The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-08
First Pure Food Act.

The society even passed a pure
food and drug act, the first of the
kind in the state. 1t was worded as
follows, according to the minutes:
On motion of DR.. McGugin, the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved that in the opinion Of the
society, the sale Of adulterated drugs
and chemicals should be speedily ar
rested and to this end the legislature
OF the state of Iowa be meunorialized
at the coming session on the subject,
and an appeal be made to those en-
gagged in the trade within the limits
of the state to supply the profession
with pure and unadulterated med
icines.
Resolved that we hereby solemn
ly pledge ourselves to encourage
those whose regard for the health
and lives Of the community and the
success of the medical profession will
prompt them to procure select med
icines, and that when such can be
obtained we will purchase none 9TH
err"
Drs. McGugin. Hudson and e. D..
Ransom were the committee to
| memorabilia the legislature"
keokuk Doctors Organize.
In the issue Of November, 1885, is
a chronicle Of the organization of
the City Medical society SAT an ad-
journed meeting of majority of the
physicians of the city of Keokuk for
the purpose of forming a city medical
society was held on the third OF
October at the Office of DR.. Bond,
Dr.. J. f. Sanford in the chair. The
objects of the society are to main
tain and elevate the standard OF the
medical profession promote the har-
mony and usefulness Of it's members
and to secure its Just rights and priv
ileges. The association is denomin-
ated the Medical Society of the City
Of Keokuk,' and holds it's meetings,
| quarterly. The officers of the so
ciety are elected for one year and are
as follows: DR.. J. Willard, presi-
dent; DR.. J. Haines, vice president;
DR.. E. r. Ford, secretary and treas
urer; DR.. M. F. Collins, librarian.
and Drs. D. l.. McGugin, ]. F. San
ford and B. N. Bond, censors."
In this same issue Is short no
tice captioned New College Build
ing" and saying our new college
building is about completed. 1t oc-
cupies commanding and beautiful
eminence in the southwest part of
the city. When finished it will be a
neat and tasty structure, conven-
iently arranged for the purpose of
medical instruction" This was the
first college building at Third and
Des Moines streets.
In view of the fact that there are
many women in the medical profess
sion today, and that women are talk
ing a prominent part in the world
! today, the following is quite humor-
Gus: female College of Philadel-
phia. The fascinating humbug OF
the day seems to be realizing an
seventy women have matriculated
Insane Hospital Here.
A provision was made at one time
for an insane hospital at Keokuk.
That there could not be less than
forty or fifty of these unfortunates
in the state, was the comment. The
following is an extract from a letter
from Dr. Sanford in which he writes
from Iowa City in 1851, con Tuesday
morning, a petition for an approprla-
ton to build a state lunatic asylum
signed by several hundred names
was introduced into the senate and
after, an able memorial
ON the same subject from DR.. Nc
Gugin We cannot indicate exactly
the number of lunatics to be provided
for, but adopting the proportion to
the whole population found in other /
western states there cannot be :, less |
than forty or fifty of these unfortu- |
nate beings in Iowa. The petitions |
and memorial ELECTED an early action !
on the part of the senate, and it Is |
they are now ready to |
'eport a bill, appropriating $4,000 to
the erection of an asylum for the in
sane at Keol1uk, making provision /
Tor their safety and welfare until