine .1881
Officers elected January 12, 1881 :-
President-Per Lee Pine.
Vice-President-N. M. Van Duser. Secretary-Guy C. Bayley.
Treasurer-C. H. Langdon.
Delegates to American Medical Association -- A. B. Harvey, R. K. Tuthill, D. Guernsey.
Following is a list of the names of members who have joined the society since its organization, as far as they can be ascertained from the records. The right hand column of dates represents the time they were admitted to membership, or when their names first appear on the records as members ; the left hand column, the time those who were licensed by the society received their license :-
Adams Frank W., Fishkill-on- Hudson, June II, 1873.
Allen Stephen, Stanford, May 9, 1809.
Andrews Nelson, Hyde Park, May 12, 1835.
Andrus C. H., Po'keepsie City, Annon Daniel D.,
Nov. 14, 1854. Nov. 13, 1821.
Anthony Theodore V. W., Fishkill, Baker B. N., Rhinebeck,
Nov. 8, 1825.
Jan. 9, 1878.
Bancroft Rolandus, Newtown, Ct., Jan. 22, 1808.
Banks James L., New York City, (honorary,)
June 13, 1877. Nov. - , 1806.
Bard Samuel, Hyde Park,
Barker Samuel A., Nov. 21, 1816.
Barnes Edwin, Pine Plains,
May 14, 1867.
Barnes Enos, Clinton, 1814,
May 9, 1815.
Barnes John, Po'keepsie City,
Nov. 8, 1814.
Barnes Peter,
66
Nov. 10, 1835.
Barns John H., 66 66
Dec. 7, 1843.
Barras George, Fishkill,
1808.
Bartlett Richard, Stanford,
Bartlett R. N.,
Barton T. F.,
Sept. 20, 1806. Very early. June 12, 1878.
* No election was held in 1831, owing to the small number in attendance.
No election is recorded between 1861 and 1866.
# No election is recorded between 1845 and 1854, and 1854 and 1859.
* The list may not be complete, but it is as nearly so as the records enable us to make it.
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MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF DUCHESS COUNTY.
Bartow Leonard, Fishkill, Bates John, Red Hook,
Bayley Guy C., Po'keepsie City,
Beadle Edward L., Pleasant Val- ley, Beadle Edward L., Po'keepsie City
Nov. 10, 1829.
May 14, 1867.
Nov. - , 1823.
Beers Isaac, Beers Vileroy, Hyde Park, Bell Wm. P., Fishkill,
Benedict Abijah G., Red Hook,
May 9, 1815,
May 14, 1816.
Bennett M., 1834.
Berry Abraham, Clinton, .May II, 1819.
Berry Charles H., Dover Plains, Berry Cyrus, Clinton, Bierce Columbus, Amenia, May 14, 1816.
Bird J. Sterling, Hyde Park, Bloss Samuel, Po'keepsie City, April -, 1824,
Bockee Jacob, Po'keepsie City, Bolton Edward C., Poughkeepsie City,
Bolsford Charles, Brown Paul R., Salt Point,
Buckman Amasa, Stanford,
Burnett Joshua I., May 9, 1809.
Burras George, Jan. 22, 1808. Campbell Cornelius N., Pough- keepsie City, Canfield Calvert, Pleasant Val- ley,
Carey Ebenezer, Beekman,
Sept. 20, 1806.
Downs James, Clinton, Dunning Philo, May 12, 1818,
Nov. 9, 1819.
Carhart Edward W., Stanfordville, Carrington Henry A., Hyde Park, Carroll R. J., Red Hook,
Carter N. M., Po'keepsie City, Case John, Palmer, 1817.
Nov. 13, 1866.
Sept. 20, 1806. June 14, 1876.
May 13, 1834. Nov. 11, 1817.
Sept. 20, 1806.
May 8, 1838.
Nov. 8, 1825.
Jan. 8, 1873. June 12, 1872.
June 8, 1870. Sept. 20, 1806. Nov. 12, 181I. About 1872.
May 10, 1808. 1858. Jan. 9, 1878.
Cortelyou Lawrence V., Pough- keepsie City, June II, 1873.
Couch John W., May 12, 1818, Coutant G. E., Poughkeepsie, Covel James,
May 11, 1819.
Cox John Palmer, May 12, 1817, Crosby Cyrenus, Amenia,
Crusie Thomas K., Wappingers Falls,
Jan. 12, 1875.
Curtis Charles P., Fishkill,
Davis Jacob J. H., Mar. 9, 1819,
Day Fisher, Nov. 10, 1813,
Dayton Daniel, Poughkeepsie, Delamater Abraham,
Sept. 20, 1806. May 11, 1807.
Delamater David D., May 13, 1817,
Delavan David, Pawling,
Sept. 20, 1806.
Nov. 13, 1866.
Sept. 20, 1806.
Deming -, Sharon, Ct., (hon- orary,)
Devan J. N., Pleasant Valley, Devine Joel, Poughkeepsie City, 1840,
Dexter Harmon H., May 10, 1836, Deyo E., Poughkeepsie,
Nov. 13, 1866.
Dodge David L., Beekman,
Dodge Jeremiah,
Dodge John, Jr., Poughkeepsie,
Nov. 8, 1808.
Nov. 14, 1854.
Dodge S., Poughkeepsie City,
Nov. 14, 1854.
Doughty John H., Matteawan,
Jan. 12, 1869. Sept. 20, 1806.
Eastman John R., Ebstein L., Poughkeepsie,
Nov. 8, 1836.
Eddy Caspar W., Rhinebeck, Eggleston John, May 11, 1819, Ely William, Clinton,
Everitt Elmore, Ensign Lee, Dover,
Esselstine Richard, Red Hook, Eustice Samuel,
Everitt Thos. T., Po'keepsie City, Everts John,
Fink W. F., Sprout Creek,
Fletcher Frederick, Foot Jeremiah, Feb. 26, 1818, Forman James H., Hopewell Junc- tion, Jan. 9, 1878.
Fountain Hosea, Westchester Co. (honorary,)
Fountain Theodore, Fishkill,
Fowler David, Orange County, (honorary,)
Nov. 11, 1834. Nov. 10, 1818.
Fowler Peter D., Fowler Theodore, Early.
Nov. 10, 1813.
June 9, 1875.
Nov. 12, 1811. Nov. 14, 1854.
June 12, 1872. Nov. 13, 1866.
May 1I, 1841.
Jan. 14, 1868. May 10, 1842.
Jan. 14, 1868. Sept. 20, 1806.
May 12, 1818. Nov. - , 1806.
Dodge John, Jr., Poughkeepsie City, Feb. 15, 1843,
Nov. 11, 1817.
Carey Egbert, Beekman, May 8, 1810,
Nov. 12, 1811. June 12, 1878. Aug. 9, 1859. Jan. 9, 1878.
Nov. 13, 1866. Nov. 10, 1818.
Chamberlain John, Po'keepsie, Chapman Geo. B., Amenia Union, Cheesman John C., M. D., New York, (honorary,) Chichester Isaac, Child Caleb, Poughkeepsie,
Sept. 20, 1806. Nov. 13, 182 1. May 11, 1841. May 9, 1820. Nov. 10, 1813. Nov. 13, 1832. Nov. 9, 1830. Jan. 12, 1870. May 12, 1835.
Childs Po'keepsie City, Church John, May 11, 1819, Cleveland J. M., Hudson River Hospital, Cole Charles E., Jackson Corners, Conklin Ebenezer H., Nov, 14, 1815.
Conklin Wm. J., Fishkill, Cook George W., Clinton,
Cooke James S., May 9, 1809, Cookingham H. L., Staatsburgh,
Cooper John, Fishkill, 1808. Cooper John, Poughkeepsie, Jan. 22, 1808,
Cooper John R., Po'keepsie City, Cornell Isaac M., New Hamburgh,
May 8, 1821. Nov. 9, 1841. Jan. 8, 1873.
May 8, 1821. Jan. 14, 1880.
May 9, 1820. Apr. 28, 1812.
May 12, 1818.
Nov. 14, 1854.
June 11, 1873. May 9, 1820.
Jan. 12, 1869. Sept. 20, 1806.
DeLavergne Benjamin, Washing- ton,
Nov. - , 1824.
Nov. 10, 1840.
Frisby, Joseph, Gerow Elizabeth H., Po'keepsie, Gilbert Asher, March 19, 1822. Gilbert Wheeler, Red Hook, Gill Robert T., Milton,
Jan. 8, 1873. Nov. 11, 1834.
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Grant Edmund F., Po'keepsie City, June 1, 1838.
Gray -
, Hyde Park,
Nov. 15, 1859.
Green L., Amenia Union,
May 14, 1867.
Green Lewis, LaGrangeville,
Gren Stephen S., LaGrangeville,
Nov. 13, 1866. 1868.
Greenwood Matthias P., Po'keep- sie City,
Guernsey Desault, Amenia,
Nov. 13, 1866. Nov. 13, 1866. Very early.
Guernsey Peter B., do
Gurnsey Ezekiel H., Stanford,
Sept. 20, 1806.
Haight Charles, Po'keepsie City,
Nov. 13, 1827.
Hall Asahel,
do
do
Nov. 10, 1829.
Hall Larry G.,
1813.
Hallock Israel, Very early. Halsey Abraham, Fishkill, Sept. 20, 1806.
Hammond Thomas, Dover,
May 9, 1815,
Nov. 13, 182 1.
Laffen Thomas, Beekman,
Lamb Joseph T. C., Poughkeepsie, La Monte Austin, Hyde Park, La Monte Austin, Carmel, (hon- orary,)
Landon Walter, Mar. 9, 1819. Langdon Charles H., Hudson River Hospital,
Lathrop Wm., Washington,
Herrick W., Milan,
May 14, 1867.
Herrick Walter, Milan,
June 11, 1879.
Hewson Benjamin, Wappingers Falls,
May 14, 1822.
Hicks Robert L.,
Nov. 11, 1817.
Hillis James G., Po'keepsie City,
Nov. 14, 1854.
Hillman John, 1815,
Nov. 9, 1819.
Hoag Arthur F., Amenia,
June II, 1879.
Hoff Alexander H., Po'keepsie City,
Nov. 11, 1845.
Hoffcut Obed, Dover, Feb. 15, 1843.
Holbrook M. R., Po'keepsie City, Holden Edwin, 66
Dec. - , 1832,
Hommedieu Elias L.,
Nov. 12, 1816.
Hooker Wm.,
May 14, 1822.
Hopkins H. Wm., La Grange,
Nov. 12, 1839.
Hosack David, Hyde Park, (hon- orary,) Howland David, 1813.
Hughson Benjamin, 1819.
Hughson Walter, Po'keepsie City, Hull Wm. B.,
Hunting J. M., Stanford,
Huntington George, La Grange- ville,
Hurd Curtis J.,
Hurd George F.,
Hurd Darwin E.,
Hurd Milo, Nov. 14, 1815,
Hustis C., Matteawan,
Ingersoll Stephen M.,
Ives Ansel W., N. Y. City, (hon- orary,)
Nov. 10, 1835.
Jenkins James S., May 14, 1835. Johnston, Francis U., N. Y. City, (honorary,)
Jourdan Abm., Clermont, 1808. Judd Stoddard, March 17, 1819, Judd Uri, North East,
Kellogg A. O., Hudson River Hospital,
King Bennett, Hyde Park, May 15, 1834.
King John B., Kinkhead John, Po'keepsie City Kittridge C. M., Fislıkill-on-Hud- son, Knapp A. H., Poughkeepsie, Knapp David A., Union Vale, Knickerbocker Edward, Hook, Red
Jan. 13, 1875. June 8, 1869. Nov. 13, 1866.
Nov. 13, 1827. Sept. 20, 1806. Jan, 14, 1880. Nov. 13, 1866.
June 12, 1872.
Jan. 12, 1875. Sept. 20, 1806.
Nov. 12, 1833.
Jan. 12, 1869.
Loomis Robert, Losee Elmore, Bangall,
Losee John, Red Hook,
Manney James, Fishkill, Marill J., Poughkeepsie City,
Marriott Jonathan, Marvin Jonathan H., Mason Edgar, 1826.
McClellan Chas. H. P., Po'keep- sie City,
Mead Isaac N., Amenia,
Moith J. E., Fishkill-on-Hudson, Mosher Eliza M., Poughkeepsie, Mott Valentine, M. D., New York City, (honorary,) Nelson Thos. J., Rhinebeck, May 12, 1818.
Nelson Theophilus, Apr. 2, 1823, Newcomb Andrew H., Pleasant Valley, May 17, 1822. Newcomb John E., Pleasant Valley,
Nicholson Clark N., Beekman, Northrop M. C., So. Dover, Noxon Robert,
Jan. 8, 1873. O'Byrne Wm. J., Po'keepsie City, Nov. 13, 1827. Orton Henry T., Washington, Osborn Jedediah B., May 17, 1822. Paine Ichabod B., Amenia, May 12, 1818.
Parker Edward H., Poughkeepsie City,
Nov. 1I, 1834.
Nov. 9, 1819. Sept. 20, 1806.
Jan. 8, 1874.
May 12, 1835. June 11, 1879.
Hammond Thomas, Dover Plains, Harvey A. B., Po'keepsie City, Harvey Clarence A., Po'keepsie, Hasbrouck Stephen, Poughkeepsie City,
May 9, 1820.
Hasbrouck Alfred, Poughkeepsie City,
Nov. 14, 1854.
Hayt Edwin,
June 9, 1875'
Helms Wm. H., Westchester Co., (honorary,)
Jan. 8, 1873.
Leach George W., Po'keepsie City, Lente Frederic D., Cold Spring, (honorary,) Livingston Charles P., Pough- keepsie, July 16, 1816.
May 10, 1831. Nov. 16, 1854. June 12, 1878. Nov. 14, 1809.
Jan. 13, 1875. May 9, 1820. May 14, 1811.
Nov. 8, 1836. June 9, 1868. June 11, 1879. June 9, 1875.
May 13, 1834.
May -, 1823.
Nov. 9, 1830. Nov. 15, 1859. May 14, 1867. Sept. 20, 1806.
Aug. 9, 1859.
Jarvis Milton B., Nov. 23, 1841.
Nov. 13, 1866.
Nov. 12, 1833.
Nov. 12, 1833.
Nov. 14, 1837. June 12, 1878. May 14, 1867.
June 10, 1874. May -, 1823. Nov. 12, 1833. Nov. 10, 1835. May 14, 1816. Jan. 13, 1875. Nov. 9, 1819.
Nov. 13, 1866.
Nov. 14, 1854.
Jan. 12, 1881.
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MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF DUCHESS COUNTY.
Payne John C., Po'keepsie City, Pearce Henry, Pawling,
Peck Edgar F., Pine Plains, Peck Wm. R.,
Pells James F., 1820.
Per Lee John F., 1818.
Perlee John S., Amenia, May 12, 1818,
May 11, 1819.
Sutton G. L., East Fishkill,
June 10, 1874. Nov. 13, 1866.
Perry John, Amenia, 1824.
Perry John, Jr., April -, 1824,
Piles Jas. F., (expelled Sept. 20. 1820.)
Pinckney John, Fishkill,
Pine Per Lee, Poughkeepsie City,
Pingry James O., Mabbettsville,
Jan. 11, 1871.
Tapping Elisha C., Poughkeepsie City, 1813,
Nov. 13, 1827. May 12, 1835. Sept. 20, 1806.
Plumb Ovid, Washington, Prentiss Curtis,
Price Eliphalet Rev., (honorary,) Proal Wm. H., Wappingers Falls, Pultz M. T., Stanfordville,
Quinlan Thomas, Clinton,
Radcliff Peter A., Rhinebeck,
Nov. 9, 1803.
Rapalje Stephen, Fishkill, 1809, Raymond Josiah,
Read Roswell P., Po'keepsie City. Nov. - , 1824.
Reade Ebenezer, April 3, 1817. Remsen L., Fishkill,
Nov. 13, 1827.
Reynolds Edw'd H., May 12, 1818.
Rickertson Shadrach, Beekman, Ring Jourdan Lewis, Hyde Park, Jan. 22, 1808,
Ring Lewis, Rhinebeck, 1808.
Robertson Samuel,
Nov. 10, 1835. Jan. 11, 1873.
Rockwell Lyman E., Amenia,
Rodgers David, New York City, (honorary,) Rodgers David L., New York City, (honorary,)
Rogers Joseph, Fishkill,
Ruggles, Wm. B., May 9, 1815. Schenck John P., Jr., Matteawan, Schenck Peter D., Fishkill,
Schofield Peter, Pawling, May 9, 1809,
Scovel James, Pawling, Sherrill Hunting, Clinton, Slack Henry, Fishkill-on-Hudson, Slater James, Poughkeepsie City, Sleight Henry D., Fishkill, May 10, 1808,
Sleight Robert A., Nov. 8, 1808. Smith Alexander H., Hyde Park, Smith John, Homer, Nov. 19, 1839, Smith John W., Amenia, Smith Strobridge, Wappingers Falls, June 10, 1874. Sowle Jonathan, Stanton Luke W., Amenia,
Starr D. L., Poughkeepsie City,
Stevenson W. G., Poughkeepsie City,
Stewart, Chas. N. F., Feb. 26, 1818.
Nov. 14, 1854. Jan. 12, 1869. Nov. 9, 1850. Nov. 12, 1833.
Stillman D. E., Pine Plains,
Stillman S., Millerton, Stillman Sidney, Stringham Henry S., Po'keepsie City, Dec. 20, 1833. Sutherland D. R, Poughkeepsie City,
June 10, 1874.
May 14, 1811.
Thatcher Charles,
Thomas John, Fishkill, Thomas Wm., Poughkeepsie, May
10, 1808,
Thompson Charles H., Fishkill,
Thorn James,
Thorn John S., Washington,
Tibbles - -, Millerton, Todd Ostrander D.,
Nov. 11, 1834. Sept. 20, 1806.
Tomlinson David, Rhinebeck,
Traver Isaac H., Pleasant Valley, Tredway Alfred, Washington, Trivett Elias, Poughkeepsie, 1814.
June 1, 1837.
Nov. - , 1806.
Tuthill Robert K., Po'keepsie City,
Underhill Anthony, New Hack- ensack,
Jan. 12, 1869.
Upton George, La Grange,
Upton George,
Upton George, Lagrangeville, Vail Ira I., April 3, 1817,
May 12, 1818.
Van Deusen, N. M., Fishkill, Vanderburg Federal, Beekman,
Nov, 15, 1859. May 8, 1810.
Nov. 13, 1866.
Sept. 20, 1806.
Sept. 20, 1806. Nov. 13, 1866. June 9, 1875.
Nov. 13, 1827.
Nov. 9, 1830. Sept. 20, 1806.
Waldo Charles, Poughkeepsie, Ward David B., Po'keepsie City, Ward Jonathan, Poughkeepsie, Watt James,
June 11, 1879.
Nov. 11, 1807. May 14, 1867. Nov. 13, 1866. Webster Helen W., Vassar College, June 9, 1875. Weed J., Amenia, Wellman Plains, George M., Dover
Webb DeWitt, Poughkeepsie,
May 14, 1867.
June 14, 1871.
Nov. 13, 1827.
June 12, 1872.
Wheeler Gamaliel, Rhinebeck, 1808, Wheeler N. W., Patterson, (hon- orary,)
Nov. 13, 1866.
May 9; 1815.
May 8, 1810.
Nov. 10, 1835.
Nov. 4, 1834. Sept. 20, 1806.
Nov. 13, 1866. Nov. 10, 1818.
Van Kleeck J. Livingston, Poughkeepsie,
Vanvliet Isaac F., Rhinebeck, Van Wyck E., New Hamburgh, Varick Richard A., Po'keepsie City,
Vermilyea John K., Beekman,
May 10, 1808.
May 12, 1835. May 11, 1841. Sept. 20, 1806.
Nov. 10, 1813. May 14, 1867. Nov. 12, 1833.
About 1873.
May 14, 1867. May 14, 1867. June 9, 1868.
Tabor J. Russel, Poughkeepsie City, Tallman Edward White, Pough- keepsie City, Feb. 9, 1844. Tappen Enoch Sawyer, Pough- keepsie,
May 11, 1824.
Sept. 20, 1806. May 11, 1841.
Platt Eliphalet, Rhinebeck, Feb. 26, 1818,
May 12, 1818. Nov. 12, 1822. Nov. 10, 1829. Jan. - , 1823. Nov. 14, 1854. June 14, 187 1. Sept. 20, 1806.
May 9, 1809. Nov. 10, 1813.
Nov. 8, 1808. June 9, 1868. Sept. 20, 1806. Nov. 14, 1854. May 14, 1867.
May 13, 1834. Nov. 11, 1845. Nov. 13, 1866.
Vanderhoff, Thomas P., Rhine- beck, Oct. 31, 1826. Van Duser A. E., Po'keepsie City, Van Kleeck Baltus L., Pough- keepsie,
May 8, 1810. Sept. 20, 1806. Nov. 14, 1809. Jan. 8., 1873. Oct. - , 1823
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HISTORY OF DUCHESS COUNTY.
Wheeler Wm. W., Rhinebeck, White Bartow, Fishkill,
Sept. 20, 1806. Sept. 20, 1806.
White Howell, Fishkill,
Jan. 14, 1880.
White Lewis H., Fishkill,
Nov. 10, 1829.
White Oliver, New York City, (honorary,) June 11, 1873.
Wilber Aaron, Amenia,
May 14, 1822.
Wilber S., Amenia, Feb. 26, 1818. Wilbur Benjamin S., Amenia,
May 14, 1822.
Wilbur H. C., Pine Plains,
May 14, 1867.
Nov. 13, 1866.
Williams A. A. C., Poughkeepsie, Williams, Wm. S., Feb. 26, 1818, Williamson Phebe Thorne, Wash- ington,
Nov. 10, 1818.
June 12, 1878. June 12, 1872.
Wilson John P., Pleasant Valley, Wilson Stephen, Nov. 8, 1808, Witherwax John M., July 13, 1835 Wooley Milton, Clinton,
Dec. 7, 1843.
May 12, 1818.
Wortman Dennis, May 13, 1817, Wright Amaziah, Poughkeepsie, 1809,
Nov. 14, 1809.
Wright J. Williston, Poughkeepsie, Wyman R.,
Nov. 13, 1866. Nov. 12, 1833.
Young John, Fishkill Landing, Jan. 1I, 1871.
THE HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF DUCH- ESS COUNTY .- The therapeutics of the homeop- athic school of medicine is founded on the theory of similia similibus curantur. The principle was discovered by Samuel Hahnemann, who was born in Meissen, in the province of Saxony, April 10, 1755. He was an accomplished and skillful prac- titioner of the old school of medicine, and having proved certain remedies upon himself and others, he abandoned a lucrative practice under govern- ment patronage, at Gommern, near Magdeburg, on account of conscientious scruples against adminis- tering drugs according to the vague formulas then in use, and in 1796, first enunciated the principles of homeopathy, the practice of which he com- menced in his native place. He was soon driven from thence by the bitter opposition he encoun- tered, to Paris, where he met with success and secured converts, among whom was Dr. Hans B. Gram of Copenhagen, an American by birth, who having won the highest grade of merit in the Royal Academy of Surgery in that city, came to New York in 1825, and introduced the new practice into America, continuing it in that city till his death in 1840, three years previous to that of his preceptor, Hahnemann; who died in Paris in 1843.
The new system spread rapidly, notwithstanding the prejudice and bitter opposition against it, and was first introduced into Duchess county, in the town of Clinton, in 1835 or '36. The first known case of treatment by "similars," says Dr. J. F. Merritt, late of Pleasant Plains, in his History of Homeopathy in Duchess County, in 1865, "was one
of chronic rheumatism of twenty years' standing- twenty years of almost unrelieved suffering and anguish. The fame of an early pioneer of home- opathy in Albany reached her, and she sent for him, hoping that the thorny pillow of pain and death might yet be softened. The doctor came, and with his Liliputian remedies came a relief she had long before ceased to expect in this life. The fame of a partial cure of a case so aggravated soon spread in the vicinity. * * It was not long before the tidal wave that bore to our shores the skill and erudition of Gram sent its pulsations up along the banks of the Hudson, bringing us frag- mentary evidences of that terra incognita in medicine, which was soon to loom up to our view. Thus residents of our county while living in New York during the winter, became patrons of the system, and when they returned to their country residences in the summer, brought with them glow- ing accounts of the beneficent works it had already entered upon, and even sent for their city physi- cians in many instances of sickness in their families. * * * The easy administration of the remedies and their prompt and efficient action soon won adherents. Thus, little by little, was homeopathy introduced to the attention, but not yet commended to the confidence of a large pro- portion of the inhabitants of Duchess county.
" Followers of the new faith soon elevated our standard at various points along the Hudson. Early, if not the earliest, among those who were instrumental in introducing homeopathy into this county, was he who was the fearless defender of our cause when most it needed such a defense as he alone could give, and as his reward, he is now, in his declining years, crowned with well-earned honor-Dr. Federal Vanderburg, though past the zenith of his life physically, yet in life intellectually he is still fresh and athletic-our own president and father in medicine. * * A resident practi- tioner in New York City, he became an early convert to the teachings of Gram, * * [and] was soon standing in the arena side by side with Gram, Gray, Hering, Hull, Wesselhæft and others like memorable. * * *
" One of the first recruits enlisted by him was Dr. Hall, then of Fishkill, but for the past twenty years or more a resident practitioner of Poughkeepsie. This was in 1837 or 1838. Not far from this period homeopathy was introduced into Poughkeepsie by Dr. Formel, a German of considerable repute. He remained only a short time and was succeeded by Dr. Hall, first mentioned.
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" Another of those who were induced by Dr. Vanderburg to embrace the doctrines of Hahne- mann, at an early period in our history, was the Rev. James Lillie, at that time the pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church of Rhinebeck. While Dr. Vanderburg was negotiating for the purchase of 'Linwood,' his [subsequent] residence on the river, Rev. Mr. Lillie was accidentally thrown in his way. A casual acquaintance ripened into friendship until Mr. Lillie was induced to put him- self under the doctor's treatment for taenia solium. The result was so successful that Mr. Lillie was favorably impressed with the new system. But he was not the man to receive it as a demonstration until he should have made a more thorough test. Having spent four years in the University of Edin- burgh, one of which was partially devoted to the study of medicine, during which he had acquired a taste for the profession, he was prompted to un- dertake the task of investigating the system of homeopathy. * * * In 1840, we find the pastor and physician contributing to both the bodily and spiritual comfort of his parishioners. But it was with reluctance that he consented in any case to undertake the treatment of the sick. *
* In 1841 or '42, Mr. Lillie removed to New York City, where, in due course of time, he graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and, with the assistance of his friend and preceptor, Dr. Vander- burg, commenced a practice at once remunerative and successful. Thence he removed to Toronto, some ten years since, and has since returned to Scotland, the land of his birth. * * *
" In 1842, Dr. Vanderburg removed to Rhine- beck, and first became a resident practitioner of our county.
"The next accession * was that of Dr. Charles Haight, then of Hartsville. In the midst of a large and lucrative practice overtasking his physical strength, he was induced after repeated tests to abandon the old in favor of the new system. This was at a time when such a change was tanta- mount to casting aside the means of comfortable subsistence ; at least such was the prospect which at that time and in that section opened before the pioneer but * * * by steady, persevering effort, he * * * re-established his originally extensive prac- tice, which eventually became more incessant and laborious than before. He subsequently removed to Poughkeepsie, where he still continues to practice.
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