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        Health and Medicine
        THE METHODIST HOSPITAL OF KENTUCKY
        THE METHODIST HOSPITAL OF KENTUCKY
        Third Annual Bulletin 1931
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        DR. A. I. Lewis – Praise, KY
        DR. A. I. Lewis – Praise, KY
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        Trachoma Hospital
        Trachoma Hospital
             As we enter into another Landmark Centennial Celebration, on December 25, 1924. A 56 bed hospital opened its doors for the first time. The state of the art facility was named The Methodist Hospital of Kentucky. The Methodist Hospital of Kentucky and its predecessor Pikeville Methodist Hospital have
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        No Hocus Pocus Here
        No Hocus Pocus Here
        The healer, most of the time women, sometimes called a granny witch. He or she, doesn’t use magic as in pulling a rabbit out of a hat, waving a wand while repeating the words hocus pocus. And not in the sense of a magic show by Harry Houdini, in some Las Vegas
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        The Methodist Hospital of Kentucky, The Beginning 1922
        The Methodist Hospital of Kentucky, The Beginning 1922
        THE STORY OF THE METHODIST HOSPITAL OF KENTUCKY, ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND HEALING MINISTRY FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS 1922-1972 Dedication Prayer At the Opening of Pikeville Methodist Hospital December 5, 1971 Given by Rev. J. I. Meyer God, our Father: Words fail to express the warmth and play of our
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        Dr. Roy Sanders
        Dr. Roy Sanders
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        Dr. John A Chadwell
        Dr. John A Chadwell
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