Personal Names in Arizona Medical History

See also: McClintock, James H. Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern; the Nation's Youngest Commonwealth within a Land of Ancient Culture. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1916 (aka Arizona, the Youngest State), volume 3 (Biographical), page 395.

Practiced beginning 1915.
Johnson, Scott. Something more: osteopathic medicine in southern Arizona. Tucson, Ariz. : Osteopathic Press, 1992, page 108.

Mentioned in the 1952-01-15-01 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Charles R. Blake MD; license date: 10/20/1951; medical school: KECK SCH OF MED OF THE USC, Los Angeles, California; graduation date: 11/18/1946.

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]: vol. 1, page 167: ca. 1918[?] Winkelman/influenza; and vol. 4, page 48: Jenkins, Mada Blasse; license #549, April 16, 1914; born: December 4, 1863; St. Johns Medical University, Chicago, June 30, 1912; in Phoenix since October, 1912; January 17, 1920: divorced from Mr. Jenkins & the Court restored her former name of Blasse.

Arrived in Bisbee on July 4, 1904. Moved to Tucson in 1931 [or 1933 as per PCMS 50th Anniversary program?] and practiced there until 1952. ArMA president: 1933. Dates: 1876-1974.
Chief surgeon: Calumet & Arizona Mining Co.
Arizona Medical Board record: Nelson C. Bledsoe MD; license number: 218; license date: 7/4/1904; medical school: KECK SCH OF MED OF THE USC, Los Angeles, California; graduation date: 06/30/1903. Address per 1935 Arizona State Medical Directory: 4 E. Congress St., Tucson.
History of Arizona, 1930. Vol.3., pp. 126-127, 129.

Mentioned in the 1952-10-14-01 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.

Bloch, Robert G.; Francis, Byron F.; Eisele, C. Wesley, and Mason, Elwood W. Roentgenological Group Examinations for Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Am Rev Tuberc 37: 174 (Feb.) 1938.
Bloch, Robert G.; William B. Tucker, and Bryant, J. Edmond. Roentgenologic Group Examinations for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Negroes in Chicago: Preliminary Report. J Am Med Assoc, Nov 1940; 115: 1866 - 1873.

1/20/1931 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Benson Bloom MD; license date: 10/8/1930; medical school: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV SCH OF MED, BALTIMORE, Maryland; graduation date: 06/08/1926. Address per 1935 Arizona State Medical Directory: Route 2, Box 87, Tucson.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

Benson Bloom. POTASSIUM CHLORIDE IN ALLERGY. J Am Med Assoc, Oct 1939; 113: 1507.

Bloom...immigrated from Lithuania to the United States in 1894. David W. and his friend/future business partner, J. Cress Myers, moved to Tucson in 1906. Myers & Bloom Co. opened their doors for business on September 20, 1906. Myers & Bloom specialized in men's clothing, home goods and notions.
http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/bloom/blooms.htm

Phoenix

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, pages 329-330.

RN, PhD; Phoenix ca. 1975

Mentioned in the 10/14/1947 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Raymond F. Bock MD; license date: 10/18/1946; medical school: SUNY, DOWNSTATE MED CTR COLL OF MED; graduation date: 06/08/1939; area of interest: gynecology.

J Am Med Assoc, Mar 1946; 130: 874: ARMY MEDICAL CORPS OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR/OR RELIEVED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. New York. Bock, Raymond F., Capt., 1621 Nelson Ave., Bronx.

member, Arizona State Board of Health ca. 1957; died 1959

Representative of the field army of the American Cancer Society. Mentioned in the 10/10/1944 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.