This collection contains the constitution and by-laws of the organization along with minutes and some financial information from 1894 to 1903. There is a club photograph, probably from 1894. There is also a history of the club and a poem about it written sometime after 1903.
Members in the photograph are:
Hugh Nelson Leavell, 1873-1924
Charles H. Stine, 1862-1942
Oscar E. Bloch, Sr., 1871-1951
Peter Sebastian Ganz, 1861-1916
Benjamin Carlos Frazier, 1864-1928
William K. Turner, 1870-1935
John J. Moren, 1871-1948
William August Keller, 1867-1927
William P. Banta, 1873-1966
William V. Laws, 1877-1939
William P. Schwartz, 1862-1925
John K. Freeman, 1867-1940
Gavin Fulton, 1873-1953
James Tolbert Windell, 1865-1943
Crittenden Joyes, 1870-1941
Founded as the Metropolitan Medical Society of Kentucky in 1894, the organization’s purpose was to elevate medical science and promote research among its members. It was open to Louisville physicians who graduated from medical school after 1892. By the ninth meeting, the name of the organization was changed to Practitioners Club of Louisville. Meetings consisted of case reports presented by the members, followed by discussion.
Practitioners Club of Louisville records, KORN138. Kornhauser Health Sciences Library.
Practitioners Club of Louisville records, KORN138. Kornhauser Health Sciences Library. https://archivescatalog.library.louisville.edu/repositories/3/resources/832 Accessed March 07, 2021.