Max A. Bahr (Mar. 21, 1872-Jan. 24, 1953). An 1893 graduate of , Bahr earned his medical degree from the city’s Central College… Read More »Max A. Bahr
Larue Depew Carter (Mar. 17, 1880-Jan. 22, 1946). Larue Depew Carter was a neuropsychiatrist and neurology professor. Born in Westfield, Indiana, he graduated… Read More »Larue Depew Carter
Central State Hospital In 1844, the famous reformer Dorothea Dix inspected almshouses and jails near Indianapolis that housed mentally ill paupers. Her subsequent… Read More »Central State Hospital
Eugenics In 1907 Indiana Governor Frank Hanly signed the Indiana Sterilization Law, which is widely considered the first eugenics sterilization legislation… Read More »Eugenics
John Evans (Mar. 9, 1814-July 3, 1897). Evans was born in Warren County, Ohio, to Quaker parents. He attended the Hicksite school… Read More »John Evans
John Newell Hurty (Feb. 21, 1852-Mar. 27, 1925). Pharmacist, medical educator, public health advocate, and state legislator, John Newell Hurty was born in… Read More »John Newell Hurty
Larue Carter Hospital LaRue D. Carter Hospital was a psychiatric facility that opened in 1952. It was named for Dr. , who was… Read More »Larue Carter Hospital
Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital Eskenazi Hospital, formerly Wishard Hospital and City Hospital, is Indianapolis’ oldest hospital. For most of its history, the primary purpose… Read More »Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital
Sports Medicine Well before the term “sports medicine” had come into common use, a few Indianapolis physicians began concentrating on the treatment… Read More »Sports Medicine
Ryan White (Dec. 6, 1971-Apr. 8, 1990). Ryan White, then a middle school student living near Kokomo, Indiana, contracted HIV (Human Immunodeficieny… Read More »Ryan White