Summary
The July 22, 1927 Charlevoix County Herald announced that the Michigan Tuberculosis Association would conduct a Christmas seal chest clinic on Beaver Island at St. James that day. The article said the examinations would be free and identified Dr. J. W. Toan as the association’s staff examiner.1
Evidence and limits
This record captures the announced clinic, not a confirmed attendance or medical outcome. The article says local arrangements were still being completed and that the clinic venue would be announced later. It supplies no Beaver Island patient names, number examined, diagnoses, or proof that the planned examinations took place. The article’s figures for 24 positive or suspicious cases and 95 people examined refer to a prior county clinic and are not assigned to Beaver Island.
Open questions
- Where was the clinic held in St. James, and did a later issue report its operation?
- Are Michigan Tuberculosis Association or county public-health records preserved?
- What full identity and professional record belong to Dr. J. W. Toan?
See also
- Beaver Island
- Saint James
- Michigan Tuberculosis Association (1927 Beaver Island clinic)
- Dr. J. W. Toan (1927 Beaver Island chest clinic)
Footnotes
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Charlevoix County Herald, July 22, 1927, “Chest Clinic for Charlevoix Co.” ↩
Sources
- Charlevoix County Herald, July 22, 1927, “Chest Clinic for Charlevoix Co.”Announces that the Michigan Tuberculosis Association would conduct a Christmas seal chest clinic on Beaver Island at St. James on Friday, July 22, with Dr. J. W. Toan conducting free chest examinations. The article says the exact local venue would be announced after arrangements were completed.
- Charlevoix County Herald, July 22, 1927, raw issue OCR.Held raw OCR preserves the clinic announcement independently of the normalized Markdown rendering.