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INSPIRATIONAL
MEDICINE
The 12th Man Connection
BCMS has ties to a famous Texas A&M tradition
By Mike W Thomas
Just outside my office in the Bexar County Medical Society build- I did a double take when I saw that name and memories of my
ing hang several large collages with pictures of the doctors who were years in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M University came flood-
members of the society in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. There are many ing back. As a freshman in the Corps, you are required to memo-
notable doctors on these boards but one name jumped out at me rize all sorts of historical facts about the campus, especially those
the other day – King Gill. pertaining to the cherished traditions of the school. One of those
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