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-r. George Graham Watts of San Antonio, Te.A
aied Jv . 11. 1, n I San Antonio hospital, oz
urerAih and general ieras., 4 1851 in London,
Dr. Watts was born February '- .
England, the son of Edward Rafaei anu Maria
(Swinney) Watts. His father was Scotch and his
mother was
Welsh. His
academic edu-
cation was
received in
,y Cheltenham
College from
which he re-
ceived an M.
A. degree. His
medical e d u -
cation was ob-
tained in the
University o f
Edinburgh,
Scotland, and
in Bonn Uni-
versity, G e r -
m a ny, f r om
which latter
institution he
w a s graduat-
ed in 1881.
After gradua-
tion he served
for one year
as an assist-
ant obstet-
DR. GEORGE GRAHAM WATTS r i c i a n and
gynecologist
in Bonn Unive'rsity. He then lived and practiced in
Nice, France, before coming to the United States in
1882, in which year he located in San Antonio, which
was his home for the remainder of his professional
life.
Dr. Watts was a member of the Bexar County
Medical Association before the organization of the
present Bexar County Medical Society, in 1904. He
was a charter member of both organizations, a mem-
ber of the State Medical Association and American
Medical Association. He was elected an honorary
member of the State Medical Association in 1926,
which membership status continued until his death.
He was a member of the West Texas Medical So-
ciety, a predecessor to the South Texas District
Medical Society, of which he was also a member
after its organization.
Dr. Watts' life spanned four major wars in two of
which he had an active part. He served as an ambu-
lance driver in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, and
as an Assistant Surgeon at Fort Sam Houston dur-
ing the Spanish-American War. During World War
I he served in the Surgeon's Office at Fort Sam
Houston.
When Dr. Watts located in San Antonio the city
had a population of 17,000. He had a part in the
establishment of the San Antonio Infirmary in 1895
and the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital in San
Antonio in 1903. He was intensely interested in
everything pertaining to medicine. He worked with
the late Dr. Charles A. R. Campbell, who originated
bat roosts in San la research
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rities, including Sarah Bernhart and other world fa-
mous actors and actresses. He was a close friend of
Cadet Charles Lindberg when the latter was sta-
tioned at Brooks Field.
At the age of 70, Dr. Watts attempted to secure
a pilot's license and only his vision prevented him
from doing so. During his active career he kept a
stable of horses and a pack of hunting dogs. He
once captured a young mountain lion on a hunting
trip and kept it as a pet until it died of old age.
Dr. Watts' death at the age of 94 closed a career
of not only a colorful and interesting physician, but
that of a pioneer surgeon who contributed materially
to the advancement of medicine and surgery in the
early history of Texas.
Dr. Watts was married February 15, 1877, to Mary
Kay, St. Mary's Parish, Middlesex, England. His
wife preceded him in death in 1908. He is survived
by one daughter, Mrs. Barnard Turnbull, San An-
tonio; and three sons, Dr. J. A. Watts, San Antonio;
Hugh T. Watts of Santa Monica, California, and
Mason Watts of Mexico City.
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