Description
This book was written in celebration of the first one hundred years of the Polk County Medical Society in Des Moines, Iowa. It is a chronicle of the historical development of the practice of medicine from 1842-1951. It is divided into four parts: Part I - Early Medical Pioneers, 1842-1851; Part II - Organization of Polk County Medical Society 1851-1876; Part III - 1876-1901; Part IV - The Last Fifty Years 1901-1951.