From nos1171 at gmail.com Sun Feb 3 19:51:27 2008 From: nos1171 at gmail.com (jason hartley) Date: Sun Feb 3 19:52:09 2008 Subject: [Annunaku] Re: Looking for a sire....mortal history... In-Reply-To: <977c95bd0712220757o668e148at99d83ec1220fd71b@mail.gmail.com> References: <977c95bd0712220757o668e148at99d83ec1220fd71b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <977c95bd0802031651x4c7f49cayc56274ae22d4310@mail.gmail.com> Hello all i am looking for a sire?...Any one looking for a childe? On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 10:57 AM, jason hartley wrote: > *Dr. James Baily, M.D.* > > Dr. James Baily was Sarasota's first physician and he practiced medicine > here for over 50 years, reaching near-legendary status during that period. > > Dr. Baily was born in St. Helens, Lancashire, England on January 9, 1881. > This was a small town near Liverpool. He arrived in the United States, with > his family, as a boy of seven. His father emigrated to the US to become > engaged in the glass manufacturing business. Dr. Baily grew up in Ohio and > Indiana. As a boy, he worked for wages of 12 and a half cents an hour. > Determined to better himself, he saved $130 to enroll in the Medical School > at the University of Cincinnati. > > It was right after graduation from Medical School that he arrived in > Sarasota, in January of 1907. He came with his brother who was also a > medical doctor. At the time Sarasota was a city of 1400 people. Dr. Baily > was met at the depot by a Sarasota citizen who thought his mother was > bleeding to death. Dr. Baily jumped into a boat with the man and headed out > to Siesta Key, where he saved that woman's life. This incident immediately > helped to establish Dr. Baily's reputation in Sarasota. > > A year later, with the financial help of J. Hamilton Gillespie, one of > Sarasota's most prominent citizens, Dr. James founded The Sanitarium at 300 > North Gulfstream Avenue. It was Sarasota's first hospital. > > At the start, Dr. Baily made regular medical calls as far away as > Bradenton and Venice with his horse and buggy. > > "I'd make a call to one house out in the country, and before I could get > away from there, a messenger would meet me and tell me to stop somewhere > else while I was in the neighborhood. The calls built up like a snowball all > the time I was on the road," Dr. Baily said. > > When he first started his practice in Sarasota, Dr. Baily kept a stable of > five horses. He drove two horses, hitched to a buggy, in order to get over > the old sand roads. It took him about five hours to go from Sarasota to > Venice on a call. Dr. Baily said that he could make better time on horseback > on he could in a buggy. So, whenever he was advised that a baby was on the > way, he rode the horse. > > Later, Dr. Baily was one of the first Sarasotans to purchase an > automobile, for which he paid $1200. The car was a Hudson. The year was > 1910. He bought the car in Tampa because Sarasota had no car dealerships at > that time. > > During the early days of his practice in Sarasota, Dr. Baily said the > territory he covered encompassed an area as large as the state of Delaware. > Night calls were expected as part of his profession at that time and he made > calls at all hours of the night. > > "Why, I'd have one leg in my britches by the time I got the receiver off > the hook." At the time there were only 14 telephones in all of Sarasota and > all 14 phones were on a party line. As he put it, "With party lines, > everyone knew everyone else's business." > > Some weeks Dr. Baily was on the road following his practice from Monday > through Saturday without ever getting back to town. > > In 1914, Dr. Baily was made chairman of the town council. During that > period he tried to pass an ordinance to banish cattle from roaming the > Sarasota streets. His action was not appreciated by the cattlemen of the > town, especially because their cattle "watered" at the public water fountain > at Five Points. (Now across the green from the Selby Public Library in > downtown Sarasota.) > > As a result of trying to pass this ordinance, Dr. Baily received mean hate > mail and death threats. Dr. Baily sent the mail threats to Washington, DC > and a federal marshal was soon appointed to protect him. He stayed by his > side for months afterwards. > > In 1915 a fire destroyed his office, the Palm Hotel, Lord Building on Main > St., and Tonnelier Building, as well as Palms Theater, Western Union office, > a bakery, > > Years later, a patient confessed to Dr. Baily that he had been selected by > the cattlemen to murder Dr. Baily for disturbing the established practices > of the cattle industry in Sarasota. But the patient said he never followed > up on the arson and completed the murder "Because the womenfolk would not > stand for it. They said Dr. Baily had saved too many lives!" The Arsonists > died of liver failure 2 years later. > > Dr. Baily's Sanitorium, was eventually closed because Sarasota's > population base did not provide enough patients to make it a viable > business. It was not a complete failure though The sanitarium was hastily > converted into a hotel and sold in 1920 the capital gained from the sale was > used later In 1921 , to established a private 30-bed hospital complete > with an operating room and other health care facilities. It was located at > 41 South Pineapple Avenue. This hospital was a success and stayed in > business for nearly 30 years until closing abruptly in June of 1953. > > [image: 30haltonhouse.jpg (29296 bytes)] Later on, when Sarasota's first > community hospital was built (now Sarasota Memorial Hospital), Dr. Baily > donated much of his equipment to it. At that time, he still maintained his > own clinic on State Street in downtown Sarasota. It had the reputation of > being one of the best-equipped clinics anywhere on the Florida Gulf Coast. > > Dr. Baily was known as "A Doctor's Doctor. He would say that he was "a > generalized specialist" with his wry sense of humor. He was always in demand > as a public speaker. > > Officially Dr. Baily died on June 17, 1963 at the age of 82 at his home at > 308 Cocoanut Avenue. > > > > > I am currently in Sarasota,FL > > his domain is a local hospital. > > > > > > > > ooc > Jason hartley > cam #US2005043244 > > -- George Goodcab O.S.D. Bishop of Sarasota, FL Cognatus of House Mattox ooc Jason hartley cam #US2005043244 http://cam-wiki.org/index.php/George_Goodcab -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://cammail.white-wolf.com/pipermail/annunaku/attachments/20080203/101f2fd6/attachment.html