Iowa History Project |
History of
Medicine in Iowa
by D.S. Fairchild, M.D., F.A.C.S.
reprinted from The Journal of the Iowa State Medical Society,
1927
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transcribed from the original book for the Iowa History Project
by S. Ferrall
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| B.G. Neal pg 47, 48 & 151, mention Dr. B.G. Neal began practice in Louisa county prior to 1850. He located in Columbus City in 1848 or 1849 and practiced without a medical diploma until 1856 when he received his medical degree from Rush Medical College. Dr. Neal early in 1860 near Columbus City performed a Cesarean Section: the first it is said ever performed in this section of Iowa. January, 1854, Dr. B.G. Neal of Columbus City was admitted to membership in the Louisa County Medical Society. |
| Samuel Nealy pg 45-46, full text Dr. Samuel Nealy located in Washington county in 1840. He was a graduate of Jefferson Medical College and served as a surgeon with the American forces in the war of 1812. He died in Washington co. in 1871. |
| J.H. Nelson pg 164, mention Dr. J.H. Nelson was a member of the Madison County Medical Society when it was organized in 1873. |
*Transcribers note:
throughout the book there were instances of a physician's name
being given slightly differently from one mention to another;
whenever I was positive they denoted the same man, I have
included the alternate name or spelling, not knowing which is the
'correct' one.