Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction Kenneth L. Mattox, MD xxi
Chapter 1 The Spohn Family, from Canada to the United States: 1776-1865 1
Chapter 2 From the University of Michigan to Postwar New York City: 1866-1867 13
Chapter 3 The Spohns to Lawless Texas: 1867-1868 22
Chapter 4 Spohn in Texas: 1868-1870 35
Chapter 5 Mier, Mexico: 1870-1872 48
Chapter 6 Corpus Christi, the City by the Sea: 1873-1875 54
Chapter 7 A Pivotal Year: 1876 71
Chapter 8 In New York: 1877 85
Chapter 9 The Wild West: 1878-1881 94
Chapter 10 Medical and Family Drama: 1882-1884 111
Chapter 11 Tragedy and Triumph: 1885-1887 122
Chapter 12 A Race to Paris and the Pasteur Institute: 1888 137
Chapter 13 Medical Passions: 1889-1894 144
Chapter 14 Challenging Times: 1895-1899 158
Chapter 15 A New Century: 1900-1905 175
Chapter 16 A Hospital at Last: 1905 187
Chapter 17 City of the Bluff and Seas: 1906-1908 198
Chapter 18 Dr. Arthur Edward Spohn's Legacy: 1908-1913 206
Epilogue 213
Appendix 1 Medical Journal Articles by Dr. Spohn 221
Appendix 2 Poetry by and about Dr. Spohn 263
Appendix 3 Spaun/Spohn, Vela and Vidal, and Kenedy Family Trees 267
Appendix 4 Spohn Sanitarium Dedicatory Address 271
Notes 273
Bibliography 309
Index 329
