Dr. Owens-Adair : some of her life experiences.

  • Owens-Adair, Bethenia, 1840-1926.
Date:
[1906?]
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Credit: Dr. Owens-Adair : some of her life experiences. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The child, Bethenia Owens, was an eye witness of the fatal accident. Mrs. Gaines and the Governor were on horseback, riding beside a wagon containing people on the way to the neigh- boring celebration. In passing a narrow place in the road Mrs. Gaines attempted to fall back and let the wagon pass first, and her horse backed in between the heels of the team and the wagon to which they were attached, and she was thrown violently upon the tongue of the wagon. As the frightened horses began to run it was several minutes before she could be extricated, when it was found that her skull was crushed. She was carried to the nearest house;, where she soon expired without regaining conscious- ness. Governor Gaines was a gentleman of the old school, pos- sessing a high sense of honor and an estimable character, without a stain upon his record. During his administration Dr. Adair was but a mere child, but she well remembers his stately figure and courtly manners. Portland, Ore., July, 1882. Mrs. B. A. Owens, M. D. Portland, Oregon. Dear Doctor—^At the annual meeting of the Oregon State Medical Society, held June, 1882, six subjects were chosen for discussion at the next annual meeting. It being my duty to appoint one person to each subject, I wish to know if you will prepare a paper on retarded dentition, said article to be prepared, ready for publication, by the next annual meeting. The subject, author, together with the day and hour when the paper will be read, will appear upon a program furnished to each member, not less than ten days before the annual meeting in 1883, as well as in the daily papers at the time. As it is expected these papers will attract