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WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

 

MEDICINE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY

HISTORY

There was a belief in St. George that babies born during the summer months would not survive. So many women who were going to give birth during the summer went up to Pine Valley to deliver their babies.


REFERENCES

Medicine and Mormonism

Book: "History of Health Care"
by Douglas D. Alder, Ph.D.
See the, information page

Video: History of Healthcare in Washington County
A 34-minute interview with Elwood Harrison
Recorded on November 29, 2012
To watch, click here.

Video: 100 Years of Caring in St. George Utah
A brief history of the hospitals in St. George by the Dixie Regional Medical Center.
To watch, click here.

Book: "Memories of a Country Doctor: Stories of the people he loved"
by Garth B. Last, M.D.
See the, information page

Booklet: "Intermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center
    Medical Staff and Hospital Services Directory"
Summer 2011
To view it, click here

Booklet: "Intermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center
    Medical Staff and Hospital Services Directory"
Summer 2012
To view it, click here