Showing posts with label physician. Show all posts
Showing posts with label physician. Show all posts
Thursday, September 11, 2025

Doctor Kills His Wife in Bessemer in 1943--or Did He?

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I'm still making my way through the World War II issues of the Gadsden Times saved by paternal grandmother Rosa Mae Wright. Here's a...
Friday, January 20, 2023

Two Alabama Doctors in Trouble

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In one of my recent wanderings through the Internet Archive Scholar database, I happened to come across the two notices below about a pair ...
Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Charles A. McCallum, D.M.D., M.D., RIP

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I would like to note the passing on January 16 of Charles A. "Scotty" McCallum, Jr. , dentist, physician, UAB's third Presiden...
Monday, August 19, 2019

The Doctor, His Son the Spy & The Police

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Did you know Alabama has a direct connection to the rock group The Police ? Let's investigate. I jumped down this rabbit hole recently...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Dr. Mastin of Mobile Tours the World in 1901

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Reading old newspapers often turns up fascinating material. I was recently wandering around in the Library of Congress digital collection Ch...
Monday, June 23, 2014

The First Certified, Practicing Female Physician in Alabama

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With women currently comprising half of all medical students nationwide, it is strange to think of a time in Alabama with no female doctors...
Monday, March 31, 2014

A Story in Stone: John Payne, M.D. [1860-1901]

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Cemeteries are places crowded with fascinating stories, and the Pelham City Cemetery just off U.S. 31 at the corner of Industrial Park Road ...