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Childhood Home of Dr. Drake

Dr. Daniel Drake (1785-1852) came to May's Lick with his parents at the age of two. He described this area in Pioneer Life in Kentucky. After studying medicine with Dr. Wm. Goforth (Cincinnati), he was first resident doctor of May's Lick. Drake was a professor at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; Louisville Medical Inst.; and Transylvania Univ. Medical Dept.

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Pioneer Doctor and Educator - Known as "Father of Medicine" in Cincinnati, Drake founded Medical College of Ohio, Medical Dept. of Cincinnati College and Cincinnati Eye Infirmary. Author of more than seven hundred articles and books of which his Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley of North America is a medical classic. This 40-year collection of data was monumental contribution to medical knowledge.