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Texas and the Texas Surgical Society (open access)

Texas and the Texas Surgical Society

Presidential address given by William H. Turney before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Turney discusses important "heroes" in Texas history, as well as his aspiration to be a hero of a surgeon.
Date: October 5, 1998
Creator: Turney, William H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surgeons and the Texas Revolution (open access)

Surgeons and the Texas Revolution

Presidential address given by Charles H. McCollum before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, McCollum shares stories of the surgeons who served during the Texas Revolution, as well as what modern surgeons could learn from them.
Date: October 2, 1995
Creator: McCollum, Charles H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carl A. Moyer - The Dallas Years (open access)

Carl A. Moyer - The Dallas Years

Presidential address given by Ernest Poulos before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Poulos discusses the life of Carl Alfred Moyer, a teaching surgeon, with particular focus on his time in Dallas from 1946-1951.
Date: October 6, 1991
Creator: Poulos, Ernest
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
S.O.S. (open access)

S.O.S.

Presidential address given by Patrick R. Thomas before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Thomas discusses a group within the society: the "Secretaries of the Society," and the influence and contributions of these secretaries over the years.
Date: October 3, 1988
Creator: Thomas, Patrick R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Texan to Remember (open access)

A Texan to Remember

Presidential address given by Herbert M. Seybold before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Seybold gives a biographical sketch of Dr. Hugh Hampton Young of San Antonio, Texas.
Date: October 7, 1985
Creator: Seybold, Herbert M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crohn's Disease and Carcinoma (open access)

Crohn's Disease and Carcinoma

Presidential address given by William David Barnett before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Barnett discusses a possible association between Crohn's Disease and adenocarcinoma of the small intestine. Also included is Barnett's banquet address, "Thanks for the Memories."
Date: October 4, 1982
Creator: Barnett, William David
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Presidential Address, Texas Surgical Society 126th Semi-Annual Meeting #1 (open access)

Presidential Address, Texas Surgical Society 126th Semi-Annual Meeting #1

Presidential address given by Elvin L. Shelton, Jr. at the 126th semi-annual Texas Surgical Society meeting in San Antonio, Texas. In the speech, Shelton shares several of his favorite jokes and quotes, and speaks about Leonardo da Vinci's accomplishments in studying anatomy.
Date: October 1980
Creator: Shelton, Elvin L., Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Presidential Address, Texas Surgical Society 126th Semi-Annual Meeting #2 (open access)

Presidential Address, Texas Surgical Society 126th Semi-Annual Meeting #2

Presidential address given by Elvin L. Shelton, Jr. at the 126th semi-annual Texas Surgical Society meeting in San Antonio, Texas. In the speech, Shelton shares several of his favorite jokes and quotes, and speaks about Leonardo da Vinci's accomplishments in studying anatomy. It includes a letter from Shelton to Dr. Walter King, Jr.
Date: October 1980
Creator: Shelton, Elvin L., Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quackery: Getting the Medical Goat (open access)

Quackery: Getting the Medical Goat

Speech given by Dr. A.W. Bronwell at the 62nd Texas Surgical Society Convention in Austin, Texas. In the speech, Bronwell discusses the history of "medical quackery."
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Bronwell, A. W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Joseph Henry Reuss: Founding Chairman of the Texas Surgical Society (open access)

Joseph Henry Reuss: Founding Chairman of the Texas Surgical Society

Presidential address given by James E. Pridgen before the Texas Surgical Society, providing a biographical sketch of Joseph Henry Reuss, who served as the first chairman of the Society. It includes a handwritten letter from Pridgen and an introductory statement.
Date: October 2, 1978
Creator: Pridgen, James E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, October 1, 1975] (open access)

[Letter from James Polk Morris to Edith M. Bonnet, October 1, 1975]

Letter from James Polk Morris, Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine at the Institute for the Medical Humanities, to Edith M. Bonnet regarding a change in his travel plans. Morris says that he is "preparing a paper on women doctors in Texas for presentation to the Texas Academy of Science next spring."
Date: October 1, 1975
Creator: Morris, James Polk
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
They Made Us Respectable (open access)

They Made Us Respectable

Presidential address given by Howard R. Dudgeon, Jr. before the Texas Surgical Society in Fort Worth, Texas. In the speech, Dudgeon discusses early surgeons who helped increase the respect given to the profession.
Date: October 7, 1974
Creator: Dudgeon, Howard R., Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Presidential Address (open access)

The Presidential Address

Presidential address given by A.O. Singleton, Jr. before the Texas Surgical Society in Corpus Christi, Texas. In the speech, Singleton discusses Texas' earliest surgeons and surgical operations.
Date: October 1, 1973
Creator: Singleton, A. O., Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pre-Plymouth Peregrinations (open access)

Pre-Plymouth Peregrinations

Presidential address given by Jesse E. Thompson before the Texas Surgical Society in San Antonio, Texas. In the speech, Thompson discusses Cabeza de Vaca's time living with the Native Americans of Texas and the conquest of Mexico, with particular focus on the operations he performed, including the first recorded surgical operation in North America.
Date: October 9, 1972
Creator: Thompson, Jesse E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
E.W. Bertner, M.D., F.A.C.S.: (1889-1950) Cancer Fighter and First President of the Texas Medical Center (open access)

E.W. Bertner, M.D., F.A.C.S.: (1889-1950) Cancer Fighter and First President of the Texas Medical Center

Presidential address given by William D. Seybold before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Seybold gives a biographical sketch of Dr. E.W. Bertner.
Date: October 4, 1971
Creator: Seybold, William D.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Group Practice (open access)

Group Practice

Address given before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, the speaker discusses issues related to group practice.
Date: October 3, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. H. Dodds to Edith Bonnet, October 30, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from C. H. Dodds to Edith Bonnet, October 30, 1968]

Letter from C. H. Dodds to Edith Bonnet saying that he is sorry she will not be able to make it to the "meetings of the Board of Directors at this time." According to the letter Dr. Bonnet has contributed a lot to the success of the Board.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Dodds, C. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
James E. Thompson, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.A.C.S., L.L.D., First President of the Texas Surgical Society (open access)

James E. Thompson, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.A.C.S., L.L.D., First President of the Texas Surgical Society

Presidential address given by Walter B. King, Jr. before the Texas Surgical Society in Waco, Texas. In the speech, King discusses James E. Thompson's life and accomplishments
Date: October 2, 1967
Creator: King, Walter B., Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Surgical Society Presidential Address] (open access)

[Texas Surgical Society Presidential Address]

Presidential address given by Joe T. Gilbert before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Gilbert discusses medical advances during his time as a doctor.
Date: October 1966
Creator: Gilbert, Joe T.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Opening Remarks - Texas Surgical Society Galveston, Texas - October 4, 1965 (open access)

Opening Remarks - Texas Surgical Society Galveston, Texas - October 4, 1965

Text of opening remarks for the October 1965 meeting of the Texas Surgical Society in Galveston, Texas. It includes a copy of the presidential address given by Robert S. Sparkman in which he compares and contrasts what life was like, medically and otherwise, when the society formed in 1915 versus the current state of affairs, and what 2015 may look like.
Date: October 4, 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Something for the Archives: 1915 - 1965 - 2015 (open access)

Something for the Archives: 1915 - 1965 - 2015

Copy of a manuscript for the presidential address given by Robert S. Sparkman before the Texas Surgical Society in Galveston, Texas. In the speech, Sparkman compares and contrasts what life was like, medically and otherwise, when the society formed in 1915 versus the current state of affairs, and what 2015 may look like.
Date: October 4, 1965
Creator: Sparkman, Robert S.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Something for the Archives: 1915 - 1965 - 2015 (open access)

Something for the Archives: 1915 - 1965 - 2015

Handwritten draft of a manuscript for the presidential address given by Robert S. Sparkman before the Texas Surgical Society in Galveston, Texas. In the speech, Sparkman compares and contrasts what life was like, medically and otherwise, when the society formed in 1915 versus the current state of affairs, and what 2015 may look like.
Date: October 4, 1965
Creator: Sparkman, Robert S.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Monroe Dunaway Anderson: Benefactor of Medicine and Mankind (open access)

Monroe Dunaway Anderson: Benefactor of Medicine and Mankind

Presidential address given by James Greenwood, Jr. before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Greenwood discusses Monroe Dunaway Anderson's life and accomplishments, as well as the work of the M.D. Anderson Foundation.
Date: October 5, 1964
Creator: Greenwood, James, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Halsted Heritage (open access)

The Halsted Heritage

Presidential address given by J.W. Dockett before the Texas Surgical Society. In the speech, Brindley discusses the life and accomplishments of Dr. William Stewart Halsted, former Professor of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Medical School.
Date: October 6, 1963
Creator: Duckett, J. W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History