History of Homťopathy
OWELL, JOSEPH HARRIS, Saginaw, Michigan, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, April 4, 1847, son of Benjamin and Amey Wilkinson (Harris) Cowell. He attended the graded and high schools of Peoria, Illinois, graduating from the latter in 1864. He attended Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, receiving the degree of A. B. in 1869. He then entered upon the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. I. W. Johnson, a homťopathic physician of Peoria, and in 1869 he matriculated in the University of Michigan, department of medicine and surgery receiving his degree there in 1871. From May to September of that year he was in practice in Ann Arbor, and since 1871 has been in Saginaw. In 1871-73 Dr. Cowell was professor of pathology in the Lansing Homťopathic College, and 1903-1905 was president of the Michigan state board of registration in medicine. He is a member of the American Institute of Homťopathy, the Michigan State Homťopathic Medical Society, the American Confederation of State Examining and Licensing Boards, the Saginaw Country Club, and of the Phi Alpha Gamma Medical fraternity (in which he was elected an honorary member in 1903), and the Saginaw Valley Homťopathic Medical Society. On May 23, 1878, Dr. Cowell married Clarissa Child, and the following named children have been born to them : Mary Child Cowell, wife of Clifford W. Alderton of Saginaw, and Elizabeth Howell and Amey Cowell.
Source : History of Homťopathy by William Harvey King
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