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Human skeleton, period typewriter and exhibit panels in the medical office.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dade Heritage Trust opened a new exhibit focusing on Dr. James M. Jackson and Miami Medicine. The Trust, formed to preserve Miami-Dade County\u2019s architectural, environmental and cultural heritage through education and advocacy, is housed in the historic office and surgery of Dr. Jackson. The exhibit highlights Dr. Jackson, folk and Native American health practices, medical instruments and the current and future paths of medicine.\u00a0 <\/span>Two rooms are interpreted\u00a0to represent a typical medical practice and office in the early\u00a020th century.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Considered to be the first professional physician to practice medicine in the City of Miami, Dr. Jackson arrived in the frontier city in 1896 to serve as the doctor for the Florida East Coast Railway in Miami.\u00a0 <\/span>Dr. Jackson would experience many changes in his adopted city as it moved from a hard scrabble outpost to a popular destination and hot real estate market. He also worked on the front lines of medicine, tackling serious outbreaks of typhoid fever, malaria, yellow fever, tuberculosis, and the pandemic Spanish Influenza of 1918.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As was the practice of the time, Dr. Jackson would make house\u00a0calls and\/or treat patients in his medical office. He served as the\u00a0first president of the Miami City Hospital in 1918. This hospital\u00a0ould later grow into today\u2019s Jackson Memorial Hospital, named in\u00a0his honor in 1924.<\/p>\n

The exhibits, which are considered to be permanent and ongoing,\u00a0were generously sponsored by the Jackson Health System, the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation, Miami-Dade County, Culture Builds Florida, the Miami Downtown Development Authority and the City\u00a0of Miami.<\/p>\n

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Information about Dr. Jackson\u2019s two homes and medical office are featured in Jackson\u2019s original medical office (now the home of Dade Heritage Trust).<\/p><\/div>\n

Founded in 1972, Dade Heritage Trust is Miami-Dade County\u2019s largest preservation organization. DHT offers educational initiatives such as: Historic Places–Green Spaces Educational Program, walking tours, bike tours, workshops in historic venues, original exhibits and publications. DHT\u2019s advocacy efforts include historic neighborhood surveys, historic designation assistance, partnerships with non-profits, neighborhood organizations and local governments to improve\u00a0Miami\u2019s quality of life through preservation, affordable housing and restoration initiatives.<\/p>\n

For more information: DHT is located at 190 SE 12th Terrace in the Financial District, 305.358.9572, DadeHeritageTrust.org and on Facebook,@DadeHeritageTrustMiami. Hours of operation are 9a-5p Monday through Friday, 10a-5p Saturday, 12a-5p on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\t\t