A History of Flint Medical College, 1889-1911

by Desha Rhodes

After the Civil War, black people in the New Orleans region did not have adequate medical care, causing a health care crisis which lasted for almost two decades. In 1889 an institution emerged in response to this emergency. New Orleans University, a Methodist Episcopal Church school, opened a medical department which would later become Flint Medical College. Flint was born of the missionary fervor of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Although constantly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595438083
• ISBN13: 9780595438082
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"