Family Practice Stories: Memories, Reflections, and Stories of Hoosier Family Doctors of the Mid-Twentieth Century

by Richard Feldman, Richard Feldman (Editor)

Overview

An initiative of the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians and the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, Family Practice Stories is a collection of tales told by, and about, Hoosier family doctors practicing in the middle of the twentieth century. The stories celebrate that time in America considered to be the golden age of generalism in medicine---a time that conjures up Norman Rockwell’s familiar archetypal images of the country family doctor and a time when the art of healing was at its zenith.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780871953575
Publisher:	Indiana Historical Society Press
Publication date:	07/15/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	378
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Richard D. Feldman, MD, is a lifelong Hoosier who grew up in South Bend, Indiana. He is a 1972 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, and a 1977 graduate of the IU School of Medicine. After completing one year of psychiatry residency at IU, he finished his postgraduate medical training at Franciscan Saint Francis Health Family Medicine Residency in 1980, becoming the program’s director in 1981. Feldman is a frequent lecturer on public health and medically related subjects and is past president and chairman of the board of the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians. He holds appointments as an assistant clinical professor of family medicine at the IU School of Medicine and as an associate clinical professor at the Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He and his wife reside in Indianapolis and are the parents of three grown sons.

Table of Contents

Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Editor’s Note Introduction Part 1—Reflections 1. A Tribute to the Family Doctor 2. A Country Doc 3. Three Generations of Family Docs 4. The Son of a Family Doctor 5. Patients Are People 6. Times Are Changing 7. Looking Back and Looking Forward 8. Passing the Torch Part 2—Family Practice Stories 9. The Art of Using Placebos 10. It’s Time for Your Physical 11. Did You Notice She Was Wearing a Sweater 12. When a Doctor Does Not Want to Be Found 13. December 7, 1941 14. A Lesson in Professionalism 15. The Tooth 16. A Very Important Piece of Equipment 17. House Call Companion 18. Of Horses and Buggies 19. The Illusive Hernia 20. Beyond the Usual Call of Duty 21. A Desperate Move 22. It’s Just the Way It Was 23. The Attack 24. Naked Ladies 25. Miracle Baby 26. A Daughter’s Broken Arm 27. The Last Little Girl 28. Third Time’s the Charm 29. A Snowy House Call 30. The True Use of Boiling Water 31. A Loaded Diagnosis 32. They Know Where to Find You 33. The Smell of Smallpox 34. Lines of Love 35. Doctor’s Helping Hands, and Sometimes Feet 36. A Rare Diagnosis 37. Switching Roles 38. Four Helpful Sons 39. “Checking Out” 40. The Sting 41. A New Disease 42. You Just Cannot Help Everyone 43. Just Let Me Go Home 44. Wallpapered Love 45. Slippers 46. Holding a Hand 47. The Old Days 48. Big Ears 49. Those Calls in the Middle of the Night 50. House Calls 51. From the Tropics to the Hoosier State 52. Not the Brightest Nurse 53. Take One Practical Joke, Twice a Day 54. Oh, the Places You’ll Go and Still Be Recognized! 55. An Unexpected Visit 56. It’s All in the Family 57. Strong-Arming Your Patients 58. Listening 59. Obstetrical Surprises 60. Delivering Babies 61. Treating the Eternal 62. A Memorable Surgery 63. The Indiana University School of Medicine: The Days of the Medical School Pyramid 64. An Expensive House Call 65. Welcome to Town, Doc 66. Maria 67. Some of the Best Lessons Are the Ones You Teach Yourself 68. The Right Answer 69. The Back-Door Approach 70. The Ten-Dollar Delivery 71. I Recognize Your Face but I Sure Don’t Know Your Name 72. I’m a Doctor, I Promise 73. Famished 74. Memorable Victories 75. A Late-Night Phone Call 76. If There Was Only an Instant Replay 77. Grandma’s Ailment 78. The Godfather of Medicine 79. When Insults Are Really Expressions of Respect 80. A Person to Emulate 81. A Child Found 82. Flames 83. Dispensing Pills 84. Bantering with the Sister 85. A Stranger in Need 86. The Invisible Baby 87. Outdoor Obstetrics 88. A Cautionary Tale 89. A Grateful Cat 90. A Cure Worse Than the Disease 91. A Special Prescription 92. The Urine Sample 93. Better Than Money 94. Susan 95. The Thrill of It All 96. The Ones That Didn’t Make It 97. Come Sleet or Come Snow 98. Careful What You Ask a Child! 99. The Fire 100. Doing What Needs to Be Done 101. With a Little Help from My Friends 102. Doctor and Friend 103. Baby Drop 104. Protecting Little Hockey Players 105. The Recipe 106. Oops! An $1,800 Mistake 107. Death of a Little Boy 108. A Patient’s Prayer Epilogue Index