Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-04-04
To the Physicians OF belmont
County.

OOuAtys
yAboutthe year IS46 the Physicians
of Belmont County and vicinity formed
society called the aBelment Medical
Society" for the purpose of promoting
harmony and good fellowship, and ele-
waiting the cause of Medical science and
| its collateral branches. Their transac-
tions were published annually from
1916 to 1856, succeeded by the aBelmont
Medical Journaln which was published
monthly from June 1858 to July 1860.
The society, by the publication of its
transactions and journal obtained con-
siderable celebrity in the Medical
world. As an embodiment of science
and good common sense, the transac-
tiOns and Journal were sought far and
near during their publicatiens-and
lsince the suspension they have been
inquired for. I think, Oftenerthan falls
to the lot of many more pretentious
periodicals. Having been the publish
er, | have been requested by several
Literary Institutions and by some of
the principal physicians of New York
to furnish them with copies for preser-
vation-moSt of which were supplied.
[AheA hOn OOAIOS . 4N1aOOb 1AOl1l w dSn-
ington, as follows: -
WAR DEPARTMENT. {,
SURGEON GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 9th.
POSTMASTER, Bridgeport Ohio.
Dear .Sir:-The Surgeon General is
desirons of.obtaihing for he2Eibrary of
this Office. all that was published, of a
Medical periodical called s5Fhe Belmont
Medical Journal" published at Bridge
port, Ohio You viii confer favor if
you will place this communication I'M
the hands of some Physician who will
probably be willing and able to assist
Us. The Surgeon General viii he gla Il
to purchase the Journals or to furnish
some of the valuable publication of this
office in exchange.
Very Respectfully, 80
Your obedient Servant. ,,,.q !
s. d. BILLINGS, Asst Surgeon, u. s. A.
m Copies of the Society's publication
are scarce. have been induced to pub
lish the above request, and ask if any
of the members can furnish full series
to be deposited amongst the archives of
the nation. They certainly ought to
be there. A suggestion, would it not
be well, as the society has established a
reputation for efficiency and talent, tt0i
start anew and resume their duties;
the present practitioners, of Belmont
County. are not inferior in point of talent
to those who have preceded them. and
as "the safety of the people is the Su-
preme Law" would itnot becomet them
to add their knowledge to the general
stock, and assist in pushing forward
the grand experiments newgOing on in
all departments of Physical Science.
What say you, Esculapians, to, thei
lp'r'Tpps prr'0pp0ssa'llly1 Il za I.aIh-I lI.llH A.
Dreadful. Accident. at Parkers-
-. b. - burg. Sss,a ls:..i.s
From the Times. a.si5 i5isa.sssaaj
AbeutS 8 o'clock last evening, a. wo-
man attempted to cross the railroad
track near the bridge when a freight
train was going out. The train had a
light ahead which, it seems, must have
blinded the woman. as she did not APP,
pear to observe that another was baok@i
ing down. This one struck her and
knocked her across the, track, the en4l
tire train running over her. She lay
across the track and was cut nearly in
two just below the breast bone. Oael
of the unfortunate woman's hands was
also badly mashed, and when she was
found she was indeed a terrible sight TO
behold. The engineer OF, conductor
said he was nearly thrown from the
cars when they passed over her. Tt
seems that the unfortunate woman was
just returning from hard days work.
We believe no blame has been attached
to any one. The woman's name was
Mrs. Taylor. al1 ~ ~ IL sL