Research Catalog

Title

Dr. Arthur Spohn : surgeon, inventor, and Texas medical pioneer / Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick ; with Charles W. Monday Jr. ; introduction by Kenneth L. Mattox.

Author

Monday, Jane Clements, 1941-

Publication

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2018]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Monday, Charles Woodrow, Jr.,
• Vick, Frances Brannen, 1935-

Description

xxv, 341 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Gulf Coast books ; no. 23

Uniform Title

Gulf Coast books ; no. 23.

Subject

• Spohn Sanitarium (Corpus Christi, Tex.) > History
• Spohn, Arthur Ed
• Spoon family
• Surgeons > Corpus Christ > Biography
• Surgeons

Genre/Form

• Biography.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Spohn family, from Canada to the United States: 1776-1845 -- From the University of Michigan to postwar New York City: 1866-1867 -- The Spohns to lawless Texas: 1867-1868 -- Spohn in Texas: 1868-1870 -- Mier, Mexico: 1870-1872 -- Corpus Christi, the city by the sea: 1872-1875 -- A pivotal year: 1876 -- In New York: 1877 -- The Wild West: 1878-1881 -- Medical and family drama: 1882-1884 -- Tragedy and triumph: 1885-1887 -- A race to Paris and the Pasteur Institute: 1888 -- Medical passions: 1889-1894 -- Challenging times: 1895-1899 -- A new century: 1900-1905 -- A hospital at last: 1905 -- City of the bluff and seas: 1906-1908 -- Dr. Arthur Edward Spohn's legacy: 1908-1913 -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Medical journal articles by Dr. Spohn -- Appendix 2. Poetry by and about Dr. Spohn -- Appendix 3. Spaun/Spohn, Vela and Vidal, and Kenedy family trees -- Appendix 4. Spohn Sanitarium dedicatory address.

ISBN

• 9781623496906
• 162349690X

LCCN

2018017408

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library