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Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinics On October 1, 1892, Dr. Arthur C. Scott, Sr., a native of Gainesville, Texas, began his career as the chief surgeon of the Santa Fe Hospital in Temple, Texas. He was only 27 years old. In 1895, Dr. Scott held a competitive examination for those who had applied for the vacant post of Santa Fe House Surgeon. Dr. Raleigh R. White, Jr., of Cameron, Texas, scored the highest and was hired. Because of their blossoming friendship and Dr. Scott's growing private practice, the two doctors entered into full partnership in December of 1897. The reputation of Dr. Scott and Dr. White grew rapidly. Shortly thereafter, they were approached by the What-So-Ever Circle, the Temple Chapter of the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons, a benevolent society, to work in association with their new hospital called King's Daughters Hospital. Dr. Scott and Dr. White worked with King's Daughters until 1904. In 1904, Dr. Scott and Dr. White opened their own hospital, the Temple Sanitarium, in Temple. Later that year, they purchased and converted the abandoned St. Mary's Catholic Convent for use as a permanent hospital. This structure became the nucleus of a facility that would consist of 31 buildings scattered over five city blocks. On June 28, 1905, Dr. Scott and Dr. White and Business Manager Fred K. Stroop applied for a corporate charter for the Temple Sanitarium "for the study, prevention, relief, remedy and care of any and all human disorders and diseases." On June 23, 1906, Dr. Claudia Potter was hired at the Temple Sanitarium. She would become the first female anesthesiologist in both Texas and the United States. On the 13th of October, 1922, the name of the Temple Sanitarium was changed to the Scott & White Memorial Hospital. Another Scott & White first occurred on August 23, 1933, when the American College of Surgeons approved the institution as the first cancer diagnostic and treatment center in Texas. The hospital entered another phase on December 23, 1949 when it was reorganized into the non-profit Scott & White Memorial Hospital and the for-profit Scott & White Clinic. The name changed again on August 15, 1950 to the Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation. The institution was moved to its current location atop the hill in south Temple once known as Killarney Heights on December 15, 1963.  Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinics |
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