Family Practice & Surgical Specialists history

The following year, 1846, Dallas was named temporary seat of Dallas County, which was named for Vice President George Mifflin Dallas.

They carried their drugs with them since the first drug store in Dallas was not established until 1855 by Frank A. Sayre.

The city was not officially incorporated until 1856.

He was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1860, began his practice in state and federal courts, and soon gained a reputation as one of the best title lawyers in the state.

The first railroad came to Dallas in 1872, which later accounted for explosive growth of the city (5).

In 1874 the first City Hospital was built (Figure ​(Figure22). Prior to this, hospitals were in shacks.

He served in the Russian Army and moved to Dallas in 1875, opening an office at 602 Main Street.

To be a member, the physician and surgeon had to have a diploma from a regularly constituted medical college recognized as such by the American Medical Association (AMA). The purpose of the organization was to establish a uniform fee for doctors to guarantee citizens against excessive charges. It was a forerunner of the Dallas County Medical Society (7). On April 1, 1876, the Dallas County Medical Society held its first meeting, and its first president was Doctor Albert Johnston.

Smith invested $7500 to open Tidball, Van Zandt, and Company Incorporated in 1877 as the Fort Worth National Bank, under which name it operates today.

Some of the rail line stocks dropped 60%. By 1881 telephone exchanges opened in Dallas (1).

The first appendectomy in the USA was not performed until around 1887.

The first surgical resident was Doctor Melvin Millet, who began working for the Mayo brothers in 1889.

Doctor Armstrong became health officer in 1892 following Doctor Rosser (Figure ​(Figure77). He recognized the poor sanitary conditions that existed and finally convinced the city council to appropriate money to build a new hospital.

The Weden and Temple Medical and Surgical Institute opened in 1893 at 333 Elm Street at the corner of North Akard, managed by Doctor Weden Smith and Doctor Temple Smith.

Dallas' first buggy ambulance, 1894.

The first Parkland Hospital, about 1895.

The horse was not purchased until 1896 for $100, and 3 years later, Health Officer John W. Hicks Florence insisted that rubber wheels be purchased for the wagon ambulance for humanitarian reasons since the ride was so rough (14) (Figure ​(Figure99).

Doctor Milliken moved to Dallas in 1897 and partnered with Doctor C. M. Rosser to codirect Hermitage Hospital, located at 449 Elm Street.

Used in conjunction with an even lower-tech instrument, the stethoscope, it allowed Mackenzie to make the first diagnosis of “auricular paralysis,” i.e., atrial fibrillation, in 1898.

Doctor Hadra had practiced in several towns, including Waco, where he lived for about a year in 1899.

The college leased a Jewish synagogue, the former Temple Emanu-el (Figure ​(Figure1111). The medical college officially opened its doors on November 19, 1900, in the Jewish synagogue in what is now the 1300 block of Commerce Street, across from the present site of the Adolphus Hotel.

The house was remodeled to provide space for a ward, an admitting area, and operating rooms, and by 1901 the mansion was ready to begin functioning in its new role as the city's second privately owned and operated general hospital.

The Texas Baptist Memorial Sanitarium officially opened in the building formerly called the Good Samaritan Hospital on May 11, 1904 (31).

P. S. Ramseur of Paris, Texas, gave the sanitarium her estate, including 9000 acres and $15,000 in cash, which gave an overall value exceeding $100,000. Thus, the medical school moved into the Texas Baptist Memorial Sanitarium on October 1, 1906, and remained there for 3 years (32).

Six students graduated in 1907, and two became the first two interns appointed from the medical school.

He attended Honey Grove High School and graduated from Baylor University College of Medicine in 1909.

In March 1910 rules and regulations were established for the development of an intern program that would consist of 6 months on the medical service and 6 months on the surgery service.

The Becton-Dickinson all-metal "Empire," a general utility syringe, was available in sizes from .25 to 8 ounces. It first appeared in the B-D catalog of 1911, where it was offered with a variety of tips for all manner of irrigation (nasal, ear, intra-trachael, intra-venous, urethral, and rectal).

Doctor Sparkman was born in 1912 at Brownwood, Texas, the son of Viola and Ellis Sparkman.

On February 13, 1913, at a meeting in Chicago, Baylor University College of Medicine was elected to membership in the Association of American Medical Colleges (36).

On February 1, 1914, the new and second city-county Parkland Hospital opened at Oak Lawn and Maple Avenues in far North Dallas (Figure ​(Figure2727). The city continued to operate its emergency hospital separately in the City Hall (39).

Formal surgical training began in 1915 when Drs.

With the opening of the October 1, 1917, session, requirements for admission increased to a minimum of 2 years of college work.

The war ended on November 11, 1918, and almost 10 million had been killed, including 115,000 Americans.

They did not return to the USA until February 1919 (41). Although Doctor Gary, then president of the Texas Medical Association, wanted to volunteer and head for France, President Brooks at Baylor in Waco convinced him that he was needed more at home than overseas.

By 1920 the hospital had 400 beds and 7 operating rooms (60). A chairman was appointed to each medical school department, thus more clearly defining departments.

The Texas Baptist Memorial Sanitarium was renamed Baylor Hospital on January 21,1921, and property, including Ramseur Hall and the sanitarium, passed to Baylor University in Waco (43).

In 1923 he opened the Medical Arts Building prior to being chairman of the Department of Surgery.

Doctor Andrew Small Ill's son, the fourth generation of the Small family, was a radiology resident at BUMC. Doctor Small was a founding member and also president of the Texas Surgical Society in 1926.

Doctor Rosser resigned on December 20, 1928.

The report was signed by Doctor E. H. Cary, chief of surgery; Doctor A. I. Folsom, who would follow as chief of surgery later in 1929; and Doctor C. C. Hannah (67). The board of trustees was reluctant to undertake too many large projects because of the financial risk.

He came to Dallas for a final year of general surgery residency in 1930 at St Paul Hospital.

In 1933 he started the Shortal Clinic.

In 1935 Fort Knox was established.

In 1938, Doctor Joseph M. Hill, a native of Buffalo, New York, began the development of a machine called “ADTEVAC” (adsorption temperature controlled vacuum) that could dry blood plasma.

With the opening of the 40th session of the medical school in October 1939, the admission requirements were increased to a minimum of 3 years of college credit.

The USA and Britain were moving closer to a military alliance (77). Shortly before 8:00 AM on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese planes attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor and the Hawaiian islands without warning.

Doctor Hudson Dunlap, 1942, general surgery

The proposal was submitted to the board of trustees of Baylor University on May 5, 1943.

They were furious when they came home and found themselves in ‘Class A’ [the lowest rung of the hospital hierarchy, in which surgery could only be performed after consultation and under supervision].” One day in late 1945, Truman continued,

Doctor Kleinsasser had been discharged from the army in 1946 and had served 4 years as chief of surgery at the Dallas Veterans Administration Hospital.

The AAGP had well over 2,000 members by the end of 1947, the year of its founding.

In October 1948, the board of trustees of Baylor University Hospital made major changes in the managerial structure.

Doctor Weaver died at Parkland Hospital on January 20, 1950.

Opened to the public in 1951, CCMH has undergone many transformations during the last 70 years.

Baylor University Hospital celebrated its 50th birthday in November 1953 and had grown to 850 beds.

His residency was completed at the Veterans Administration Hospital in McKinney, Texas, in 1955, and he joined the attending staff at Baylor.

The named change from Baylor University Hospital to Baylor University Medical Center was announced during the opening ceremonies for the Women and Children's Hospital on October 28, 1959 (88).

On March 17, 1964, Baylor opened an entirely different type of laboratory facility—the Caruth Surgical Research Laboratory.

The retreat from proceduralism was codified in the “Core Content” of family practice adopted by the AAGP in 1966.

The original gift for this endowment was made on December 11,1968, by Boone Powell, Sr., and Doctor Robert S. Sparkman.

Prothro (Figure ​(Figure5252) had been a patient of a BUMC surgeon (Doctor William David Barnett) in 1972.

The professorship was established in 1974 by a generous donation from Doctor Kidd.

The first person to deliver the lectureship was Doctor Cushman Haagensen of New York City in 1976.

By 1977, more than 90 million Americans were covered by Blue Cross.

The inaugural speaker on October 10, 1979, was Doctor Edwin J. Wylie, professor of surgery and chief of vascular surgery at the University of California at San Francisco.

Doctor Joseph Kuhn (Figure ​(Figure7676) is one of the associate program directors, having been an Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1984.

On May 7, 1985, the transplant review committee established guidelines for the cardiac transplant program.

In 1987 a fund was established to create the Jesse Eldon Thompson Surgical Education and Research Endowment.

On January 27, 1988, the first gallstone lithotripsy procedure in the USA was successfully performed at BUMC as part of a US Food and Drug Administration—approved study.

On June 30, 1989, he became chairman of the Department of Surgery at Louisiana State University in New Orleans.

By August 1991, 100 cardiac transplants had been performed.

When Doctor Thompson retired, Doctor Clement “Mack” Talkington was appointed director of the division for 10 years until April 1996.

Doctor Sparkman died on March 25, 1997.

Doctor Kuhn was joined in practice by Doctor Todd McCarty in January 1998.

On June 7, 2000, the Baylor Health Care System Foundation purchased an intuitive computer-assisted robot, which was placed in the Caruth animal facility.

There are 4 general surgery services at John Peter Smith Hospital and 4 general surgery services at BUMC in order to meet the standards set by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for an 80 hour work week implemented July 1,2003.

As of 2004, 90 residents have completed training under Doctor Ronald Jones.

The CCMH replacement facility opened to the public in June 2011.