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.


Spring 2019