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University of Tennessee Health Science Center

WEBFounded in 1911, the UT Health Science Center includes the Colleges of Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy; the …

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Meharry Medical College Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEB3 minutes to read. Meharry Medical College in Nashville originated in 1876 as the medical division of Central Tennessee College, an institution established by the Freedman’s Aid …

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Commonwealth Fund Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBThe Commonwealth Fund has played an important part in the development of public health and medical education in Tennessee since the 1920s. Anna Richardson Harkness …

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Tennessee Medical Association Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBThe Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) is a 6,800-member professional organization for medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy dedicated to protecting the health care …

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Johnson City Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBJohnson City. Located in the mountainous northeast corner of Tennessee, Johnson City is the seventh largest city in the state, with a population of over 57,000 (1998), and is one …

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Murfreesboro Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBThe sixth largest city in Tennessee, with 68,816 citizens, Murfreesboro is located in Rutherford County, thirty-five miles southeast of Nashville. Adjacent to the west fork of …

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Bledsoe County Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBWritten by Elizabeth Robnett. 3 minutes to read. The oldest and northernmost county in the Sequatchie Valley is Bledsoe County; it became Tennessee’s thirty-third county by an …

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Frist, William H. Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBWilliam H. “Bill” Frist represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2007 and served as Senate Majority Leader during the last four of those years.

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Historic Resorts Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBEarly tourist resorts in Tennessee were almost invariably close to mineral springs in mountainous East Tennessee. Reflecting a widespread belief in the efficacy of the …

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Dyer County Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBThe Tennessee General Assembly established Dyer County in 1823 and named it in honor of Colonel Robert H. Dyer. John McIver and Joel H. Dyer donated sixty acres for the …

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Yellow Fever Epidemics Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBYellow fever cases were probably developing on the fringes of Memphis as early as late July, and by August 13 the first death was reported in the city itself. With the horrors of …

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HCA Healthcare Corporation Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBHCA was a Nashville-based healthcare corporation, established as one of the first private healthcare corporations in the country by Jack Massey, Thomas F. Frist Sr., and …

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Quillen College of Medicine Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBIn 1963 East Tennessee State University President Burgin E. Dossett, Dean John P. Lamb, Charles E. Allen, M.D., and various civic leaders and legislators called attention to the …

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Life and Casualty Insurance Company Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBEstablished by Andrew M. Burton, Guilford Dudley Sr., Helena Haralson, Dr. J. C. Franklin, and Pat M. Estes in Nashville in 1903, Life and Casualty Insurance Company initially …

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Jackson, Andrew Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBAndrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. As war hero and the “savior of his country,” he was one of a handful …

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Western State Mental Hospital Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBWestern State Mental Hospital, located near Bolivar, was the last state mental hospital to be constructed and habitually the one least funded. In December 1885 the site …

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Todd, Mary "Molly" Hart Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBTodd was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1904 and graduated from Vassar College in 1925. Her first employment as a social worker involved birth control clinics in New Jersey and …

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Goodpasture, Ernest William Tennessee Encyclopedia

WEBGoodpasture was born on a farm near Clarksville, Montgomery County, October 17,1886, the son of Albert Virgil and Jennie Wilson Dawson Goodpasture. Ernest Goodpasture …

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National Life and Accident Insurance Company Tennessee …

WEBWhile destined to become one of the top insurance companies in the nation, the National Life and Accident Insurance Company barely survived its first winter. C. A. Craig bought …

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