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Showing posts with label Medical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medical. Show all posts
Thursday, November 16, 2023

Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, the first woman to head a medical division at a coeducational university, Loyola University Medical School.

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Born on March 26, 1863, Bertha Van Hoosen spent her early years on her parents' farm in Stony Creek Village, Michigan. Free to roam abou...
Saturday, October 21, 2023

Lillian B. Williams was Riverview Amusement Park's most popular freak show draw ever.

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Unusual human beings have been exhibited in public since antiquity. The first traveling "freak show" appeared in 1738 in Europe. C...
Saturday, July 22, 2023

Schiller Woods Forest Preserve Magic Water Pump on Irving Park Road, Particulars.

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The pump is located in Schiller Woods Forest Preserve in Schiller Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Google Maps: 41°57'08.8"N 87...
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Thursday, March 30, 2023

International Museum of Surgical Science, 1524 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago.

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Dr. Max Thorek founded the International College of Surgeons (ICS) in 1935 to promote the exchange of surgical knowledge and foster understa...
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Thursday, October 27, 2022

Autopsy Notes from President Lincoln on April 15, 1865.

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Autopsy notes by Dr. Robert K. Stone, Lincoln's family physician. Autopsist, assistant surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Janvier (J.J.)...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

The Midget Club at 4016 West 63rd Street, Chicago. (1948-1982)

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The Midget [1] Club bar was owned by Chicago native Parnell St. Aubin, who’d played a Munchkin soldier in The Wizard of Oz. His wife, Mary E...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

A Chronology of Early Chicago Area Hotels.

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1700 AD Along animal migration trails, Indian paths, and later stagecoach routes, the created stops and stations became the foundation for t...
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