The Quigless Clinic: Its Impact on the Lives of African Americans Living in Tarboro, North Carolina, in the 1950s

被引:1
作者
Winkfield, Karen Marie [1 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Harvard Radiat Oncol Program, Boston, MA 02115 USA
关键词
medical history; African Americans;
D O I
10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30834-8
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Dr Milton Douglas Quigless, a graduate of Meharry Medical College, arrived in Tarboro, North Carolina, in 1936 to practice medicine. For 10 years, he tried to obtain hospital privileges at the Edgecombe General Hospital, but segregation laws prevented him from performing surgery and admitting ill patients to this local facility. After years of frustration, Dr Quigless decided to establish his own hospital so that he could adequately care for his patients. In 1946, the doors of the Quigless Hospital-Clinic opened-the first hospital for blacks in Tarboro. As a noted family physician and distinguished community leader, Dr Quigless had an enormous impact on the lives of multiple generations of North Carolinians.
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页码:184 / 188
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