Oral history interview with Carroll Lupton, April 2, 1980
Subtitle: interview H-0028, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Murphy, Mary, 1953- interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Physicians; Social life and customs; Medicine; Practice; Midwives
Other titles: Interview H-0028, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Carroll Lupton, April 2, 1980; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: North Carolina doctor Carroll Lupton discusses his medical practice in Burlington, North Carolina, focusing primarily on the 1930s. Lupton returned to North Carolina to set up his general medical practice after completing his internship in New Orleans in 1933. He describes the economic conditions in the South during the Great Depression and offers anecdotes about the kinds of hardships people faced. Because of his interactions with his patients, Lupton's memories offer a unique lens for understanding the relationships and interactions among people in the working community. Lupton explains how he did his best to provide medical care to poor working class families in Burlington. He describes common medical procedures that he performed, such as tonsillectomies, and popular medical remedies that were typically used at the time. Special attention is given to the medical treatment of pregnant women and of venereal disease; Lupton describes the prominent role of Granny Lewis, the local midwife, in delivering babies in Burlington.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on November 14, 2007).

Interview participants: Carroll Lupton, interviewee; Mary Murphy, interviewer.

Duration: 01:08:25.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series H, Piedmont industrialization, 1974-1980, interview H-0028, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 26 p.

Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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