Desegregating Medicine: Edith Irby Jones, MD, Broke Barriers in All-White Medical Schools in the South.

Houston internist Edith Irby Jones, MD, broke barriers in all-white medical schools in the South and in her hometown of Houston.

One Giant Step for Physicians: A Texas Physician's Role in Space-Race Medicine.

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of America's Apollo 11 Lunar Mission - the first time humans set foot on the moon. Across the world, the event was heralded as a milestone of scientific achievement, and its three-man crew - Neil Armstrong, Col. Buzz Aldrin, and Lt. Col. Michael Collins - became American heroes. Laboring behind the scenes were swarms of unsung individuals whose expertise made the enterprise possible, including Texas cardiologist Lawrence E. Lamb, MD. His 2006 memoir Inside the Space Race: A Space Surgeon's Diary remains a vivid account of the essential role physicians played in the race to reach the moon.

The Long Lost Speech: Letter Offers Glimpse Into 19th Century Surgery.

The fifth floor of the Texas Medical Association building in Austin houses an archival collection of thousands of books, photographs, and artifacts documenting the rich history of Texas medicine. And there's always room for more. That's what unexpectedly happened in October, when TMA staff found an 1892 hand-written letter tucked away in the pages of an old medical journal. The speech gives modern-day physicians a look at the tools and techniques surgeons used more than 100 years ago.

Fighting on Two Fronts.

The only female Texas physician to serve in World War I broke barriers in more ways than one.