An early modification of the Day Law occurred on March 25, 1948, when the General Assembly provided for the education of African Americans "in fields related to health" (nursing, medicine, surgery) in "any hospital" because the necessary African American institutions did not exist. The act did contain the important proviso that such education would be provided "if the governing body of the hospital, by a majority vote of its members, so elects."
T. T. Wendell, M.D., in his Lexington office, ca. 1890s. Dr. Wendell was active in the Lexington medical community, including service at Eastern State Hospital, where a building for African American patients was named for him in 1953. T. T. Wendell Collection, Kentucky Historical Society Collections.
