Tag Archives: medicine

March 26, 1908

Posted on March 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, with the Great White Fleet on its way to Los Angeles, the PE promotes pleasure excursions to see ships in Venice … Below, 14 socially prominent women patients who have undergone face peels testify on behalf of J.T. Harris, … Continue reading →

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Mad dog bites girl

Posted on February 14, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 15, 1898Los Angeles   Here’s Dr. Wong, one of the characters who inhabited Bukowski Square in the 1890s…. Below, a rabid terrier bites a little girl on its rampage through the city …   

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Feb. 13, 1908

Posted on February 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

  The grand jury investigates gambling in Los Angeles … A determined federal agent captures his quarry after a long chase … The amusing tale of a plug hat … A USC medical student files a lawsuit charging that he … Continue reading →

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Dec. 6, 1957

Posted on December 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

   

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Girl in coma

Posted on May 31, 2007 by lmharnisch

  May 31, 1957 Long Beach Suzanne was supposed to have a simple bit of surgery. Didn’t everyone get their tonsils out? The 15-year-old went into St. Mary’s Hospital in Long Beach on May 31, 1956, but during the operation, … Continue reading →

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Paul V. Coates–Confidential File

Posted on May 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

May 16, 1957 The story appeared in the Mirror-News about a month ago. Venus Gonzales, 17, read it. That evening, when her husband, Buddy, 21, came home from work, she showed it to him. Both of them shuddered at the … Continue reading →

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