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Dr Arthur Edward Brides

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Dr Arthur Edward Brides

Birth
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
25 Sep 1937 (aged 51)
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
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From the Brockton Enterprise 25 Sep 1937 page 1

Dr. Arthur E. Brides, organizer and director of Norfolk Medical Centre at 29 Pleasant Street, died early today at the hospital.

Dr. Brides was born in Brockton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Brides, now of Park Street, this town [Stoughton]. He was educated in the public schools of his hometown and was graduated from Brockton High in the class of 1904. He took a preparatory school course at Williston Seminary, Easthampton and the attended Yale College from which he graduated in the class of 1909. He gained further honors in the University of North Carolina in 1910. He procured an M.D. degree.
He began practice in Springfield and was there from 1911 to 1918, then he practiced in New Haven, Conn, 1918-1923, and in the meantime was in the service of his country in 1918-1919.
In 1923 he went to Brooklyn, N.Y. where he was in charge of the Periodic Health Examination Institute. There he spent 19 years, specializing in the treatment of eye, nose, ear and throat. He was also house physician foe three large hospitals there.
Starts Hospital
He came to Stoughton and started a hospital at 29 Pleasant street ubder the name of Norfolk Medical Centre, with opening days on Jan. 14 and 15, 1933.
From his school days in his home city, Dr. Brides had been an athlete, specializing in football. He was captain of the football at High School and starred there. He played on the Yale football team and became coach for Yale for many years, winning much fame. He was on the All-American football team for three years, He also coached Amherst College team for four years, the University of North Carolina for two years and Columbia University in New York for two years.
Since 1907, Dr. Brides has been a member of the Officers' Reserve Corps and the National Guards being awarded the rank of captain in 1918 and major in 1922. He served as assistant surgeon under the commissioner of public health for the federal government in Washington, D.C. He was also chief of the United States Veterans' Bureau, in the eye, ear, nose and throat division at Washington, D.C. and also district manager of the New England District No. 1, United States Veterans Bureau fot two years.
He is survived by his parents, three sisters, Mrs. Mary Murphy, wife of Charles Murphy, and Misses Carolyn and Eleanor Brides, all of Park street.
From the Brockton Enterprise 25 Sep 1937 page 1

Dr. Arthur E. Brides, organizer and director of Norfolk Medical Centre at 29 Pleasant Street, died early today at the hospital.

Dr. Brides was born in Brockton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Brides, now of Park Street, this town [Stoughton]. He was educated in the public schools of his hometown and was graduated from Brockton High in the class of 1904. He took a preparatory school course at Williston Seminary, Easthampton and the attended Yale College from which he graduated in the class of 1909. He gained further honors in the University of North Carolina in 1910. He procured an M.D. degree.
He began practice in Springfield and was there from 1911 to 1918, then he practiced in New Haven, Conn, 1918-1923, and in the meantime was in the service of his country in 1918-1919.
In 1923 he went to Brooklyn, N.Y. where he was in charge of the Periodic Health Examination Institute. There he spent 19 years, specializing in the treatment of eye, nose, ear and throat. He was also house physician foe three large hospitals there.
Starts Hospital
He came to Stoughton and started a hospital at 29 Pleasant street ubder the name of Norfolk Medical Centre, with opening days on Jan. 14 and 15, 1933.
From his school days in his home city, Dr. Brides had been an athlete, specializing in football. He was captain of the football at High School and starred there. He played on the Yale football team and became coach for Yale for many years, winning much fame. He was on the All-American football team for three years, He also coached Amherst College team for four years, the University of North Carolina for two years and Columbia University in New York for two years.
Since 1907, Dr. Brides has been a member of the Officers' Reserve Corps and the National Guards being awarded the rank of captain in 1918 and major in 1922. He served as assistant surgeon under the commissioner of public health for the federal government in Washington, D.C. He was also chief of the United States Veterans' Bureau, in the eye, ear, nose and throat division at Washington, D.C. and also district manager of the New England District No. 1, United States Veterans Bureau fot two years.
He is survived by his parents, three sisters, Mrs. Mary Murphy, wife of Charles Murphy, and Misses Carolyn and Eleanor Brides, all of Park street.


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