Record #:

9649

Author(s):

Silcox-Jarrett, Diane

Abstract:

Silcox-Jarrett discusses some of the medical first in North Carolina. These include Dr. James Shober, who, in 1878, became the state's first practicing black physician; Dr. Annie Lowrie Alexander, the state's first female physician; and pioneering high-tech innovations, such as the Da Vinci heart surgery and Gamma Knife radiosurgery.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 8, Jan 2008, p90-94, 96, il, por

Subject(s):

Medical care--History