Articles & Local History - Tampico, Whiteside County, Illinois

Articles & Local History > 1883 - Dr. A. C. Smith

Tampico Tornado, June 2, 1883

Dr. A. C. Smith successfully took two fleshy tumors from the head of a Swede man the other day. One of the tumors was the size of a hen's egg and the other about one-third smaller. The next day he also took a fibrous tumor from the left shoulder of George Howlett.

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