Personal Names in Arizona Medical History

Mentioned in the 1953-06-10-01 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “…of the Arizona Blue Cross – Blue Shield.”
Name also appears in the minutes as Donald Law and D.K. Law (e.g., 1949-05-02-01).
See "Arizona Blue Shield" in Arizona Medicine 7:61 June, 1950: “L. Donald Lau, Executive Director of Arizona Blue Shield, and of Arizona Blue Cross…”

Born in New York Nov 13, 1832. Post surgeon at Fort Yuma in 1868. In 1869 he became chief medical officer of the Subdistrict of Southern Arizona at Tucson. He returned to Yuma in 1870 when the Subdistrict was dissolved. He is listed in the Camp Lowell Post Returns between Aug 1869 and Aug 1870. “Considering Camp Lowell was located near the Subdistrict headquarters in Tucson, it was not unusual to be so listed…, however, he did not serve at Camp Lowell.” At the time, Henry Durant was post surgeon at Camp Lowell. Lauderdale died Jan 22, 1931 at Brooklyn, New York.

In charge of Phelps-Dodge Corporation hospital.
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 4 (Arizona biography), pages 548, 549 [portrait].

12/8/1925 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “The County Attorney being present by invitation as a guest of the Society spoke at some length. Dr. Davis replied, presenting the letter of Mr. P. G. Lavery stating that no representative of the County Attorney's Office had approached him relative to the prosecution of ‘Dr.’ Swank.”

J Am Med Assoc, Aug 1953; 152: 1548: Law, Charles Royce; Coolidge, Ariz.; Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1938; served during World War II; died June 5, aged 43, of a heart attack.

1/14/1908 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “Moved that a resolution be sent to our member of Congress that widows of Drs. Lazear & Carroll be pensioned.” [See also Carroll, James.]

1/14/1908 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “Moved that a resolution be sent to our member of Congress that widows of Drs. Lazear & Carroll be pensioned.”

Physician and famed entomologist; associated with the Oatman Massacre.
Dates: May 13, 1825 - November 15, 1883
Name also appears as Le Conte, LeCount & Le Count.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

Pettid EJ. Ariz Med. 1976 Oct;33(10):843-5 contd. John Lawrence Le Conte, M.D.
Pettid EJ. Ariz Med. 1976 Nov;33(11):956-9. John Lawrence Le Conte, M.D. Part II.