See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
J Am Med Assoc. 1938;111(21):1943: California. Changes in Health Officers. ... Dr. Frederick W. Knight has been appointed health officer of Corcoran to succeed the late Dr. James H. Van Vorhis.
J Am Med Assoc. 1938;110(20):1688: James Harrison Van Vorhis, Corcoran, Calif. ; Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 1901 ; member of the California Medical Association; aged 64; died, February 9, of lobar pneumonia.
His father, perhaps, or an uncle [?]:
J Am Med Assoc. 1913;60(9):680-681: Flavius Josephus Van Vorhis, M.D. Rush Medical College, 1866; of Indianapolis; assistant surgeon of Volunteers during the Civil War; a graduate in law of 1880 and a state senator from 1881 to 1883; a pioneer in health legislation; who drafted and secured the passage of the law creating the first state board of health; died in the Methodist Episcopal Hospital, Indianapolis, February 9, three weeks after an operation for the removal of gall-stones, aged 72.
A great grandfather, perhaps, or another ancestor [?]:
J Am Med Assoc. 1903;XLI(14):858-859: Early Medical Chicago. The city of Chicago has been celebrating its centennial during this week. One hundred years ago the United States sent some soldiers to the spot where Chicago now stands, and they built a fort, which was called Fort Dearborn. The building of this fort in 1803 was the foundation of the city of Chicago. The first physician of record in Chicago was John Cooper, a surgeon's mate from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., who entered on his duties at Fort Dearborn, Dec. 31, 1810. He was succeeded by Dr. Isaac Van Vorhis, also from Dutchess County, N. Y. He was killed in the Fort Dearborn massacre, Aug. 15, 1812. ...
J Am Med Assoc. 1938;111(21):1943: California. Changes in Health Officers. ... Dr. Frederick W. Knight has been appointed health officer of Corcoran to succeed the late Dr. James H. Van Vorhis.
J Am Med Assoc. 1938;110(20):1688: James Harrison Van Vorhis, Corcoran, Calif. ; Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 1901 ; member of the California Medical Association; aged 64; died, February 9, of lobar pneumonia.
His father, perhaps, or an uncle [?]:
J Am Med Assoc. 1913;60(9):680-681: Flavius Josephus Van Vorhis, M.D. Rush Medical College, 1866; of Indianapolis; assistant surgeon of Volunteers during the Civil War; a graduate in law of 1880 and a state senator from 1881 to 1883; a pioneer in health legislation; who drafted and secured the passage of the law creating the first state board of health; died in the Methodist Episcopal Hospital, Indianapolis, February 9, three weeks after an operation for the removal of gall-stones, aged 72.
A great grandfather, perhaps, or another ancestor [?]:
J Am Med Assoc. 1903;XLI(14):858-859: Early Medical Chicago. The city of Chicago has been celebrating its centennial during this week. One hundred years ago the United States sent some soldiers to the spot where Chicago now stands, and they built a fort, which was called Fort Dearborn. The building of this fort in 1803 was the foundation of the city of Chicago. The first physician of record in Chicago was John Cooper, a surgeon's mate from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., who entered on his duties at Fort Dearborn, Dec. 31, 1810. He was succeeded by Dr. Isaac Van Vorhis, also from Dutchess County, N. Y. He was killed in the Fort Dearborn massacre, Aug. 15, 1812. ...
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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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