A pharmacist and entrepreneur, he created Vicks VapoRub in 1894 while operating a drugstore 150 yards north.
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Established in 1911, it was the first county health department in N.C. and second in U.S. Now two blocks north.
In 1912 Robeson County established first rural health department in U.S. three blocks N.
Opened in 1908. First state institution in North Carolina for treating tuberculosis. Sponsored by Dr. J. E. Brooks of Greensboro.
Early medical school, chartered 1867, conducted by Dr. Hector McLean. Closed c. 1877. Stood one-half mile south.
Secretary of United States Navy, 1853-57. Helped found State Hospital for Insane. Home one block north.
Hospital. First nursing school in N.C. for African Americans, 1896-1961. Founded by Sarah Hunter. Building four blocks N.
State action led to the sterilization by choice or coercion of over 7,600 people, 1933-1973. Met after 1939 one block E.
North Carolina was first state to provide limbs to Confederate amputees. Factory, which operated 1866-67, was 1/4 mi. NE.
Nation's first four-year medical school. Trained 400 African American physicians. Operated here from 1882 to 1918.