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

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