Records, 1766-1887.

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Records, 1766-1887.

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Records include minutes, by-laws, correspondence, financial papers and printed materials. Collected by Dr. Stephen Wickes (1813-1889) during his tenure as chairman of the Standing Committee (1856-1883), the records document the Society's efforts to professionalize the field of medicine by setting licensing and educational standards, and lobbying for legislation against "irregular" doctors. Bulk is correspondence, 1859-1882, from district societies, describing local epidemics, unusual cases (including details of illnesses and treatments), violations of Society rules, and member deaths with biographical information. Frequent correspondents included: Drs. Henry R. Baldwin, J. Henry Clark, William Elmer and Charles Hasbrouck. Of interest are cases brought against members for associating with "irregulars," such as homeopaths, eclectics, Thomsonians or quacks. Minutes, 1766-1887, document membership, philosophy, Society formation, constitution and by-laws. Includes attendance lists, examinations of applicants for membership, treasurer's reports, and records of medical licenses granted. Also in collection, lists of N.J. doctors, classified as regular, irregular or woman, and printed materials from the American Academy of Medicine and East Coast medical colleges, including catalogs, lecture schedules and addresses.

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Medical Society of New Jersey

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The first state medical society in the nation, the Medical Society of New Jersey was established in 1766 to advance the field of medicine, providing a forum for physician members to share improvements in treatment. In 1816, the first district, or county, medical societies were formed and were granted the authority to confer medical licenses. The Society began its affiliation with the American Medical Association in 1847, when it sent representatives to the A.M.A.'s first meeting in Philadelphia....

American medical association

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American Academy of Medicine

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Hasbrouck, Charles, physician.

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Elmer, William, 1814-1889

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William Elmer (1814-1889), a physician from Bridgeton, N.J. (Cumberland County), received a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1836, examined recruits during the Civil War, and was a director of the State Asylum. His two sons, William and Henry, were also physicians. From the description of Record books, 1791-1889. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 37753824 William Elmer, Princeton Class of 1832, was a physician of Bridgeton, N.J...

Baldwin, Henry R. (Henry Rutgers), 1829-1902

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Wickes, Stephen, 1813-1889

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Dr. Stephen Wickes, prominent physician and local historian of Orange, N.J. (Essex County). As Standing Committee chairman and president of the Medical Society of New Jersey, he rescued and preserved the Society's earliest papers. Wickes is also the author of "History of Medicine in New Jersey and of its Medical Men from the Settlement of the Province to A.D. 1800" (1879). From the description of Manuscript, History of the Oranges in Essex County, New Jersey, 1860-1892. (New Jersey H...

Clark, J. Henry (James Henry), 1814-1869

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J. (James) Henry Clark (1814-1869), a Newark, N.J. (Essex County) physician. In 1856, he founded the Newark Eye and Ear Infirmary, the first organization of its kind in New Jersey. President of the Essex District Medical Society in 1867, he also decided disability and pension cases until his death in Montclair, N.J. in 1869. His son, James Henry Clark, Jr. (1853-1945), also a Newark physician, served as an eye and ear surgeon at St. Michael's Hospital in Newark (1883-1915), and as Newark police ...