New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 59

Author: Davis, Ellis A.
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?]
Number of Pages: 1262

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public is much are favor of a specialist for any ill, and the vast amount of the business in this line is going over to the specialists.

Dr. Andronis is the author of a work on the Fund- amentals of the English Language and has contrib- uted to medical literature.

Dr. Andronis resides at the Beissner Building and his office is conveniently located at 703 American National Insurance Company Building, where he has all modern equipment for the branch of the profession in which he pays particular attention. Dr. Andronis is popular with the medical fraternity of Galveston, and is recognized as an advocate of the highest ethics. He is also popular in the bus- iness and social circles of the city, where he has a host of friends.

R. SAMUEL B. LYONS, foremost physician of Beaumont, has attained an enviable rep- utation in the field of ophthomology, otology, rhinology and laryngology, and is one of the most prominent members of the medical fraternity of his city. Dr. Lyons has been located at Beaumont since the second of March, 1921, when he came here to establish his practice, and has been accorded a substantial patronage. He has lim- ited his work to the eye, ear, nose and throat, bring- ing to bear an assured knowledge, the result of years of intensive training, in his definite line, and has achieved splendid results in this field. Dr. Lyons has his offices at 3101/2 Crockett Street.

Dr. Lyons was born at Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, the twentieth of November, 1893. His father, Dr. S. M. Lyons, a practicing physician of Sulphur, Louisiana, for many years, and a graduate of Tulane University, class of 1891, is prominently identified with medical affairs in Louisiana. His mother, whose maiden name was Dellic Broussard, a native of Louisiana, is deceased. Dr. Lyons received his early instruction in the schools of Louisiana, and took his pre-medical work at Southwestern Univer- sity, at Lafayette, Louisiana, graduating there in 1913. He then entered Tulane University, in the medical department, at New Orleans, taking his medical degree in 1917, and entering the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, at New Orleans. After a short time there he enlisted in military service, entering the army in October, 1917, as lieutenant. He was sent to Camp Oglethorpe, and several months later to Camp Lewis, going overseas with the ninety- first division. After ten months in France he was returned to the United States and sent to Camp Merrett, where he was discharged five months later, the sixth of October, 1919, as captain. He returned to the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital at New Orleans, completing his work there, after which he came to Beaumont and began his practice.

Dr. Lyons was married in Louisiana, the sixth of December, 1917, to Miss Lucille West, a native of that state. Dr. and Mrs. Lyons have made their home in Beaumont for some years past, residing at 2380 Liberty Street, and are active in the social life of their community. Dr. Lyons is a member of the Elks Club, at New Orleans, and the Round Table Club, at Beaumont, and belongs to the Jeffer- son County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He is one of the most popular of the younger phy- sicians at Beaumont and takes a leading part in the professional life of the city.

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D R. G. T. REUSS, one of the recent recruits to the medical fraternity of Cuero, is particu- larly well equipped for the practice of medi- cine and surgery, and is giving his support to the improvement of medical standards and public health at Cuero. Dr. Reuss operates the Reuss Me- morial Hospital, a hospital established by his father, the late Dr. J. H. Reuss, as a memorial to his father, Dr. J. M. Reuss, pioneer physician of this section. After his father's death, Dr. Reuss changed the orig- inal plan of the hospital, making it a memorial to both his father and his grandfather, and in giving to the public this fine memorial hospital pays a fit- ting tribute to those two pioneer physicians who spent a lifetime in the alleviation of suffering. The Reuss Memoriai Hospital is a completely equipped, thirty-five bed hospital, with a staff of highly spe- cialized physicians and surgeons, aided by a corps of trained nurses, in charge of the work. Dr. Reuss is in charge of the medical department; Dr. W. H. Paine of the laboratory, and J. W. Hook is business manager of the hospital. Drs. S. P. Boothe and J. M. Lackay do both medical and surgical work at the hospital, and Drs. Duckworth and Sals, eye, ear, nose and throat work.

Dr. G. T. Reuss was born at Cuero, Texas, the fifth of November, 1897, son of Dr. J. H. Reuss and Meta Reiffert Reuss, daughter of Emil Reiffert, a member of the firm of H. Runge and Company for many years. Dr. J. H. Reuss was born at Indianola, the seventeenth of January, 1867, and received his med- ical and surgical training in New York City. He began his practice in Cuero in 1890, remaining there until 1905, then going to Dallas, practicing there from 1905 until 1911, and was the builder of the Marsalis Sanitarium there. He then came to Cuero, as chief surgeon for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway here, later building the Reuss Memo- rial Hospital as a memorial to his father, Dr. J. M. Reuss. Dr. Reuss was regarded as one of the finest surgeons in this section, and his death, which oc- curred the nineteenth of September, 1919, was a deeply-felt loss to the medical profession, as well as his many friends and patients. Dr. J. H. Reuss' fa- ther, the late Dr. J. M. Reuss, was a native of Ba- varia and received his medical training in Germany, coming to Texas in 1849. He settled at Indianola and during the Civil War served as a captain in the Confederate Army. He came to Cuero in 1875, and lived here until his death, in 1907. Dr. Reuss was a splendid type of pioneer physician, and few men of the early days were more beloved, or had a higher measure of esteem than he.

Dr. G. T. Reuss, the subject of this sketch, re- ceived his early education in the public schools of Cuero, later taking two years pre-medical work at the University of Texas, after which he went to Galveston, entering the medical department of the University of Texas, and taking his medical degree in 1921. He served an interneship of one year at the Robert Green Hospital, at San Antonio, and then went to New York City, where he was interne for one year at the Women's Lying-In Hospital of New York City. He then returned to Cuero and began his private practice, and also took over the man- agement of the Reuss Memorial Hospital, established by his father, the late Dr. J. H. Reuss, and a memo- rial since his death to both Dr. J. H. Reuss and his father, Dr. J. M. Reuss.

Dr. G. T. Reuss is a member of the A. P. O. Medical Fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, the Ro- tary Club, the DeWitt County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and the American Medi- cal Association. He is one of the organizers of the Cuero Country Club and is a leader among younger professional men at Cuero. Dr. Reuss gives his enthusiasm largely to medical affairs, and is re- garded as one of the most promising of the younger physicians at Cuero, and a worthy representative of a family which for three generations has prac- ticed medicine here.

R. W. F. TALIAFERRO has been prom- inently identified with medical activities at Beaumont for more than a decade and a half, limiting his practice to eye, ear, nose, and throat work, and his name carries a prestige in this field that is a distinct asset to the city with which it is associated. Dr. Taliaferro came to Beau- mont and began his practice in the spring of 1908, after some years of general practice at other points in Texas. Since coming to Beaumont he has lim- ited his work to the eye, ear, nose and throat, and has been accorded a substantial patronage. His office is on the third floor of the San Jacinto Life Building.

Dr. Taliaferro was born at Bryan, Texas, the twenty-sixth of May, 1879, the son of W. G. Talia- ferro, for many years prominent in law and affairs at Bryan, and member of the old established law firm of Davis, Bell and Taliaferro. He served for many years as district judge, and is still active, al- though more than seventy-five years old. His moth- er, who is deceased, was before her marriage Miss Mary Field, a sister of Scott Field, one of the most prominent men of the Lone Star State. As a boy Dr. Taliaferro attended the public schools of Bryan, and later entered A. & M. College, where he spent two years. This was followed by two years at Randolph Macon Academy, and a period at the University of Virginia, after which he entered the medical depart- ment of the University of Texas, at Galveston, where he spent two years, then going to Tulane University, at New Orleans, where he took his M. D. degree in 1902. Since that time he has had the advantage of post-graduate work in the medical centers of the country, and has taken special work in ophtho- mology, otology, rhinology and laryngology, at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College at New Orleans, and the Manhattan Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Col- lege, the Beck Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College at Chicago, and the New York Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College. Dr. Taliaferro began his medical practice at his native city, Bryan, in 1902, doing gen- eral practice for a time. In 1904, during the oil boom at Saratoga, he went there and spent several years, coming to Beaumont in 1908.

Dr. Taliaferro was married at Wheelock, Texas, the fourth of November, 1904, to Miss Lizzie Cavitt, daughter of Volney Cavitt, a member of one of the most prominent Robertson County families. Dr. and Mrs. Taliaferro have two children, Elizabeth and Ruth, and live at 2268 Liberty Street. Dr. Taliaferro is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge at Beau- mont. He belongs to the Jefferson County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and the American Medical Association, and is active in all civic work.

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D. CREVISTON, M. D., became identified with the medical fraternity at Houston a number of years ago, and has since become one of the leading physicians of this city, taking a foremost part in medical and civic advance- ment. Dr. Creviston has a large private practice in this city, and is Assistant Medical Director for the Union National Life Insurance Company, and also on the staff of the Norsworthy Hospital. Dr. Crev- iston is a man of high intellectual attainments, and has received the best professional advantages, and as a practitioner has found great favor with the public. He has a modernly equipped office in the Keystone Building, where every provision has been made for the comfort of his patients, as well as their medical treatment. Dr. Creviston came to Houston in 1916, after a decade and a half of successful practice elsewhere, during which time he had es- tablished a reputation in the field of general prac- tice, a reputation which has increased since coming here.

Dr. Creviston was born at West Liberty, Ohio, the first of July, 1873, son of John Creviston, a farmer of that state. He attended the public schools near his home as a boy, and after graduating from high school, entered the Medical Department of the Ohio State University, where he took his M. D. degree in 1900. He then went to Ritman, Ohio, where he engaged in practice for five years, follow- ing which he went to North Lewisburg, Ohio, and was a general practitioner there for seven years. In 1912 he came to Texas, going to Colorado County, where he remained until 1916, when he came to Houston.

Dr. Creviston was married in Ohio, the twenty- ninth of November, 1900, to Miss Gertrude Herr. Dr. and Mrs. Creviston now make their home in Hous- ton at 1217 Wichita Street, and have one child, Miss Joy, a student of music at the College of Industrial Arts, at Denton, Texas. Fraternally, Dr. Creviston is a Mason, Blazing Star Blue Lodge, No. 268, Ohio, Chapter and Consistory at Houston, and a member of Arabia Temple Shrine at Houston. He belongs to the Retail Credit Men's Association, the Shrine Luncheon Club, and is a member of the Harris County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Asso- ciation and the American Medical Association, and was a member of the School Board in 1922-23. Dr. Creviston is the modern type who finds in civic work an opportunity for service not to be over- looked, and has used his influence to accomplish many material things for this city from a health standpoint, greatly increasing the desirability of Houston as a residence city.

R. R. RAY ORRILL has for a number of years been held in high esteem for his work in the medical advancement of Port Arthur, and is one of the foremost members of the medical fraternity of this city. Dr. Orrill came to Port Arthur to establish his practice in 1920, and as a general practitioner has found favor with the public. His record is creditable along all lines, and his genuine talents have won the highest regard of his confreres. Dr. Orrill has his offices in the Terminal Building.

Dr. R. Ray Orrill was born at Mount Pleasant, Texas, the fourteenth of April, 1889, the son of L. Orrill, a native of East Texas, and a farmer and machine shop owner, and Minta Young Orrill, also

a native of East Texas, and who now resides at Mount Pleasant. Dr. Orrill attended the public schools of Mount Pleasant, later taking his pre- medical work at the East Texas Normal. He then entered the University of Arkansas, in the medical department, for his medical training, receiving his medical degree from that institution. Dr. Orrill then went to New Orleans, Louisiana, to take post- graduate work at Tulane University, and after fin- ishing his work there he entered the Charity Hospi- tal at New Orleans, where he spent two years. Fortified by this excellent professional training, he looked over the various locations offered, and de- cided on Port Arthur as offering greater advantages to the physician, and came to this city in 1920. His practice has since been along general lines and he has an unusually large clientele.

Dr. Orrill was married at New Orleans, the twen- ty-fifth of November, 1919, to Miss Golda Rae Hew- itt, a native of Mississippi. Dr. and Mrs. Orrill have since made their home at Port Arthur, resid- ing at 2603 Fourth Street. They have one child, Margie. Dr. Orrill is one of the substantial citizens of Port Arthur, interested in the medical and civic advancement of this city, and devotes much of his time to general welfare work. He finds questions concerning public health especially appealing, and is an advocate of all measures for improving health standards here. Dr. Orrill keeps in touch with the developments of modern medical science, and is allied with the various medical associations.

R. O. S. HODGES, who has been prominently identified with medical activities at Beau- mont for around a quarter of a century. Dr. Hodges has his offices in the San Ja- cinto Life Building and since coming to Beaumont in 1900 has practiced alone, his work being limited to the eye, ear, nose and throat.

Dr. Hodges was born in Galveston, Texas, the fifth of March, 1874. His father, J. W. Hodges, came to Texas in 1859, and was a merchant at. Georgetown for many years, and for sixteen years was county clerk there. He retired some years be- fore his death, which occurred at the advanced age. of 89 years. Dr. Hodges' mother, who before her marriage was Miss Emily Rucker, a native of Ten- nessee, is also deceased. Dr. Hodges began his. education in the public schools of Georgetown, and after finishing high school there entered Southwest- ern University, where he took the A. B. degree in 1893. He then entered the University of Pennsyl- vania, in the medical department and took his M. D .. degree from that university in 1897. He then came to Galveston and began his practice in that city, re- maining there until after the storm of 1900, when he came to Beaumont.

Dr. Hodges was married at Beaumont, the twenty- third of October, 1902, to Miss Claire McClure, who was born in Illinois and reared in Louisiana. They reside at 1910 Calder Street and have two children, Claire and J. William. The family attend the Meth- odist Church. Dr. Hodges is a member of the Mag- nolia Club, the Beaumont Club, the Neches Club, the Rotary Club and Country Club. Fraternally he is a Mason, Blue Lodge and Knight Templar. He belongs to the Jefferson County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association and the American Med- ical Association.

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IRAM R. GILLIAM, M. D., has for more than a decade been held in high esteem for his activities incident to the upbuilding of Houston, and is one of the most able mem- bers of the medical fraternity of this city. Dr. Gil- liam has been at Houston since 1910, and has en- gaged in practice of a general nature, giving special attention to surgical work, with its limitless possi- bilities and special technic. His natural ability and mental endowments, combined with an excellent medical training and an experience that has brought him in touch with humanity in all phases and con- ditions, have been contributing factors to his years of successful practice, and the regard in which he is held as a helper of suffering humanity. Dr. Gilliam keeps in close touch with all advancements made in medical science, particularly in the field of surgery and preventative medicine, and is particularly well equipped for his professional duties. He has his of- fice at 751 Kress Building, and does his hospital work at the Baptist Hospital and St. Joseph's In- firmary.

Dr. Gilliam was born the twenty-fifth of Jan- uary, 1873, in the state of Alabama, and came to Texas as a child, in 1878, at which time his parents located in Williamson County, where his father, D. C. Gilliam, was a farmer and blacksmith. His mother before her marriage was Miss Mary Lind- sey, a native of Alabama. Dr. Gilliam attended the rural schools near his home as a boy, later entering Texas Christian University, when that institution was at Waco, for a two year pre-medical course, after which he entered Fort Worth Medical College, now a part of T. C. U., where he studied medicine for two years. He then went to the University of Louisville, finishing his medical course there and taking his degree in 1909. He served the following year as interne at the City Hospital at Louisville, after which he came to Houston and entered upon his professional career.

Dr. Gilliam was married at Houston, Texas, the seventeenth of November, 1911, to Miss Nelle Rad- ley, a native of Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. and Mrs. Gilliam make their home at 745 Heights Boulevard, and are popular members of their social set. Frat- ernally, Dr. Gilliam is an Odd Fellow. He belongs to the Harris County Medical Society, the Texas State Medical Association, and the American Med- ical Association. Dr. Gilliam is one of the substan- tial citizens of Houston, is thoroughly public spir- ited, a man of distinguished bearing, and well qual- fied for the place of leadership he has taken since coming to this city.

ETER H. SCARDINO, M. D., has since com- ing to Houston to establish his practice per- formed conspicuous service to his commun- ity, especially in the field of surgery, and gives his best energy and enthusiasm to the advance- ment of medical standards. Dr. Scardino has at- tained a place of leadership as a surgeon, and has contributed many papers, read before the various medical societies of which he is a member, to the literature in this science. His experience in the field of surgry has been unusually broad, and he has for a number of years been on the Surgical Staff at St. Joseph's Hospital and also at the Municipal Hospital. He also served for four years as City Physician, making an excellent record and greatly improving the then existing standards under which this depart-

ment operated. He was also for two years Chief of the City Hospital, and under his direction this in- stitution attained a high state of development and became an institution of unusual importance from a medical standpoint. Dr. Scardino has made an ex- cellent record along all lines, and in addition to his several public offices, has an exceptionally large pri- vate practice.

Dr. Scardino was born in Italy, the fifth of No- vember, 1883. His father, V. Scardino, came to Houston when Dr. Scardino was a boy of seven years, and has since made his home in this city, en- gaging in the leather and shoe business. His mother, before her marriage, was Miss N. Culmone. Of the children, five were born in Italy, and three in Amer- ica. The family is intensely American, in spirit, be- lieving in American ideals and traditions. Dr. Scar- dino's great-grandfather, as well as many other members of the family in Italy, were surgeons, his great-grandfather, Dr. Vito Scardino, known as "Red" Scardino, having been a surgeon in the army of Garibaldi, the great Italian Liberator.

With these traditions, it was but natural for Dr. Scardino to look on surgery as his life's vocation, and from boyhood this was his ambition. His educa- tion was excellent, and along general lines, as a boy, when he attended the public schools of Houston, and also studied at St. Thomas College and under pri- vate tutors. He entered Tulane, at New Orleans, and after an exceptionally promising career there, was given the M. D. degree on the eighth of May, 1907. Aftr a short time engaged in private practice at Houston Dr. Scardino enlisted in military service and was commissioned Captain in the Medical Corps, on the twenty-eighth of May, 1918, and assigned to Base No. 102, in Italy, with the American Expedi- tionary Forces. During the last offensive, Dr. Scar- nino had charge of a surgical team in a field hos- pital during this offensive, and made an exceptional record. After the Armistice he was on special duty in Florence for a time, and discharged the twenty- third of May, 1919. He was decorated by the Italian Government, with the Military Order of Merit in recognition of his services while in Italy. Returning to the States he resumed his practice in Houston and has since that time continued to add steadily to his reputation as a surgeon.

Dr. Scardino was married at Houston the twenty- sixth of October, 1910, to Miss Maud Muller, daugh- ter of John H. Muller, an American-born business man of German descent. Dr. and Mrs. Scardino make their home at 4520 Rossmoyne Boulevard. Dr. Scardino is a companion in the Military Order of Foreign Wars, and belongs to the University Club and the Kiwanis Club. He is a member of the Har- ris County Medical Society, the South Texas Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the Amer- ican Medical Association, and was made a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons at Chicago, the twenty-sixth of October, 1923. Dr. Scardino's advancement in his chosen field of surgery, while rapid, has been well deserved, and few men have to their credit the successes that have been his in the same length of time.

INFIELD G. McDEED, M. D., who came to Houston, after more than a decade of suc- cessful experience in the field of X-Ray work, is widely known for his activities in this field. Dr. McDeed is a pioneer in X-Ray work and has been interested in its development since

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the early days, when, with the crude machines then available, he began his first experiments in this field. Since that day he has kept apace of all ad- vancements in this field, and has from time to time taken post-graduate work in this subject. Dr. Mc- Deed at first carried on his general practice, in conjunction with X-Ray work, but as this latter began to assume a place of more importance in the medical world he gradually dropped out of gen- eral practice, and, since 1916, has given his time exclusively to X-Ray work. His offices are in the Keystone Building. Dr. McDeed is Roentgentolo- gist on the Staff of St. Joseph's Hospital, and on the Staff at the Municipal Hospital.

Dr. McDeed was born at Weldon, Illinois, the twenty-sixth of November, 1879, son of the late G. N. McDeed, and grandson of John McDeed, who came from Illinois and fought in the Mexican War. After attending the schools near his home for a time, he entered Wesleyan Academy, at Blooming- ton, Illinois, where he attended from 1890 until 1900. He then enterd Neorthwestern University at Chicago, and took his medical work there, re- ceiving his M. D. Degree in 1904. Later, in 1914, he took post graduate work at the Chicago Medical College, specializing in X-Ray work. After taking his degree, Dr. McDeed began general practice, and, in 1908, while practicing at Newton, Illinois, turned his attention to X-Ray work. In 1916 he began to limit his practice to this field, and since coming to Houston in 1920 has added much to his reputa- tion as a Roentgenologist. Dr. McDeed was in military service during the recent war, entering as Captain in the Medical Corps in 1917, and, after four months at Cornell, was sent to Camp Lee, Vir- ginia, as Chief of the Department of Roentgenology, remaining there one year. He was discharged in May, 1919.

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New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2, Part 59

Author: Davis, Ellis A. Publication date: 1926 Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?] Number of Pages: 1262

Author: Davis, Ellis A.
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Texas development bureau, [1926?]
Number of Pages: 1262