Bowling Green physician Joseph N. McCormack became the State Board of Health's secretary and chief state officer a few years after his appointment in the early 1880s. During his forty-year tenure he supervised the licensing of the state's doctors and wrote most of the commonwealth's laws concerning sanitation and public health.   T. O. Helm, M.D., practiced medicine in Bowling Green and Auburn, a small village in neighboring Logan County. He bought these instruments and supplies from medical supply houses in Louisville and Nashville. Home l Early History l Agriculture l Business l Industry l Education l Health and Medicine l Recreation l Religion l Transportation l War l Timeline l Map l Sponsors   Updated December 15, 2000 Created by Donna Parker with contribution from Sandy Staebell, Laura Harper Lee, Lynne Ferguson and Jon Kay. Send comments to KyMus@wku.edu Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001 Western Kentucky University All rights reserved. URL: http://www.wku.edu/Library/onlinexh/rrr1/Pages/Secpages/hm_physicians.html