Personal Names in Arizona Medical History

Phoenix MD, son of Armbruster, August Charles

1871-1938 (July 10, 1871-September 30, 1938). Arizona Medical Board information (1/22/2009): Dr. J.J.P. Armstrong apparently arrived in Arizona and began practicing medicine in 1902. He was issued license #135 by the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners on May 27, 1903, as a "regular" physician. The first licenses in Arizona were issued four days earlier. His licensure fee was $12. At that time, he was 31 years old and practicing in Douglas, A.T. (Arizona Territory). He graduated from Trinity College in Canada in 1893.

Arizona Medical Board record: Richard S. Armstrong MD; license date: 1/18/1958; medical school: CREIGHTON UNIV SCH OF MED; graduation date: 06/03/1948.
Pima County Medical Society (Tucson, Arizona). Sombrero, December 1984.

Partnered with Dr. Hiram W. Fenner.
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 327.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].

J Am Med Assoc. 1903;XL(1):46: William P. Armstrong, M.D., University of Louisville (Ky.), 1857, formerly of Terre Haute, Ind., died at Jamestown, Cal., December 16, from heart disease, after an illness of one week, aged 73.

See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]: "Arnaba, C."
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 327.

Mentioned in the 1950-10-05-06 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.

Mentioned in the 1951-10-09-01 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.

Arizona license #817 1920; b. 1878; Creighton Med Coll (Omaha?) 1907; Nogales; previously: ID

Arizona Medical Board record: Davis I. Arnow MD; license number: 1777; licensed date: 10/06/1945; medical school: University of California, College of Medicine, Unknown Branch; graduation date: 05/25/1940.

Ariz Med. 1971 May;28(5):396. In memoriam. David [sic] Isaac Arnow, M.D.

JAMA. 1971;216(1):156: Arnow, Davis Isaac, Phoenix, Ariz; University of California, 1940; veteran of World War II; died in the Good Samaritan Hospital Dec 13, aged 62, of myocardial infarction.

Mentioned in the 1926-12-14-01Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Julius L. Arntzen MD; license date: 7/12/1943; medical school: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV SCH OF MED & HLTH SCI, Washington, D.C. ; graduation date: 06/06/1906; address: 516 E. 3rd St, Tucson.
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].

1928-05-00 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “Mrs. Antonio Aroa (Music—Temple Tea Room)”

From Venezuela? Mentioned in the 1/13/1942 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954: “Dr. O’Leary then spoke about Dr. Antonio [handwritten: Arrzola (? =Arreola? Areola? Arzola?)] and the film he has on the health problem in Venezuela…” [Spelling uncertain]

1967 president of Maricopa County Med Soc

1874-1962. The “United States Senator from Arizona” or Marcus Aurelius Smith? (see Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954 pages "1904-1920 page 73" (1/12/1909 meeting) & "1904-1920 page 127"(3/16/1918 meeting). See http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000319

First Tucson Medical Center administrator (2/1944-4/1946) -- see Grubb. Portrait of Progress, p. 93, etc.
Mentioned in the 4/4/1944 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954.

Mentioned in the 1949-05-02-01 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Henry G. Atha MD; license date: 4/10/1948; medical school: TUFTS UNIV SCH OF MED, Boston, Massachusetts; graduation date: 06/16/1934.

J Am Med Assoc, Feb 1937; 108: 489: Marriages. Henry George Atha, Providence, R. I., to Miss Grace MacTavish, in Groton, Conn., Nov. 16, 1936.

Arizona Medical Board record: James R. Atkinson MD; license number: 3990; licensed date: 04/20/1963; medical school: UNIV OF WA SCH OF MED, Seattle, Washington; graduation date: 06/15/1957; area of interest: neurological surgery.

Green JR. Ariz Med. 1978 Jun;35(6):419-20. James R. Atkinson (January 6, 1920 - February 12, 1978).

Mentioned in the 10/13/1936 Minutes of the Pima County Medical Society, 1904-1954. Arizona Medical Board record: Harry D. Atwood MD; license date: 4/6/1926; medical school: UNIV OF PA SCH OF MED, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; graduation date: 06/14/1922. Listed in the 1935 Arizona State Medical Directory.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]:Arizona license #1009 (1926); b. 1898; ob/gyn; U Penn 1922; Calumet & Az Mining Co Hosp, Ajo.

Practiced in Morenci in 1919. Relocated to New Mexico by 1920. ArMA president: 1945. Dates: 1888-1977. Arizona Medical Board record: Charles P. Austin MD; license date: 1/7/1936; medical school: Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery, Chicago, Illinois; graduation date: 08/31/1912.
Kennedy, John W. Arizona Medical Association : the first hundred years, 1892-1991. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Heritage Publishers, 1993, page 163.