Frederick Davis Patterson, M.D. (Side 1)
Dr. Fred Patterson was born in Stewart Co., GA., attended South Georgia Agriculture College, Cuthbert, graduated Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 1890. He practiced in Lumpkin four years before moving to Cuthbert in 1894. Here he used his extraordinary medical abilities and human concern to bandage skinned knees or perform difficult surgical procedures with anesthetist Dr. Francis Martin, of Shellman. He held offices in and was honored by the American Medical Association, the Medical Association of Georgia and the Second District Medical Society which he organized.
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, the City of Cuthbert, Randolph County Commission, Randolph Historical Society, 1985
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Ken Moser.