Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Anthracite Coal Region 13
7. 2 Professional Medicine in the Anthracite Coal Region 33
8. 3 Mothering Through Medicine: The Neighborhood Women 59
9. 4 Powwowers and Pennsylvania German Medicine 81
10. 5 Miners, Masculinity, and Medical Self-Help 99
11. 6 Moving from Traditional Medicine to Biomedicine 123
12. Conclusion 147
13. Notes 153
14. Bibliography 167
15. Illustration Credits 179
16. Index 181