{"product_id":"african-american-healers-paperback-softback-9780471246503","title":"African American Healers (Paperback \/ softback) 9780471246503","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAfrican American Healers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClinton Cox (Author), Jim Haskins (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780471246503, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 January 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 19.8 x 1.6 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThroughout American history, determined African Americans havebecome healers. As doctors, nurses, and scientists, they have madevital contributions to the health of the American people.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The road to attaining the knowledge these healers longed for was adifficult one. But they kept going, despite the obstacles. Thesehealers would not only mend the ills of the sick, but would alsofound schools, build hospitals, and fight for equal treatment aswell as for the rights of their patients.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These true and inspiring stories of some of the great AfricanAmerican healers show you how:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dr. James Durham, the first African American doctor, saved thelives of more yellow fever victims than most doctors in colonialPhiladelphia.\u003cbr\u003e * Susie King Taylor began nursing both black and white soldiers atthe age of thirteen when the Civil War began and cared for themthroughout the war.\u003cbr\u003e * Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, who founded Provident Hospital inChicago, saved a patient's life by performing the first successfulopen-heart operation.\u003cbr\u003e * Dr. Justina Laurena Ford, the first black female physician in theRocky Mountains, treated patients of all races in their homes, andbecame fluent in eight languages.\u003cbr\u003e * Dr. Charles Drew invented the blood bank and discovered new usesfor plasma.\u003cbr\u003e * Dr. Benjamin Carson blazed a trail in the amazing field of brainsurgery.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This outstanding collection brings to light these and dozens ofother exciting and surprising tales of the men and women ofmedicine who lived their dreams.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTHE EARLY YEARS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dr. James Durham.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e James McCune Smith, M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE CIVIL WAR YEARS AND RECONSTRUCTION.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Major Martin Robison Delany.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e John S. Rock, M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dr. Alexander T. Augusta.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Susie King Taylor.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rebecca Lee (Crumpler), M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Charles Burleigh Purvis, M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e INTO THE NEW CENTURY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mary Eliza Mahoney.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nathan Francis Mossell, M.D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Daniel Hale Williams, M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e George Cleveland Hall, M.D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Austin Maurice Curtis, M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Adah Belle Thoms.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Justina Laurena Ford, M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Louis Tompkins Wright, M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e William Augustus Hinton, M.D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Charles Richard Drew, M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Percy Lavon Julian, Ph.D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e MODERN TIMES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alvin Francis Poussaint, M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Benjamin Solomon Carson, M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Joycelyn (Jones) Elders, M. D.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e David Satcher, M. 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