Personal Names in Arizona Medical History

President of the Pima County Council of the Parent Teacher’s Association. Mentioned in the 1954-02-04-09 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.

First name mentioned in the 1951-02-13 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “Mr. Richard Hecker was presented by Dr. E.M. Hayden, who spoke of Mr. Hecker's trip to California obtaining material on Alameda Plan and his experience in public relations. Mr. Hecker is a retired attorney.”

Professor of Surgery from the University of Illinois Medical School.
See 10/31/1927 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean... Washington, Beverley Tucker, Printer, 1855. Chapter IV. Explorations from A. D. 1852 to A. D. 1857. See, especially, page 79: "Reconnaissance for a railroad route between Pimas village and El Paso, by Lieutenant J. G. Parke, topographical engineer, in 1854." ... Lieutenant Parke, assisted by Mr. H. Custer, topographer, and Dr. A. L.

Arizona Medical Board record: Miles A. Heffelfinger MD; license number: 448; licensed date: 09/09/1911; medical school: COLL OSTEO PHYS & SURGS OF LOS ANGELES; graduation date: 05/04/1904
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, page 347.

Mentioned in the 1950-04-27-02 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “Dr. Fuller stated that letters had been sent to each hospital administrator asking for information on this particular point [i.e., shortage of blood]. One did not answer the letter, and the two who did answer stated that they had had no difficulty. (Dr. Heidgen did not answer.)”

“Heiges” or “Heighes”[?]
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]: “Heiges”
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 347: “Heighes”; Northwestern Univ, 1904.

April 19, 1912 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “[...resolutions] requesting the Fidelity & Causualty of New York to exibit correspondence thru their agents Franklin & Heighton with reference to Policy issued to Dr. Mark Rodgers for years 1909-1910 and 1911.”
Sloan, Richard E. History of Arizona. Phoenix, Record Pub. Co., 1930, volume 4 (Arizona biography), pages 179-180.

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 330.

Arizona Medical Board record: Delmer J. Heim MD; license date: 10/5/1946; medical school: WAYNE STATE UNIV SCH OF MED, Detroit, Michigan; graduation date: 06/11/1942.
Pima County Medical Society (Tucson, Arizona). Sombrero, December 1984.

JAMA, Apr 1998; 279: 1320a: HEIM, Delmer John, 80; Tucson, Ariz; Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1942; certified by the American Board of Surgery; died December 31, 1997.

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 110-111, 347.

Mentioned in the 1949-10-11-01 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954, etc.: in military service, elected to PCMS affiliate membership. Arizona Medical Board record: Alfred O. Heldobler MD; license date: 10/4/1948; medical school: UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, Oregon; graduation date: 06/06/1941; area of interest: orthopedic surgery.

J Am Med Assoc, Jun 1946; 131: 447: ARMY MEDICAL CORPS OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR/OR RELIEVED FROM ACTIVE DUTY -- California: ... Heldobler, Alfred O. ... San Bernardino.

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

JAMA. 1992;267(15):2125: HELLEBRANDT, Frances Anna, 90; Columbus, Ohio; University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1929; died February 2, 1992.

Calumet & Arizona Copper Mining Co. Arizona Medical Board record: Hugh M. Helm MD; license date: 4/8/1922; area of interest: radiology.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Sloan, Richard E. History of Arizona. Phoenix, Record Pub. Co., 1930, volume 3 (Arizona biography), page 295.
See also: Hayostek, Cindy. Douglas' First Physicians. Haystack Publications, Douglas, Arizona, 2011, page 13.

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, page 347.

Southern California Practitioner, 11(5), May, 1896, p. 193: Dr. H. E. Stroud, of Phoenix, has been appointed surgeon general of Arizona, a position lately vacated by Dr. Helm.