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3 Copyrighted 1930 STANDARD PRINTING & LITHOGRAPHING Co Capitol Ave. Houston, Texas

4 This book is lovingly dedicated to those who today share the lives of "The Medicine Man in Texas" THE WoMAN's AuxiLIARY TO THE TEXAS STATE MEDICAL AssociATION.

5 Acknowledgments In presenting this book to the public, the author is fully aware that there are many worthy pioneers of medicine in Texas whose biographies are not included. The families of these men either have not known that this record was being written, or they have been indifferent to the fact. It is hoped that subsequent records may be added. The author's one regret is that the name of every child and grandchild is not available; therefore all are omitted. Obviously a book of this type cannot be written without much assistance. Those to whom the author is deeply indebted are: Dr. Holman Taylor, secretary of the Texa State Medical Association; Dr. Samuel Clark Red, Winifred Rich Osborne, George W. Cottingham, Winnie Allen, Archivest, University of Texas; Julia Ideson, Librarian Houston Public Library; Helen Mary Holt, Librarian Harris County Medical Society; Elizabeth D. Runge, Librarian University of Texas Medical College; Mr. Clarence Wharton, Mr. Louis Wiltz Kemp, Dr. Marvin Lee Graves, Louise Gardner Red, Alice Plunkett. Cranz, Laura Ghent Graves, Katharine Red Parker, Mrs. Henry C. Haden, Mrs. A. Philo Howard, Mrs. 0. M. Marchman Dr. J. D. Osborne, Secretary to the Ex-Presidents Association of the Texas State Medical Association. The author is indebted to the following persons for information concerning the counties indicated: Robbie Buckner Westerfield, Dallas County; Eugenia Reed Collum, Bowie County; Mrs. L. B. Leak, Bell County; Mrs. A. L. Fuller, Fayette County; Mrs. Leonidas A. Suggs, Tarrant County; Mrs. E. M. Thomas, Williamson County; Mrs. J. I. Collier, Falls County; Margaret H. Thomas, Jefferson County; Dr. Felix Miller and Mrs. B. F. Stevens, El Paso County; Mrs. William A. Toland, Grimes and Washington Counties; Mrs. W. A. Wood, McLennan County; The Woman's Auxiliary to the Harrison County Medical Association. Many documents in this book are copied verbatim. Their wording is foreign and quaint which should make them doubly interesting.

6 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE Chapter Page I MEDICAL ADVENTURES II SPANISH AND MEXICAN RECORDS III ARRIVAL of ANGLo-SAXON DocToRs IV THE ALAMO AND GoLIAD V SuRGEONS AT SAN jaci NTO VI ASHBEL SMITH-GIDEON LINCECUM VII MEDICAL LEGISLATION VIII GossiP IX FIRST MEDICAL CoNVE TION X PETTICOAT MEDICINE PART TWO ANDERSON CouNTY ANGELINA CouNTY AusTIN CouNTY BELL CouNTY BEXAR CouNTY BowiE CouNTY BRAZORIA CouNTY BRowN CouNTY CAMERON CouNTY CoLORADO CouNTY CooKE CouNTY CoRYELL CouNTY DALLAS CouNTY DENTON CouNTY ELLis CouNTY EL PAso CouNTY FALLS CouNTY FANNIN CouNTY FAYETTE CouNTY FoRT BEND CouNTY GALVESTON CouNTY GoLIAD CouNTY GRAYSON CouNTY

7 GRIMES CouNTY HARRIS CouNTY HARRISON CouNTY HILL CouNTY HoPKINS CouNTY HuNT CouNTY JEFFERSON CouNTY JoHNSON CouNTY LAMAR CoUNTY LAvACA CouNTY MARION CouNTY McLENNAN CouNTY NACOGDOCHES CouNTY N UECES CouNTY PALO PINTO CouNTY RoBERTSON CouNTY SMITH CouNTY TARRANT CouNTY TRA vrs CouNTY VIcTORIA CouNTY WALKER CouNTY WASHINGTON CouNTY WILLIAMSON CouNTY PAsT PRESIDENTS, STATE MEDICAL AssociATION BIBLIOGRAPHY

8 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INSTRUMENTS OF EARLY DocTORS.... Frontispiece BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO DR. NICHOLAS D. LA EADIE DR. WILLIAM M. MoTLEY DR. ANSON JONES DR. AsH BEL SMITH VERGREEN, HoME of DR. SMITH HousToN AS PicTURED IN LoNDON IN DR. }AMES ADDISON ABNEY DR. GEORGE CUPPLES DR. MARTIN READ AN OLEANDER GROVE IN GALVESTON BoNE SAw DR. D. F. STUART DR. D. R. WALLACE

9 DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATION No.!-Instrument used in 1854 by Dr. Martin Read to pull teeth. A pair of hooks were inserted on the slide as the end to fit the tooth, then the handle, of ivory, win given a twist. No. 2-Medicine scales used by Dr. Martin Read in Bowie County, No. 3-Scarifier used by Dr. Martin Read for bleeding patients. The spring being pressed down, knives were forced out of opening to cut the skin, then blood was drawn by a cupping glass, called a "wet cup." No. 4-This crude instrument was devised by Dr. James A. Abney on the spur of the moment from two hairpins fastened to twigs when he was called to extract a grain of corn from the trachea of a small girl. After an incision was made, the hooks were inserted just as she was exhaling, the incision was pulled open and the grain of corn :flew out. No. 5-Dr. Abney made this emergency instrument from turkey quills in the early seventies to remove a twentyfive cent piece from the oesophagus of a twelve-year-old boy. He got the coin. That is all the best equipped specialist of 1930 could do.

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