1628 Childhood Home of Dr. Drake

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Marker reads, Dr. Daniel Drake 1785-1852 came to Mays Lick with his parents at the age of two. He described this area in Pioneer Life in Kentucky. After studying medicine with Dr. Wm. Goforth Cincinnati, he was first resident doctor of Mays Lick. Drake was a professor at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; Louisville Medical Inst.; and Transylvania Univ. Medical Dept. Reverse, Pioneer Doctor and Educator - Known as Father of Medicine in Cincinnati, Drake founded Medical College of Ohio, Medical Dept. of Cincinnati College and Cincinnati Eye Infirmary. Author of more than seven hundred articles and books of which his Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley of North America is a medical classic. This 40-year collection of data was monumental contribution to medical knowledge.