Jacksonville Medicine 1853 to 2003 Sesquicentennial issue

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Jacksonville History Center

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Jacksonville Medicine 1853 to 2003 Sesquicentennial issue

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2013.30.13

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Duval County Medical Society

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1 volume : illustrations ; 23 cm Jacksonville Medicine 1853 to 2003 Sesquicentennial Issue The Journal of the Duval Medical Society February 2004 Volume 55, Number Later title: Northeast Florida medicine Title from title page. Special issue: The DCMS celebrates 150 years of history. Selected contents: Salute to Dr. Francis P. Welford -- Early years 1845-1888 (1st epidemic, dengue fever, 1850; 1853 & 1854 scarlet fever & smallpox epidemics; 1857:1st epidemic of yellow fever; Duval County Medical Society organized in 1853, 1st in State, & responsible for organizing the Florida Medical Association in 1874; yellow fever epidemic of 1888 responsible for the founding of the Florida State Board of Health in 1889; Dr. Porter, Dr. Wall, & Dr. Daniel leaders in preventive medicine; 1st authenticated case of yellow fever was reported July 28, 1888; Day-by-day account included) -- 20th century medicine (1906 investigation into a so called Dr. Armstrong touting cures for addiction, clinic closed as practicing without license;) -- Changing landscapes/Dr. Goldberg (Mortality from infectious diseases replaced by mortality from lifestyle & environmental diseases; Need change in how we train physicians, how we practice medicine & how we reward providers) -- Looking back (St. Luke's Hospital, 1st hospital in Florida opened in 1873) -- From the frontlines (Commander Miguel Cubano named Physician of the Year in 2003 for heroics in Second Gulf War, Dr. at Naval Hospital Jacksonville; Jax doctors during WW II faced sparse resources, a wartime economy, & families in hardships; Letters from Dr. Thomas Peters who fought in First Gulf War in 1991) -- Ground zero 1946 (Hospital ship Ernest Hinds ranked as America's largest & busiest treatment center for sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis docked in Jax on July 1, 1946) -- Brewster Hospital -- Dollars & cents (Fees for medical services for various services i.e. office visit) -- Pediatrics in Jax (Intervciew with Drs. Lanier, Price, & Carithers). Photos include: Jacksonville map, 1847 -- Dr. William J. L'Engle in 1853 -- Hogan Street -- Skyline, 1888 -- Plague-fighting bonfires from Bay Street -- State Board of Health Buiulding -- Florida Times-Union & Citizen photocopy of May 4, 1901 announcing Great Fire -- Riverside Avenue by Memorial Park in 1910 -- St. Luke's Hospital -- Dr. Cubano -- Ernest Hinds -- Brewster Hospitals -- Riverside home of the Society on Bishopgate Lane.

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Documentary Objects

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Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Duval County Medical Society, Yellow fever -- Florida -- Jacksonville., Brewster Hospital (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- History., St. Lukes Hospital (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Ernest Hinds (Ship) -- History., Medicine -- Florida -- Duval County -- History.

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The Journal of the Duval Medical Society

Archive Notes

Publisher: Duval County Medical Society Place Published: Jacksonville, Fla. Call Number: R 15 .D848 v.55, no.1 1994 Author: Duval County Medical Society ISSN: 2578-1928