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Chapter Seven Notes

  1. Peoriana Notebooks, vol. 15, p. 26, Peoria Public Library.

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  2. Emge Research Materials-Typewritten copies of Cooper Correspondence - Box 3, Folder 16, Elias Samuel Cooper Papers - MS 458, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library. See material labeled Illinois Period for a copy of the advertisement of Peoria Eye Infirmary and Orthopedic Establishment as published in Peoria Weekly Republican on 23 July 1852.

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  3. Based on materials held at Peoria Public Library. See quotations from Peoria newspapers.

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  4. James G. Burrow, AMA, Voice of American Medicine (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1963), pp. 8-9 and pp. 33-36.Lane Library catalog record

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  5. Abraham Flexner, Medical Education in the United States and Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Boston: D.B. Updike, Merrymount Press,1910), 346 pp.Lane Library catalog record

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  6. Proceedings of the National Medical Conventions, New York, May 1846, and in Philadelphia, May, 1847 (Philadelphia: Printed for the American Medical Association by T.K. and P.G. Collins, Printers, 1847), pp. 63-78.Lane Library catalog record

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  7. Proceedings of the National Medical Conventions, New York, May 1846, and in Philadelphia, May, 1847 (Philadelphia: Printed for the American Medical Association by T.K. and P.G. Collins, Printers, 1847), pp. 70-71.Lane Library catalog record

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  8. Proceedings of the National Medical Conventions, New York, May 1846, and in Philadelphia, May, 1847 (Philadelphia: Printed for the American Medical Association by T.K. and P.G. Collins, Printers, 1847), pp. 83-106.Lane Library catalog record

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  9. Proceedings of the Medical Convention for the Purpose of Organizing the Illinois State Medical Society, Held at Springfield, June 4, 1850 (Chicago: Printed by Jas. J. Langdon, 1850), p. 22.

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  10. Donald E. Konold, A History of American Medical Ethics - 1847-1912 (Madison, Wisconsin: Department of History, University of Wisconsin, 1962), pp. 14-31.Lane Library catalog record

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  11. David J. Davis, History of Medical Practice in Illinois, Vol. 2, 1850-1900 (Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1955), p. 492.Lane Library catalog record

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  12. See excerpt dated 19 April 1848 from Minute Book of Peoria Medical Society, Peoria County Medical Society. Also, letter, Hanni to Wilson, 20 July 1989, Peoria Medical Society - Box 2.31, John L. Wilson papers - MSS 39, Lane Medical Archives, Stanford.

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  13. Lucius H. Zeuch, History of Medical Practice in Illinois, Vol. 1, Preceding 1850 (Chicago: The Book Press Inc., 1927), p 515.Lane Library catalog record

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  14. Editorial, "Peoria District Medical Society," North-Western Medical and Surgical Journal 1, no. 2 (Jan-Jul 1848): 183-184.Lane Library catalog record

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  15. Penny Press, "A glimpse of historical Peoria," June 4, 1981, page 8.

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  16. Walker’s Buffalo City Directory, (Buffalo, New York, 1844).

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  17. History of Peoria County, ed. not specified (Chicago: Johnson and Company, 1880), p. 623.

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  18. James M. Rice, Peoria City and County, Illinois: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. 1 (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912), p. 352.

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  19. Newton Bateman, Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, Vol. 2 (Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co., 1902), p. 404.

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  20. "American Intelligence: Domestic Summary," American Journal of Medical Sciences 13, no. 26 (Apr 1847): 521-522.Lane Library catalog record

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  21. E.F. Wells, "Old Times in Illinois," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 5 (Apr 1912-Jan 1913): pp. 179 and 187.

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  22. William R. Sandham, "Two pioneer doctors of Stark County, Illinois," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 13 (Apr 1920-Jan 1921): p. 538.

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  23. William R. Sandham, "Two pioneer doctors of Stark County, Illinois," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 13 (Apr 1920-Jan 1921): p. 540.

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  24. William R. Sandham, "Two pioneer doctors of Stark County, Illinois," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 13 (Apr 1920-Jan 1921): pp. 540-41.

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  25. Letter, Hanni to Wilson, 25 May 1989, Peoria Medical Society - Box 2.31, John L. Wilson papers - MSS 39, Lane Medical Archives, Stanford.

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  26. Transactions, American Medical Association, Vol. 2 (1849) (Philadelphia: T.K. and P.G. Collins, Printers, 1849), p. 40.

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  27. Proceedings of the Medical Convention for the purpose of organizing the Illinois State Medical Society, Springfield, June 4, 1850, together with the Constitution, By-Laws and Code of Ethics adopted by the Society (Chicago: Jas. J. Langdon, Printer, 1850), 31 pp.

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  28. Transactions, American Medical Association, Vol. 2 (1849) (Philadelphia: T.K. and P.G. Collins, Printers, 1849), pp. 40-41.

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  29. Elias S. Cooper, "Chloroform in surgical operations," Proceedings of the Illinois State Medical Society (June 3-4, 1851): Appendix B, pp. 21-25.

    Elias S. Cooper, "Collodion in entropium," Transactions of the Illinois State Medical Society (June 1-3, 1852): Appendix B, pp. 31-32.

    Elias S. Cooper, "A new instrument for cauterizing the urethra," Transactions of the Illinois State Medical Society (June 1-3, 1852): Appendix C, pp. 33-35.

    Elias S. Cooper, "Remarks on the treatment of incomplete anchylosis of the knee-joint," (June 1-3, 1852): Appendix D, pp. 37-43.

    At the Third Annual Meeting of the Illinois State Medical Society held at Chicago, June, 1853, E.S. Cooper is reported in the Minutes to have read a "paper on the medical and surgical diseases of the eye ...". This paper was not printed in the Transactions of the Illinois State Medical Society, June 7-9, 1853.

    Elias S. Cooper, "Walking rendered the primary element in the cure of deformities of the lower extremities; its early adaptation to white swelling and coxalgia, with apparatus for carrying out the designs of the same," Transactions of the Illinois State Medical Society (June 6-7, 1854): pp. 39-54.

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  30. Elias S. Cooper, "Remarks on Congestive Fever," St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, Part 1: vol. 6, no. 4 (Jan-Feb 1849): 323-327; Part 2: vol. 7, no. 1 (Jan 1850): 20-25.Lane Library catalog record

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  31. Elias S. Cooper, "Congestive Fever.-.Part of a paper read before the Peoria City Medical Society," North-Western Medical and Surgical Journal 3, no. 4 (Nov 1850): 299-306.Lane Library catalog record

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  32. Henry J. Bigelow, "Insensibility during surgical operations produced by inhalation," Boston Medical and Surgical Journal 35, no. 16 (Nov 18): 309-317.Lane Library catalog record

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  33. James Y. Simpson, "On a new anaesthetic agent, more efficient than sulfuric ether," Lancet 2, no. 21 (Nov 20, 1847) 549-550.Lane Library catalog record

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  34. Elias S. Cooper, "Chloroform in surgical operations," in Proceedings of the Illinois State Medical Society, First Annual Meeting, Peoria, June 2, 1851, Appendix B. (Chicago: Jas. J. Langdon Book and Job Printer, 1851), pp. 23-25.

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  35. John Snow, "On the fatal cases of inhalation of chloroform," Edinburgh Medical Journal 72 (Jul 1, 1849): 75-87.Lane Library catalog record

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  36. Elias S. Cooper, "Editors' Table: The frequency of death by chloroform," San Francisco Medical Press 2, no. 5 (Jan 1861): 40-41.Lane Library catalog record

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  37. David J. Davis, ed., History of Medical Practice in Illinois, Vol. 2, 1850-1900 (Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1955), p. 158.Lane Library catalog record "Dr. E.S. Cooper of Peoria reported (to the State Medical Society) on an opportunity of testing the effects of chloroform as an anesthetic agent in 79 surgical operations. . . .This is the first record of the use of chloroform in the state."

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  38. "Early Medical Practice in Peoria," Peoria (IL) Star, Sunday, March 11, 1934. "In this locality it is said that he administered the first general anaesthetic given west of the Allegheny mountains."

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  39. Daniel Brainard, "On the inhalation of etherial vapor for the prevention of pain during surgical operations," Illinois and Indiana Medical and Surgical Journal 1, no. 6 (Feb 1847): 544-549.Lane Library catalog record

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  40. Daniel Brainard, "On the inhalation of sulphuric ether," Illinois and Indiana Medical and Surgical Journal 2, no. 4 (1847 Oct): 382-384.Lane Library catalog record

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  41. "Chloroform," (Announcement) Illinois and Indiana Medical and Surgical Journal 2, no. 5 (1847 Dec): 480.Lane Library catalog record

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  42. R.D. Mussey, "Report upon ether and chloroform," Ohio Medical and Surgical Journal l, no. 1 (Sep 1848): 86-89.Lane Library catalog record

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  43. John Hunter, "The Application of Caustic to Strictures," in Treatise on Venereal Disease, 3rd edition (London: W. Bulmer and Col., 1810), pp. 134-140.Lane Library catalog record

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  44. Philippe Ricord, "Stricture of the Urethra," in A Practical Treatise on Venereal Diseases, 3rd edition (New York: J.S. Redfield, Clinton Hall, 1848), pp. 310-311.Lane Library catalog record

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  45. Printed Materials - Box 1, Folder 7, Elias Samuel Cooper Papers - MS 458, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library.

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  46. Proceedings, Illinois State Medical Society, June 3, 1851, p. 7, Pamphlets Collected by E.S. Cooper, vol. 3, Lane Medical Library Special Collections, Stanford.Lane Library catalog record

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  47. Transactions, Illinois State Medical Society, June 1852, p. 15, Pamphlets Collected by E. S. Cooper, vol. 10, Lane Medical Library Special Collections, Stanford.Lane Library catalog record

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  48. Transcripts of Minutes of Peoria Medical Society, Peoria County Medical Society.

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  49. Correspondence 1844-1854 - Box 1, Folder 1, Elias Samuel Cooper Papers - MS 458, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library. This folder contains the rough draft of a letter handwritten in 1854 from Cooper to the President and members of the Illinois State Medical Society. In editing the letter for inclusion in the text, punctuation has been added, dates interpolated, abbreviated words spelled out, and wording minimally rearranged where necessary to clarify meaning.

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  50. Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, Current Opinions (Chicago: American Medical Association, 1989), pp. 18-19.Lane Library catalog record

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  51. Correspondence 1844-1854 - Box 1, Folder 1, Elias Samuel Cooper Papers - MS 458, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library.

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  52. Diary of Jacob Cooper, in the personal collection of John McDonnell. The handwritten Diary of Jacob Cooper in eight bound volumes covering the period from 1847 to 1901 is held by his great grandson, Captain John R. McDonnell of Houston, Texas. Captain McDonnell has generously made excerpts from the Diary available to Lane Medical Archives where they are filed in the John L. Wilson papers (MSS 39).

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  53. James Morison, "Obituary of Dr. E.S. Cooper," Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal 5, no. 10 (Oct 1862): 307-309.Lane Library catalog record

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  54. Correspondence 1844-1854 - Box 1, Folder 1, Elias Samuel Cooper Papers - MS 458, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library. (1) Letter from Jacob Cooper in Edinburgh to ESC dated 31 Oct 1854 acknowledging receipt of letters from ESC posted in London and Paris.. (2) Letter from ESC in London to a "Dr. Welch" (? in Edinburgh) dated 3 Dec 1854 in which ESC refers to dexterity of French surgeons, etc. Folder: Correspondence 1855. (1) Letter from Mr. McKnight of Granville IL to ESC in Peoria dated 24 Jan 1855 in which McKnight states that he received ESC's letter from Paris dated 16 Nov 1854 and his letter from Peoria dated 14 Jan 1855. (2) Letter from Consul Kennon of Cork, Ireland, to ESC in Peoria dated 22 Feb 1855 in which he mentions the anticipated departure of ESC from Liverpool for New York "on or about 8 December 1854."

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  55. Correspondence, 1855 - Box 1, Folder 2, Elias Samuel Cooper Papers - MS 458, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library.

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  56. Otto Juettner, Drake and His Followers (Cincinnati: Harvey Publishing Co., 1909), pp. 220-223.Lane Library catalog record

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  57. F. N. Otis, History of the Panama Railroad (New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1867), pp. 1-36.

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  58. C.-E. A. Winslow, Man and Epidemics (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952), 183.Lane Library catalog record

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  59. John Haskell Kemble, The Panama Route, 1848-1869, University of California Publications in History, Vol. 29 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943) pp. 58-59.

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  60. John Haskell Kemble, The Panama Route, 1848-1869, University of California Publications in History, Vol. 29 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943) pp. 70; 73 and 147-148.

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  61. Emmet Rixford, "Early medical schools on the Pacific Coast," Pacific Medical Journal 56, no. 3 (Mar 1913): p. 158.Lane Library catalog record

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  62. Emmet Rixford, "Early history of medical education in California," Annals of Surgery 88, no. 3 (Sep 1928): p. 323.Lane Library catalog record

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  63. Correspondence, 1856 - Box 1, Folder 3, Elias Samuel Cooper Papers - MS 458, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library. (1) Letter, McDonald to Cooper dated 25 Feb 1856; (2) Letter, McDonald to Cooper dated 18 May 1856.

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  64. Levi C. Lane, "Obituary of Elias Samuel Cooper," San Francisco Medical Press 3, no. 12 (Oct 1862): 231.Lane Library catalog record

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  65. Emge Research Materials-Correspondence, 1930-1978 - Box 3, Folder 14, Elias Samuel Cooper Papers - MS 458, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library. (1) Letter, Jacob Cooper to ESC dated 21 August 1855; (2) Letter, Mary Cooper to ESC dated 30 September 1855; (3) Letter, Carrie Cooper to ESC dated 10 February 1856; (4) Letter, Jacob Cooper to ESC dated 11 Feb 1856

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