Tales from Kentucky doctors
By: [edited by] William Lynwood Montell.
Contributors: Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky; The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780813124827
Subjects: Physicians -- Kentucky -- Biography; Medicine -- Kentucky -- History; Physicians -- Kentucky -- Anecdotes; Physicians -- Kentucky -- Personal Narratives; Folklore -- Kentucky
Genres: Biography.; Anecdotes.; Personal Narratives.
Description: Contains a collection of stories from Kentucky physicians.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Choosing the medical profession; title: Medical training and early career; title: Other doctors; title: House calls; title: Personal practice; title: Hospital practice; title: Medications; title: Special deliveries; title: Regrettable cases; title: Epidemics and outbreaks; title: Folk healing; title: Animal stories; title: Doctors' social events; title: Medical practice then and now.