Certificate of membership, 1885. 1885.

Medical Society of South Carolina

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Benevolent organization of physicians founded, 1789, in Charleston, S.C.; considered the fourth oldest medical society in existence; the Society functioned as a board of health for Charleston until the City established a board in 1808; served as a licensing board for physicians and apothecaries; in 1840s, helped found the South Carolina Medical Association; in 1824, the Society founded the Medical College of South Carolina (today known as the Medical University of South Carolina) for teaching an...

Prioleau, Samuel, d. 1896.

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Buist, John Somers, 1839-1910.

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John Somers Buist was born in Charleston, S.C. on November 20, 1839. His father was George Buist, and his grandfather was the Reverend George Buist, D.D. John Buist graduated from the College of Charleston in 1859, and from the Medical College of the State of South Carolina in 1861. Dr. Buist joined the Confederate Army in 1861, and served as assistant surgeon, and later, surgeon, until the end of the Civil War. Following the war, Dr. Buist began his private surgical practice. Dr. Buist aided in...

DeSaussure, Peter Gourdin, 1857-1904.

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