History: Pest Houses & Grave Robbers: 200 Years of Medicine in America

From grave robbing medical students to pest houses to penicillin - learn about the history of American medicine. Included are the accepted medical practices that proved lethal, the great epidemics and how prejudices and superstition impeded medical progress. Find out about the breakthroughs that have increased our life expectancy, and the practices we need to be wary of today.

Kathleen Simmer

Kathy Simmer taught in the St. Paul Public Schools and was very interested in historical research. Upon retirement she began teaching classes on American history topics in several suburbs and for various organizations. She likes to include the details that are often left out of the history books.

Kathy's portion of the class fee is donated to the Alzheimer's Association or the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research. Thank you.

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