Luke Pryor Blackburn : Physician, Governor, Reformer / Nancy Disher Baird.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baird, Nancy Disher.

Series:

Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.

The Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physicians--Kentucky--Biography.

Physicians.

Governors--Kentucky--Biography.

Governors.

Public health--Kentucky--History.

Public health.

Prisons--Kentucky--History.

Prisons.

Kentucky--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Kentucky.

Blackburn, Luke Pryor, 1816-1887.

Blackburn, Luke Pryor.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Deadly epidemics of yellow fever and Asiatic cholera plagued the South throughout the nineteenth century, yet doctors had few effective weapons against the diseases. Luke Pryor Blackburn, a Kentucky-born physician, worked with more success than most to save the lives of those who were stricken and to prevent the spread of infection. He aided towns throughout Kentucky and the Deep South where resident doctors had fled or had fallen ill themselves.Blackburn's reputation as a humanitarian soared following his aid to Western Kentucky during the yellow fever epidemic of 1878. A year later he was ea

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Health Officer; 2 Confederate Agent; 3 Hero of Hickman; 4 Governor of Kentucky; 5 Prison Reformer; 6 Lenient Luke; Notes; A Note to Readers

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. 125-[128]

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813189079

0813189071

9780813150369

0813150361

OCLC:

644636211