A Look at Distant Cousin “Diamond-Tooth Charlie” and His Work in Establishing USC’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Angelus Hospital

A Look at Distant Cousin “Diamond-Tooth Charlie” and His Work in Establishing USC’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Angelus Hospital

In which I discuss Dr. Charles William Bryson, also known as “Diamond-Tooth Charlie,” and how he helped establish USC’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Angelus Hospital; and I explain his family connections to my great grandfather, Dr. W. F. Traughber.

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Kirksville, Missouri - A.T. Still University’s College of Osteopathy

Kirksville, Missouri - A.T. Still University’s College of Osteopathy

In which I briefly relate the history of Osteopathy and its founder, A.T. Still; describe my visit to the College of Osteopathy that my great grandfather, William Francis Traugher, attended in Kirksville, Missouri; and share information I learned from the genealogist with whom my father and I met to learn more about his time there

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