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Duane's take
Here's my telling of what the official marker has to say about Arthur Carroll Scott, Senior, M.D. Now settle in, because this is a story about a man who built something that outlasted him by a long measure. Arthur Carroll Scott, Senior, was born in Gainesville, Texas, on July 12, 1865.
He went and graduated from Bellevue Medical College in 1886, and that was just the opening act. By 1892, he had made his way to Temple and taken on the role of Chief Surgeon at the Santa Fe Hospital. That's a title that carries some weight, and Scott was the kind of man who carried it well.
Then in 1897, he joined forces with a Dr. R.R. White, Junior, and the two of them formed a partnership.
Now when two doctors with that kind of ambition shake hands in Temple, Texas, you can feel the ground shifting just a little. Seven years later, in 1904, they founded the Temple Sanitarium. That institution, in time, would come to be known as Scott and White Hospital.
A specialist in surgery, Dr. Scott became a recognized authority in cancer diagnosis and treatment. Not just locally known, not just regionally respected.
A well known authority. The marker says so plainly, and those words don't get handed out for nothin'. He pursued a remarkable career, right up until October 27, 1940, when he died.
The hospital bearing his name kept right on standing in Temple. That's the kind of legacy that doesn't need any embellishment.
What the marker says
(July 12, 1865-October 27, 1940) Born in Gainesville, Texas, Arthur Scott graduated from Bellevue Medical College in 1886. In 1892 he became Chief Surgeon of the Santa Fe Hospital in Temple. He formed a partnership with Dr. R.R. White, Jr., in 1897, and they founded the Temple Sanitarium (later Scott and White Hospital) in 1904. A specialist in surgery, Dr. Scott became a well known authority in cancer diagnosis and treatment. After a remarkable career, he died in 1940. Recorded - 1997