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Milton Floersheim, Jr. oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: HHC 132

Scope and Contents

This interview with Dr. Milton Floersheim, Jr., (1919-2000), a family practitioner who set up his private practice in Roy, New Mexico in 1946, then moved to Raton 18 months later, sheds light on both rural practice on the plains of northeastern New Mexico and on medicine and the medical community in Raton. (At the time of the interview, Dr. Floersheim had been in practice in Raton for 35 years.) Among the subjects discussed are the "old-timey" doctors of the 1920s and 1930s in Roy and Clayton, New Mexico; the nature and limits of rural practice in the 1930s and 1940s; the physicians of Raton in the 1940s through the 1970s; the advent of sulfa drugs and penicillin; mining camp and traditional medicine in the area; hospital competition in Raton; and other topics.

Dates

  • 1983 December 1

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Dr. Milton Floersheim, Jr. (1919-2000) was a family practitioner who set up his private practice in Roy, New Mexico in 1946, then moved to Raton 18 months later. Born in Trinidad, Colorado, Floersheim graduated from high school in Roy, New Mexico and completed his undergraduate education at the University of New Mexico in 1940. He graduated from the St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1943. From 1944-1946, Floersheim served in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps - primarily in the South Pacific. He practiced family medicine in Roy and Raton, New Mexico.

Extent

1 Folder

Language of Materials

English

Title
Guide to the Milton Floersheim, Jr. oral history collection
Status
Completed
Author
Abbie Weiser Olivas
Date
2024 March 13
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Repository

Contact:
MSC 09 5100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque New Mexico 87131 United States
505-272-2311