Lee, R. Alton.

From snake oil to medicine : pioneering public health / R. Alton Lee. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007. - xi, 233 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Healing society : disease, medicine, and history .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-223) and index.

The wild West -- Promoting public health -- Confronting the great white scourge -- Improving child health -- Fighting the great war at home -- The civilized East -- Conclusions.

9780275994679 (alk. paper) 0275994678 (alk. paper)

2006038812

101293026 DNLM


Crumbine, Samuel J. 1862-1954.
Crumbine, Samuel J. 1862-1954.


Public health personnel--Kansas--Biography.
Physicians--United States--Biography.
Public Health--United States--Biography.
History of Medicine--United States--Biography.
History, 19th Century--United States--Biography.
History, 20th Century--United States--Biography.

RA424.5.C68 / L44 2007

362.1092