Sam Childs Explained

Samuel Beresford Childs (November 6, 1861 – May 21, 1938) was an American physician and early radiologist.^[1] He was an early promoter of x-ray technology in the Denver, Colorado, where he worked from 1898 to 1937. He was instructor of surgery and later Chair of Anatomy at the University of Denver Medical College, and served as president of several medical organizations, including the first president of the American College of Radiology and Physiotherapy, the Colorado State Medical Society,^[2] and the American Medical Golfing Association.^{[3] [4]}

Childs was born in East Hartford, Connecticut, the son of a noted physician, and attended Hartford schools. He earned graduated from Yale University in 1883, and earned his M. D. from New York University Medical School in 1887.

In his youth he played baseball. He played college ball at Yale University, during which time he played a single game for the Columbus Buckeyes on May 31, 1883. He played in the minors for Hartford from 1884–1885.^[5]

External links

• baseball-reference

Notes and References

1. Book: Stone, Wilbur Fiske . History of Colorado . 1919 . The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company . 259-260.
2. October 1927 . Samuel Beresford Childs . Colorado Medicine . 24 . 10 . 296.
3. Bouslog . John S. . February 1939 . Samuel Beresford Childs, M.D.: 1861–1938 . . en . 32 . 2 . 239–241 . 10.1148/32.2.239b .
4. Burgher . Diane . Essex . Eden . December 1998 . The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine: Celebrating a rich tradition . . en . 79 . 12 . 17–19 . 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90400-2.
5. Book: Nemec, David . The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball: Biographies of 1,084 Players, Owners, Managers and Umpires . 2012 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-9044-8 . 136 . en.