Personal Names in Arizona Medical History

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Wiser, Frank Clayton

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 380.

Wish, Carroll L.

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 380.

Withers, Martin S.

Mentioned in the 1952-10-14-02 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Martin S. Withers MD; license date: 7/27/1951; medical school: WASHINGTON UNIV SCH OF MED; graduation date: 06/02/1942; area of interest: pediatrics.

J Am Med Assoc, Jun 1946; 131: 602: NAVAL RESERVE MEDICAL OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY. Kansas. Withers, Martin S. ... Clay Center.

Wittels, Theodore S.

Mentioned in the 1950-02-14-02 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Theodore S. Wittels MD; license date: 10/22/1949; medical school: UNIV OF MN MED SCH-MINNEAPOLIS, Minneapolis, Minnesota; graduation date: 03/17/1938; area of interest: family practice.

Witten, J. Walter

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 380.

Wittenborg, Martin Herman

Mentioned in the 1/11/1944 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.

J Am Med Assoc, May 1952; 149: 174: The Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit will hold its annual clinic day and alumni reunion on May 14. Out-of-state speakers will include: ... Martin H. Wittenborg, Boston, Congenital Heart Disease and the Radiologist....
M. Tefft; M. H. Wittenborg. Radiotherapeutic Management of Neuroblastoma in Childhood. JAMA, Jul 1968; 205: 159 - 160.

Witzberger, C. Michael

Mentioned in the 12/12/1944 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: C. Michael Witzberger MD; license date: 10/4/1944; medical school: NEW YORK HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE; graduation date: 06/05/1934.

R. A. Benson, L. B. Slobody, C. M. Witzberger and L. Lewis, New York. Further Studies on Urinary Excretion of Thiamine in Children. Journal of Pediatrics, St. Louis, 20:(April) 1942, p. 454ff.

Wolfers, Maurice G.

Tucson Medical Center administrator: 6/11/1952-2/12/1962. Nickname “Shep” TMC library: M.G. "Shep" Wolfers Memorial Library.
Mentioned in the 1952-09-26-03 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. [ID uncertain, but likely.]
Grubb, Portrait of Progress.

Wolff, Herman

Mentioned in the 5/12/1942 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. “Major Wolff” in the 1943-03-09 minutes is more than likely this Wolff (who on the 1944-02-05 mailing list is listed as being “In Military Service.”) Arizona Medical Board record: Herman Wolff MD; license date: 1/11/1947; medical school: UNIVERSTY OF VIRGINIA; graduation date: 06/11/1935; area of interest: general surgery (ABMS Board Certified).

Wollard, Clarence ("Clancy")

Born ~1910. Died June 6, 1997. “Clancy Wollard (Orchestra)” in 1933 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954 (P0461 & P0463). Name appears as “Clancey” and “Clancy.” “Horseman Clarence “Clancy” Wollard, who was on the scene when quarter horse racing got its start in Tucson….Wollard served as general manager and racing secretary at the old Moltacqua Turf Club during the late 1930’s, as well as its successor, the Rillito race track.…the son of police chief C.A.

Wolloch, J.

Mentioned in the 2/11/1936 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: Scientific program topic #9: “Special x-ray technique in assisting diagnosis of tuberculosis by Mr. J. Wolloch”

Wood, (Mrs.)

Mentioned in the 1953-05-25-03 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “Dr. Manning replied that Mr. Boyd and he had attended all the meetings, and he feels sure that he could get those of the committee who took an interest, Karl Barfield, Mrs. Wood and himself, to do it, but that the point is Mr. Miller would have to be paid something for doing it.”

Wood, Joshua Powell, Jr.

J Am Med Assoc, Jan 1949; 139: 108: ARMY MEDICAL CORPS OFFICERS RECOMMENDED FOR/OR RELIEVED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. Arizona. Wood, Joshua P. Jr. ... Tucson.
JAMA, Aug 1999; 282: 496b: WOOD, Joshua Powell, Jr, 78; Payson, Ariz; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1945; certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine; died April 11, 1999.

Wood, Joshua Powell, Sr.

Honorary member of the PCMS.
Mentioned in the 3/1/1942 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954 (appearing as “Josua”).

Arizona Medical Board record: Joshua P. Wood MD; license issued: 5/3/1948; medical school: COLUMBIA UNIV COLL OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, New York, New York; graduation date: 03/22/1921; area of interest: internal medicine. [Note discrepancy between Arizona Medical Board record and JAMA obituary re medical school and graduation date.] Does the Arizona Medical Board record conflate information relating to both the father and the son?

Wood, Leonard

1860-1927. Army surgeon; at Fort Huachuca from 1885 to 1889.
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 380.

Ariz Med. 1982 Sep;39(9):593-6. Leonard Wood, M.D. Some Arizona Territory influences.

Wood, Leonard Samuel

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

J Am Med Assoc. 1927;88(21):1659: Leonard Samuel Wood, Miami, Ariz. ; Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Chicago, 1913; on the staff of the Gila County Hospital, Globe ; aged 37 ; died, April 22, in Globe, of pneumonia.