WISCONSIN MEDICINE Historical Perspectives Edited by Ronald L. Numbers and JudithW alzer Leavitt •·"I II " / XI ·~ "' / .. ,, \ I\' ...... E S S .\L\ p WISKONSIN 'r 1'r<>1rr, Eit 1t . f'IJ,lff'l /.f.'/J fl/(/.11 Tllf.' ~ . ' .' PUBLIC SURVEYS. ~ /.:! :· "~l /f .~/ .t?-~/h ,.., ,/ I _.; y., I IJOI .Yl>.\H 1· t. JS J..' OY TllP. 11/ l"Tll .V1'ATI." E\'T.111/;J.'i "I~ jA{ .. r .. i.''/ /, ; e/t'.t''v , j{ .Af, /w.~. .. "AO{Uf ,.• •••. ,,,_._;_., <># 7 7 l ,., ' ...- I\ /,. / r- TllN J.,.- AR Tl G" l.N (IJI 1•111( ()JllJl.Y,A.,.1•1.· OJ" -~ .. . ' -. WISCONSIN MEDICINE Historical Perspectives .. ( 1•1 I' 110 COUGHS A U.l.r.J 11(1lf1tfl,_. ('<il.ll°i, ('A'l .\.Jiil ii. llltlll'I· (Ill I HI, ,\'fl'llMA A ' II CONSUMPTION iu Ith i•iH IYt "1\t(N\ lliHtfl I Hl~t" t')illol1t-ll f111111 I l)ifo•' •'"y"r ,,,f1 "1•,iJtn .l..\•1l 0t1\ 1•i ii '1"1l'1"1'l 111l )l1tn> 0, jt,, ,,l.f,",i,.,:,tl.,•4.•r•1ull1,( 11t1n 1,1,1.,\ 't10t \k\•I )H \'A11'4' ' "4 h•l•lfft It\•·"'· •••11tlUl1.C lq 11io tit ~rnt y ti( ll11' • ol'lt"J, \. ,.,. • ~· !l. ~j (', .. 1.. .... ~t ••1h11~111&10 ii( /J11/:..::JHOOP. Courtesy of Cucnter B. llissc Patent medicines, like Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure, bottled in Racine, offered Wisconsin resi dents a popular alternative or supplement to professional medical care. Wisconsin Medicine Historical Perspectives Edited by Ronald L. Numbers and Judith Walzer Leavitt THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS Published 1981 The University of Wisconsin Press 114 North Murray Street Madison, Wisconsin 53715 The University of Wisconsin Press, Ltd. 1 Cower Street London WClE 6HA, England Copyright© 1981 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System All rights reserved First printing Printed in the United States of America For LC CIP information see the colophon ISBN 0-299-08430-2 endpaper map: 1839 map of"Wiskonsin" territory, compiled from the public surveys, cour tesy of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, WHi (X31)17448 To the memory of William Snow Miller (1858-1939) and William Shainline Middleton (1890-1975) Pioneers of the History of Medicine in Wisconsin