Times Argus: Vermont News & Information A window on early 19th-century medical care July 24, 2005 By Mark Bushnell Joseph Gallup was looking for answers. As a prominent Vermont doctor during the early 19th century, Gallup had witnessed wave after wave of diseases sweep across the state, killing hundreds and some times thousands of Vermonters each year. He and his fellow physicians had been almost powerless to stop the epidemics.
A Window into Early Epidemiology
A Window into Early Epidemiology
A Window into Early Epidemiology
Times Argus: Vermont News & Information A window on early 19th-century medical care July 24, 2005 By Mark Bushnell Joseph Gallup was looking for answers. As a prominent Vermont doctor during the early 19th century, Gallup had witnessed wave after wave of diseases sweep across the state, killing hundreds and some times thousands of Vermonters each year. He and his fellow physicians had been almost powerless to stop the epidemics.