Information Sheet

 

 

R         Benton County Medical Society (Mo.).

278                  Record book, 1915-1954.

                                    One folder, photocopies.

 

 

 

This volume includes a roster of members, financial records, and minutes of meetings of the Benton County Medical Society, organized in 1897.  Included are several applications for mem­bership.

 

The charter members of the Benton County Medical Society were ten physicians from Cole Camp, Lincoln, Palo Pinto, Fairfield, and Warsaw.  Little is known of the early proceed­ings of the Society, as all records were destroyed by fire at the office of the secretary, Dr. J. R. Smith, in War­saw in 1915.  This volume, held now by the Benton County Museum, includes a note by Dr. Smith explaining the loss.  The post-1915 records contain membership accounts and minutes of meetings to 1954.  Meetings were held irregularly, averaging two per year, and usually included a lecture or paper on a medical topic.  Examinations of patients were some­times conducted.  There are no min­utes for 1918 or for 1938-1953.  The last meeting recorded was held on 18 March 1954.

 

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