Lancaster City and County Medical Society

With a mission “to promote and protect the practice of medicine for the physicians of Lancaster County so they may provide the highest quality patient-centered care in an increasingly complex environment”, the Lancaster City & County Medical Society (LCCMS) provides many sources of research into Lancaster’s medical history. This section includes excepts from their publication ‘Our Medical Heritage’ and other historical records.


Early History of LC&CMS

Herbert L. Tindall, M.D. - Chapter 2 of 'Our Medical Heritage' 

The 100th Anniversary of LC&CMS

Charles P. Stahr, M.D. - Chapter 6 of 'Our Medical Heritage', edited by Henry S. Wentz, M.D. 

Samuel Humes, M.D.

Herbert L. Tindall, M.D. - Chapter 24 of 'Our Medical Heritage' 

Colonel Charles Patterson Stahr, M.D.

Henry S. Wentz, M.D. - Chapter 7 of 'Our Medical Heritage' 

Henry Carpenter, M.D.

S. Kendrick Eshleman, M.D. and H.S. Wentz, M.D. - Chapter 26 of 'Our Medical Heritage' 

The History of the LC&CMS (1944-1994)

Roland A. Loeb, M.D. - Chapter 8 of 'Our Medical Heritage' 

George Kerfoot, M.D.

John W. W. Loose, M.A. and Thomas Winpenny, Ph.D. - Chapter 27 of 'Our Medical Heritage' 

Changes in Delivery, Health Care, Technology and Economics over the Past 50 Years

Robert Johnson, M.D. - Chapter 17 of 'Our Medical Heritage' 

D. Hayes Agnew, M.D.

Henry S. Wentz, M.D. - Chapter 30 of 'Our Medical Heritage' 

Lancaster Medicine Editorials

Roland A. Loeb, M.D. - Chapter 9 of 'Our Medical Heritage' 

Drs. Muhlenberg

Henry S. Wentz, M.D. - Chapter 31 of 'Our Medical Heritage' 

The 150th Anniversary Banquet

Patricia Nazemetz and William J. Kane, M.D. - Chapter 20 of 'Our Medical Heritage', edited by David Wiley, D.O. 

John B. Deaver, M.D.

Henry S. Wentz, M.D. - Chapter 33 of 'Our Medical Heritage 

A Case of Prolonged Labor

Herbert L. Tindall, M.D. - Chapter 21 of 'Our Medical Heritage' 

The Fiftieth Anniversary of the LC&CMS

Jacob L. Zeigler, M.D. - Chapter 3 of 'Our Medical Heritage', edited by Herbert L. Tindall, M.D. 

Charter Members of the LC&CMS

Chapter 4 of 'Our Medical Heritage' 

The Ninetieth Year of the LC&CMS

E.T. Prizer, M.D. - Chapter 5 of 'Our Medical Heritage', edited by Herbert L. Tindall, M.D. 

Past Presidents of the LC&CMS: 1844-2019

H.L. Tindall, M.D. and R.A. Loeb, M.D. - Chapter 10 of 'Our Medical Heritage', with additions from Stephen T. Olin, M.D.