Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia, a leading physician, helped introduce the notion that alcohol was not always a medicine."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"Recognizing these problems, physicians and religious leaders joined with recovering alcoholics in creating a loosely organized, grass roots…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1865 to 1919: The Drys Gain New Adherents and Leaders

"Osgood, and Bangor physician Dr. Henry Reynolds were all instrumental in founding reform groups known for using red or blue ribbons as their symbols."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"… iron-worker, boot and shoe maker(2),carpenter, physician and surgeon, fruit grower, dealers in livestock, and a few years later a used car dealer."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… the modernization project, and recruiting 21 new physicians to expand the amount of care they can supply."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"He served thirty-one years as the school physician and health officer for Scarborough. During this time, Dr."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… Society A Legendary Doctor After Strong’s first physician, Dr. John Cottle, retired in 1816, a series of doctors worked in the town."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… Historical Society Over the years he saw 21 physicians who dealt with all kinds of specialties."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Trained as a physician, Dr. Southgate left the practice of medicine to become a lawyer, judge and gentleman farmer."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"Physicians Certificate collage By Kate Philbrick, 2009 X Under the leadership of State Representative Herb Adams of Portland, in 2010, the 124th…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"When news reached Bangor, physicians were dispatched to the scene. The next day, spectators and photographers flocked to the site of the wreck…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… the town had 29 businesses, 2 churches, 2 physicians, 1 dentist, 1 lawyer, 2 undertakers, and 1 newspaper; the Guilford Citizen."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… counseling to pregnant women who lacked a private physician or were unable to afford care anywhere else."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… women back in the 1800s, so then she worked as a physician and missionary for the Chinese community."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… some rudimentary medical aid to settlers until a physician, Dr. Aaron Stoyell, arrived in 1794. (Butler’s History of Farmington) Because of his…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Marshall Att'y at Law B. Adams “ “ “ S.A. Bennet Physician & Surgeon W.H. Stevens “ “ “ J.P. Churchell & Son Merchant A."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"A variety of physicians served as Town Doctor, visiting patients in their homes by horse and buggy. When cars were finally allowed on the island in…"