Interviewee

Mrs. Maurine Basom

Interviewer

Barbara K. Dent

Project

El Paso Medical Community

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee

Wife of William C. Basom, M.D., El Paso orthopedic surgeon.

Summary of Interview

Part of Health Care on the Border Project; biographical information; Woman's Auxiliary of El Paso County Medical Society; El Paso hospital in existence in early 1940s; husband's internship at El Paso City-County Hospitals; acquisition of S.T. Turner Home by Medical Society; husband's involvement in pioneering El Paso Orthopedic Surgical Group; Frank Goodwin, M.D, El Paso's first orthopedic surgeon; Medical Auxiliary collection of physician log books from 1869-1940s.

Date of Interview

5-1-1989

Length of Interview

2 hours

Tape Number

No. 816

Transcript Number

No. 816

Length of Transcript

57 pages

Interview Number

No. 816

Terms of Use

Unrestricted

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