Kern County Obituaries

Dr Kanavel (Allen B.)

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Mojave Desert News; 2 Jun 1938

Miner Hurt, Doctor Killed In Wrecks Near Mojave
Mr Al Meyers, famous as the discoverer of Goldfield, is in the Phil J. Vogel Hospital suffering 
from grave injuries sustained in an automobile accident on the Bishop road three miles from 
Mojave, Saturday evening. He was picked up unconscious after being thrown from his car as it 
overturned and left the highway. He was alone and was so severely hurt it was impossible to 
question him to learn the cause of the accident.
Mr Meyers is 65 years old and the lacerations about his head, back: and chest injury will 
necessitate his remaining in the hospital for some time. Mrs. Meyers has come down from their 
home in Hollywood to be with her husband.
In an accident on the same road the evening before Dr Kanavel, internationally famous surgeon, 
was killed when his car crashed into the rear of a truck and trailer. His two young sons and their two 
boy friends in the car with him are said not to have been seriously hurt.
They are reported to have been en route from Pasadena to fishing grounds near Bishop.	
A former chief surgeon of Northwestern Medical School and author of important medical books, 
Dr. Kanavel is considered "tops" in the profession.

(Transcriber's Note: While the above notice has no first names for Dr. Kanavel, 
there are many references to Dr Kanavel, as described, on the internet as Dr. 
Allen B. Kanavel)