History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

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ix.CHAPTER XVII
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
PIONEER CONDITIONS-PRIMITIVE STATE OF MEDICAL PRACTICE-ALLOPATHIC PRACTITIONERS PRIOR TO I837-DR. WILLIAM THOMPSON,
FIRST PHYSICIAN-DRS. OLMSTEAD AND JOHN CHAMBERLAIN-DR.
EZRA S. PARKE —DR. CYRUS CHIPMAN-DRS. LAMB, LAMOND AND
ALGER-DR. JOHN C. EMERY-THE OLD COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
-ALLOPATHIC PRACTITIONERS FROM 1837 TO I866-THREE EARLYTIME HOMEOPATHS-PRESENT COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY-PONTIAC
MEDICAL SOCIETY-PRESENT PRACTITIONERS. 249
CHAPTER XVIII
WOMEN'S INFLUENCE IN THE COUNTY
WHAT WOMEN HAVE DONE FOR OAKLAND COUNTY (BY MARTHA BALDWIN) —WOMEN'S WORK IN PONTIAC-THE PONTIAC CITY HOSPITAL
-PONTIAC PUBLIC LIBRARY-WOMEN'S LITERARY CLUB OF PONTIAC
-THE ROUND TABLE CLUB —WEST SIDE READING CIRCLE-WOMEN'S
CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION-BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARYBIRMINGHAM LITERARY CLUB —GREENWOOD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
-LADIES' LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF HOLLY. 259
CHAPTER XIX
MILITARY MATTERS
OAKLAND COUNTY SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 8II2-NAPOLEONIC SOLDIERS-EARLY MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS-THE MEXICAN WARTHE WAR OF TIlE REBELLION-FIRST MICHIGAN INFANTRY-SECOND
INFANTRY-GENERAL I. B. RICHARDSON-THE SECOND REGIMENTTHIRD INFANTRY-THE FIFTH INFANTRY-SEVENTH REGIMENTEIGHTH AND NINTH INFANTRY REGIMENTS-THE TENTH INFANTRY
-DEATH OF ADJUTANT COWLES —THE FOURTEENTH INFANTRYTHE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH-TWENTY-SECOND INFANTRYGOVERNOR MOSES WISNER-TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY-THIRTIETH
INFANTRY AND "MECHANICS AND ENGINEERS"-CUSTER'S MICHIGAN
CAVALRY BRIGADE-THE EIGHTH CAVALRY —NINTH AND TENTH
CAVALRY REGIMENTS-MICHIGAN LIGHT ARTILLERY-ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS-MILITARY
MATTERS OF LATE. 271
CHAPTER XX
VILLAGE OF PONTIAC
COLONEL MACK'S COMPANY-FIRST PONTIAC SETTLERS-WORKS OF
MACK, CONANT AND SIBLEY-COLONEL'S MACK, FATHER AND SONSETTLERS OF I822-I836-COUNTY SEAT AND COURTHOUSE-TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION-THE VILLAGE OF AUBURN (AMY) —PONTIAC
VILLAGE INCORPORATED-EARLY TRUSTEE MEETINGS-REAL ESTATE