Background
Humphreys, Margaret Ellen was born on December 6, 1955 in New Orleans. Daughter of Kelton Brooks and Mary Ellen (Donnelly) Humphreys.
( In the last half of the nineteenth century, yellow feve...)
In the last half of the nineteenth century, yellow fever plagued the American South. It stalked the region's steaming cities, killing its victims with overwhelming hepatitis and hemorrhage. Margaret Humphreys explores the ways in which this tropical disease hampered commerce, frustrated the scientific community, and eventually galvanized local and federal authorities into forming public health boards. She pays particular attention to the various theories for containing the disease and the constant tension between state and federal officials over how public funds should be spent. Her research recovers the specific concerns of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century South, broadening our understanding of the evolution of preventive medicine in the United States.
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Humphreys, Margaret Ellen was born on December 6, 1955 in New Orleans. Daughter of Kelton Brooks and Mary Ellen (Donnelly) Humphreys.
Bachelor, University Notre Dame, 1976. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1983.
Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1987.
Lecturer Harvard University, Boston, 1990-1992. Assistant professor Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, since 1993. Physician Harvard Community Health Plan, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1990-1993, Duke University, Durham, since 1993.
Member publications committee Wood Institute, Philadelphia, since 1994.
( In the last half of the nineteenth century, yellow feve...)
( In the last half of the nineteenth century, yellow feve...)
Member American College of Physicians, American Association for History of Medicine (council 1993), History of Science Society, Society General Internal Medicine, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.