The Henry County physicians organized on July 15, 1903, adopting the new Constitution and By-Laws.

Officers elected: President, J. M. Evans, Salem; vice president, C. W. Gardner of Winfield; secretary-treasurer, W. S. Lessenger of Mt. Pleasant - Iowa M. J., 1903, p. 326.

Note: Henry County belonged to the Southeastern Iowa District Medical Society prior to the organization of the County Society in 1903. the territory embraced by the Society was the First Iowa Congressional District, which includes Henry County, plus Muscatine County. - Dr. C. A. Boice, Washington, Iowa, 1949.