SIERRA SACRAMENTO VALLEY |
PIONEER PHYSICIANS
Thomas Muldrup Logan , MD (1808-1876)
Dr. Logan was the most widely known of the physicians who came to the Sacramento area during the gold rush. His voyage from New Orleans to San Francisco on a storm tossed schooner took nine months. He had practiced in Charleston and New Orleans after receiving his MD from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1828. He was well traveled, fluent in French, and studied epidemics in Europe, particularly cholera. He was a member of five European medical organizations including the International Medical Congress.