Per PCMS 50th Anniversary program: “The records of the Pima County Board of Supervisors show three interesting items: the first county physician was Dr. Edward Phelps, who received $50 a month in 1870; ….”
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 363.
The Arizona Citizen, Tucson, October 29, 1870: Dr. Phelps informs us that the malarious fevers which prevail in Aug., September and October, are fast disappearing from our midst, and that the health of our city is pretty fair and improving. Notwithstanding it is a physician's delight to have a large list of patients. Dr. Phelps sets his on their pins as quickly as fine skill can do it.
Source: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014896/1870-10-29/ed-1/seq-3.pdf
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 363.
The Arizona Citizen, Tucson, October 29, 1870: Dr. Phelps informs us that the malarious fevers which prevail in Aug., September and October, are fast disappearing from our midst, and that the health of our city is pretty fair and improving. Notwithstanding it is a physician's delight to have a large list of patients. Dr. Phelps sets his on their pins as quickly as fine skill can do it.
Source: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014896/1870-10-29/ed-1/seq-3.pdf
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History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]
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