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 32G HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 12. 1873. and was graduated at the University of Minnesota in 1900. Other physicians than those named established themselves in the county since the beginning of its settlement. They are embraced in the Lists following the various points of location. Cannon Falls — Drs. Goodwin. AY. Greaves. J. A. Armington, Hill. E. L. Hills. K. Frettheim, G. Bjornstad, S. Stringer. Alagnu- son. Golberg, V. B. Jorgerson. Goodhue — Drs. S. E. Howard, E. S. Swartout, P. I). Whyte. Kenyon— Drs. A. Brown. A. H. Hewitt. Rutherford, Coleman, Turner. Airs. Turner, Wing, McDade, Mrs. McDade, R. Leland. Pine Island— Drs. P. R. Weil, Holmes, R. < '. Banks. Baker, W. Woodward, Sr., W. Woodward, Jr., Bothwell, W. s. Craddoek, E. L. JeweU, C. B. McKaig. Red Wing — Drs. A. II. Jones, .Mills. E. C. Bolander, Eliza Paulson, F. Keller, F. Delaine. M. Johnson, C. A. Burnett. A. ( '. Clum, X. Nelson, < >. Nelson. Swedenburg, 1". < '. Bjorneby. Vasa — Dr. Tigerhjelm. Zumbrota- Drs. 0. I. Hall, Slawson, Shattuek, Well- come. I). Brainerdj J. C. Cockburn, A. Hirsh, A. Koren, Sedgwick, C. AI. Frye, Beebe, J. C. Crewe, T. R. Watson, Courtney, G. C. Hoff. No man. woman or child in this county can be so situated as not to be a debtor to one of these men. They are the members of a profession which exacts from them the largesl responsibility and the greatesl death rate in the world, receiving no rewards comparable with the work done or the burdens borne. They are the men thai are fighting in behalf of the people against death. We need imi begrudge destructive heroes their Fame, but the con- structive ones oughl not to be forgotten. The heroism of skill and toil belonging to the Latter class is worthy of as grateful record. No other men under heaven can do humanity so much good as physicians. To create a medium for intellectual exchange and to give pro- tection to the public and the profession^ the Goodhue County Medical Society was founded in 1869. The charter members, so far as now known were : Drs. AY. W. Sweney, A. B. Hawley, C. N. Hewitt. E. S. Park, F. F. Hoyt. B. Jaehnig, of Red Wing; Charles Hill, of Pine Island; Christian J. Gronvold. of Norway; 0. H. Hall, of Zumbrota. The official records of the society have, unfortunately, not been preserved, and it is now quite impossible even to outline its usefulness in its infancy. However, we may still be able to impress the reader with the sterling integrity of its members, who traveled twenty or thirty miles by team to attend these meetings. They had a deep and enduring interest in the manifold problems of medicine and a human interest in the affairs of their brotherhood and our Great Master's entire family. They found that society work was both a direct aid and a stim- ulus, and that in a multitude of counsel there is wisdom. The