Newspaper Clipping, Flight To Save Patient's Life is First in State, February 17, 1941

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Description

This article describes the first known time that an airplane was used to fly a doctor somewhere to perform emergency medical services. Dr. A. E. Gordin of Jackson borrowed Dr. R. L. Dodd's airplane to fly to Kosciusko to perform emergency surgery on James Swanson Niles. Unfortunately, Niles did not survive the surgery.

Publication Date

2-17-1941

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Newspapers; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Airplanes; Physicians; Flight--Medical aspects

Keywords

newspaper clippings; doctors; airplanes

Object Type

text

Format (original)

newspaper clipping

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1941-02-17-First-Flight-to-Save-James-Swanson-Niles_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 1, Folder 10

Repository

Manuscripts Unit

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University