Lancaster County Medical History

‘The Physicians of Columbia’ from ‘Hale Columbia: A True & Complete Study of Infectious Disease & Medicine in a Small Pennsylvania Town at the Turn of the Century’

Joseph W. Lahr, M.D. This excerpt are part of a book entitled "Hale Columbia", a medical record of Columbia, PA. from 1893-1905. If you want more of his excellent medical summaries of institutions of Columbia, diseases and "cures"of those days, medical education in the 1800's, and physicians of Columbia, you may purchase his book from the Edward Hand Medical Museum for a $20 donation, which will be given to the Museum by Dr. Lahr. We appreciate Dr. Lahr's philanthropy and support of the Museum and medical history

David G. McCaa, M.D.

Henry S. Wentz, M.D. - Chapter 32 of 'Our Medical Heritage'

David Ramsay, early American patriot and historian, was born in Drumore

Jack Brubaker

Dr. Albert Defresne – A Man of Mystery

Mrs. Mary N. Robinson

Druggists From “the Lower End”

Stanley White - Article originally printed in the Spring 2020 edition of the Newsletter of the Southern Lancaster County Historical Society, with additional resource guide.

Dust, Vapors, and More Dust: Some Suggestive Data and Case Studies on the Subtlety of Occupational Lung Disease in Early 20th Century Lancaster

Thomas R. Winpenny, Ph.D

His Heart Was in the Case: A History of Doctors in Southern Lancaster County

Henry S. Wentz, M.D. from "Solanco Heritage -- History of Southern Lancaster County 1729 - 1991". Permission granted by Henry S. Wentz, MD

History of Medicine and Medical Men in Lancaster County

Chapter XXII: History of Medicine and Medical Men of Lancaster County from 'History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania' by Samuel Evans and Franklin Ellis

In Sickness and In Health From Conoy Township

Audrey Gates Snyder and Jane Andrews Sweigart

Lancaster County Medicine in Colonial Days

Herbert L. Tindall, M.D. - Chapter 1 of 'Our Medical Heritage'

Medical Heritage Tour of Southern Lancaster County

Henry S. Wentz, M.D. - Chapter 18 of 'Our Medical Heritage'

Medical, Dental and Pharmacy History of Quarryville, Pennsylvania: The Family Doctor and Dentist

Mike Roth and Stanley T. White

Medicine: The Changing Scene

Wilson Bucher

Physicians and Medicine in Southern Lancaster County

Henry S. Wentz, M.D.

The History of Diabetes in Lancaster County

Jocelyn M. Dialectos

The Nickle Mines Amish School Tragedy – October 2, 2006

Thoughts of a Lancaster County Physician

James T. Eastman, MD

The Sidle Microscope

Henry S. Wentz, M.D. - Chapter 15 of 'Our Medical Heritage'

Timeline of Discoveries and Events

Henry S. Wentz, M.D.

Women in Medicine in Lancaster County

Mary Ellen Smith Meiser, M.D. - Chapter 12 of 'Our Medical Heritage', edited by Herbert L. Tindall, M.D