Comments on: A True Texas Medicine Woman http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/09/25/a-true-texas-medicine-woman/ Romancing The West Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:55:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David White http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/09/25/a-true-texas-medicine-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-47100 David White Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:51:09 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/09/25/a-true-texas-medicine-woman/#comment-47100 Dr Sophie as she is called in my family was my great great grandmother...she started the Episcopal Church in Brazoria and many of my family still live there. I grew up hearing all the stories about her...she evidently cursed a lot never rode a horse side saddle and beat an alligator with a fire iron...the most momentous was her necklace that she wore to her grave...my grandfather wanted it...she had 13 children...some did not live past infancy as was common in those times and one of her daughters married into a Mexican family named Silva...a distant but well known relative who broke with tradition to keep the Herzog name is Jesus Silva- Herzog Dr Sophie as she is called in my family was my great great grandmother…she started the Episcopal Church in Brazoria and many of my family still live there. I grew up hearing all the stories about her…she evidently cursed a lot never rode a horse side saddle and beat an alligator with a fire iron…the most momentous was her necklace that she wore to her grave…my grandfather wanted it…she had 13 children…some did not live past infancy as was common in those times and one of her daughters married into a Mexican family named Silva…a distant but well known relative who broke with tradition to keep the Herzog name is Jesus Silva- Herzog

]]> By: Dortha Pekar http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/09/25/a-true-texas-medicine-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-18913 Dortha Pekar Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:05:06 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/09/25/a-true-texas-medicine-woman/#comment-18913 I have been researching Dr. Sofie (and "playing" her for almost 20 years. She is, indeed, a fascinating woman and I hope to finish my book about her by Feb. 4, (her birthday) 2010. While her bullet necklace contained 24 or 26 bullets, I am certain that it did not contain all of the bullets she removed. In a presentation to a medical society in 1897, she stated that she had removed 15 bullets and 2 buckshot in the 22 months she had been in Brazoria. Since she was a doctor in Brazoria for another 23 years, I suspect the bullets in her necklace were from only her most difficult cases. I actually have 2 photographs of her in the bullet necklace--the earliest one does appear to have buckshot in it, but the one of her in later life does not. The Brazoria Community Historical museum has an exhibit on Dr. Sofie. I have been researching Dr. Sofie (and “playing” her for almost 20 years. She is, indeed, a fascinating woman and I hope to finish my book about her by Feb. 4, (her birthday) 2010.
While her bullet necklace contained 24 or 26 bullets, I am certain that it did not contain all of the bullets she removed. In a presentation to a medical society in 1897, she stated that she had removed 15 bullets and 2 buckshot in the 22 months she had been in Brazoria. Since she was a doctor in Brazoria for another 23 years, I suspect the bullets in her necklace were from only her most difficult cases. I actually have 2 photographs of her in the bullet necklace–the earliest one does appear to have buckshot in it, but the one of her in later life does not. The Brazoria Community Historical museum has an exhibit on Dr. Sofie.

]]> By: andar909 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/09/25/a-true-texas-medicine-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-12529 andar909 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:30:39 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/09/25/a-true-texas-medicine-woman/#comment-12529 hi, andar here, i just read your post. i like very much. agree to you, sir. hi, andar here, i just read your post. i like very much. agree to you, sir.

]]> By: Elizabeth Rainbird http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/09/25/a-true-texas-medicine-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-1355 Elizabeth Rainbird Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:38:48 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/09/25/a-true-texas-medicine-woman/#comment-1355 Hi Linda, What a great story. Dr Sofie was definately ahead of her time, but the people who lived then must have been very thankful to have her. Fees have definately taken a big hike from those days. I think it is a shame about her necklace but glad her wishes were carried out. Elizabeth Hi Linda,

What a great story. Dr Sofie was definately ahead of her time, but the people who lived then must have been very thankful to have her. Fees have definately taken a big hike from those days.

I think it is a shame about her necklace but glad her wishes were carried out.
Elizabeth

]]> By: Tanya Hanson http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/09/25/a-true-texas-medicine-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Tanya Hanson Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:39:47 +0000 http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2007/09/25/a-true-texas-medicine-woman/#comment-1249 Fifteen kids. Yikes. Fifteen kids. Yikes.

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