Postwar Medical Research Articles

"Something Wasn't Clean": Black Midwifery, Birth, and Postwar Medical Education in All My Babies.

Set in rural Georgia, the 1953 health film All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story was a government-sponsored project intended as a training tool for midwives. The film was unique to feature a black midwife and a live birth at a time when southern health officials blamed midwives for the region's infant mortality rates. Produced by the young filmmaker George Stoney, All My Babies was praised for its educational value and, as this article demonstrates, was a popular feature in postwar medical education. Yet as it drew acclaim, the film also sparked debates within and beyond medical settings concerning its portrayal of midwifery, birth, and health care for African Americans. In tracing the controversies over the film's messages and representations, this article argues that All My Babies exemplified the power and limits of health films to address the complexities of race and health during an era of Jim Crow segregation.

Andrew Hogan. Life Histories of Genetic Disease: Patterns and Prevention in Postwar Medical Genetics

Andrew Hogan. Life Histories of Genetic Disease: Patterns and Prevention in Postwar Medical Genetics

Andrew J. Hogan, Life Histories of Genetic Disease: Patterns and Prevention in Postwar Medical Genetics

Andrew J. Hogan, Life Histories of Genetic Disease: Patterns and Prevention in Postwar Medical Genetics

Life Histories of Genetic Disease: Patterns and Prevention in Postwar Medical Genetics by Andrew J. Hogan

Life Histories of Genetic Disease: Patterns and Prevention in Postwar Medical Genetics by Andrew J. Hogan

Turning a practice into a science: reconceptualizing postwar medical practice.

In recent years, many editorials in leading North American medical journals have argued that medical practice is seriously flawed. Ofter, decision-support techniques are mentioned as a potential solution to this problem. I argue that these recent calls embody a specific reconceptualization of medical practice and its problems. Within the postwar medical literature, divergent discourses on the virtues and troubles of postwar medical practice can be found. Through a focus on medical editorials, I demonstrate the existence of several different notions of the 'scientific nature' of medical action. Comparing the more recent of these images to those dominating earlier medical journals, one main shift is apparent. While, earlier, medical action was often described as an artful application of scientific knowledge, only mildly tainted by external, social problems, recent conceptualizations often locate both the scientific nature of medicine and the causes of its problems in the physician's brain. Even within this new discourse, however, scientific rationality does not always speak with the same voice, as reflected in the existence of different decision-support techniques. I argue that these different techniques, which are presented as solutions to the flaws of medical practice, lay at the root of the development of the cognitivist image(s) in the first place.

Some Suggested Improvements for Postwar Medical Schools

Some Suggested Improvements for Postwar Medical Schools

Postwar Medical Education

Postwar Medical Education

Postwar Medical Education

Postwar Medical Education

Postwar Medical Education

Postwar Medical Education

A Foundation for the Adequate Distribution of Postwar Medical Care

Medical Director, Outpatient Department, Baylor University College of Medicine, 1st Lt. M. C. A. U. S. Houston, Texas

Postwar Medical Reconstruction: A Forecast of Nursing Opportunity

Postwar Medical Reconstruction: A Forecast of Nursing Opportunity

Postwar Medical Reconstruction

Postwar Medical Reconstruction

The National Conference on Planning for War and Post-War Medical Services

The National Conference on Planning for War and Post-War Medical Services

The National Conference on Planning for War and Post-War Medical Services

The National Conference on Planning for War and Post-War Medical Services

Post-war Medical Education in London

Post-war Medical Education in London

Post-war Medical Education in London and the Municipal Hospitals

Post-war Medical Education in London and the Municipal Hospitals