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"A History of the Albemarle County Medical Society" by Armistead P. Booker, Department of Pediatrics, 1982 November

 Item — Box: 01, Folder: 008

Scope and Contents

The history includes information about the UVa Infirmary, Charlottesville General Hospital, Piedmont Hospital, the University Dispensary, the Martha Jefferson Sanatorium and Hospital, University of Virginia Hospital, Blue Ridge Sanatorium, the Health Department, the Children's Rehabilitation Center, a list of Albemarle County physicians for the year 1850, and a description of the Experimental Medical Care Review Organizaion (EMCRO). Booker writes about a number of prominent physicians, including, James Lawrence Cabell, John Staige Davis (1824-85), James Edgar Chancellor, Robert William Nelson, William Beverly Towles, William Cecil Dabney, Paul Brandon Barringer, John Staige Davis (1866-1933), Harvey Earnest Jordan, Hugh Thomas Nelson, Edward May Magruder, Halstead Shipman Hedges, Thomas Henry Daniel, Stephen Hurt Watts, William Hall Goodwin, James Carroll Flippin, Staige Davis Blackford, Byrd Stuart Leavell, Henry Bearden Mulholland, Vincent William Archer, James Robert Cash, David Cole Wilson, McLemore Birdsong, and Wilmer Howard Paine.

Dates

  • Creation: 1982 November

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to research.

Extent

From the Collection: .5 Linear Feet

Physical Description

1 TM with AN, 64 pp.; 2 photocopied journal excerpts; 1 AN, 2 pp.

Repository Details

Part of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Repository

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