This history of health, illness, and medical care in one downstateIllinoiscounty offers a richly detailed account, spanning more than a century of health care, from the perspectives of county residents, nurses, doctors, and public health professionals. Drawing on a wealth of oral history interviews, hospital records, and other primary documents, Lucinda McCray Beier provides insight into home management of ill health, birth, and death; nurses training and practices; the experiences of African American healers and patients;public health provision;and other topics. By observing the history of...

This history of health, illness, and medical care in one downstateIllinoiscounty offers a richly detailed account, spanning more than a century of health care, from the perspectives of county residents, nurses, doctors, and public health professionals. Drawing on a wealth of oral history interviews, hospital records, and other primary documents, Lucinda McCray Beier provides insight into home management of ill health, birth, and death; nurses training and practices; the experiences of African American healers and patients;public health provision;and other topics. By observing the history of...