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The reader will find appended thereto a list of the lawyers of
1 Mr. Gregg died April 20, 1895; Hiram R. Wood is now the secretary.
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the county seat from 1821 to 1895, inclusive. In compiling this list access was had to the roll of attorneys prepared by Frederick A. Whittlesey in 1884, to which has been added the succession to the present year, together with a complete register of the bar as it stands in 1895.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
BY L. C. ALDRICH.
The medical profession of Monroe county has preserved but little of its own history, and while there are a few meager records from which we may learn something of the proceedings and membership of the medical societies that have been formed, there are no data upon which can be based a reliable record of the development of the profession. The great advance in all branches of art and science during the last century has indeed been marvelous, but in none has there been greater progress than in the science of medicine and surgery.
The dawning of medical science which now sheds its light through- out the world began with Hippocrates nearly twenty-three hundred years ago, and he first treated of medicine with the simplest of rem- edies, relying chiefly on the healing powers of nature. He wrote ex- tensively and some of his works have been translated, and have served as the foundation for succeeding literature in the profession. Previous to Hippocrates all medicines were in the hands of the priests and were associated with numerous superstitions, such as charms, amulets and incantations ; sympathetic ointments were applied to the weapon with which a wound had been made ; human or horse flesh was used for the cure of epilepsy, and convulsions were treated with human brains. It was a custom among the Babylonians to expose their sick to the view of passers-by, to learn whether they had been afflicted with a like dis- temper, and by what remedies they had been cured. It was also a custom of those days for all who had been sick, and were cured, to put up a tablet in the temple of Esculapius, whereon they gave an account of the remedies that had restored them to health. But all this
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credulous superstition of early ages, born of ignorance, has not been fully wiped out by the advanced education of the present day. The latest appeal to the credulity of the masses is the so-called " Christian Science," or "Faith Cure." The persons seeking to popularise this means of cure are either deceived themselves or are deceiving others, for so long as filth brings fever prayer will not avail.
It is not our purpose, however, to treat of ancient or even modern medical history, and though a review of the progress of this science from the time of the Egyptian medical deities, or the Greek or Roman medical mythology, would be both interesting and instructive, it is hardily pertinent to the medical history of this county, and our intro- ductory observations are merely to suggest to the reader the difference between the ancient and modern means of healing.
The settlement of the region now included in Monroe county began about the year 1790, but progressed slowly during the first fifteen or twenty years. The country was then almost a wilderness except as occasional improvements had been made. At that time the facilities for obtaining a medical education were very limited, for New York had done very little to encourage science, and there were no schools of medicine worthy the name nearer than Boston or Philadelphia. Few young men could then afford so great an expense to qualify themselves for a profession which offered little pecuniary inducement, hence the prevailing custom was for the medical aspirant to enter the office of some neighboring physician and read for two or three years, at the same time accompanying his tutor in his professional visits and learn his methods of practice. At the end of the term the young doctor would seek some promising field and begin practice. The early legislation which regulated the admission and practice of physicians was so defec- tive as to be really worthless. However, in 1806 an act was passed for the incorporation of medical societies in each county of the state ; also authorising a state medical society, and repealing all former laws in reference to the profession. In pursuance of this act and subsequent amendments, the several general and local medical societies of the county and city have been organised. The more recent laws regulat- ing the practice are very strict, and have been enacted for the benefit of the medical profession as well as of the people of the state at large. In
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fact the legislature has done for the profession all that could reasonably be asked.
The Monroe County Medical Society .- On the 9th day of May, 1821, a preliminary and somewhat informal meeting of physicians was held at the inn kept by John G. Christopher in the then styled village of Rochesterville for the purpose of forming a county medical society in conformity with the laws of the state. Dr. Alexander Kelsey was chosen chairman and Dr. John B. Elwood secretary. A committee of three-Joseph Loomas, Chauncey Beadle and John B. Elwood-was appointed to prepare a code of by-laws for the future government of the society. The physicians present produced their credentials and thereupon became qualified members. They were Joseph Loomas, Nathaniel Rowell, James Scott, Allen Almy, Daniel Durfee, Daniel Weston, Isaac Chichester, Alexander Kelsey, John Cobb, jr., John G. Vought, Chauncey Beadle, Theophilus Randall, Frederick F. Backus, Anson Coleman, Ebenezer Burnham, Samuel B. Bradley and Ezekiel Harmon.
The first officers of the society were elected at this meeting, as fol- lows: Alexander Kelsey, president ; Nathaniel Rowell, vice-president ; Anson Coleman, treasurer ; John B. Elwood, secretary, and Freeman Edson, John B. Elwood, Frederick F. Backus, Ezekiel Harmon and Derrick Knickerbocker, censors.
The members of the society in 1822, with the place of residence of each, were as follows: Alexander Kelsey, Rush; Janna Holton and Ezra Strong, Brighton; Isaac Chichester, David Durfee and Daniel Weston, Penfield; David Gregory, Perinton; William Gildersleeve, Pittsford; Derrick Knickerbocker and Barzillai Bush, Mendon; Free- man Edson, Wheatland; Berkley Gillette and Ebenezer Burnham, Chili; John Cobb, jr., and Allen Almy, Ogden; Henry Patterson and Samuel B. Bradley, Parma; Nathaniel Rowell, Ezekiel Harmon and Theophilus Randall, Clarkson; James Scott, Greece ; John Adams, jr., Henrietta ; Linus Stevens, Frederick F. Backus, Anson Coleman, George Marvin, John B. Elwood, O. E. Gibbs, Rochester.
The officers in 1822 were Frederick F. Backus, president ; Janna Hol- ton, vice-president ; William H. Morgan, secretary ; Anson Coleman, treasurer ; John B. Elwood, George Marvin, Linus Stevens, Anson Coleman and John Cobb, jr., censors,
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From the old records we learn the names of other early physicians, who became members of the society about the same time, viz .: John G. Vought, John D. Henry, George E. Harrar, Eli Day and Daniel Marble, whose residences are not mentioned ; and also Harvey Allen, Mendon ; Phineas Royce, Henrietta ; Nathaniel Wilson, Mendon ; An- drew Huntington and Archelaus G. Smith, Pittsford ; Davis Carpenter, Sweden; James W. Smith, Philander Tobey, jr., Hosmer Graham, Jefferson Day, J. I. Morrow and William H. Morgan, of Rochester.
This old pioneer organisation of the county was vested with power which might at the present time appear extraordinary, yet both soci- ety and authority have been continuous and it is only the popularity of the medical universities, with the higher educational advantages afforded by them, that has impelled the student to obtain his education through them. The old society exercised a rigid discipline over its mem- bers and used every endeavor to elevate the professional standard in every direction ; and some of their strictures were of such a nature that quack- ery in practice, and the use of patent or proprietary medicines, were things to be condemned. In proof of the sentiment we may quote from the constitution of the society: "It shall be highly disreputable for any member to assume or hold the knowledge of any nostrum, or palm any medicine or composition on the people as a secret, and every such member shall be deemed unworthy to belong to the society, and the members thereof shall hold no medical correspondence with such char- acters, nor consult with them in any medical case whatever ; and all pretenders to nostrnms shall be deemed proper subjects for expulsion from this society."
In the matter of admission and expulsion of members, or granting license to practice, the power of the society was supreme, and it also exercised authority over all practitioners of medicine in the county. Article 16 of the by-laws provided that "no student shall be exam- ined unless he produce satisfactory proof that he is of good moral char- acter ; that he has studied the time and in the manner required by law. If he be a candidate for the practice of Physic, he shall be examined on Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Anatomy, Physiology, and on the theory and practice of physic. Candidates for license to practice sur- gery shall be examined particularly on Anatomy and Surgery." If
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the candidate passed an examination to the satisfaction of the censors, the president and secretary of the society issued to the applicant a diploma from the society.
Succession of Presidents .-- Alexander Kelsey, 1821; Frederick F. Backus, 1822; Al- exander Kelsey, 1823: Linus Stevens, 1824-25; John D. Henry, 1826-27; John B. Elwood, 1828-29; F. F. Backus, 1830-31; Freeman Edson, 1832 ; Berkley Gillette, 1833 ; John D. Henry, 1834; I. W. Smith, 1835 ; W. W. Reed, 1836; W. W. Brice, 1837 ; F. F. Backus, 1838-39; Maltby Strong, 1840. (The minute book of records be- tween 1840 and 1875 appears to be lost.) E. V. Stoddard, 1875; Jacob I. Denman, 1876; B. L. Hovey, 1877; B. I. Preston, 1878; Samuel Holman, 1879 ; T. B. Collins, 1880; A. Mandeville, 1881; J. J. Kempe, 1882; E. M. Moore, 1883; A. Dann, 1834 ; Paul D. Carpenter, 1885; Louis A. Weigel, 1886; E. H. Howard, 1887; W. J. Herri- man, 1888; F. A. Jones, 1889 ; J. O. Roe, 1890; W. R. Howard, 1891; E. W. Mulli- gan, 1892 ; J. Oliver Tait, 1893: H. S. Durand, 1894.
Present Membership.1-F. D. Andrews, E. B. Angell, M. E. Altman, Azel Backus, Ogden Backus, W. C. Bailey (Clifton), E. P. Ballantine, C. C. Barber, G. L. Beach, H. L. Beahan, James Beahan, W. D. Becker, W. N. Borrow, J. C. Bowen, A. N. Braham (Brockport), John D. Briggs, W. H. Briggs, C. M. Briggs (Fairport), Dore W. Brown, T. A. Brown (Brighton), W. M. Brown (Brighton), James C. Buckley, J. J. A. Burke, Emily A. Cady, Charles McD. Cameron, A. B. Carpenter (Greece), A. M. Carpenter (Greece), P. D. Carpenter (Pittsford), George A. Carroll, A. C. Cartwright, J. W. Casey, Morey S. Collier, Charles G. Combs, W. L. Conklin, J. A. Cormier, H. H. Covell, J. B. Cowles (Fairport), Anna Craig, James F. Crowley, J. R. Culkin, D. F. Curtis, A. Dann, C. E. Darrow, James C. Davis, S. W. Dawson, C. A. Dewey, Sarah R. A. Dolley, Frank F. Dow, J. D. Dunning ( Webster), H. S. Durand, Edgar H. Earl, Frederick East, R. M. Elliot, W. S. Ely, S L. Elsner, John J. Evans, Porter Farley, H. M. Fenno, J. B. Finnecone (Mendon), James H. Finnessy, John W. Flick (Honeoye Falls), Charles Forbes, G. W. Foster, George P. French, Robert T. French, W. S. Fuller (Fairport), L. T. Gandy (Chili), C. M. Garlock, Frederick Geare, Horace Gee, F. H. Goddard, George Goler, H. C. W. Graham (Webster), Erlo P. Gray, O. Groves, P. C. Guinan, A. R. Gumberts, A. W. Haenckell, G. S. Hall, Eugene F. Hamburg, F F. Hamilton, Robert T. Hayes, Sumner Hayward, W. J. Herriman, L. L. F. Hillman (Greece), S. A. Holman (North Parma), B. L. Hovey, Edward Howard (Churchville), E. H. Howard, W. R. Howard, W. T. Howe (Scottsville), H. B. Howell, Loren W. Howk, J. M. In- gersoll, Thomas Jameson, Ira T. Johnson, Frank A. Jones, S. C. Jones, William B. Jones, J. J. Kempe, N. F. Keifer, W. G. Lacey (Scottsville), W. H. Lakeman, David Little, S. W. Little, M. L. Lord, C. H. Losey, J. M. Magil (Fairport), A. P. Maine (Webster), Frank W. Maloney, Fred A. Mandeville, H. J. Mann (Brockport), W. B. Mann (Brockport), D. G. Mason (East Henrietta), M. C. Mason, J. W. McCauley. J. H. McCort, P. McNamara, H. B. Miner (West Mendon), A. E. Mink (Hamlin), E. M. Moore, E. M. Moore, jr., R. M. Moore, John F. Mulherin, E. W. Mulligan, H. R. Nettleton, J. B. Nold, T. A. O'Hara, E. S. Olin, John E. Ottaway
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(Charlotte), Joseph Pease (Hamlin), S. Perry, H. C. Phillips, S. A. Pierce, C. H. Pope, E. B. Potter, M. C. Potter, Ezra B. Pratt (Fairport), B. I. Preston, Edward J. Price, J. Ready, Charles Reitz (Webster), Frederic Remington, A. L. Richman, C. E. Rider, Wheelock Rider, P. E. Rivard, A. S. Rockwell, Moses Rosenburg, John O. Roe, Obadiah Rogers (Brockport), L. W. Rose, J. L. Roseboom, T. D. Rupert (Mendon), Martin Rutherford (Campbell), F. H. Sawers, H. Schoonmaker, Justin Schopp, Q. C. Schubart, Anna H. Searing, H. T. Sedgwick, H. P. Sheldon, J. F. Sherman, W. Sibley, Mary J. Slaight, W. C. Slayton (Spencerport), N. G. Soble, L. J. Somers, O. T. Stacy, William Stanton, J. A. Stapleton, Mary E. Stark, D. Starkey (Chili), C. S. Starr, F. L. Stebbins, Peter Stockschlader, E. V. Stoddard, J. E. Sutton (Scottsville), T. O. Tait. D. C. Throop, Harriet E. Turner, P. G. Udell (Spencerport), J. C Urquhart, D. A. Van- de beck, L. Allen Walker, George Waldron, William T. Wallace, W. W. Ward, John E. Weaver, William H. Webb, J. W. Whitbeck, E. E. Whitcomb, L. A. Weigel, C. W. Wilbor, H. T. Williams, W. W. Williams (North Parma), Benjamin Wilson, W. B. Wolf, C. D. Wooden, Lettie H. Woodruff, Charles D. Young, F. W. Zimmer, John Zimmer. Number of members, 204.
The present officers of the society are as follows: Wallace Sibley, president ; Henry T. Williams, vice-president ; James H. McCort, treasurer; Frederic Remington, secretary; Marion Craig Potter, Henry Strong Durand and Frederic Remington, delegates to the Medi- cal society of the State of New York.
The Rochester Medical Society .- Away back in 1853 a number of prominent physicians of Rochester took the preliminary measures to organise a local medical society for mutual professional benefit. An organisation was perfected and meetings were regularly held for several years, but for some cause interest in its affairs seemed to decline, hence the society dissolved in 1859.
Appreciating the advantages of a local society, the physicians of the city, in 1865, determined to reorganise the old institution and give to it a new and more vigorous life. On October 5, a duly appointed committee undertook to prepare a plan of reorganisation, with result so successful that on February 14, 1866, the society was formed, its first officers being J. F. Whitbeck, president; C. E. Rider, secretary ; and E. V. Stoddard, treasurer.
The first members of the society were Drs. E. W. Armstrong, W. H. Briggs, J. W. Casey, H. W. Dean, W. S. Ely, W. W. Ely, B. L. Hovey, H. H. Langworthy, David Little, L. McKay, C. H. H. Miller, H. F. Montgomery, E. M. Moore, A. Pratt, C. E. Rider, E. V. Stod- dard, G. Swinburne, J. F. Whitbeck, T. B. Collins and Jonas Jones.
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However, this society, like its predecessor, was unfortunately short- lived. Its meetings were maintained for several years, and, while of much interest and general good to the profession, for some cause there came a decline and ultimate dissolution, many of the original members in the meantime having joined with the new and possibly more progres- sive society then recently formed.
Previous to 1877 the presidents of the Rochester Medical Society were. in succession, J. F. Whitbeck, H. W. Dean, David Little, George Swinburne, H. H. Langworthy, W. W. Ely, W. H. Briggs, C. E. Rider, W. S. Ely, E. V. Stoddard and E. M. Moore.
The Rochester Pathological Society .- This entirely successful and highly beneficial society of the city was incorporated under the laws of the state on the 25th of May, 1889, by Drs. John O. Roe, Wallace J. Her- riman, Edward W. Mulligan, Eugene H. Howard and William R. How- ard. Yet this society in its history dates back to about the year 1870, when a few of the enterprising young practitioners of Rochester met in clinical or dissecting session for their mutual benefit, perfecting them- selves in pathology, physiology and surgery. These meetings proved both interesting and instructive, and as a consequence the class became quite large. It was finally suggested that a regular society should be organised, Dr. Charles Buckley and Dr. Charles S. Starr being the prime movers of the enterprise. Others who were interested and among the original members were Drs. Parsons G. Udell, John O. Roe, Julius Schmidt, George P. Morey, M. B Speare and George J. Oakes. The original class had been formed for pathological work, hence the newly organised society fittingly took the name of the " Rochester Pathological society."
However, no written records of this society, previous to 1876, are to be found, though it is well known that the organisation had then been in existence at least five years. In January, 1876, the officers elected for the next six months were T. A. O'Hare, president; B. I. Preston, vice-president; L. A. Weigel, secretary; and Charles Buckley, treas- urer. In 1881 the constitution of the society was amended, and officers were thereafter elected for one year.
The succession of presidents, from 1876 to 1894, is as follows: T. A. O'Hare, Jan - uary, 1876; L. A. Weigel, June, 1876; B. I. Preston, January, 1877; E. H. Howard,
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June, 18 7; C. E. McKelvey, December, 1877; B. I. Preston, May, 1878; G. T. Beau- ford, December, 1878; no record for June, 18.9; C. S. Starr, December, 1879; W. F. Sheehan, June and December, 1880; P. D. Carpenter, June, 1881; A. Dann, June, 1882; W. R. Howard, June, 1883; C. A. Dewey, June, 1884; W. J. Herriman, June, 1885; E. H. Howard, June, 1886; W. A. Moore, June, 1887; E. W. Mulligan, June, 1888; Benj. Wilson, June, 1889; F. F. Dow, June, 1890; Ogden Backus, June, 1891; Henry S. Durand, June, 1892; W. B., Jones, June, 1833; Wheelock Rider, June, 1894. The other officers elected at the annual meeting in June, 1894, were Charles R. Barber, vice-president, and H. T. Williams, secretary and treasurer.
Honorary Members .- Azel Backus, William H. Briggs, Thomas A. Brown, J. D. Dunning, W. S. Ely, B. L. Hovey, David Little, E. M. Moore, C. E. Rider, J. W. Whitbeck.
Active Members .- E. B. Angell, F. D. Andrew, M. E. Artman, Ogden Backus, C. R. Barber, H. L, Beahan, W. D. Becker, S. C. Bradley, W. M. Brown, C. M. Briggs, D. R. Burrell, W. L. Conklin, P. D. Carpenter, G. G. Carroll, C. G. Combs, M. S. Collier, Archibald Dann, C. E. Darrow, C. A. Dewey, F. F. Dow, H. S. Durand, S. L. Elsner, W. S. Ely, W. T. Fox, L. T. Gandy, Sumner Hayward, Wm. S. Hall, A. W. Henckell, W. J. Herriman, E. H. Howard, W. R. Howard, L. W. Howk, J. M. Ingersoll, Thomas Jamieson, J. H. Jewett, S. C. Jones, W. B. Jones, F. A. Jones. I. T. Johnson, J. J. Kempe, S. W. Little, J. W. Magill, F. A. Mandeville, H. Mann, D. G. Mason, R. M. Moore, J. W. McCauley, E. W. Mulligan, T. A. O'Hare, Joseph Pease, B. I. Preston, E. B. Potter, Frederic Remington, Wheelock Rider, J. O. Roe, L. W. Rose, J. L. Rose- boom, T. D Rupert, Hubert Schoomaker, Wallace Sibley, N. W. Soble, C. S. Starr, F. L. Stebbins, T. O. Tait, D. C. Throop, P. G. Udell, J. C. Urquhart, George Waldron, L. A. Walker, J. E. Weaver, L. A. Weigel, H. T. Williams, C. W. Wilbor, Benj. Wilson, C. D. Wooden, C. D. Young, F. W. Zimmer, John Zimmer, C. A. Van der Beck, George F. Pope.
Homoeopathic Medical Society of the County of Monroe -On the 2d day of January, 1866, a meeting of the Homoeopathic physicians of the county was held, for the purpose of forming a medical society. A tem- porary organisation was effected by the selection of Dr. George Lewis as chairman, Dr. D. A. Baldwin, secretary, while Drs. Mathews, Sum- ner and Baldwin were appointed a committee to prepare and report a constitution and by-laws for the the government of the proposed so- ciety. The preliminaries being settled and constitution adopted, the organisation became permanent, with the first board of officers as fol- lows: George Lewis, president; M. M. Mathews, vice-president; D. A. Baldwin, secretary and treasurer; W. B. Brown, T. C. White and G. W. Peer, committee on membership; Drs. Mathews, Sumner and Peer, del- egates to the state Homeopathic convention.
The original members of the society were Drs. George Lewis, E. H.
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Hurd, D. A. Baldwin, Charles Sumner, E. S. Preston, W. H. H. Fisk, D. J. Chaffee, M. M. Mathews, G. W. Peer, W. B. Brown, T. C. White, Linus H. Reynolds and C. H. Greene.
This was the first Homoeopathic society organised in Monroe county, and its purpose of course was the promotion of professional welfare in the region. Its members were disciples of the Hahnemannian theory and practice, which, as Dr. Dayfoot aptly said, "opens wide her por- tals; her domain is boundless; the reward is sure; no barriers block the way, no 'code' interrupts progress. Our only creed is the relief of suffering humanity, and with an abiding faith, born of experience, in the efficacy of similia similibus curantur, we shall in our conflict with disease continue to enlist into the service the 'mild power that cures.'"
For the years 1867, '70 and '72 the records of the society omit, ac- cidentally, the name of the president elected for the year, but with these exceptions, the succession of incumbents of that office has been as fol- lows :
Hilem Bennett, 1868; G. W. Peer, 1860; E. S. Hurd, 1871; L. H. Reynolds, 1873; Joseph A. Biegler, 1874; T. C. White, 1875; E. H. Hurd, 1876; R. A. Adams, 1877; W. P. Fowler, 1878; J. P. Wheeler, 1879; Allen B. Carr, 1880; Charles R. Sumner, 1881; J. A. Biegler, 1882; J. W. Buell, 1883; Charles R. Sumner, 1884; H. M. Day- foot, 1885; J. M. Lee, 1886; M. E. Graham, 1887; E. H. Wolcott, 1888; W. F. Clapp, 1889; E. J. Bissell, 1890; C. E. Walker, 1891; Wm. B. Carman, 1892; T. D. Spencer, 1893; G. M. Haywood, 1894.
The officers for 1895 are N. M. Collins, president ; Mary M. Hoyt, vice- president ; F. R. Smith, secretary ; T. J. Thurber, treasurer, and Drs. Hawley, Bissell, Neefus, Adams, Clapp and Carman, censors.
The present members are Drs. R. A. Adams, M. H. Adams, H. A. Anderson, G. A. Buckman, J. W. Buell, E. S. Buell (So. Greece) E. J. Bissell, A. S. Bamber, W. B. Car- man, L. W. Carpenter, L. F. Chamberlyne, W. F. Clapp (Fairport), N. M. Collins, W. H. Curtis, W. H. Doane (Pittsford), E.W. Earle, W. P. Fowler, M. E. Graham, W. B. Haw- ley, G. M. Hay wood, J. F. Hay wood, H. W. Hoyt, Mary M. Hoyt, N. M. Humphreys (Pen- field), S. G. Hermance, W. A. Keegan, C. M. Kellogg, J. M. Lee, S. I. Lee, J. A. McCallum, P. W. Neefus, Chas. Otis (Honeoye Falls), C. W. Perrine, J. C. Proctor, W. S. Rambo, M. Sherman Ricker, F. B. Seitz, F. R. Smith, S. R. Snow, T. D. Spencer, F. W. Stillwell, C. R. Sumner, T. J. Thurber, J. K. Tretton, E. C. Walker (Henrietta), J. F. Tubbs (Fairport), R. A. Van Allen, T. C. White, F. A. Weimer (Brockport), E. H. Wolcott.
The Rochester Hahnemannian Society .- This society was organised January 18, 1886, by a number of Homeopathic physicians of Roches-
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ter who were believers in the strict and uncompromising Hahnemannian theories. In 1888 the membership was increased by the withdrawal of several other physicians from the county Homeopathic society and who united with the new organisation.
The first officers elected were Joseph A. Biegler, president ; R. A. Adams, vice-president ; R. C. Grant, secretary and treasurer ; A. B. Carr, Julius Schmidt, S. George Hermance, censors. From its forma- tion to the present term the presidents of the society have been as fol- lows : Joseph A. Biegler, 1886-87; R. C. Grant, 1888: A. B. Carr, 1889; Julius G. Schmidt. 1890; Volney A. Hoard, 1891 ; Alexander C. Hermance, 1892; W. G. Brownell, 1893 ; R. C. Grant, 1894. The officers for the year 1895 are Alexander C. Hermance, president ; E. B. Ross, vice-president ; S George Hermance, secretary and treasurer.
The present members are Joseph A. Biegler, William Brownell, O. S. Bamber, A. B. Carr, R. C. Grant, M. E. Graham, Volney A. Hoard, Alexander C. Hermance, S. George Hermance, W. W. Johnson (Pitts- ford), Alfred Norman, E. V. Ross, Emma L Sayles, Hubert Stratton and W. B. Young.
Rochester Hospitals .- Though possibly not an essential element of this chapter, we are nevertheless constrained to make at least a passing allusion to the hospital institutions of the city in this connection, for at least two of them were the direct outgrowth of the work of medical societies. However, the purposes of this chapter do not suggest an ex- tended narrative of history of the hospitals but only such reference as seems appropriate to the general subject.
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