Georgia Medical Society records, 1845-1970.

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Georgia Medical Society records, 1845-1970.

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Series I contains minutes. Series II contains general files. Series III contains information about members. Series IV contains financial information. Series V contains information related to the library. Series VI contains photographs and X-rays. Series VII contains various published information. Series VIII contains Civil War period medical reports from camps in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina.

26 boxes.18 v.

Georgia Historical Society

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In 1804 doctors of Savannah, Georgia petitioned the Georgia Legislature to grant them a charter for a medical society. The charter was granted December 12, 1804 for the Georgia Medical Society. This date makes the Georgia Medical Society the second oldest active city medical society in the United States. The Medical Society was formed "for the purpose of lessening the fatality induced by climate and incidental causes and improving the science of medicine." Their interest in higher education led ...