!84 started in 1928 at Cottage Hospital in the same vein to continue the work of the Potter Metabolic Clinic after it closed. Then the clinic became completely independent of the hospital and with its own facility and offices in 1931. It should be noted that the Sansum Medical Clinic began under the direction of one man with a focus on research and treatment of diabetes, serving a nationwide patient base. It then developed from there and broadened its focus and purpose to handle patients other than just diabetics. The Santa Barbara Clinic had, first and foremost as the name implied, its community in mind. It was founded by men of vision with a new and innovative almost revolutionary approach to healthcare: a clinic which was to be a group approach to healthcare delivery to patients from all walks of life. Their story and vision and commitment to the community underlie the century-long success of the Santa Barbara Clinic. The Founding Fathers The narrative of the Santa Barbara Clinic begins with three men. Dr. Benjamin Bakewell (1877 - 1953) Benjamin Bakewell was born in New Jersey in 1877. When he was five, his family moved to Santa Barbara, where his father became rector of the Trinity Episcopal Church (1883- 1888) and oversaw its construction. Around 1890, the family moved to Oakland where his father was to serve another church. Bakewell graduated from the University of California medical school in San Francisco in 1902 and interned at St. Luke’s Hospital there for two years, before returning to Santa Barbara for health reasons.
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Dr. Benjamin Bakewell In 1906, he joined Dr. Harold Sidebotham and Dr. Philip Chancellor and bought an unused portion of the Catholic cemetery at the intersection of California and East Arrellaga streets. There they built a two-story private sanatorium which they named Quisisana Sanitarium. Quisisana meant “here you get well� and the sanitarium was a kind of medically supervised health spa. It was typically a small hospital setting (thirtyfive beds in this case) designed for rest, recuperation, and recovery. After getting the sanitarium off the ground, the partners determined to have an order of nuns take over the facility and in 1908 it was sold to the St. Francis Sisters of the Sacred Heart who eventually enlarged the complex and changed the name to St. Francis Hospital. Dr. Bakewell continued on in practice by himself, restricting it to gynecology and obstetrics.