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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…

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The Veterans Administration Medical Center in Tuscaloosa was dedicated on July 4, 1932.

The first patient was admitted a mere 11 days later on July 15. Upon its opening, the medical center housed 272 beds for veterans in need of hospitalization…

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Tuscaloosa Veterans Administration Hospital was constructed in the early 1930s and was dedicated on July 6, 1932. The General Medical and Surgical Hospital began admitting patients on July 15, 1932. In 1940, the hospital was re-designated as a…

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Tuscaloosa Veterans Administration Hospital was constructed in the early 1930s and was dedicated on July 6, 1932. The General Medical and Surgical Hospital began admitting patients on July 15, 1932. In 1940, the hospital was re-designated as a…

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Tuscaloosa's first Red Cross Grey Ladies, a volunteer organization selected to carry out the Red Cross program of providing recreation for Northington [General Hospital] patients, this week took up their duties at the hospital. Taking the Post…

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This 1912 charter of The Medical Society of Tuscaloosa County indicates that the group was originally chartered in 1877. Physicians in the area were granted membership by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama.

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The Searcy Building, named for Dr. James T. Searcy, the second superintendent of Bryce hospital, was a replacement of a wooden building on the Bryce Grounds. Construction began in 1946 and was completed before October, 1948. It has been a building…

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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…

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Cabinet card photograph of Dr. Peter Bryce taken in 1859 upon his graduation from the Medical College of the University of New York.

Bryce was superintendent of the Alabama Insane Hospital in Tuscaloosa (later Bryce Hospital) for 31 years.

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They've been in the hell of battle, but they can still smile and talk about it. Five of the soldiers who helped disprove Hitler's claims of a Festung Europa are shown above. Left to right are Pfc. Julian Jones, Pvt. William N. Miner, Pfc. William L.…
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