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C. A. HICKS, M.D.
Vol. 3, p. 1235

Where many years ago the medicine man of the Indians brought the
sick of the tribe to be treated at the springs of mineral waters at
Bromide are today gathered a few modern physicians of the white race,
a product of the universities, possessing ability and training, and
with all the traditions and experience of centuries of medical
practice at their command. Connecting these two periods that are thus
exemplified at Bromide are many romances and traditions and legends,
and it is an interesting fact that some of the methods of practice by
the old Indian physicians are not altogether without value to the
profession of the present time. Taking the place of the red men who
once gathered around the springs at Bromide are white people
congregating in increasing numbers, and naturally white physicians
have almost altogether superseded the Indian practitioners of the old
time. One of the able young men now practicing as physicians and
surgeons at Bromide is Doctor Hicks. He is a native of Mississippi,
and a type of the young men of the South who are accomplishing things
worth while in the development of the new state.

Born at Bellefontaine, Mississippi, in 1886, he is a son of James
Henry and Lucy J. (MCCAIN) Hicks. His father, who now lives at Gerty,
Oklahoma, whither he brought his family in 1907, the year of
statehood, is engaged in business there. He is a type of a self-
sacrificing parent who gives practically his entire life that his
children may have the best of opportunities and the foundation
required for taking advantage of them. Doctor Hicks' grandfather was
a wealthy farmer and Baptist minister in Mississippi, a native of
North Carolina, and descended from some of the heroes of the American
Revolution. The Hicks family originated in England and three brothers
came to this country before the Revolution, one of them locating in
New York, another in South Carolina and another in Mississippi.

The early education of Doctor Hicks was acquired in the public
schools of Mississippi and in the high school at Bellefontaine. On
leaving school he accepted employment in a drug store and this
afforded him the opportunity for beginning the study of medicine. In
1913 he was graduated M. D. from the Memphis Hospital Medical College
at Memphis, Tennessee, and in the same year took up practice at
Gerty, Oklahoma. After one year there he removed to Bromide, where he
is now making a success at his professional work. He is surgeon at
Bromide for the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company, for the
Bromide Crushed Stone Company, and the Bromide Oolitie Stone Company.
He is also active in the Bromide Commercial Club, is a member of the
Baptist Church, and has affiliations with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World and the Modern Woodmen of
America. Professionally he has membership in the county and state
medical societies and the American Medical Association.

A sister and three brothers of Doctor Hicks are: H. A. Hicks, a
graduate of the University of Mississippi and now a practicing
attorney at Gerty; Dr. F. B. Hicks, a physician and surgeon at
Wetumka, Oklahoma; Edward Hicks, living at home with his parents; and
Miss Elma, also at home.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Charmaine Keith, November 03, 1998.