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Beaver Island hospital notes, December 1972

Also December 1972 Beaver Island hospital notes · Henry Allen appendectomy and Father Donahoe release

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TypeEvent
Dates1972-12-01 – 1972-12-16
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1972-12-01 – 1972-12-16
Kind
Medical
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1972 Beaver Beacon reported that Henry Allen had undergone an emergency appendectomy and that Father Donahoe was released from Little Traverse Hospital on December 16.

Evidence and limits

These are community health notices, not clinical records. The source does not give Allen’s procedure date, diagnosis details, or a complete account of either patient’s care.

Sources

  1. Reports that Henry Allen underwent an emergency appendectomy and that Father Donahoe was released from Little Traverse Hospital on December 16; it does not provide clinical records or a precise date for Allen’s procedure. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published hospital notes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hospital notes, December 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-december-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1972, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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