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Best of all possible care : an examination of scientifically progressive medicine in Hays from 1867 to 1918
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Author
Peeler
,
Ben
Title
Best
of
all
possible
care
: an
examination
of
scientifically
progressive
medicine
in
Hays
from
1867
to
1918
Degree Program
History
Abstract
From the
mid-nineteenth
century
until
the
early
decades
of the
twentieth
century
,
medicine
underwent
a
tremendous
transformation
.
No
longer
was
medicine
to be
based
on
archaic
theories
that were
grounded
on
unquantifiable
guesswork
.
Instead
,
medicine
became
scientifically
progressive
,
pushing
the
reliability
and
credibility
of
medical
professionals
to
new
heights
.
Scientific
progressivism
was the
concept
of
standardizing
medicine
around
a
common
set
of
ideals
,
such
as
basing
treatment
upon
scientifically
sound
methods
and
procedures
. A
scientifically
progressive
community
can
be
indentified
through
the
application
of
one
or
more
of the
following
criteria
:
education
adaptability
, and
technology
. These
three
criteria
could
be
found
at
various
times
in
Hays
.
I
interpreted
these
thee
criteria
from
works
written
by a
variety
of
medical
historian
.
Through
these
authors’
analysis
of the
development
of
science-based
medicine
,
I
was
able
to
identify
key
elements
that
made
a
community
medically
progressive
.
When
these
criteria
were
applied
to
Hays
, they
showed
that the
community
was
medically
progressive
form
1867
to
1918
. The
first
phase
of
medical
progressivism
in
hays
came
when
Fort
Hays
was
opened
nearby
in
1867
and
lasted
until
1889
. The
fort
included
a
post
hospital
where
soldiers
and
civilians
would
seek
treatment
for their
various
medical
needs
. The
hospital
and its
staff
provided
progressive
care
due
to the
high
level
of
education
and
technology
located
within
the
facility
. The
military
,
during
and
after
the
Civil
War
,
instigated
major
reforms
to their
Army
Medical
Department
(AMD)
,
allowing
progressive
minded
leaders
to
implement
the
latest
scientific
education
. THE
AMD
had
stringent
standards
concerning
education
,
cleanliness
, and
methodology
. This
created
an
army
medical
corps
that was as
progressive
as
possible
,
providing
the
best
of
all
possible
care
to
soldiers
and
civilian
alike
. The
progressive
nature
of the
AMD
would
manifest
itself
into the
Hays
community
through
the
discharge
of
progressively
trained
hospital
staff
that would
integrate
themselves
as
drug
store
owners
and
medical
professionals
. The
second
phase
of
medical
progressivism
in
Hays
was
present
from
about
the
late
1870s
until
1909
.
Prior
to the
closing
of the for
tin
1889
, as the
city
of
Hays
grew
and
medical
practitioners
unrelated
to the
fort
settled
in the
town
, the
community
had
begun
to
rely
more
on these
local
medical
professionals
. These
individuals
were
scientifically
educated
and
trained
. The
pharmacists
of
Hays
were
once
highly
trained
hospital
stewards
at the
fort
implementing
the
craft
taught
to them by the
AMD
. The
physicians
who
settled
in
hays
were also
unique
; as they had
received
proper
,
science-based
education
form
some
of the
top
,
progressive
medical
institutions
in the
country
. This
provided
Hays
with
quality
doctors
that
practiced
the
best
of
all
possible
care
in the
community
. These
professionals
were the
primary
source
of
medical
knowledge
for the
community
and the
surrounding
region
until
the
opening
of
Hays’
first
hospital
,
St
.
Anthony’s
. The
third
phase
of
Hays’
medical
progressivism
was with the
founding
of
St
.
Anthony’s
hospital
in
1909
. The
Sisters
of
St
.
Agnes
, a
Catholic
congregation
,
founded
St
Anthony
Hospital
with a
large
amount
of
support
form
the
community
.
St
.
Anthony’s
first
manifestation
came
in the
form
of a
converted
family
home
that
held
twenty
patients
. The
new
hospital
was
immensely
popular
.
Within
a
few
years
,
community
leaders
decided
that a
new
facility
be
built
to
accommodate
the
growing
population
of
Hays
and the
expanding
role
of the
hospital
in
medical
culture
. The
second
St
.
Anthony
Hospital
was a
marvel
of
modern
engineering
,
employing
the
latest
technologies
of
communication
,
sanitation
, and
inpatient
care
.
Educated
nurses
who
had
received
training
form
formal
nursing
education
institutions
and
scientifically
trained
doctors
staffed
the
hospital
. These
dedicated
individual
provided
the
best
of
all
possible
care
to their
patients
.
Community
support
for the
institution
was
phenomenal
, with
many
touring
it
as an
example
of the
Western
spirit
of
always
moving
forward
. The
citizens
of
Hays
adapted
well
to the
new
ideal
of
receiving
medical
care
form
a
hospital
,
establishing
a
long
history
of
state-of-the-art
hospitals
in
Hays
. By the
end
of
1918
, the
Spanish
influenza
ravaged
the
action
,
shaking
ht
very
core
of
medicine
. The
new
disease
frightened
and
shocked
many
medical
professionals
. The
flu
acted
as an
impetus
for
change
.
Due
to the
mystery
and
devastation
left
in the
wake
of the
disease
,
medical
reformers
were
able
to
press
the
agenda
of
science-based
medicine
. This
movement
gained
much
credibility
as the
nation
recovered
form
the
wounds
created
by the
many
death
associated
with this
illness
.
Medical
professionals
wished
to
prevent
such
a
travesty
form
occurring
again
, with
many
supporting
modern
,
science-based
care
to
provide
this
much
desired
protection
. This
focus
on
modernization
thrust
allopathic
practices
to the
forefront
of
medicinal
theory
, as
communities
began
to
reform
their
local
medical
care
,
bringing
the
standard
to what the
small
,
rural
hays
community
already
possessed
. As a
result
, the
rest
of the
action
adopted
scientifically
progressive
medicine
.
Date Original
2008
Publisher
Fort Hays State University
Relation
Digital reproduction of the Fort Hays State University Theses Collection.
Type
Text
Format
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Identifier
PeelerBen_2008_web.pdf
Source
LD2652 .T5 H5 P44 2008
Language
eng
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