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private practice to academics; a copy of his handwritten manuscript with notes for the 2 nd edition of
Family Medicine: Principles and Practice; the typed manuscript of his 1972 book The Practical Art
of Medicine; and a collection of 69 historic “inaugural issue”/vol. 1, no. 1 Family Medicine-related
journals from 1947 to 1999.
Thornburgh, Albert H., M.D. (1870-1950)
1870-1950
1 slim document case – See also: Museum Collection and Photograph Collection
Albert Henry Thornburgh, M.D. was born in the town of Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas,
in 1870. In 1885, he moved with his family to Howell County in south central Missouri, where they
settled in the town of West Plains. After graduating with an M.D. from Missouri Medical College in
St. Louis in 1895, he returned to West Plains, where he established a general practice and practiced
medicine for more than 55 years. An active member of the local community, Dr. Thornburgh served
at one time as president of the West Plains Building and Loan Association and as president of the
West Plains Chamber of Commerce. In 1899, he joined the Missouri National Guard, and during
World War I commanded a Sanitary Detachment at Camp Doniphan, Missouri.
The Albert H. Thornburgh, M.D. Collection consists of photocopied census returns and genealogy
records on Dr. Thornburgh and his family from 1870 to 1930; records relating to his medical
education and membership in the AMA, along with medical directory entries; Dr. Thornburgh’s
state and federal military service records; his entry in the 1925 edition of Who’s Who In American
Medicine; newspaper and other articles on Dr. Thornburgh, his family, and West Plains from local
West Plains publications (including an article on the doctor written by his son, Max Thornburgh,
D.D.S.); and a copy of Dr. Thornburgh’s 1950 death certificate. In addition, the Center also holds in
its Museum Collection a rare World War I artillery shell owned by Dr. Thornburgh, which is carved
with a caduceus, symbol of American military medicine; Dr. Thornburgh’s stethoscope, and vials of
various medications used by Dr. Thornburgh in his practice.
Tsou, Carole V., M.D. (1958- )
1985, 1988-1989
1 slim document case – See also: Photograph Collection
Born in 1958, Carole V. Tsou, M.D. graduated from the University of Michigan School of Medicine
in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1981. In 1984, she completed her Family Practice residency in Michigan,
and that same year, became the assistant director of the AAFP’s Division of Education, in which
capacity she served until 1990.
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