Dr. John Radford Boling, M.D. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng This is Dr. John Radford Boling, M.D., of the Christine Roof Memorial Hospital, built around 1925 at 43rd Street West Manatee Avenue. Dr. Boling was born in 1894 in South Carolina and graduated from Emory University College of Medicine in 1915. He interned at Hamot Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania. During World War I, Dr. Boling joined the armed forces. He also studied surgery with George Henry Bunch, a famous surgeon, in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1923, Dr. Boling was asked to go to Tampa to be Chief of surgery in the new St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1925, he came to Bradenton's Christine Roof Hospital, along with Dr. John M. Davis, for four or five years until heart trouble made him give up his practice. He served two consecutive terms as president of the Florida Medical Association, 1944-45 and 1945-46. (A note on the Christine Roof Hospital: Christine Roof was the daughter of real estate developer D.R. Roof, who was also a partner in Bradenton's Sharp and Roof Real Estate Company. In 1922 she suffered acute appendicitis. Even though Larrabee Hospital was in Bradenton, the girl was taken by boat to Tampa. She died on the trip to Tampa and in her memory, Mr Roof built a fifty bed hospital at 43rd Street West and Manatee Avenue, equipped as the first "modern" hospital in the area.) This is Dr. John Radford Boling, M.D., of the Christine Roof Memorial Hospital, built around 1925 at 43rd Street West Manatee Avenue. Dr. Boling was born in 1894 in South Carolina and graduated from Emory University College of Medicine in 1915. He interned at Hamot Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania. During World War I, Dr. Boling joined the armed forces. He also studied surgery with George Henry Bunch, a famous surgeon, in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1923, Dr. Boling was asked to go to Tampa to be Chief of surgery in the new St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1925, he came to Bradenton's Christine Roof Hospital, along with Dr. John M. Davis, for four or five years until heart trouble made him give up his practice. He served two consecutive terms as president of the Florida Medical Association, 1944-45 and 1945-46. (A note on the Christine Roof Hospital: Christine Roof was the daughter of real estate developer D.R. Roof, who was also a partner in Bradenton's Sharp and Roof Real Estate Company. In 1922 she suffered acute appendicitis. Even though Larrabee Hospital was in Bradenton, the girl was taken by boat to Tampa. She died on the trip to Tampa and in her memory, Mr Roof built a fifty bed hospital at 43rd Street West and Manatee Avenue, equipped as the first "modern" hospital in the area.) Boling, John Radford (Doctor) Christine Roof Memorial Hospital Florida Medical Association United States Florida--Manatee County--Bradenton Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
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This is Dr. John Radford Boling, M.D., of the Christine Roof Memorial Hospital, built around 1925 at 43rd Street West Manatee Avenue. Dr. Boling was born in 1894 in South Carolina and graduated from Emory University College of Medicine in 1915. He interned at Hamot Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania. During World War I, Dr. Boling joined the armed forces. He also studied surgery with George Henry Bunch, a famous surgeon, in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1923, Dr. Boling was asked to go to Tampa to be Chief of surgery in the new St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1925, he came to Bradenton's Christine Roof Hospital, along with Dr. John M. Davis, for four or five years until heart trouble made him give up his practice. He served two consecutive terms as president of the Florida Medical Association, 1944-45 and 1945-46. (A note on the Christine Roof Hospital: Christine Roof was the daughter of real estate developer D.R. Roof, who was also a partner in Bradenton's Sharp and Roof Real Estate Company. In 1922 she suffered acute appendicitis. Even though Larrabee Hospital was in Bradenton, the girl was taken by boat to Tampa. She died on the trip to Tampa and in her memory, Mr Roof built a fifty bed hospital at 43rd Street West and Manatee Avenue, equipped as the first "modern" hospital in the area.)
This is Dr. John Radford Boling, M.D., of the Christine Roof Memorial Hospital, built around 1925 at 43rd Street West Manatee Avenue. Dr. Boling was born in 1894 in South Carolina and graduated from Emory University College of Medicine in 1915. He interned at Hamot Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania. During World War I, Dr. Boling joined the armed forces. He also studied surgery with George Henry Bunch, a famous surgeon, in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1923, Dr. Boling was asked to go to Tampa to be Chief of surgery in the new St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1925, he came to Bradenton's Christine Roof Hospital, along with Dr. John M. Davis, for four or five years until heart trouble made him give up his practice. He served two consecutive terms as president of the Florida Medical Association, 1944-45 and 1945-46. (A note on the Christine Roof Hospital: Christine Roof was the daughter of real estate developer D.R. Roof, who was also a partner in Bradenton's Sharp and Roof Real Estate Company. In 1922 she suffered acute appendicitis. Even though Larrabee Hospital was in Bradenton, the girl was taken by boat to Tampa. She died on the trip to Tampa and in her memory, Mr Roof built a fifty bed hospital at 43rd Street West and Manatee Avenue, equipped as the first "modern" hospital in the area.)
Boling, John Radford (Doctor)
Christine Roof Memorial Hospital
Florida Medical Association
United States
Florida--Manatee County--Bradenton
Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection