HomeMy WebLinkAboutUntitled (3)1906 F.R. Collard, M.D. (Wheelock)
(Robertson County Medical Society)
1905 J.M. Nicks, M.D. (Stone City)
(Brazos County Medical Society)
1904 W.S. Parker, M.D. (Calvert)
(Robertson County Medical Society)
1904 J.M. Nicks, M.D. (Stone City)
(Brazos County Medical Society)
1904 E.N. Shaw, M.D. (Cameron)
(Brazos Valley Medical Association)
1897 H.W. Cummings, M.D. (Hearne)
(Brazos Valley Medical Association)
1896 H.W. Cummings, M.D. (Hearne)
(Brazos Valley Medical Association)
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HISTORY OF THE BRAZOS COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
The history of organized practice of medicine in
Brazos and Robertson Counties dates back to almost a
century. There were physicians practicing medicine
prior to the time records were kept. In talking to
elderly people still living the names of a Dr. Sole,
a Dr. Edge, a Dr. Cavitt are mentioned but are not
listed in any record we have. At one time there was
a Dr. Henry Fountain who had a "sanitarium" on East
21st Street in Bryan, but no record of his membership
in any of the organizations nor legal record.
The Brazos - Robertson County Society is an echelon
in the 12th District of Texas State Medical Associa-
tion which is affiliated with the American Medical
Association. The purpose of the society is to serve
as a medium to relate to the advancement of medical
science through lectures, presentation, original pa-
pers, discussion, and sometimes debates of medical
and economic problems by local physicians and guests
of the society. The society meets monthly except in
the summer months. There are several committees that
also have scheduled meetings the most active of which
is the Executive Committee.
Membership categories are regular, provisional,
honorary, military, student, resident and internship.
Physicians that are new in the communities are placed
in the provisional category for a period of two years
before being placed on the active roster. Honorary
members are those who have retired after an active
membership of forty or more years. These are nomi-
nated by the local society and elected by the House
of Delegates of the Texas Medical Association.
Organized medicine of Texas was begun on January
17, 1853 in Austin as the Medical Association of
Texas by Drs. Asbel Smith, J.W. Throckmorton and a
few others as founders. Dr. Smith was one of the
pioneers of The Medical Branch of Texas at Galveston.
In 1869, the association was reorganized as the Texas
State Medical Association and met annually. The
transactions were published in the Texas Medical and
Surgical Record. There were County and Regional so-
cieties organized which were affiliated with the
parent Texas Medical Association.