Featured in this lot is this Certificate of Health Signed by George E. Goodfellow circa 1885; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. This is an official Certificate of Health for John Ecompence signed by George E. Goodfellow; Goodfellow is the surgeon that is famous in Tombstone history for treating Virgil Earp and Morgan Earp after the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. His testimony later helped absolve the Earps and Doc Holliday of murder charges for having shot and killed three outlaw Cowboys during the gunfight. He treated Virgil again when he was maimed in an ambush and rushed to Morgan's side when he was mortally wounded by an assassin. George Emory Goodfellow (December 23, 1855 – December 7, 1910) was a physician and naturalist in the 19th- and early 20th-century American Old West who developed a reputation as the United States' foremost expert in treating gunshot wounds. As a medical practitioner in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Goodfellow treated numerous bullet wounds to both lawmen and outlaws. He recorded several significant medical firsts throughout his career, including performing the first documented laparotomy for treating an abdominal gunshot wound and the first perineal prostatectomy to remove an enlarged prostate. He also pioneered the use of spinal anesthesia and sterile techniques in treating gunshot wounds and is regarded as the first civilian trauma surgeon. The condition of this Official Certificate of Health is well preserved with no obvious signs of damage and shows a well preserved overall condition. The measurements of this framed Certificate of Health is 12 7/8" x 11" and the visible Certificate measures 7 1/2" x 5 1/4". TTD 198