Simple Life Writings: March 2019

March 17, 2019

A Long Tradition of Medical House Calls

This article gave me the opportunity to answer one of the largest questions about life in early America, which is medical care. Here, I discuss the lack of medical professionals, with care handled by midwives and other local healers familiar with treating sickness and injury. It moves into the era of the traveling country doctor in the 1800s, and eventually into today's world of hospitals, clinics, and specialized medicine where even the traditional house call has all but disappeared. This is the second installment of the "History of Our Homes" series I've written for A Simple Life.

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What's this Blog?

Here are several articles I've written for A Simple Life magazine. This blog is not affiliated with A Simple Life or its publisher, Homestead Publishing, Inc. The articles I've posted remain the property of A Simple Life and are posted here with permission of the publisher.

To read the articles, just click on the link below the photo and brief text. Some of these also appear in the Portfolio section of my main website along with other samples of my historical writings.

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What's this Magazine?

A Simple Life magazine ceased publication in December, 2020. For more than a decade, people fond of the simpler aspects of our homes and heritage savored this quarterly magazine. In every issue, it offered features about homes, antiques, recipes, gardening, and a dash of history thrown in.

Jill Peterson is an extraordinary photographer and writer whose earlier books ~ "Homestead," "Settlement" and "Homecoming," among others ~ found a receptive and dedicated audience that expanded greatly with her magazine. A main reason for its popularity was summed up in Jill's mission statement: "Getting an issue of A Simple Life in your mailbox is like getting a letter from an old friend."

Writing for A Simple Life appealed to me because the content was down-to-earth and without pretense. I consider myself fortunate to be counted among the fine group of people who helped this magazine along.