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The Practice of Ophthalmology in Rural Wisconsin in the Mid-19th Century

2010; American Medical Association; Volume: 128; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.80

1538-3601

Daniel M. Albert, Sarah L. Atzen, Payam V. Morgan,

History of Medicine Studies

Francis Paddock (1814-1889), a graduate of Fairfield Medical College in western New York State, opened a general medicinal and surgical practice in the small town of Salem in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, between 1838 and 1839, where he lived and worked until his death a half century later. Two early volumes of his casebooks, spanning the years 1841 to 1852, came to light and are now analyzed from the standpoint of ophthalmic-related problems and their treatment. His life as a frontier physician and leading citizen of his community are documented in the context of 19th-century medicine in America and Wisconsin.