"A Saddlebag Doctor of the Mahantongo Valley of Pennsylvania" with Lawrence Knorr
About this episode
The episode explores the life and medical practice of Reuben Harris Muth, M.D., a rural saddlebag doctor in Pennsylvania.
The life and medical practice of Reuben Harris Muth, M.D., a rural saddlebag doctor, is reconstructed from an extant set of physician's daybooks, chronicling his professional activity from 1858 until 1898. Experience a rare glimpse of early medical history from an economic and cultural perspective. Donate | Signup | pcntv.com
People in this episode
Guest: Lawrence Knorr
Topics covered
- medical history
- rural medicine
- 19th century
- economic perspective
- cultural perspective
Keywords
- saddlebag doctor
- Reuben Harris Muth
- medical practice
- 19th century medicine
- physician's daybooks
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: PCN - Pennsylvania Cable Network
Places: Mahantongo Valley
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