Healing Kentucky: Medicine in the Bluegrass State (New Books

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Healing Kentucky: Medicine in the Bluegrass State (New Books For New Readers)

Most towns did not have hospitals of their own before the mid-twentieth century, and Kentucky towns were no exception. Kentucky's first real hospital opened in 1823, but it was in Louisvilleâ€•too far away to serve many Kentucky communities, especially in cases of emergency. For this and other reasons, the lifespan of the average Kentuckian in the 1800s was only 40 years. Today it has grown to 75, and trained medical professionals are available to most communities throughout the state. Healing Kentucky tells how medical care changed in Kentucky over 200 years and became the much safer and better system we know today. It also describes early healing practices and methods used to care for the sick in the days before safe hospitals, even on Civil War battlefields. From cholera epidemics to polio and plastic surgery, readers will learn much about the people who shaped medicine in Kentucky.

Country	USA
Author	Nancy Disher Baird
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: The University Press of Kentucky
EAN	9780813109145
Edition	1
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0813109140
Label	University Press of Kentucky
Manufacturer	University Press of Kentucky
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	64
PublicationDate	2007-01-12
Publisher	University Press of Kentucky
Studio	University Press of Kentucky
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Healing Kentucky: Medicine in the Bluegrass State (New Books For New Readers)