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Advertisement for S. B. Harris & Bro., the dental office of S.B. and N.T. Harris in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, found in the 1987 Corolla, the University of Alabama yearbook. The advertisement notes that "laughing gas and local anesthetics used in…

A brochure issued in 1963 by the Tuscaloosa County Medical Society promoting mass immunization using the Sabin Vaccine. The Sabin Vaccine is taken orally on cube of sugar.

The brochure gives the dates and locations in Tuscaloosa County where the…

Dr. Alston Fitts was the son of James Harris Oliver Fitts and Mary Burgess. Dr. Fitts was a native of Tuscaloosa. He was both baptized and confirmed at Christ Episcopal Church in Tuscaloosa. Dr. Fitts received his A.B. from the University of Alabama…

The building built for the Alabama Insane Hospital, later named Bryce Hospital, was designed by psychiatrist Thomas Kirkbride and architect Samuel Sloan, famed architect of the time. With three wings set in echelon formation, the hospital was an…

The building built for the Alabama Insane Hospital, later named Bryce Hospital, was designed by psychiatrist Thomas Kirkbride and architect Samuel Sloan, famed architect of the time. With three wings set in echelon formation, the hospital was an…

The original Druid City Hospital opened Mar. 28, 1923, on the University of Alabama campus. Prior to that time, Tuscaloosa had had a number of privately owned and managed hospitals. The movement for this new hospital began in 1919 when a group of…

Joe Louis, champion heavyweight boxer of the world, visited Northington General Hospital last week – and it was a great day for autograph collectors. Joe signed his name so many times no one could keep count. He’s shown in Ward B-7, surrounded by…

Waving proudly in the sky before the Administration Building is Northington's new T-Flag - awarded by the Treasury Department for the 100 percent participation of the hospital's Civilian Employees in the War Bond Program.

Pictured here is the U.S. Army's transport plane, C-47, which brought 14 sick and wounded overseas soldiers to Northington General Hospital on their last lap of the trip. Pvt. James Pearson of Tuscaloosa set the travel-time record, taking just three…

Splints and spinal braces made in Northington's Orthopedic Brace Shop are a third their former weight. The weight-reducing material is an aluminum alloy which replaces steel in the older and heavier brace.

From three salvaged airplane wings…