The medical profession has been a strong
component of both the health of the population and the leadership of our
local governments. The well respected
Orange County Medical Association organized in 1889, the same year as the
county itself.
This page links to a variety of
articles reprinted from a book titled Orange County Medical History
written in 1927 by Dr. Charles Dexter Ball, MD, speaking to the county's
medical history from the mid-1800s to then current day. At the time,
Dr. Ball was president of the Orange County Historical Society as well as a leader in the
medical community. The Orange County Historical Society published this book.
It's currently available only on the "rare" book market.
We are proud to post scans from the original
pages of the book. The pages include information about the Orange County
General Hospital (now UCI Medical Center), the Santa Ana Hospital, and a host of local doctors -- a
few of the many who served the residents of Orange County. We hope you
enjoy this and get a feel for the type of pioneers these men and women of
medicine truly were.
(We're currently adding more
doctors. We'll have a few more posted soon.)
