Personal Names in Arizona Medical History

In the Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “Vern Mason” and “V.R. Mason.” In the 11/11/1947 minutes: “The second guest speaker, Dr. Vern Mason, was introduced by Dr. Cogswell. His paper was entitled ‘Effect of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima’.”

Dr. Verne Mason was Howard Hughes' personal physician and first director of the Hughes Medical Foundation.
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Last name also appears as “Matanovich.”
Given name: Mihajlo, but sometimes “Michael” was used.
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), pages 372, 373 [portrait]: “Michael Matanovich”

REICHERT J. Ariz Med. 1963 Apr;20:41A. Mihajlo MATANOVITCH, M.D., 1891-1963.

PCMS Centennial Program. 10-9-2004.
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 358.
See also: Portrait and biographical record of Arizona. Commemorating the achievements of citizens who have contributed to the progress of Arizona and the development of its resources. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1901, pages 405-406: Narciso Hereu Matas, M.D.

Dates: 1860-1957.
Son of Narciso Heru Matas MD (q.v.)

Matas, Rudolph. The Rudolph Matas history of medicine in Louisiana, edited by
John Duffy. Published for the Rudolph Matas Trust Fund by Louisiana State University Press [1958-1962]. [AHSL-Tucson (Books) WZ 70 AL6 D858R 1958 v.1-2]

Cohn, Isidore. Rudolph Matas : a biography of one of the great pioneers in surgery. Doubleday, 1960. [AHSL-Tucson (Books) WZ 100 M425C 1960]

Ochsner J. The complex life of Rudolph Matas. J Vasc Surg. 2001 Sep;34(3):387-92.

10/15/1893-10/27/1969. Publisher of the Arizona Daily Star.
Referred to as Bill or William. Last name often misspelled “Matthews.”
Also misspelled as “Metthews” (see the 1953-01-08-08 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954). In the 1954-04-08-18 minutes " Mathews Matter" probably means “the Mathews matter.”

See also: Boyers, James S. MD

Mentioned in the 1951-10-04-06 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Glenn H. Mathis MD; license date: 7/26/1951; medical school: UNIV OF NE COLL OF MED, Omaha, Nebraska; graduation date: 01/27/1934.

JAMA, Nov 1990; 264: 2328: MATHIS, Glenn Henry, 88, Tucson, Ariz; The University ofNebraska College ofMedicine, 1934; died February 2,1990.

Both a “Clarence E. Matteson” and a “Gordon A. Matteson” (both at the same Tucson address: 2404 E Elm) listed in the ASDA 1956-1957 member directory (published in the June 1956 Arizona Dental Journal.)
Sloan, Richard E. History of Arizona. Phoenix, Record Pub. Co., 1930, volume 3 (Arizona biography), page 532, 533 [portrait].

Both a “Clarence E. Matteson” and a “Gordon A. Matteson” (both at the same Tucson address: 2404 E Elm) listed in the ASDA 1956-1957 member directory (published in the June 1956 Arizona Dental Journal.)

ca. 1874 | probably no connection to Washington Matthews (q.v. @ PCMS list)

From Globe, Arizona. Mentioned in the 5/10/1932 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “Dr. Bledsoe read a paper entitled Legal Medicine by Mr. Matthews of Globe, the latter being unable to appear personally.”

Family name also appears as “Mathews”
Given name “Henry” or “Harry”[?]
Middle name “Martyn”[?]
Middle initial also appears as “B.”

OK Corral gunfight coroner.
Cochise County Case no. 48. Coroner’s transmittal page to the Clerk of the District Court Cochise County.
For image see: http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ccolch&CISO...

Mathews, H. M. OR Matthews, H. B. OR …[?] (OK corral doc)

Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 358: University of Iowa, 1864. Surgeon, US Army. Served in Southwest with General Crook.
Farish, Thomas Edwin. History of Arizona, Filmer Bros. Electrotype Co., 1918, volume 7, pages 45, 70-71, 73, 89, 162, 194.

Several of Matthews’ many publications:

KAMIL SCHULHOF; MABEL M. MATTHIES. POLYGLOBULIA INDUCED BY CEREBRAL LESIONS. J Am Med Assoc, Dec 1927; 89: 2093 - 2094.

J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1926; 87: 38: Dr. Mabel M. Matthies has been elected president of the Chicago Women's Medical Club...
J Am Med Assoc, Sep 1926; 87: 945 - 951: Promotions at Rush Medical College. -- The board of trustees of the University of Chicago recently announced the following promotions in tjre faculty of Rush Medical College: ...Dr. Mabel M. Matthies, clinical instructor, department of medicine. ...