The Country Doctor Museum
The Country Doctor Museum is the oldest museum in the United States dedicated to the history of America’s rural health care.
Over the decades, the Museum’s collection grew to over 5,000 medical artifacts and many volumes of historic texts gathered from across the nation.
The interpretive range also expanded from rural doctors to include topics such as nursing, pharmaceuticals, and home remedies.
Exhibits
- A Human ArtFor high-school level students. Most suited: Grades 9+
Medical science is a human art, and the humanities are at the heart of interpreting what it means to be human: striving for knowledge and grappling with suffering. Just as 19th and 20th century country doctors responded to the needs of rural communities as therapeutic practitioners, health educators, community historians, and emotional healers, the medical objects, images, and papers require multi-focal analysis and engagement.
Enter this digital exhibit to explore historical, chemical, and literary work demonstrating both the importance and the interconnectedness of the sciences, arts, and humanities.
See More... - HousecallsFor late elementary and early-middle school students. Most suited: Grades 4-6
Distance and access to care have long been important factors in healthy lives and communities.
The enduring symbol of a physician on a horse, in a buggy, or pulling up in a Model T became part of the country doctor’s legacy.
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