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1850-1950
| (Taken from Original Joournal and Day Book
of the County Society.) This society was organized at the Head IIonse, Jefferson, Iowa, on November 9, 1903. The meetlng was called to order by Dr. C. H. Churchill of Fort Dodge, Counsellor of the tenth distnct. Dr. E E. Dorr, chairman of the Board of Counsellors, was present. The doctors present were: Charles Enfield G. H. Grimmel H. W. Presnell O. W. Lowery S. M. Kline H. N. Anderson A. J. Grimmel F. M. Dean R. J. Cluen O. C. Lohr S. C. Kirby L. F. Hoyt G. W. Kester W. M. Young S. H. Arthur A reading of constitution and by-laws for county societies was made by Dr. C. H. Churchill. They were adopted with the additions that the dues of this society shall be three dollars per year, and that meetings shall be held at 2:00 o'clock P.M. on the second Tuesday of March, June, September, and December. Officers elected at this meeting were: President, Dr. F. M. Dean Vice president, Dr. G. H. Grimmel Secretary-treasurer, Dr. G. W. Kester - and censors were Dr. J. W. Presnell, Dr. F. M. Dean, and Dr. Charles Enfield. The second meeting of the Greene County Medical Society was called to order on December 8, 1903. At this meeting a motion carried which stated that all members who made application be made members of the society. At this meeting the following doctors became Charter Members: S. M. Kline Charles Enfield H. N. Anderson R. J. Cluen F. M. Dean L. F. Hoyt G. H. Grimmel S. c. Kirby A. J. Grimmel O. W. Lowery W. M. Young S. H. Arthur J. W. Presnell J. H. Shifley G. W. Kester At this meeting, Dr. J. W. Presnell was elected delegate to the State Medical Society for two years. It is interesting to note that the original county society consisted of fifteen charter members, but there were also thirteen doctors in Greene County who were eligible for membership who did not join. In fact, the county society fought a losing battle against the non-members for nine years, or until 1912. There even were no meetings from March 1905 until January 24, 1912. However, at this time the Society began to recover and again listed fifteen members, but there were only seven non-members, and by 1914 the society boasted a membership of twenty-one members. From this time on the original Day Book no longer contained a list of the non-members of the Green[e] County Medical Society, and with only a few exceptions meetings have been held regularly ever since. The society then became the predominate [sic] governing and scientific organization of the medical profession of this county, a place which it has held ever since. - Contributed by L. C. Nelson, M.D., Jefferson, Iowa. Note: No early data available, only that Greene County belonged to the Central District Medical Association whih was organized in June, 1874. |
Source: One Hundred Years of Iowa Medicine
Commemorating the Centenary of the Iowa Medical Society
1850-1950
Transcribed and uploaded March 1, 2021 by Lynn Diemer-Mathews.
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