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Early Johnson County doctors and the county physician system
The article reviews the origin of the Johnson County county physician role created in 1841, highlighting Henry Murray as the first appointed physician, the bidding process, and the shift toward paying physicians from a common fund. It also notes tensions among allopathic, botanic, and eclectic practitioners, the 1843 medical society formation, and botanic movement impact.
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Ity Board
Cof
Stye
Henry Vay
Johntoanty
Iowa Territory
Johnson County
Lowa
Henry Murray
Board of County Tissioners
Board of County Cortoners
Jesse Bowen
Ezra Bliss
M. Ballard
Murray
Dr. Bliss
Cavanagh
Old School of Allopathic
The
Allopathic Doctore
Ballard
Bliss
Bowen
Medical Botanic Society
James Robinson
Beaumont Holmes
J. A. Miller
James N.wall
Enos Metcalf
Jarvis Frost
William Patterson
Smiley H. Bonham
Heberson
Metcalf
United States
Frost