Personal Names in Arizona Medical History

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Rodgers, Mark A.

Born in the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1866. Graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia in 1890. Soon after he began practicing in his native city, and for more than a year was Resident Physician of Allegheny General Hospital. Later he was Chief Chemical Assistant, and Assistant to Dr. R. S. Stromberg Sutton, gynecologist of the Hospital of Pittsburg, holding the latter position two years. Came to Tucson in June of 1895. Founder of the Mark A. Rodgers hospital. Source: Who's Who in Arizona. Volume I. 1913 (p. 672).

Rodriguez, Carlos

Edward K. Hudson, Painter: Biography: "...My grandfather was a medical doctor who was kidnapped by Pancho Villa to treat his men in a mountain hide-away. Eventually, my grandfather was shot in the back, but he 'played dead,' wandered through the desert for 3 days before stumbling back into town, and once he recovered, went on to earn a masters and second PhD in Accounting..."
Source: http://www.edwardkhudson.com/bio.htm [7/12/2012]

Roe, Albert

Mentioned in the 11/13/1934 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: Announcement was made that Dr. Albert Roe would speak on the following Friday on the subject of food allergy.

Rogers, J. Lincoln

1921-1925-058 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “The President called attention to the fact that one of the members had taken up the Abrams Treatment and he (Dr. Rogers) being present was asked for explanation.”
Members of the PCMS 1904-1930
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]: “Rogers, J. Lincoln”


Lincoln Rogers. A Case of Cholera Morbus. Southern California Practitioner, August [1900], p.108.

Rollier, Auguste

J Am Med Assoc, Jan 1955; 157: 455: Prof. Auguste Rollier of Berne and Lausanne in Switzerland died Oct. 30, 1954, a month after his 80th birthday. Dr. Rollier, pioneer in heliotherapy of tuberculosis by systematic exposure of affected parts of the body to the rays of the sun, was the founder in 1903 of the sanatorium for tuberculous patients at Leysin near Lausanne. The universities of Berne and Lausanne conferred on Professor Rollier the honorary degree of doctor of medicine.

Rolph, Rollin Thomas

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 367.

Roome, Adolph Edward

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]: “Roonie, Adolphe Edward”

JAMA. 1966;197(3):236: Roome, Adolph Edward, Los Angeles; University of California, 1912; member of the staff of Hollywood Hospital; died Feb 20, aged 76, of azotemia, chronic congestive heart failure, and arteriosclerosis.

Rooney, Charles Edward

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

J Am Med Assoc, Jan 1948; 136: 343: Charles Edward Rooney; Santa Monica, Calif. ; Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, 1905; formerly on the faculty of his alma mater; served on the staffs of Santa Monica and St. John's hospitals ; at one time practiced in Yuma, Ariz., where he was physician for the Southern Pacific Company and county health officer; died Nov. 1, 1947, aged 66, of hypertensive heart disease.