Luke Pryor Blackburn Physician, Governor, Reformer.

By:

Baird, Nancy Disher [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813150369

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

F456 .L854 1979

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Subject: Deadly epidemics of yellow fever and Asiatic cholera plagued the South throughout the nineteenth century, yet doctors had few effective weapons against the diseases. Luke Pryor Blackburn, a Kentucky-born physician, worked with more success than most to save the lives of those who were stricken and to prevent the spread of infection. He aided towns throughout Kentucky and the Deep South where resident doctors had fled or had fallen ill themselves.Blackburn's reputation as a humanitarian soared following his aid to Western Kentucky during the yellow fever epidemic of 1878. A year later he was ea.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	F456.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn900344422

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Health Officer; 2 Confederate Agent; 3 Hero of Hickman; 4 Governor of Kentucky; 5 Prison Reformer; 6 Lenient Luke; Notes; A Note to Readers

Deadly epidemics of yellow fever and Asiatic cholera plagued the South throughout the nineteenth century, yet doctors had few effective weapons against the diseases. Luke Pryor Blackburn, a Kentucky-born physician, worked with more success than most to save the lives of those who were stricken and to prevent the spread of infection. He aided towns throughout Kentucky and the Deep South where resident doctors had fled or had fallen ill themselves.Blackburn's reputation as a humanitarian soared following his aid to Western Kentucky during the yellow fever epidemic of 1878. A year later he was ea.

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