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Lancaster County Medical History

As the mission of the Museum has a specific focus on Lancaster county, this section relates to the medical histories pertaining to Lancaster and neighboring regions. This section is similar to the Medicine in Pennsylvania article section but differs in that this area is focused specifically in Lancaster County. Here you’ll learn the history of medical men in Lancaster, as well as some histories from neighboring towns like Quarryville.

Pharmacist Book

This leather bound pharmacist book, located in the Edward Hand Medical Museum, ranges from July 17, 1807 to December 28, 1807. All entries include medicines, dosages and prescribing doctor.

Timeline of Discoveries and Events

 Henry S. Wentz, M.D.

David G. McCaa, M.D.

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

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

Physicians and Medicine in Southern Lancaster County

 Henry S. Wentz, M.D.

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'

‘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.

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

The History of Diabetes in Lancaster County

 Jocelyn M. Dialectos

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.

Medicine: The Changing Scene

 Wilson Bucher

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

 Mike Roth and Stanley T. White

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.

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

 Jack Brubaker

The Sidle Microscope

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

In Sickness and In Health From Conoy Township

 Audrey Gates Snyder and Jane Andrews Sweigart

Dr. Albert Defresne – A Man of Mystery

 Mrs. Mary N. Robinson

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

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