Oregon State Archives

Oregon Historical County Records Guide

Douglas County Records Inventory

Medical Profession Registration Records

1889-1963

Series documents the registration of individuals in compliance with the requirements of relevant Oregon boards of examiners to practice a medical profession in the state. Professions registered include physicians, surgeons, osteopaths, naturopaths, dentists, nurses, druggists, chiropractors, chiropodists, optometrists, and veterinarians. Records include registers, certificates, and licenses. Information includes name of registrant; name of school; graduation date; names of members of the examining board; licensing and recording dates; and licensing or registration numbers.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives:
Affidavits of Pharmacists, 1918-1920 (.30 cu.ft.);
Optometry Record [with index], vol. 1, 1905-1915 (1 volume);
Record of Physicians Dentists & Optometrists [with index], vol. 3, 1916-1963 (1 volume);
Register Dentists [with index], vol. 2, 1910-1914 (1 volume);
Register of Physicians and Dentists [with index], vol. 1, 1889-1916 (1 volume);
Register of Physicians and Surgeons [with index], vol. 2, 1909-1929 (1 volume).

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