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African American healers / Clinton Cox.

Cox, Clinton. (Author).

Summary:

Profiles over thirty notable African Americans in the health field, including Civil War nurse Susie King Taylor, Dr. Charles Drew, father of the blood bank, and young pioneering surgeon Ben Carson.

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  • ISBN: 0471246506
  • ISBN: 9780471246503
  • Physical Description: vii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : John Wiley, [2000]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-154) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1 Early Years 3 -- Dr. James Durham 5 -- James McCune Smith, M.D. 10 -- Part 2 Civil War Years and Reconstruction 15 -- Major Martin Robison Delany 17 -- John S. Rock, M.D. 23 -- Dr. Alexander T. Augusta 28 -- Susie King Taylor 34 -- Rebecca Lee (Crumpler), M.D. 41 -- Charles Burleigh Purvis, M.D. 46 -- Part 3 Into the New Century 51 -- Mary Eliza Mahoney 53 -- Nathan Francis Mossell, M.D. 58 -- Daniel Hale Williams, M.D. 63 -- George Cleveland Hall, M.D. 70 -- Austin Maurice Curtis, M.D. 73 -- Adah Belle Thoms 76 -- Justina Laurena Ford, M.D. 81 -- Louis Tompkins Wright, M.D. 87 -- William Augustus Hinton, M.D. 94 -- Charles Richard Drew, M.D. 100 -- Percy Lavon Julian, Ph.D. 109 -- Part 4 Modern Times 115 -- Alvin Francis Poussaint, M.D. 117 -- Benjamin Solomon Carson, M.D. 123 -- Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D. 128 -- Joycelyn (Jones) Elders, M.D. 132 -- David Satcher, M.D. 137.

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Erwin Public Library J 610.92 Cox (Text) 33631001483521 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
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