The Business of Private Medical Practice: Doctors, Specialization, and Urban Change in Philadelphia, 1900-1940

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xiii 1 Medical Infrastructure, Ten Largest American Cities, c. 1910 6 2 Medical Infrastructure, Ten Largest American Cities, 1940 7 3 Selected Events from the Memo Book of Dr. DeForest P. Willard Jr., 1908–1917 16 4 Differences in Experience, Specialization, and Institutional Tenure of Philadelphia Doctors, 1909–1910 28 5 The Gender, Race, and Nativity of Doctors versus All Occupied Persons in Philadelphia, 1910 34 6 The Urbanization of Doctors in the United States in 1906 and 1923 74 7 The Nativity and Race of Doctors and Residents in Select Philadelphia Neighborhoods, 1909–1910 and 1940 85 8 The Distribution of Private Medical Practices by the Nativity and Race of Residents in Philadelphia, 1909–1910 86 9 The Distribution of Private Medical Practices and Medical Institutions by City District, Philadelphia, 1909–1910 91 10 The Experience and Specialization Rate of Philadelphia Doctors by City District, 1909–1910 92 11 The Gender and Race of Doctors versus All Occupied Persons in Philadelphia, 1940 114 12 The Relative Incomes of Philadelphia Doctors by Specialization, 1929 120 13 The Distribution of Residential Wealth in Philadelphia, 1940 140 14 Comparison of Wards with Above and Below Median Monthly Rent in Philadelphia, 1940 144 15 District Summary of the Changing Social Geography of Philadelphia, 1910–1940 146 16 District Summary of the Changing Medical Marketplace in Philadelphia, 1909–1940 149 17 The Changing Distribution of Private Medical Practices in Relation to the Nativity, Race, and Affluence of Residents in Philadelphia, 1909–1910 to 1940 155 18 Characteristics of Data Collected on Philadelphia Doctors in the 1909 and 1940 Samples of the American Medical Directory 187 Tables xiv Tables 19 The Relative Proportion of Private Practitioners versus Other Doctors in the 1909 and 1940 Samples of the American Medical Directory 188 20 The Number of Private Practices in the 1909 and 1940 Samples of the American Medical Directory, with NonPrivate -Practice Addresses Sorted by Exclusion Criteria 192 ...