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Dr. O.J. Farness, Chest Specialist, Dies In HoustonDr. Orin J. Farness, a specialist in chest diseases and a pioneer in studies of valley fe-' ver, died yesterday in Houston of leukemia. Hewas 63.Funeral services and burial will be in De Forest,* Wis., and will be arranged by the Ed-wardson Funeral Home there. No date has been announced for a memorial service scheduled in Tucson.Dr. Famess, of 4623 E. Grant Road, discovered the first authenticated case of valieyfever in humans in 1936 and identified the respiratory disease in dogs in 1940. He was the author of numerous articles on fungus diseases and diseases of the chest. The physician, born in 1907 in De Forest, was a graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Medicine and took a residency in chest diseases at the Desert Sanatorium (now Tucson Medical Center) and Bellevue Hospital, New York City.9In November, Tucson Medical Center recognized Dr. Farness’ contributions to medicine by naming the hospital's cardiopulmonary laboratory in his honor.Long noted for.services to medical organizations, Dr. Farness was a member of the American Medical Assn., a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Chest Physicians.Dr. Farness is survived by his widow, Kathleen Flynn Famess of Tucson, and two nephews and a brother-in-law in De Forest.Dr. Farness
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Star Citizen
Tucson, Arizona, US
Sun, Jul 19, 1970
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