Francis M. Pottenger Sr.
Born27 September 1869
Crosby Township, Ohio
Died10 June 1961
Los Angeles, California
OccupationPhysician

Francis Marion Pottenger (27 September 1869 – 10 June 1961) was an American physician and tuberculosis researcher.

Biography

Pottenger obtained his MD from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1894.[1] He qualified A.M. from Otterbein University in 1907 and L.L.D. in 1909.[2] His wife Carrie Burtner died from tuberculosis in 1898 which prompted him to establish the Pottenger Sanitorium in Monrovia, California in 1903.[1][2] It became the most successful sanitorium in Southern California due to its high recovery rates.[3] Pottenger advocated the use of tuberculin which he believed would create a hostile environment for tuberculosis.[4]

Pottenger founded the Southern California Anti-Tuberculosis League in 1903 for which he was President 1903–1906 and 1939–1941.[1] He was President of the Endocrine Society 1935–1937.[5] In the 1940s, Pottenger was chairman of the Smog Committee of the Los Angeles County Medical Association.[3]

He died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, aged 91.[6]

Family

Pottenger married several times. He married his first wife Carrie Burtner in 1894.[2] He had several children with his second wife Adelaide Gertrude. His son Francis M. Pottenger Jr. was also a physician.

His sister Nellie Maude Pottenger was married to Finis E. Fouts, a soybean pioneer.[7]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 Newmark, Marko R. (1952). "Medical Profession in the Early Days of Los Angeles". The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly. 34 (2): 168–169.
  2. 1 2 3 Who's Who in the Pacific southwest: A Compilation of Authentic Biographical Sketches of Citizens of Southern California and Arizona. Los Angeles: The Times-Mirror Printing & Binding House. p. 299
  3. 1 2 DuPuis, E. Melanie. (2004). Smoke and Mirrors: The Politics and Culture of Air Pollution. New York University Press. p. 181. ISBN 0-8147-1960-0
  4. ↑ Koslow, Jennifer. (2009). Cultivating Health: Los Angeles Women and Public Health Reform. Rutgers University Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-8135-4528-8
  5. ↑ "Obituary Francis Marion Pottenger". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 21 (12): 1618. 1961. doi:10.1210/jcem-21-12-1618.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Francis M. Pottenger Sr., An Authority on TB, Dies at 91". nytimes.com.
  7. ↑ Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko. (2012). Fouts Family of Indiana: Soybean Pioneers (1882-2012): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook. Soyinfo Center. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-928914-48-8
  8. ↑ "The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Francis M. Pottenger". The British Medical Journal. 1 (2475): 1362. 1908. JSTOR 25277908.
  9. ↑ "Tuberculosis and how to Combat It. A Book for the Patient". JAMA. 92 (1): 80. 1929. doi:10.1001/jama.1929.02700270084038.
  10. ↑ Baur, John E. (1952). "Review: The Fight against Tuberculosis: An Autobiography, by Francis Marion Pottenger". Pacific Historical Review. 21 (4): 397–398. doi:10.2307/3635640.
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