Category: Medicine

BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF OHIO

BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF OHIO is a not-for-profit mutual insurance company and an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Assn. The state's oldest and largest health insurer, by 1995 it served more than 1.6 million Ohioans.

BLUE CROSS OF NORTHEAST OHIO

BLUE CROSS OF NORTHEAST OHIO united the CLEVELAND HOSPITAL SERVICE ASSN. (CHSA) and the Akron Hospital Service Assn. (est. 1936) medical insurance plans. At the merger in 1957, the Akron group had 225,000 subscribers, while Cleveland had 1.5 million. The Blue Cross name and emblem originated with a St. Paul, MN, hospitalization plan in 1933.

BLUE ROCK SPRING HOUSE

BLUE ROCK SPRING HOUSE was a regionally renowned water cure located in Cedar Glen (Cedar Road, south of UNIV. CIRCLE). Between 1880-1908 it operated as a sanitarium or hotel, offering a variety of mineral-bath treatments and bottled spring water.

BOLT, RICHARD ARTHUR

BOLT, RICHARD ARTHUR (12 Mar. 1880-3 Aug. 1959), a physician and director of the CLEVELAND CHILD HEALTH ASSOCIATION, was born in St. Louis to Richard Orchard and Mary Virginia Belt Bolt. He studied at Washington University before transferring to the University of Michigan, earning his A.B. in 1904 and his Ph.D.

BOLTON, FRANCES PAYNE

BOLTON, FRANCES PAYNE (29 Mar. 1885-9 Mar. 1977), served as Republican congresswoman for 29 years and supported projects in nursing, health, and education. Born in Cleveland to banker-industrialist Chas. W.

BOND, DOUGLAS DANFORD
BRENTWOOD HOSPITAL

BRENTWOOD HOSPITAL. See MERIDIA SOUTH POINTE HOSPITAL.

BROADBENT, BIRDSALL HOLLY

BROADBENT, BIRDSALL HOLLY (27 Sept. 1894-23 Dec. 1977), a Cleveland dentist and orthodontist, invented a head positioning device used in taking radiographs of the face and teeth. Born in Lockport, New York, to James F. and Mabel Holly Broadbent, he graduated from Western Reserve University Dental School in 1919 and began specializing in orthodontia. During the 1920s, Broadbent and Dr. T.

BUNDY, LEROY N.

BUNDY, LEROY N. (14 Apr. 1873-28 May 1943), a Cleveland dentist, was also a politician who served 4 terms as the black Republican councilman of Ward 17, and was an early leader of the Cleveland branch of the UNIVERSAL NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. Born in Hamilton, Ohio, to Rev. Charles and Eliza Bundy.

BUNTS, FRANK E.

BUNTS, FRANK E. (3 June 1861-28 Nov. 1928), was one of the 4 founders of the CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION and the first president of the ACADEMY OF MEDICINE in Cleveland. Born in Youngstown, Ohio to William C. and Clara E. Bunts, he graduated from the U.S.

CALLAHAN, DR. KENNETH R. 

CALLAHAN, DR. KENNETH R. (November 7, 1928 - June 12, 2011) was an oral surgeon, alumni fundraiser, and amateur historian. One of three siblings, he was born to Nelson J. Callahan and Mary Mulholland. His brother, REV. NELSON J.

CANCER CENTER, INC., OF NORTHEAST OHIO

The CANCER CENTER, INC., OF NORTHEAST OHIO promoted medical and scientific research and education about cancer and reviewed requests for new facilities and services in northeastern Ohio contributing to city and regional health planning. Mandated by the Natl.

CANFIELD, MARTHA ANN ROBINSON, MD

CANFIELD, MARTHA ANN ROBINSON, MD (10 Sept. 1845-3 Sept. 1916), homeopathic physician, was one of Cleveland's first women physicians.She was born in Freedom (Portage County), Ohio, to Henry and Eliza Brown Robinson. Canfield attended Hiram College and graduated from Oberlin College in 1868. In 1869, she married attorney Harrison Wade Canfield.

CASSELS, JOHN LANG

CASSELS, JOHN LANG (15 Sept. 1808-11 June 1879), a founder of Cleveland Medical College, now the medical school of CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, attended the University of Glasgow (1824-26), and emigrated to Utica, N.Y. in 1827.

CASTO, FRANK M.

CASTO, FRANK M. (30 May 1875-25 April 1965), a noted dentist and educator at the Western Reserve University Dental School from 1904-37, was born in Blanchester, Ohio, and graduated from the Ohio State University Dental School with a D.D.S. degree in 1898, from the OSU Medical School with a M.D. degree in 1900, and from the OSU Pharmacy School with a Ph.D. degree in 1902.

CAUGHEY, DR. JOHN LYON, JR.

CAUGHEY, DR. JOHN LYON, JR. (30 May 1904- 4 September 2001) was dean emeritus of student affairs and professor emeritus of medicine at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY and an innovator in medical education who placed an emphasis on compassionate patient care. Born to John L., Sr.

CENTER FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS-GREATER CLEVELAND HOSPITAL ASSN.

The CENTER FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS-GREATER CLEVELAND HOSPITAL ASSN. is an organization of Cleveland hospitals and health-care facilities which "develops and implements programs that assist members to provide quality service expeditiously and cost effectively." It was the first such hospital organization in the country to maintain a staff and meet regularly.

CERRI, NICOLA

CERRI, NICOLA (30 Mar. 1875-4 Nov. 1954) widely known physician and Italian consul in Cleveland, was born in Avezzano, Italy, the son of Antonio and Mariannina (Jetti) Cerri. After graduating from Victor Emanuel College at Naples in 1892, he attended the University of Rome, receiving his medical degree in 1898 and practiced in Rome for a year.

CHILDREN'S FRESH AIR CAMP & HOSPITAL

CHILDREN'S FRESH AIR CAMP & HOSPITAL. See HEALTH HILL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.

CHOLERA EPIDEMIC OF 1832

The CHOLERA EPIDEMIC OF 1832 began in May when an immigrant ship landed at Quebec with cases of Asiatic cholera aboard. The disease spread through the city and quickly up the St. Lawrence River valley. Panic spread across the Great Lakes region. Combined with the fears of Indian attacks ignited by the Black Hawk War in the West, the fear of a cholera epidemic occasioned terror and discouragement in Cleveland.

CIRCLE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

CIRCLE HEALTH SERVICES, INC., often called the Free Clinic, was established in June 1970 as the Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland to provide free, nonpunitive medical care to young people with drug problems. One of the few free clinics from that period to survive, it expanded to meet changing community needs, remaining a respected medical and social-service agency.

CLAASSEN, EDO NICHOLAUS

CLAASSEN, EDO NICHOLAUS (1833-12 July 1932) was a Cleveland pharmacist who published more than one hundred articles, most on pharmacological and botanical topics, and assembled an important plant collection. A son of the burgomaster of Hage, Prussia (now Germany), Claassen studied at a Gymnasium and obtained an apprenticeship as a pharmacist.

CLEAVELAND, MOSES

CLEAVELAND, MOSES (29 Jan. 1754-16 Nov. 1806), founder of the city of Cleveland, was born in Canterbury, Conn. In 1777, Cleaveland began service in the Revolutionary War in a Connecticut Continental Regiment, and graduated from Yale. Resigning his commission in 1781, he practiced law in Canterbury, and on 2 Mar. 1794 married Esther Champion and had four children.

CLEVELAND ACADEMY OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE

The CLEVELAND ACADEMY OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE, created during the 1920s as a professional association, has encouraged mutual understanding between public-health agencies and the practitioners of osteopathic medicine to improve PUBLIC HEALTH.

CLEVELAND BOARD OF HEALTH

The CLEVELAND BOARD OF HEALTH was an appointed board of physicians and public officials who worked to improve SANITATION in Cleveland to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Between 1832-1910 it was abolished and restored several times as an independent city department.