While looking back through West Virginia newspapers from this week in 1910, I came across this ad for The Campbell Hospital. I had never heard
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Women’s History Month: Virginia Henderson (Nursing)
Virginia Avenel Henderson (November 30, 1897 – March 19, 1996) was an influential nurse, researcher, theorist, and author. Henderson is famous for a definition of nursing: “The unique function of the
Historical Marker: Dr Jesse Bennett
Title: Dr. Jesse Bennett Inscription: Grave and home (1/2 mile W.) of Dr. Jesse Bennett, whose Caesarean operation on his wife, 1794, was the first in America.
Personal History: 50 / 50 Medical Terminology
My vision was crap yesterday evening and so my 50/50 arrives this morning. I will post another later this evening so they are not on
Women’s History Month: Virginia Apgar, doctor
Virginia Apgar, M.D. (1909 – 1974) was an American obstetrical anesthesiologist, best known as the inventor of the Apgar score, a way to quickly assess
If I had a tumor, I’d call it Imogene.
When I was eighteen I had my first mammogram. I had found a lump and for a very flat-chested girl, that was a huge thing.
Thoughts and Ponderances 