Lincoln Hospital At a time when existing Indianapolis hospitals barred African American doctors from practice and only admitted African American patients, doctors… Read More »Lincoln Hospital
Goethe Link (May 20, 1879-Dec. 31, 1980). Surgeon Goethe Link was born in Selvin, Warrick County, Indiana. His father, a teacher turned… Read More »Goethe Link
Frank Perry Lloyd (Oct. 20, 1919-Aug. 27, 2002). Born in South Carolina, Frank Perry Lloyd graduated from South Carolina State College, then from… Read More »Frank Perry Lloyd
Marion County Healthcare Center Founded in 1832 as the Marion County Farm, the county’s poorhouse, the center functioned as an extended care facility for… Read More »Marion County Healthcare Center
Martin Center-Sickle Cell Initiative In 1969, Father established Martin Center at 35th Street and College Avenue. Much like the organization’s namesakes, Dr. Martin Luther… Read More »Martin Center-Sickle Cell Initiative
Allison W. Maxwell (Sept. 24, 1848-Jan. 15, 1915). First dean of the , Allison W. Maxwell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, and graduated… Read More »Allison W. Maxwell
Louis Yolando Mazzini (June 3, 1894-June 23, 1973). A native of Lima, Peru, Mazzini attended the University of Wisconsin, Butler University, and Indiana… Read More »Louis Yolando Mazzini
Medical Research In the late 1800s, Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch led successful efforts by European scientists to identify specific disease organisms,… Read More »Medical Research
Medical Schools Medicine was taught by the preceptor (apprenticeship) system in Indiana throughout most of the 19th century. The state’s first successful… Read More »Medical Schools
Doris Honig Merritt (July 16, 1923-April 12, 2022). Born in New York City, Doris Merritt was the daughter of Haron and Lillian Honig.… Read More »Doris Honig Merritt
