CATS MAT COtnmr TIMES. FMDAT. MAY 27. 1W7.

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(cresting Medical Survey Of Cape May County

Eugene Way Reviews the Growth of the Profession from the Earliest History of the County Down To the Present Time

TMnbM s. ma. to asm l. 1M«. MaW.” o* number of InmaW* Humphrey Swain, during ht» **-1 numbrrln* mith • waiting

ntor y»ar in mMUeinr. |.ft eol- lUl of nearly 100. >««•. enllatcd In the na»y. w»» | | B addition

oed Splendid Service To County in World War

. Wsr la jowroal •* «lw *.4loaI Sartety

r May)

r.„ viy Cossty. which for ^ the abode Of the

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n.nt, when the Sr*t white . rtri«fd htc shesss Is ssIM Vahty. but «»>* enrUe« nutldtnry on the mibyect . , fc „ Hudaou. In the Half . rttcrcd the DeUwa-e Bay , ...my righth day of Aoguat, |. sit he did not explore It. , renowned OaptSlS Come-

, J.rotwon Hey Vtailed our 1 _ explored Delaware Bay

_n «Ed explored

’ll:; »nd to him the County * y. May l» Indebted for a Hi' name la atao retained , /.r.i rtt»*n nod town* In

the Revolution, and while a company wa» in training, an accident occurred which required a aurgieal operation, the flrst one rec-

the county. It waa

graphically deerdbed na follow. "The third of May. 1777. at a training Thomas Godfrey, having Ms gun charged w’th email

stonan. hy accident -hoi

Parker In the leg. The bone waa much rfrilntered and abattend and If waa fudged necessary to amputate It. For this purpose dorr Otto waa sent for from Glou.-»«trr County. The iwelfth of May. afternoon. th< imputation »a* performed by Ot ited by Dr. MrGtnnta. of Down*. Ji

oasty.

*, in of Assembly o# Novem r i: IMS. created the County Cape May and gave her S*e et «f the Legislature The nos being then, as nearly • te- estimated from the

about J»0.

Ot May IS. 1**7. au act of the latBtt provided for a road Birllngton to Cape May. i .»r not Bnl'hr 1 until prior to this time there r communication with the «. world ex«*pt by o of the Atlantic Ocean and nie Bay. or by home paths ub i he * warn pa. The Aral man built In JS«S. The Ution of the county e<! iery slowly, being leas _ JftO in 171J. In I7S«. M im. Including 4S slavns. In

TV> Br»t recorded i

tuber of

Philadelphia. Doer. Hunt and Dr. Benin. Stites The aerenteenth

of May he died."

"On the (wenty-arst of August. 1715. the Council of Safety la Philadelphia directed Its treasurto pay Dr. Frederic Otto for endance on a man wounded at Cape May in the serrlce of the State. L6:ll:13. This was probably for attending James Parker, who was wounded at a training , the third of May. >777." No further mention of medical men came to be found until the war of ISIS, where the record* of a battalion ahow the follow ing: "John U Smith, surgeon second company, appointed March C. 1SS0. Commissioned May 18S0. Joseph FiBeld. aurgeon - * mate, second company, appointed August 28. 1IS1. Joseph FiBeld, surgeon, appointed February 1. 1*25. eoramtasloned March «. 1S2S Samuel 8. Marry, aur-

comm last oaed a surgw..n on May S2. 11(4. and served until June S5. 11(5 He then resumed his course of study, graduating March

ii. me

Cape May County Medical Hoeiety wa» organlxed on December II. IMS. st a meeting In the of Bee of Dr J. P. Laming, the following being present: Drs. V. " ~l. Marry. John Wiley. J. F. ting. I M. Down*. J H. Ingram and Eugene Way. The following ofBrers were elected: John Wiley: secretary.

Eugene Way.

On January 17. 1SS(. the society again met and considered fourteen additional namea for membership and voted to make application to the State society, at Its annual meeting to b» held la June lll(, for a charter tn order to become affiliated with

the State society.

The charter being duly granted. the county society again met on March 12. 1M5. and recognized the following twenty members as the organisers and charter members of the society: Dn. V M D. Marcy. John Wiley. Jonathan F. Draining. Isaac M.

H. Ingram. Eugene

tages and dormitories, the colony ha* a modem, well equipped hospital of 32 beds, and while In tended only for the ineUluiioo. accident rases are not refused admission and emergency aid la of-

ten

The management of the Colony consist* of John A. Tinsley, superintendent ; Eugene Way. M. D.. medical director: George 8. Babel. supervisor, and William D. Tugwell. head nurse.

Apply Quick For Training Camp Places

Remaining Vacancies Alloted Cape May County To Be Given First Volunteers

ip*, the remaining vacancies will be given to the Brat volnnwho successfully pass the simple physical and mental t«wts government. Major Way

declared.

Thewe vacancies are for camps opening August 5, all July imptnrnt* haring been filled I local youths may ap»ly for adto the basic and Infantry camp at PUttsburg. N- Y-: th< radio and signal corps camp at Fort Monmouth. N. J.. the coast artillery camp at Fort Hancock. N. J.: or the basic and Infantry camp at Fort Du For . Del "While the government allotted this county a definite quota of ■ esreie*." Major Way explained today, "no guarantee of a place In camp can be made unless can didst. > apply at once. So keen been the demand In all parts the Second Corps area that General McRae ha* asked me tn Issue thl* final warning to the youth of the county to act promptly If they Intend to take the C. M. T. C. training this

Required Teats Are Simple

Wsy. James Mecray. Henry Kennedy. Alexander Young. George G. Carll. Humphrey Swain, J. D. Unton. Walter 8. Learning. ColeF. Learning. Palmer M. Way. Charles M Gandy. A. H. Patterson. Randolph Marshal. Officer* for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President. John Wiley; vloe president. V. M. D. Marcy: secretary. I. M. Downs: treasurer. Randolph Marshal: censors. H A. Kennedy. J. H. Ini.ram and Eugene Way. Of the original members only four are living: Colonel C. M. Gandy. R. Marshal. J. H. Ingram

and E. Way.

During the forty-three years of IU existence, the society ha* had twenty-five presidents, eleven mtarlew and three treasurers. Dr. J. C. Marshal was treasurer four years. Randolph Marshall, ty-four. the present trees serving bis fifteenth term and the secretary his twentieth

Mall the completed appliratton blank to the C. M. T. C. officer. Governors' Island. N. Y. In Mgntng up for the C- M T mp« Major Way explained, young mca do not obligate them selves tn any way for future neiire la the army, national guard.

ramps student* are entirely free ,o return to their homes snd are not urged to affiliate with any branch of the military service. ; Among Cape May County 1 youths Who have enrolled for

Such Moniker

Gob C. Faring Mann Clerk: 1 asked your nn camp- your orrapatlon:

An urgent call for young men of Cape May County to file their applies*Ions at once for thl# sumi citlxens* military training camps was sounded today by Major C. W. Way. of Sea Isle City, chalmuj of the county enrollment c minute*. following notification from Major-Goneral « H. McRae that four of the eight C. M. T. camps of the Second Corps area are completely

fillet!.

With twelve youths out oi total quota of eight originally allotted to Cape May County already accepted for the C. M. T.

t»d In the county was Dr. •1 Coxe. of London, erho In Mi port-based 55.000 acre* of I ind built a commodious wore known as Coxe Hall, ■i* two stories In height wllb >vn (mm which observations K !*- made across the bay snd oat on the ocean. The btltldV «»• iwd for public meetings. atsembllee ot all deIon*. and the first court h thr county was convened here

M«-'h :o. i«»2.

Tt» first doctor fcnosn; In Cape S County was Richard Smith. *»-« In 1705 glvwa a license Ptactice Clrurgery hit]" He Is supposed to have from Egg Harbor

► M»y.

the winter of 1713-14 the l! r came near being depopu ■ hy a grevlout sickness tick carried ojf between (0 and '* the Inhabltanta. The diat»ni* on with pain In tb< htt-aat and sometimes In the navel, tuotb. eye, hand. u *- or ear. It can scarcely i roujectured from th* above reJ ft symptoms what the true ^"rr of the disease could * be»n. u was a severe retrfio ti In » population of «o»e 1 f>r thrw hundred, and Pro. * alone, who saw proper to '« ran solve the mystery." Jr* «*r undoubtedly an epl“itJc «.( Infiuensa. which at lr,o! * r Intervals for centuries 'hreatened to annlbiDte the

Japr May County responded _ f »U for volunteers during

I. 1*25. comimvaioned March ISIS." . I Physicians must have continued be a scarce article for from writer of 1520. referring to ...e people of the county, we gather the following: They are hospitable and rewpcclable for the propriety of their manners and blmscd usually with excellent health, fntll lately they have known little practically of thewe necessary evils of soclsl life, the physician and the lawyer." Among the pioneers of the profrwslon who traveled through the country on horseback or In two-

wheel-d gig*.

should be made of Dr.

Bcesley. who graduated In 1«Z6. He was a noted scholar, educator historian and legislator. In 1167 he**wrote a history of Cape M-T UtlcU. Oth-n. --- a.”"' Marcy. 152C: E- L B Wal«i.

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During the civil war. Dr. John Wiley served as rhlef surgeon of thr Sixth Regiment of Infantry

from August 17. 1««1. tember 17. 16(4 Dr J. Hoi

Willem, who was born ,n JP‘“ Creek In 1824 and graduated In Medicine In 1855. was In the service ss captain, major and lieutenant-colonel, serving from October 18. 1841. «o August 11 1*62. James Mecray. Jr.. w»i acting assistant surgeon from No-

a the

A WIDE- CHOICE-

physician" In the county 1*

membership roll and much active

and efficient work has been along all medical lines.

The record of tue medical professlon of the country during the world war would fill a volume and will be the work of some fuhistorlan. but It l* eminently proper at this time to state that every physician, regardless of age or physical condition, expressed s willingness to do everything possible for the tmuse of humanity and the country’s good and nearly every one took up

line of work, a large ma-

jority entering the service. Air vg those worthy of special m- iflon Is Colonel C M. Gandy, of the regular army. who. following a term of service at West Point, was acting surgeon general for over a year. Major CharleL Gandy. Major C. W. Way and Captain J. S. Knowlea aaw service

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How to qualify for the C. M. T. camp* was also explained by Major Way. "If you are not younger than 17 or older than 24. of average healtn and good character, you an- eligible to cater the** outc'oor camps without expense." he dared. ner selecting which of the or camp* with vacancle* open, •llglbl* youths should comply with the following: Get an application blank and fill It out. A reputable dttrrn Is required to sign for you as your character. 3. Go to a doctor for a physical examination. Any army physidan and many private one* will give you this free of charge. 3. Sign the ajrreement to take the Inoculation against various contagion* dlaeas-'e.

There are but a few medical Institutions In the county, a county hospital being a real nec«w aity Mace's Hospital, at .Wild wood, partly aupported by county funds, does efficient work. At Ocean City, there I* a small prl vate Institution called Scotch Hall, and during the summer a well managed hnapltal for babies Is conducted. Plan# for a coun ty welfare home are being formu lated. and the Institution will be ready for opening *" " * month*. At Woodbine there 1* a State Inslltuton known as "The Woodbine Colony for Fccblr Minded

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