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The History of General Practice in Alachua County
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The History of General Practice in Alachua County
Map of Alachua County
The History of General Practice in Alachua County
Map of Alachua County
Population Trends
Era of the Frontier Doctors
Timucuan Indians
Timeline, Prior to 1840
North-Central Florida, 1830s
Timeline, Prior to 1840
Timeline, 1840 - 1880
Early Alachua County Physicians to 1870
Dr. Thomas McCaa
The Country Doctor, late 1880s
Dr. G.P. Thomas
1880 - 1920
Sarah Lucretia Robb, M.D.
Timeline, 1880 - 1920
The Robb Family Physician, 1882
The Robb House
Midwifery, 1890s
Horse-and-Buggy Medicine
House Calls
Gainesville, 1883
Cracker Farm Family
Rural Towns of Alachua County, to 1920
Rudolph Virkow, 1860s
Bilroth
Ether Dome
Johns Hopkins Faculty, 1890s
1920 - 1960
Tributes to Dr. Thomas
W.C. Thomas, Sr.
Dr. Thomas in Labor and Delivery Suite of AGH, 1960s
Prescription, 1950
Trains on Main Street, 1920s
Era of the Auto
Timeline, 1920 - 1960
Tobacco Farming in Newberry, 1940s
World War II, Physician Shortage
Post-War Boom, Growth of UF
Post War Boom, Gainesville's First Mall
Segregated Doctor's Office, 1950s
Civil Rights Movement, 1950s-60s
William's Convalescent Home
Hospital Ward, 1920s
UF Health Science Center, 1960s
Acknowledgements
Author: Dr. Paul J. Psychas, M.D. / psychas@fpmg.health.ufl.edu
Contact: Russell Fielding / rtfield@ufl.edu
Version: Produced by the Office of Medical Informatics
Copyright: 1999 by the University of Florida
Location: http://medinfo.ufl.edu/other/histmed/psychas/index.html
Created: July 12, 1999
Modified: July 13, 1999