- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- Photo[ . . . ] Ramsey
- Creator:
- Ramsey
- Date of Original:
- 1915
- Subject:
- Hospitals--Georgia--Gainesville
Technological innovations
Public Health--Georgia--Gainesville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Gainesville, ca. 1915. This structure housed the first hospital established by Dr. James Henry Downey outside his private residence. It was in use in 1909 and was located on Spring Street. Dr. Downey was born Dec. 20, 1864 in Laurens County, S.C. In 1887 he received his medical degree. After several years of practice in South Carolina, he moved in 1901 to New Holland, Ga. just north of Gainesville. He became the physician for the Pacolet Manufacturing Company, a textile mill established at this time. In 1904 he took his practice to Gainesville. About 1912 he was able to build the Downey Hospital located on Sycamore Street which replaced the building in this photograph. The Downey Hospital is said to have been the first fully accredited hospital in the state. Dr. Downey was a surgeon whose specialty was the treatment of bone fractures. He invented and patented the Downey fracture table, a mechanical device which used suspended weights to facilitate the treatment of fractures. Dr. Downey died Aug. 28, 1937 and is buried in Alta Vista Cemetery.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_hal319
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:hal319
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
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- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
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