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Beaver Island hospital notes, March 1973

Also March 1973 Beaver Island hospital notes · Jewell Gillespie and island hospital notices, 1973

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TypeEvent
Date1973-03-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1973-03-01
Kind
Medical
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1973 Beaver Beacon reported Jewell Gillespie, William Schmidt, and Irene Melville as patients in Charlevoix Hospital; Edwin McCann as discharged from Little Traverse Hospital; and Frank O’Donnell as a patient in Kent Community Hospital in Grand Rapids.

Evidence and limits

These are community health notices, not clinical records. The source does not give diagnoses, exact admission or discharge dates beyond McCann’s discharge, or a complete account of care.

Sources

  1. Reports Jewell Gillespie, William Schmidt, and Irene Melville as patients in Charlevoix Hospital, Edwin McCann discharged from Little Traverse Hospital, and Frank O’Donnell as a patient in Kent Community Hospital; it does not provide clinical records, diagnoses, or exact admission dates.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published hospital notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hospital notes, March 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-march-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1973, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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