Healing Kentucky : medicine in the Bluegrass State / Nancy Disher Baird.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baird, Nancy Disher.

Series:

New books for new readers.

New books for new readers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Kentucky--History--19th century.

Medicine.

Medicine--Kentucky--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (63 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the pioneering Danville surgeon Ephraim McDowell, the first doctor to successfully perform abdominal surgery, and Luke Blackburn, dubbed the ""Hero of Hickman"" and elected governor in 1879 after his efforts to combat yellow fever, to contemporary Kentucky doctors performing groundbreaking reconstructive surgery and artificial heart implants, Healing Kentucky tells the story of the two-hundred-year struggle to provide good health care to all Kentuckians. Nancy Disher Baird describes Lexington schoolteacher Linda Neville's mission to treat the eye disease trachoma in rural Kentucky, Lou

Contents:

Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. She Lived!; 2. They Died Faster Than Coffins Could Be Made; 3. It's a Wonder That Anyone Survived; 4. No One Should Live in Filth; 5. He Had Red Sore Eyes and Is Blind; 6. Viruses Among Us; 7. It's the Law; 8. It Struck Fear in Every Parent's Heart; 9. You Could Die of Dog Smell; 10. Fixed Her Face; 11. Sounds Like Science Fiction; Final Comments; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613232380

9780813137902

081313790X

9781283232388

1283232383

9780813126296

0813126290

OCLC:

753966276