Dr. Edwin F Guyon
Information comes from Treasured Tidbits of Time Volume I by Jens Patrick Wilde
Dr. Edwin F Guyon had a brilliant record of many years of service before he came to Montpelier. He began his medical career in Pendleton, Oregon in 1891 following his graduation from the Cincinnati Medical School, an affiliate of the University of Cincinnati. He remained in Pendleton until 1895 and then became the assistant administrator of the Northern Idaho Mental Institution in Lewiston.
Dr. Guyon began practicing medicine in Montpelier on March 3, 1896 and immediately became a popular addition to the much overworked Dr. Hoover. The two doctors became a great pair and were planning a hospital facility for Montpelier when an opportunity was offered the young man that was too lucrative and too challenging to turn down. Guyon was offered a position with the Oregon Short Line and with a coal company in Diamondville Wyoming during which he would be able to do research on tuberculosis. He accpted and moved to Diamondville where he remained until 1903 and then returned to Montpelier. While at Diamondville he conducted experiments and gathered data that was to make him one of the world's best authorities on tubercular disease.
By 1905 he was well on his way to becoming an international authority on the subject. He became a member of the Board of Control of the National Association of Physicians and was elected as one of five U.S. physicians to attend the International Convention of Physicians in Paris, France where he delivered a treatise on "Tuberculosis Developing Environments."
Guyon had offices on the top floor of the Riter Brothers Drug Store and from there he commanded a tremendous practice. In his travels he was constantly learning new and different approaches and techniques. He medical library was fantastic for the time and was considered one of the outstanding gifts ever presented to the University of Utah Medical School when he retired.
In 1907 when the Bear Lake Medical Association was first organized, he became the first president and four years later, held the same position in the Idaho State Medical Association.
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