| Show retiring secretary gives history of uintah basin medical society activity recently v dr H homer omer E R rich re tired alre As secretary of the dan basin medical society and presents pre the following interesting inhere biting hlatky ol of the of uie the medical pro bession during th years from 1903 1902 to the present time T the real medical history aay of the uintah basin begins be with arrival in vernal of dr bactol 1903 1902 the indian endian reservation had wt nob let been opened and vernal venial was waa fight ing an epidemic of diphtheria the local doctors were ledng ground and many people were dying almost every family was hit mid and as many as aa threw in one family had died in one day the country became panicky and a call wa was sent to denver for help dr buc tol A father as Cliance chancellor llor of den er un university hersity at that time and wi the doctor was A loung graci gra ii ate versed in modern methods of treatment the proposition waa put up to him to take the offer A guarantee had been made by vernal city for his hl expenses and reaumer atlon As no diphtheria had been used umed by the local medical anen and dr batool being versed in its ita use he brought a larger arger supply with him and won had the epidemic under control needless Need lem to bay ay that he soon had all the medical work that u in the country both the other doctors stayed here tor for awhile but finally one moved out atter the me opening of the reservation wd the other dr rose went in the orchard business ile he died in I 1 ft duchesne on an hla his way ay home from a trip to roosevelt arter after two icara ears of hard and much fast driving of horses for the doctor was knan as aa the kuler killer of horses dr bactol set sent for help dr maude garrett arrived in vernal as 03 assistant and soon was 1 I followed by dr geo 11 II christy also from denver dr 14 13 lloyo lloyal was as with ith the indian service at whiterocks and there was a 9 post surgeon with the troops tat at ft duchesne duchene after three years dr manford martin arrived from chicago and ana dr 0 boera erg from ft wane four doctors were present in vernal when I 1 arrived august 1911 at that time there nas as 9 dr kendell at roosevelt roo evelt who stayed the winter of before leaving I 1 dr christy omd and I 1 were e re bachelors and in two to weeks were rooming to to gether we conceived the idea of forming a medical society to get together and thrash out medical we consulted the other doctors during the winter of so in the raring e called a meeting of all the doctors in the basin we met at the home of dr odonnell donnell 0 end and decil nd N to ask tor for a charter to organize a basin medical society those arese prese present nt were drs 0 odonnell donnell lloyd martin bowan BOA christy and myself dr odonnell donnell 0 was elected elec tedi pami derO dr martin v loo loe president and myself as smIe tary and treasurer I 1 ws as asked to get the charter so in the spring of 1912 1 I mada a trip to salt lake by uintah stage via watson mack and D and RG to formally make application dr fl aher was waa president of the stata association with dr ewing 04 IS secretary dr horace IIo raice morrill of provo was counsellor of this district and I 1 was referred berred to him I 1 filled out the necessary papers and we received our charter on the of t september 1912 |
