The following may be of interest to genealogists researching Dallas County, Texas history. The library website at UT Southwestern Medical Center has a page dedicated to the history of medicine. It includes links to (1) a collection of more than 500 images illustrating the history of medicine in Dallas, (2) 60 choice photos arranged in chronological order that provide a photographic history of medical highlights in Dallas, (3) a description of books dealing with medical history housed at the UT Southwestern library, (4) a link to a 1951 thesis written by Marie Louise Giles titled The Early History of Medicine in Dallas, 1841-1900, (5) information on a collection of historically important medical journals at the UT Southwestern library, (6) information of files with clippings on Dallas and Texas medical history at the UT Southwestern Library (7) and a link to the online Texas Physicians Historical Biographical Database developed by the staff at the UT Southwestern library.
Link to The Early History of Medicine in Dallas, 1841-1900
http://libraryblogs.utsouthwestern.edu/LibraryNews/2012/06/early-history-of-medicine-in-dallas-1841-to-1900-now-online/
Link to UT Southwestern’s library’s History of Medicine website with old pictures and on-line physician database:
http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/library/speccol/hhs/history.cfm
