Frontier Doctor: The Autobiography of a Pioneer on the Frontier of Public Health

Dr. Crumbine presents a variety of personal experiences, incident to the practice of medicine in Dodge City, Kan., in the 1880's and 1890's. Emphasis is also given to experiences in pioneering in public health movements in Kansas during the late 1890's and the early years of the twentieth century. An account of the author's difficulties in initiating and maintaining venereal disease control during the first world war is particularly interesting. Pioneering efforts in obtaining sanitary facilities for the transportation of seafoods from the coast areas to the Midwest are described. Interesting personal opinions on matters relating to the general practice of medicine such as evolution, hypnosis, telepathy and juvenile delinquency are included. Dr. Crumbine's narrative is informative light reading for physicians or for the laity as a record of early accomplishments in public hygiene in Kansas.