Osteopathic Medicine.

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Jose A. Dominguez (1909-1999), an osteopathic physician of Taos, New Mexico, focuses on his half-century medical practice in that community. A family practitioner with special interest in obstetrics and surgery, Dr. Dominguez set up his practice in Taos in 1938. Among the subjects discussed in this interview are Dr. Dominguez's personal and professional backgrounds; his medical education at Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery; the focus and economics of his Taos...

Scope and Contents This interview with Dr. Lawrence Donald Barbour, Sr. (1908-2005), an osteopathic physician of Roswell, New Mexico, surveys his life and career. Among the subjects discussed in the interview are Dr. Barbour's personal and professional backgrounds; the nature of his practice and changes within it over forty+ years of practice; relationships between osteopaths and MDs in Roswell; the foundation and development of osteopathic hospitals in Roswell; the New Mexico Osteopathic Medical Association and...

Scope and Contents This interview surveys the life and career of Dr. Ralph P. Brower (1920-2007), an osteopathic physician of Belen, New Mexico. After medical education and internship training, Dr. Brower initially arrived in New Mexico in 1951 and practiced 10 years in Vaughn. After a brief tenure in Denver, Dr. Brower returned to New Mexico and established a practice in Belen. Among the subjects discussed in the interview are Dr. Brower's personal and professional backgrounds; the nature of his practice over...

Abstract Oral history of a Mexican-trained physician who practiced in Taos, New Mexico and the surrounding county for more than forty years. The fifteen page transcript documents the professional life of Reynaldo M. Deveaux, M.D., starting with his years as a contract physician for a U.S. Farm Home Administration program in Taos County, New Mexico in 1942, and through his thirty-five years of private practice in a rural area with a large Hispanic population.

Scope and Contents This interview surveys the life and career of Dr. Richard E. Brubaker (1915-1990), an osteopathic physician who practiced nearly 45 years in New Mexico, predominantly in Belen. Among the subjects discussed in the interview are the personal and professional backgrounds of Dr. Brubaker; his schooling, internship, and early practice years; his use of and views on manipulative therapy; the osteopathic community in New Mexico; relationships between osteopaths and MD's and osteopaths and...