The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-09
ocALA AND HER DOCTORS

Ocala re are told has two or three
times as many doctors as for instsncc
say st. Petersbnrg-the latter city be
ing several times larger than ours
This fact has u a heralded 20 the
attention of t;1c ..nblic sometimes to
the disadvantage of Ocala. L. is ar.
gued that if Oca,a has more doctors
than places two or three times its
size it must be for Ike reason that il
is more sickly than those other plac-
es, therefore it is place to be a. ID
ed.
But that is not the reason at ALL
What has made Rochester, Mime
sofa, so famous? 1t is because OF the
Mayos, isn't it?
Well, Ocala has physicians so emf
nent in their professions that their
fame has spread abroad and is more
and more spreading abroad and in
consequence of which numbers and
numbers of patients are flocking TO
Ocala to consult them and put them
selves under their care. They remain
here sometimes for weeks which help
in the general uplift of our little city.
We are now speaking of the "old
line" physicians-the physicians OF
the "old school"
| We would be pleased to mention the
names of those doctors who are grow
| ing so eminent in their professions
and are doing so much for suffering
humanity but the "ethics" they have
adopted preclude us from doing so.
We have eminent physicians in 9TH
er lines who are not so particular and
ethical.
| DR.. F. E. McClane is at the head OF
private sanitarium in which all man
ner of diseases are treated and some
with exceptional success and one
would be surprised IL we were to print
the number of patients that come to
Ocala to consult DR. McClane and who
are patients in his sanitarium.
Then we have DR.. w. X. Lane who
| is an eye, ear and nose specialist and
whose reputation is growing larger
and larger and more and more pa
tients are continually visiting Ocala
| to take advantage of his splendid
| treatment.
Then Ocala has number of color
ed doctors who are fast building up
large practices and whose regulations
are spreading far beyond the limits
of the city. Among this class is a
woman physician, who graduated
with phenomenal honors and whose
reputation is growing more and more
distinctive as she becomes more and
more experienced.
Then it must be remembered that
Ocala has one of the finest hospital
buildings in the state and its equip
ment is scarcely surpassed. The OPP
Grating rooms and the sleeping rooms
have been arranged with consummate
skill and it is supplied with the most
modern medical and surgical applian-
ces. 1t has trained nurses whose skill
rank with the very first and the treat
ment one receives at the Marion coun-
ty hospital is giving it distinctive
reputation which is spreading to all
parts of the state.
The nursing-the ''watchful wait
ing"-has particularly grown famous
and as a result it is nearly always fill
ed with patients mostly from a dist
ance.
Then Ocala has very fine colored
hospital. 1t is brick structure. II
is two stories. 1t has operating rooms
and a number of wards, and from par
lor to kitchen it is a most creditable
institution and is very highly priced
and appreciated by our colored popu-
lation.
This is Ocala's explanation for hav-
ing more doctors than other towns
of similar size.
Ocala is destined to become to
Florida what Rochester is to Mime
sofa.