Was there also a "W. F. Purdy" or is that simply a typo (see below)[?]
Born in Quincy, Florida February 9, 1860. Graduated in 1882 from what was then known as the Medical College of Bellevue Hospital, New York. Came to Arizona as chief surgeon for the Silver King mine in Pinal County, and after about six months was persuaded to remove to Nogales as surgeon for the Santa Fe, now the S. P. of Sonora. This was in 1884. He is now consulting physician and surgeon for all railroads in Mexico south of Nogales. For almost twenty years he has been a partner of Dr. Chenowith's, and is also associated with Dr. Gustetter in the Mira Monte Sanitarium. Source: Who's Who in Arizona. Volume I. 1913 (p. 195). See also Gustetter, A.L., p. 941.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]: 5/255,256. 5/257: Is “Dr. W. F. Purdy” a typo and also a reference to Harry William Purdy[?]
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 365.
See also: McClintock, James H. Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern; the Nation's Youngest Commonwealth within a Land of Ancient Culture. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1916 (aka Arizona, the Youngest State), volume 3 (Biographical), page 737.
J Am Med Assoc, Feb 1906; XLVI: 609: At the annual election of officers of the Santa Cruz County Medical Society, held at Nogales, February 1, the following was the result: President, Dr. Adolphus H. Noon; vice-president, Dr. Harry W. Purdy; secretary and treasurer, Dr. Albert L. Gustetter; delegate to Arizona Medical Association, Dr. Ray Ferguson, and censor, Dr. Nicholas K. Noon, all of Nogales. This society was recently organized on the standard plan and begins its work with good promise for the future.
J Am Med Assoc, Apr 1909; LII: 1114: The annual meeting of Santa Cruz County Medical Society was held in Nogales, March 8, when the following officers were elected: President, Dr. Albert L. Gustetter, Nogales; vice-president, Dr. Paul R. Doran [i.e., Doron], Patagonia; censor, Dr. William F. Chenoweth, Nogales; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Alfred C. Kingsley, Nogales; and committee on public health legislation, Drs. Adolphus H. Noon and Harry W. Purdy, Nogales.
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1927; 89: 137: Harry William Purdy, Nogales, Ariz. ; Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, 1882; died, March 24.
Born in Quincy, Florida February 9, 1860. Graduated in 1882 from what was then known as the Medical College of Bellevue Hospital, New York. Came to Arizona as chief surgeon for the Silver King mine in Pinal County, and after about six months was persuaded to remove to Nogales as surgeon for the Santa Fe, now the S. P. of Sonora. This was in 1884. He is now consulting physician and surgeon for all railroads in Mexico south of Nogales. For almost twenty years he has been a partner of Dr. Chenowith's, and is also associated with Dr. Gustetter in the Mira Monte Sanitarium. Source: Who's Who in Arizona. Volume I. 1913 (p. 195). See also Gustetter, A.L., p. 941.
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]: 5/255,256. 5/257: Is “Dr. W. F. Purdy” a typo and also a reference to Harry William Purdy[?]
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 365.
See also: McClintock, James H. Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern; the Nation's Youngest Commonwealth within a Land of Ancient Culture. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1916 (aka Arizona, the Youngest State), volume 3 (Biographical), page 737.
J Am Med Assoc, Feb 1906; XLVI: 609: At the annual election of officers of the Santa Cruz County Medical Society, held at Nogales, February 1, the following was the result: President, Dr. Adolphus H. Noon; vice-president, Dr. Harry W. Purdy; secretary and treasurer, Dr. Albert L. Gustetter; delegate to Arizona Medical Association, Dr. Ray Ferguson, and censor, Dr. Nicholas K. Noon, all of Nogales. This society was recently organized on the standard plan and begins its work with good promise for the future.
J Am Med Assoc, Apr 1909; LII: 1114: The annual meeting of Santa Cruz County Medical Society was held in Nogales, March 8, when the following officers were elected: President, Dr. Albert L. Gustetter, Nogales; vice-president, Dr. Paul R. Doran [i.e., Doron], Patagonia; censor, Dr. William F. Chenoweth, Nogales; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Alfred C. Kingsley, Nogales; and committee on public health legislation, Drs. Adolphus H. Noon and Harry W. Purdy, Nogales.
J Am Med Assoc, Jul 1927; 89: 137: Harry William Purdy, Nogales, Ariz. ; Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, 1882; died, March 24.
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History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673]
volume 5, page(s) 255,256,257
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