Summary
Kurt Van Buren underwent an operation at the Beaver Island Medical Center on November 12, 1960. The December notice names Drs. J. E. and J. P. Ludwick, Dr. Frank E. Luton, anesthesiologist Phil Fleming, and surgical-ward head Ruth Kidder in connection with the procedure.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper medical notice, not a medical record. It does not state the diagnosis or procedure, and it supplies no operative chart, flight log, professional credential, or complete civil identity for the participants.
Open questions
- Which Medical Center, hospital, and professional records document the operation and visiting team?
See also
- Beaver Island Medical Center (1971 capabilities)
- Kurt Van Buren (1960 Medical Center patient)
- Frank E. Luton (1960 Beaver Island physician)
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 1960, “Hospital News.”Reports Kurt Van Buren's November 12 operation at the medical center; names Drs. J. E. and J. P. Ludwick as surgeons, Dr. Frank E. Luton assisting, Phil Fleming of Jackson as anesthesiologist, and Mrs. Ruth Kidder of Foote Hospital in Jackson as head of its surgical ward. It says the visiting group flew from Jackson and that Kurt had recovered, but supplies no diagnosis, operative record, aircraft record, credentials, or civil identity details.