Medicine -- United States

Content Description James Puckette Carter is a Professor Emeritus from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He is the author of the book Racketeering in Medicine: The Suppression of Alternatives, among several other publications. This collection includes an audio recording of an oral history interview of James P. Carter conducted by Ed Dees. In the interview, Carter discusses his long career in medicine, among other topics. Persons named in the interview include Fannie Lou Hamer and...

Scope and Contents The papers of physician George Thomas, Jr. include materials related to his career at Flint-Goodridge Hospital, the medical profession, and the social organizations with which he was involved. Correspondence, speeches, interview transcripts, and other records chronicle the challenges faced by Flint-Goodridge Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana as it struggled to maintain its identity and competitiveness after segregation of hospitals ended. Flint’s patients and medical professionals sought...