In 1874 Kentucky
passed an act that made it unlawful for any person, for reward or compensation,
to practice or prescribe medicine or perform surgical operations if they have
not graduated from a chartered school of medicine. A person who had been regularly and honorable
engaged in the practice of medicine for 10 years was deemed to have complied
with the provisions of this act. A person having been engaged in medicine for 5
years was allowed one year to comply with the provisions. Anyone practicing
medicine or performing surgery and did not meet the provisions of this act, if
convicted, had to pay a fine. The act, amended and approved 24 April 1888,
stated that, beginning 1 Apr 1889, any person practicing medicine in Kentucky
must register in the county clerk's office where he practiced medicine.[1]
The following physicians registered and signed with the State Board of Health
in Bowling Green and then with the Lyon County court clerk's office in
Eddyville. This information can be found in Lyon County State Board of Health
Physicians' Register on FamilySearch.com.
G.W. Williams, age 62; native of
Kentucky; present address Eddyville; degree from Louisville Medical College 25
Feb 1875. Signed 3 Oct 1893 Bowling Green and 5 Oct 1893 Lyon County. [p. 1]
Owen B. Withers, age 67; native of
Kentucky; present address Eddyville; degree from Medical Dept of Univ. of New
York 11 Mar 1847. Signed 3 Oct 1893 Bowling Green and 7 Oct 1893 Lyon County. "Dead"[2] [p.2]
A.H. Champion, age 78; native of
Kentucky; present address Eddyville; degree from Louisville Medical Institute in
Kentucky Mar 1844. Signed 3 Oct 1893 Bowling Green and Lyon County 6 Oct 1893.
"Dead"[3]
C.H. Linn, age 31; native of Illinois; present
address Kuttawa; degree from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York Mar
1891. Signed 3 Oct 1893 Bowling Green and 6 Oct 1893 Lyon County. [p. 4]
A.D. Purdy, age 41; native of Kentucky;
present address Kuttawa; degree from Nashville Medical college in Tennessee Feb
1882. Signed 3 Oct 1893 Bowling Green and 9 Oct 1893 Lyon County. [p. 5]
F.L. Allen, age 38; native of
Tennessee; present address Lamasco; degree from Dept. of Vanderbilt Univ. in
Tennessee 25 Feb 1885. Signed 3 Oct 1893 Bowling Green and 17 Oct 1893 Lyon
County. [p. 6]
E.S. Wilford, age 34; native of
Kentucky; present address Kuttawa; degree from Medical Dept of Univ. of Nashville
Feb 1886. Signed 3 Oct 1893 Bowling Green and 9 Dec 1893 Lyon County. [p. 7]
John H. Hussey, age 33; native of
Indiana; present address Eddyville; degree from Medical Dept of Univ. of Tennessee
Feb 1883. Signed 3 Oct 1893 Bowling Green and 29 Jan 1894 Lyon County. [p. 8]
A.G. P'Pool, age 45; native of
Virginia; present address Lamasco; degree from Medical Dept of Univ. of
Tennessee 1872. Signed 3 Oct 1893 Bowling Green and 8 May 1894 Lyon County.
"Dead" [4]
[p. 9]
Z.T. Cunningham, age 45; native of
Kentucky; present address Eddyville; degree from Medical Dept of Vanderbilt
Univ . in Tennessee Feb 1880. Signed 19 Jan 1894 Bowling Green and 7 Dec 1894
Lyon County. [p. 10]
Benj. F. French [name and information marked out] [p. 11]
C.E. Acree, age 36; native of
Tennessee; present address Eddyville; degree from Medical Dept of Vanderbilt
Univ., Tennessee Mar 1892. "Dead" [5] [p. 12]
Irwin S. Hollowell, age 58; native of
Kentucky; present address Lamasco; degree from Medical Dept. of Univ. of
Tennessee 25 Feb 1890. Signed 3 Oct 1893 Bowling Green and 17 Dec 1896 Lyon
County. [p. 13]
[1]
"Kentucky's Amended Empiricism Law," Medical Laws of Kentucky,
Register of the United States, Kentucky, p. 457, Google Books.
[2]
Find-A-Grave Memorial #169987762 shows he died 3 Aug 1899 and is buried in
Parker Cemetery, Lyon County.
[3]
Find-A-Grave Memorial #135665817 shows A.H. Champion died 1898 and is buried in
River View Cemetery, Lyon County.
[4]
Find-A-Grave Memorial #146672592 shows A.G. P'Pool died 14 Nov 1901 and is
buried in Millwood Cemetery, Caldwell County, Kentucky.
[5]
Find-A-Grave Memorial #7002867 shows C.E. Acree died 1900 and is buried in
Acree Cemetery, Stewart County, Tennessee.
Published 6 Feb 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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