Personal Names in Arizona Medical History

JAMA, Mar 1985; 253: 1343: BURSEY, William James, 64; Scottsdale, Ariz; Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 1954; died Aug 6, 1984.

Born in Morrison, Illinois, June 16, 1875. Graduated from Rush Medical College in 1897. Came to Clifton in October 1897. Source: Source: Who's Who in Arizona. Volume I. 1913 (p. 193).
Arizona Medical Board record: Lewis A. W. Burtch MD; license number: 85; license date: 5/27/1903; medical school: RUSH MED COLL OF RUSH UNIV, Chicago, Illinois; graduation date: 06/01/1897; address: 1005 N 24th Pl, Phoenix.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

Mentioned in the 1954-01-07-08 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “Dr. Engle stated that, along similar lines, one of our legislators had presented the Medical Society with a booklet which represents the proposed new Arizona State Income Law. Dr. Engle said that he had told Mr. Harold Burton that, at a County Level, no attorney was retained to advise on such things.”

Mentioned in the 1951-10-04-06 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Edwin A. Busse MD; license date: 10/21/1950; address: 2441 E. Adams St, Tucson; areas of interest: cardiovascular disease and internal medicine.

Honorary member of the PCMS. Mentioned in the 3/1/1942 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.

C. E. Buswell. Myocardial Impairment. United States Vet. Bur. M. Bull, Washington, D. C., 7:(May) 1931, pp. 463ff.
C. E. Buswell. Residuals of Gunshot Wounds. Military Surgeon, Washington, D. C., 81:(Oct.) 1937, pp. 271ff.

Mentioned in the 1952-11-11-01 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: William A. Butcher MD; license date: 4/19/1952; medical school: UNIV OF PA SCH OF MED, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; graduation date: 06/18/1945; area of interest: internal medicine.

J Am Med Assoc, Sep 1945; 129: 145: Marriages. William A. Butcher, Adrian, Mo., to Miss Elaine Carolyn Bottomley of Philadelphia, May 12.

Homeopathic physician located in Prescott. Began homeopathic practice in 1879. [http://www.homeoint.org/history/king/1-40.htm]
King, William Harvey. History of homoeopathy and its institutions in America. 1905.

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 332.

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

Calif Med. 1962 September; 97(3): 190: BUTLER, FONZIE WILLIAM, Los Angeles. Died July 18, 1962, in Los Angeles, aged 63, of coronary thrombosis. Graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, 1926. Licensed in California in 1935. Doctor Butler was a member of the Los Angeles County Medical Association.

The War Service of the Medical Profession: A Survey including the Names of Civilian Physicians in Military Service and a Tabulation of Statistics by Counties and States. J Am Med Assoc, Jun 1918; 70: 1648: Pima County...AJO -- Austin Charles Wright; TUCSON -- Joel Ives Butler; I. E. Huffman.
Undated PCMS History Committee report

J Am Med Assoc, Jun 1918; 70: 1773: ORDERS TO OFFICERS OF MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS. Arizona. To Fort Des Moines, Ia., base hospital, Capts. ALBERT L. GUSTETTER, Nogales; JOEL L. BUTLER, Tuscon [sic].

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 332.

Safford

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

Arizona Medical Board record: Adam M. Byrd MD; address: Bluefield VA; license number: 1168; licensed date: 10/08/1929; license renewed: 10/08/1929; medical school: MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA; graduation date: 04/21/1898; area of interest: General Practice

JAMA, May 1972; 220: 874: Byrnes, Allen William, Sun City, Ariz ; Iowa, 1934 ; veteran of World War II ; certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; former physician for the Civilian Conservation Corps (Iowa) ; formerly on the staffs of the VA hospitals in Dayton, Ohio; Downey, Ill.; Danville, Ill.; St. Cloud, Minn; Knoxville, Iowa; and Battle Creek, Mich ; died Nov 3, aged 61, of myocardial infarction.

The comment about Dr. Bywater in the 3/18/1920 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954 likely refers to his practice of homeopathic medicine. [“Dr. Bywater’s ethical and scientific methods observed.”]

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].

R.D.; Phoenix ca. 1975/1976

JAMA, Sep 1962; 181: 1004: Cain, William Columbus; Yuma, Ariz.; University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, 1911; past-president of the Yuma County Medical Society; died in the Parkview Baptist Hospital May 11, aged 80, of cerebrovascular accident.