WOODBURY COUNTY PHYSICIANS

WOODBURY COUNTY PHYSICIANS' DIRECTORY

Giving names, address, place and date of graduation, school of practice, title of papers read before medical societies or published in medical journals, notices of important surgical operations, etc., of the physicians of the State; also the population of each county, taken from the State census of 1875.

Legend: R = Regular in practice. H = Homeopathic in practice; E = Eclectic in practice; * = graduation doubtful; + = not a graduate; # = unknown.

POPULATION, 8,568.
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Bailey, John, Sioux City, + H.

Beggs, George W., Sioux City; Rush Medical College, Chicago 1861. R. "Progress of Medicine;" "Influenza;" Meteorology" and "Epidemics;" all read before Sioux City Medical Society.

Cook, John K., Sioux City; London, England, No date, R. Founder of Sioux City in 1854.

Davis, W. O., Sioux City; Geneva Medical College, New York, no date, R.

Douglas, Geo. W., Sioux City; Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, no date, E.

Dula, S. W., Woodbury, + R.

Esterbrook, Wm. W., Sioux City; Medical Department University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1847, R.

Frazey, John W., Sioux City; Chicago Medical College, Ill., 1865, R.

Guyton, B. A., Sioux City; Medical Department University Maryland, 1859. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1864, R. Treasurer Sioux City Medical Society. Acting assistant Surgeon U. S. A. "Alcohol;" "Hygiene;" read before Sioux City Medical Society.

Hart, C. L., Sioux City; Homeopathic Medical College, New York, 1870, H.

Hackett, C. J., Sioux City; Medical College Virginia, 1860; Medical Department University New York, 1861, R. Secretary Sioux City Medical Society. "History of Medicine in the Counties of Woodbury, Plymouth, Cherokee, Ida and Sac, by Doctors Knott and Hackett," read before Sioux City Medical Society.

Krejci, J. C., Sioux City; Medical College Vienna, Austria, 1862, R. Corresponding Secretary Sioux City Medical Society. "Dropsy;" "Is Pulmonary Consumption Contagious?" Read before Sioux City Medical Society.

Knott, Jno. M., Sioux City; Columbia Medical College, Washington, D. C. 1870, R.; U. S. Examining Surgeon for Pensions. President Sioux City Medical Society, and Member of the Examining Committee, Medical Department Iowa State University, 1876. Member of Iowa State Medical Society. "Membranous Enteritis;" and "Sclerosis of the Brain," giving in each the details of a case, read before Sioux City Medical Society.

Orr, C. W., Correctionville, + R.

Rice, R. C., Smithland; Medical Department University Buffalo, New York, 1865, R. "Vaccination;" Read before Sioux City Medical Society.

Saville, J. J., Sioux City; Medical Department University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1862, R. Removed to Kearney, Neb.

Smith, Wm. R., Sioux City; College Physicians and Surgeons, New York, no date, R. Not in practice. Receiver of U. S. Land Office, at Sioux City.

Weeks, A. J., Correctionville, + R.

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(source: "The Medical and Surgical Directory of the State of Iowa," John H. Lothrop, M.D.; J. C. Hopkins, Printer, Lyons, Iowa, 1876.)

Submitted from a "Volunteer."

Woodbury County Coordinator