Judith Walzer Leavitt is professor of history of medicine, history of science, and women's studies and the associate dean for faculty at the medical school, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her many books include The Healthiest City and Women and Health in America, both also available from the University of Wisconsin Press, and Typhoid Mary. Ronald L. Numbers is William Coleman Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison. His many books include The Creationists, God and Nature, and Caring and Curing.
"A major work."--Norman Gevitz, Journal of the American Medical
Association
"Teachers will find Sickness and Health in America well suited to
their needs. It was designed as an introductory reader for basic
courses in the history of American medicine and public health ...
and follows a coherent topical pattern."--Todd L. Savitt, Clio
Medica
"Anyone interested in the medical history of the United States in
the past two centuries will find these essays of great
interest."--The Lancet
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