A history of the medical profession of southern California / with an historical sketch by George H. Kress and an introduction by Walter Lindley.

  • Kress, George H.
Date:
1910
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Credit: A history of the medical profession of southern California / with an historical sketch by George H. Kress and an introduction by Walter Lindley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER II. THE PIONEER PERIOD. A FEE TABLE OF 1850. Mr. IT. D. Barrows of Los Angeles, whose contributions to the Southern California Historical Society have been so valuable, gives the following inter- esting account of some old papers, particularly a fee table of the year 1850, with remarks on some of the Los Angeles physicians of that period, whom he personally knew.4 “In turning over to the Historical Society the accompanying brief histor- ical document, (which I lately received from Ex-Sheriff Wm. R. Rowland,) con- taining the signatures of four early physicians of Los Angeles, I have thought that some account of two of the signers whom I knew quite well, would be of interest to the members of our society. “The document referred to, which Ex-Sheriff Rowland found among old papers of the Sheriff’s office, was a public notice or “Aviso,” of the scale of charges, (in Spanish,) by the doctors of that period, (January, 1850,) for their professional services, as follows: Aviso. “A la junta de la Facultad de Medi- cos de Los Angeles, Enero 14th, 1850, la seguienta lista de precios era adoptado: Art. 1. Por una prescripcion en la officina $ 5.00 Art. 2. Por una visita en la ciudad de dia 5.00 Art. 3. Por una visita en la ciudad de noche 10.00 Art. 4. Por una visita en el campo par cada legua 5.00 Art. 5. Por una Sangria 5.00 Art. 6. Por cada aplicacion de Yentoses 10.00 Firmamos nuestros nombres al an- tecedente: [Firnados.] Chas. R. Cullen. A. I. Blackburn. J. W. Dodge. Guillermo B. Osbourn. (Translation.) Notice. At a meeting of the Medical Fac- ulty of Los Angeles, January 14,1850, the following list of prices was adopted: Art. 1. For an office prescrip- tion $ 5.00 Art. 2. For a day visit within the city 5.00 Art. 3. For a night visit with- in the city 10.00 Art. 4. For a visit in the coun- try, for each league 5.00 Art. 5. For bleeding 5.00 Art. 6. For cupping 10.00 We subscribe our names to the fore- going : [Signers.] Chas. R. Cullen. A. I. Blackburn. J. W. Dodge. Wm. B. Osbourn. “Dr. Guillermo B. Osbourn, one of the signers, who was a native of New York, came to California in 1847 in Col. Stevenson’s regiment. He established the first drug store in Los Angeles in 1850, which was succeeded in ’51 by that of McFarland and Downey. Daguerreotypes were first taken in Los Angeles by Dr. Osbourn and Moses Searles, on Aug. 9, 1851. In fact, Dr. Osbourn’s versatility was something remarkable. It is not easy to recount all the official positions he filled, or the numerous important public functions he performed. In those early days immediately after the change of government, by means of his rare intellectual ability, together with his knowledge of the Spanish lan- guage, he made himself a very useful citizen in various capacities. When, as