1830 GUNN, John C.

Gunn’s domestic medicine, or poor man’s friend in the hours of affliction, pain, and sickness. This book points out, in plain language, free from doctor's terms the diseases of men, women, and children, and the latest and most approved means used in their cure, and is expressly written for the benefit of families in the western and southern states. It also contains descriptions of the medicinal roots and herbs of the western and southern country, and how they are to be used in the cure of diseases: arranged on a new and simple plan, by which the practice of medicine reduced to the principles of common sense.

Gunn intended his book to serve as a guide for frontier and rural families who lived far away from any sort of medical care so it contained instructions on how to treat a wide variety of illnesses. While the first edi…

GMN 9150 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11329

1835 WILSON, John R. W.

A case of introsussception in which an operation was successfully resorted to…in December, 1831.

First operation for intussusception in the United States, performed in Rutherford County, Tennessee. The patient was a negro slave; the operation was a complete success. Reported by Wilson’s pupil, W.W. Thompson.

GMN 3440.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5440

1850 –1851 FENNER, Erasmus Darwin (1807 – 1866)

Southern medical reports: Consisting of general and special reports, on the medical topography, meteorology, and prevalent diseases, in the following states: Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas. Edited by E. D. Fenner. 2 vols.

Regarding Fenner see, John Duffy, "Erasmus Darwin Fenner (1807–1866) Journalist, Educator, and Sanitarian," Academic Medicine. 35 (1960) 819-831. Digital facsimile of the 1850-51 edition from the Internet Archive at t…

GMN 10517 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12710

1876 JONES, Joseph (1833 – 1896)

Explorations of the aboriginal remains of Tennessee.

The first major discussion of human skeletal pathology in American archeological samples. Jones introduced histopathological techniques in analysis of paleopathological material. Digital facsimile from Google Books at…

GMN 14060 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16370

1930 HAMER, Philip May (1891 – 1971)

The centennial history of the Tennessee State Medical Association, 1830-1930.

GMN 10316 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12508

1983 SUMMERVILLE, James; ELAM, Lloyd Charles (1928 – 2008)

Educating black doctors: A history of Meharry Medical College.

GMN 8082 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10258

2001 WAILOO, Keith A. (1962 – )

Dying in the City of the Blues: Sickle cell anemia and the politics of race and health.

"Set in Memphis, home of one of the nation's first sickle cell clinics, Dying in the City of the Blues reveals how the recognition, treatment, social understanding, and symbolism of the disease evolved in the twentiet…

GMN 10335 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12527