Talk:Cephas L. Bard

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A fact from Cephas L. Bard appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 October 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Cephas L. Bard, the first American physician in Ventura, California, was also the first person to die in the hospital he built there?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:04, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Dr. Cephas L. Bard

... that Cephas L. Bard (pictured), the first American physician in Ventura, California, was also the first person to die in the hospital he built there? Source: Michaela Crawford Reaves (2001). Cephas Little Bard: Soldier, Pioneer, Doctor. The Ventura County Historical Society Quarterly
- Reviewed: Shoshin

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:55, 14 September 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Looks good, Cbl62; just one issue: the fact that he was the first person to die in the hospital isn't currently mentioned in the article. Once that's been taken care of (and a QPQ has been done), this should be good to go. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 03:28, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I ordered a hard copy of his biography published in 2001. I hope to have it tomorrow and should be in a position to beef up the sourcing. Cbl62 (talk) 03:36, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Extraordinary Writ: Issues now addressed. Thanks for your patience. Cbl62 (talk) 05:13, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

– long enough, new enough, interesting and short enough hook, neutral, copyvio-free, sourced, image is in the public domain, QPQ done, etc. AGFing on the offline sourcing. Thanks for your work on this! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:41, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hospital Dates[edit]

The dates are wrong somewhere. He fell ill in the fall of 1901 but was still the first patient in a hospital that opened Jan 1 1901??? Some of the references to this article state that the hospital opened Jan 1 1902, which makes much more sense. However, the 1901 date has a reference that isn't accessible via the links here, so I hesitate to change the date. Also, I think that it should say that the hospital was built in 1901, as some references show the site was only acquired in late Dec 1900. Brian Hardy 54 (talk) 22:04, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]