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Dr. Gerald Lee Cates O.D.
Optometrist | Corneal and Contact Management
1871 2nd St Springfield OR, 97477About
Dr. Gerald Cates is an optometrist practicing in Springfield, OR. Dr. Cates specializing in providing eye care services to patients. As an optometrist, Dr. Cates performs eye exams, tests vision, corrects vision by prescribing eye glasses or contacts, detects certain eye disorders and manages and treats vision problems. Optometrists often work closely with ophthalmologists who may need to further treat patients with surgical procedures.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- "The seasoning": disease and death among the first colonists of Georgia.
- Thomsonian medicine and early Georgia medical societies.
- Thomsonian medicine and early Georgia medical societies.
- The voyage: a study of medical hazards on the first immigrant ships to Georgia.
- The voyage: a study of medical hazards on the first immigrant ships to Georgia.
- The St. Marys yellow fever epidemic of 1808: Georgia's first confrontation.
- Acupuncture in Ante-Bellum Tennessee.
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SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBENDl
3333 RIVERBEND DRIVE SPRINGFIELD OR 97477MCKENZIE-WILLAMETTE MEDICAL CENTERl
1460 G STREET SPRINGFIELD OR 97477SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY DISTRICTl
1255 HILYARD STREET EUGENE OR 97401