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Professional Medicine In the twentieth century, like elsewhere in the nation, county health-care providers increasingly were trained in medical colleges, and the dependence on herbal medicine was replaced. J. D. Affleck who came initially to Sdver Reef moved to St. George and is said to have studied medicine at the same Pennsylvania medical school attended by Salt Lake City's Dr. Ellis Shipp. In conjunction with Walter Keate and Robert Michols, Affleck also opened a drug store. The next generation of doctors in St. George included Frederick Cliff and Frank J. Woodbury. They were men with considerable professional training. Woodbury invited his brother-in-law, Dr. Donald McGregor, to move to St. George. McGregor had been practicing in Beaver since 1910 but moved to St. George in 1913. He was a surgeon who soon constructed what was known as the McGregor Hospital in the city center. This brought a whole new level of medical practice to Dixie. Dr. Woodbury's son, Clare, and Dr. McGregor's two sons, 345
