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Secondary Source Publications

Jimmie Franklin Barnes Jr.  "Factors Related to Deviant Health-Care Practices:  A Study of Black Families in the Mississippi Delta."  M.A. Thesis, Mississippi State University, 1979.  Call Number:  E185.88 B3759 1979.

David L. Blackstock.  "The Mississippi School Health Service, 1942-1972."  Thesis, University of Southern Mississippi, 1973.  Call Number:  LB3405 B43.

Peter Boelens.  Delta Doctor.  Vicksburg, MS:  Luke Books, 1991.  Call Number:  R154 B63 A3 1991

Lucie Robertson Bridgforth.  Medical Education in Mississippi:  A History of the School of Medicine.  Jackson, MS:  Medical Alumni Chapter and Guardian Society (Medical Division) of the University of Mississippi Alumni Association, 1984.  Call Number:  R747 U68345 B75 1984.

Jane E. Marshall Brister.  Doc:  The Legacy of Dr. H.B. Cowart South Mississippi Country Doctor (1881-1970).  Austin, TX:  Sunbelt Eakin, 2002.  Call Number:  R154 C69 2002.

Mary Brooks.  "Health as a Determining Factor in the Economic Life of Mississippi:  1900-1920."  M.A. Thesis, Mississippi College, 1968.  Call Number:  RA395 A4 M7b.

Gipsie Joy Broom.  "An Historical Study of the Mississippi Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation."  Thesis, University of Southern Mississippi, 1971.  Call Number:  GV203 M5 B7.

Ralph E. Burns.  "A History of the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi from 1877 to 1973."  M.A. Thesis, East Texas State University, 1976.  Call Number:  LD2601 J232.

Amy B. Caiazza, ed.  The Status of Women in the States:  Politics, Economics, Health, Rights, Demographics.  Washington, DC:  Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2002.  Status of women in Mississippi.  Call Number:  HQ1410 S73 2002.

Marie Campbell.  Folks Do Get Born.  New York:  Rinehart [1946].  African American midwifes in Georgie.  Call Number:  RG962.5 N4 C3.

T.N. Campbell.  Medicinal Plants Used by the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century.  Reprint from Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences (15 September 1951).  Call Number:  QK99 A1 C36 1951.

John W. Clements.  Radio Network Proven.  Lynchburg, VA:  General Electric Co., [1971].  How General Electric hospital radio network saved lives in a Mississippi tornado disaster.  Call Number:  QC955.5 U6 C54 1971.

John J. Craven.  Prison Life of Jefferson Davis:  Embracing Details and Incidents in His Captivity, Particulars Concerning His Health and Habits, Together with Many Conversations on Topics of Great Public Interest.   New York:  Carleton, 1866.  Call Number:  E464.1 D26 C9.

John J. Craven.  Prison Life of Jefferson Davis:  Embracing Details and Incidents in His Captivity, Particulars Concerning His Health and Habits, Together with Many Conversations on Topics of Great Public Interest.  Biloxi, MS:  Souvenir Shop, Jefferson Davis Shrine, 1960.  Reprint of 1866 edition.  Call Number:  E467.1 D26 C73 1960.

Molly Caldwell Crosby.  The American Plague:  The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History.  New York:  Berkley Books, 2006.  Yellow fever in Memphis, Tennessee and northern Mississippi.  Call Number:  RC211 T3 C76 2006.

Dr. George Humphrey Tichenor Jr.  Reprint from Official Journal, Medical Mentor (July-October [1931]).  Biographical sketch of Adams County, Mississippi native who addressed problems associated with tuberculosis treatment, plague, malaria, and pellagra.  Call Number:  R154 T5.

Charles Witley Emerson III, comp.  Avocation of Compassion:  The Mississippi Physician and Creative Writing.  Brandon, MS:  JMP, 1989.  Call Number:  PS508 P58 A96 1989.

The First Quarter Century:  A Brief History of the University of Mississippi School of Nursing, 1948-1973.  [Jackson, MS:  University of Mississippi School of Nursing, 1973].  Call Number:  LD3413 F57 1973.

William Bowlyne Fisher.  "Contributions to Academic Medicine by Medical Certificate, M.D., and Ph.D. Degree Candidates of the University of Mississippi."  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1976.  

Hosford Latimer Fontaine.  Allison's Wells:  The Last Mississippi Spa, 1889-1963.  Mineral water health resort.  Jackson, MS:  Muscadine Press, 1981.  Call Number:  RA807 M72 A44 1981

Nita Gunter, comp.  Mississippi Health Resources Profile.  Jackson, MS:  Mississippi Regional Medical Program, 1972.  Call Number:  RA447 M7 M5675 1972.

E.L. Hammond et al.  Drug and Medical Advertising in Woodville, Miss., 1823-1843.  Reprint from Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (March 1948).  Call Number:  HF6161 D7 H36

Harry E. Handley.  The Field Unit in Local Public Health Service:  Tennessee and Mississippi, 1930-1937.  New York:  Commonwealth Fund, 1938.  Call Number:  RA447 T2 H36 1938.

Laura D.S. Harrell.  Colonial Medical Practice in British West Florida, 1763-1781.  Reprint from Bulletin of the History of Medicine (December 1967).  British West Florida included portions of what is now Mississippi.  Call Number:  R197 H37.

Laura D.S. Harrell.  Preventive Medicine in the Mississippi Territory, 1799-1802.  Reprint from Bulletin of the History of Medicine (July-August 1966).  Call Number:  R258 H37 1966.

Dorothy I. Height.  The Black Family Dinner Quilt Cookbook:  Health Conscious Recipes & Food Memories.  Memphis, TN:  Tradery House, 1993.  Call Number:  TX715 B548 1993.

William L. Hightower.  "An Index of Health for Mississippi."  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1975.   

An Historical Record of the Men Who Have Completed the Two Year Medical Course...  University of Mississippi, 1918.  Call Number:  LD3412.3 M5.

An Historical Record of the Men Who Have Completed the Two Year Medical Course at the University of Mississippi.  University of Mississippi, 1925.  Call Number:  LD3412.3 M52 1925.

History of the Mississippi State Medical Association.  Mississippi State Medical Association, 1910.  Includes biographies of presidents, complete roster of officers, programmes of meetings, as well as past and present laws relating to medicine in Mississippi.  Call Number:  R258 M5.

Ira D. Hogg.   "History of the Anatomy Department [of the University of Mississippi Medical School]."  1974.  Unpublished manuscript.  Call Number:  R747 M72 H6.

Ewing Fox Howard.  History of the Mississippi State Medical Association:  With Biographies of Its Presidents, Complete Roster of Its Officers, and the Past and Present Laws Relating to the Practice of Medicine in Mississippi.  Jackson:  Mississippi State Medical Association, 1949.  Call Number:  R258 M5 T3.

Harry Middleton Hyatt.  Hoodoo -- Conjuration -- Witchcraft -- Rootwork; Beliefs Accepted by Many Negroes and White Persons, These Being Originally Recorded Among Blacks and Whites.  [Hannibal, MO:  Western Pub., 1970].  Four volumes.  Call Number:  GR105 H9.

Images of Madness.  Jackson, MS:  Communication Arts Co., [198-].  Catalog of traveling exhibition of "Images of Madness:  View
of Mental Illness" sponsored by Mental Health Association in Hinds County.  Call Number:  RC454.4 I4 1980z

Institute for Women's Policy Research.  The Status of Women in Mississippi:  Politics, Economics, Health, Demographics.  Washington, DC:  Institute for Women's Policy Research, 1998.  Call Number:  HQ1438 M7 S73 1998.

International Rare Book Prices.  Science & Medicine.  York, England:  Picaflow, 1992.  Bibliography of rare books on medicine.  Call Number:  Z7401 I64 1992.

Jemmy Grant Johnson.  The University War Hospital. Reprint from the Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society Vol. 12.  University of Mississippi Civil War hospital.  Call Number:  E621 J6

Mauriel Phillips Joslyn.  Confederate Women.  Gretna, LA:  Pelican Pub. Co., 2003.  Contains a chapter by Barbara Duffey entitled "The Nurse:  Ella K. Newsom Trader, "The Floence Nigtingale of the Southern Army."  Call Number:  E628 V35 2004.

George William Kanaly Jr.  "A Multivariate Analysis of Impact of Architecture upon Nursing Job Satisfaction in Mississippi Long Term Care Facilities."  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1979.

Reita Stuart Keyes.  "History of Nursing Education in Mississippi."  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1984. 

Ben Kitchen.  The Mississippi Medical College.  Meridian, MS:  The Author.  Call Number:  R746 M7 M45.

Bonnie J. Krause, ed.  Memories of Mississippi.  University, MS:  University Museums, 1994.  Focusing on the Great Depression, the volume includes the essay "The Country Doctor" by Elizabeth Gates.  Call Number:  F341 M53 1994.

Maxwell E. Lapham.  Maternity Care in a Rural Community, Pike County, Mississippi, 1931-1936.  New York:  Commonwealth Fund, 1938.  Call Number:  RG518 U5 L3.

Paul Lampley.  "A Needs Assessment for Home Health Services in Mississippi."  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1981.  

Marshall Scott Legan.  "The Evolution of Public Health Services in Mississippi, 1865-1910."  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1968.

William Hautecoyne Lindley.  A History of Veterinary Medicine in Mississippi to 1972.  Raymond, MS:  Mississippi State Vetinary Medical Association, [1972]. Call number:  SF624 M7 L55.

Thomas Otto Logue Jr.  "The Inservice Education Needs of Hospital Governing Board Members of Mississippi."  Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1980.  

Carlos R. McDaniel.  Epidemic in Dixie:  The Chemical People.  Drug abuse in the South.  [Ellisville, MS]:  McDaniel Pub., 1984.  Call Number:  RA407.4 S6 M2 1984.  

Medicine in the Old South.  1983.  Papers from the 1982 Barnard-Millington Symposium on Southern Science and Medicine on the University of Mississippi Jackson campus.  Call Number:  Q127 U6 B28 1983.      

Mississippi Almanac:  The Ultimate Reference on the State of Mississippi.  Yazoo City, MS:  Computer Search & Research, 1995-.  Includes a list of pharmacies, hospitals and other health care agencies.  Call Number:  F339 M57.

Mississippi Dental Association:  100 Year History (1875-1975).  [Jackson, MS:  Mississippi Dental Association, 1975].  Call Number:  RK1 M57 1975.

Mississippi.  Legislature.  PEER Committee.  The Department of Finance and Administration's Use of Contractors for the State and Public School Employees' Health Insurance Plans During Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999.  [Jackson, MS:  PEER Committee], 1998.  Call Number:  JK4660 H4 M55 1998.  

Mississippi State Department of Health.  Mississippi Healthy Futures:  County Data Book.  Jackson, MS:  Mississippi State Department of Health, 1993.  Call Number:  HQ759.4 M59 1993.

Mississippi State Board of Health.  Milestones in Public Health in Mississippi.  Jackson, MS:  Mississippi State Board of Health, [1961].  Call Number:  RA447 M7 M55 1961.

Mississippi State Medical Association.  Information Systems for Comphrenshive Health Planning:  A Study for the Office of the Governor, State of Mississippi.  [Jackson, MS]:  1969.  Call Number:  Z699.5 M39 M5.

Mississippi State Pharmaceutical Association.  100th Anniversary.  University, MS:  Mississippi State Pharmaceutical Association, 1971.  Call Number:  RS1 M53 1971.

Mississippi State Pharmaceutical Association.  Mississippi Dental Formulary.  University, MS:  1955.  Call Number:  RK701 M5 M5.

Mississippi State Pharmaceutical Association.  Mississippi Dental Formulary.  University, MS:  1959.  Call Number:  RK701 M5 M5 1959.

Neshoba County Hospital, Philadelphia, Mississippi:  Silver Anniversary:  25 Years of Progress.  [Philadelphia, MS:  Neshoba County Hospital, 1972].  Call Number:  RA981 M7 N47 1972.

Nursing Education Opportunities in Mississippi.  Mississippi Council of Deans and Directors of Schools of Nursing, 1985.  Call Number:  RT25 U57 N8 1985.

Dowey Dewitt O'Neal.  "The Forrest County Health Unit."  Forrest County, Mississippi.  M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1932.

Carey Meredith Payne III.  "The Feasibility of Establishing a Language, Speech, and Hearing Clinic within a Small Mississippi Medical Center."  Essay, University of Mississippi, 1977.

Bob Pittman.  Lamar County:  The Land and the People:  The First Century.  Hattiesburg, MS:  Pittman Enterprises, 2004.  Includes chapter on health care.  Call Number:  F347 L25 P58 2004.

David A. Pritchard.  Mental Health Law in Mississippi.  Washington:  University Press of America, 1978.  Call Number:  KFM6965 P65

A Proposal for a Comprehensive Mental Health Center to Be Located in Oxford, Mississippi.  [Oxford, MS]:  1969.  Call Number:  RA790.65 M7 P76 1969.

Janis Quinn.  Promises Kept:  The University of Mississippi Medical Center.  Jackson:  University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2005.  Call Number:  R747 U68345 Q56 2005

Linda Emerson Sabin.  "From the Home to the Community:  A History of Nursing in Mississippi, 1870-1940."  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1994.  

Linda R. Shoaf.  "Assessment of the Nature of Nutrition Education in Selected Health Programs in Louisiana and Mississippi."  M.A. Thesis, University of Southern Mississippi, 1977.  Call Number:  QP141 S36.

Mary Stella Simpson.  Sister Stella's Babies:  Days in the Practice of a Nurse-Midwife.  New York:  American Journal of Nursing Co., 1978.  Practice among African-Americans in Bolivar County, Mississippi.  Call Number:  RG961 M5 S55.

Mickey C. Smith, ed.  Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi:  Sketches, Highlights, and Memories.  New York:  Pharmaceutical Products Press, 2006.  Call Number:  RS111 M7 P43 2006.

Sociology and Rural Life Series.  Irregular publication of the Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station, 1950-  .  Issues 1-4 focus on health practices of rural people in Lee, Choctaw, Bolivar, and Forrest counties.  Call Number:  HT409 M55

Pauline R. Sommers.  "A Comparative Study of Selected Mental Health Educational Needs of Registered Nurses and School Teachers in Mississippi."  M.A. Thesis, University of Southern Mississippi, 1977.  Call Number:  RA790.5 S65.

Pauline R. Sommers.  Planning for Continuing Education for Registered Nurses in Mississippi.  Hattiesburg, MS:  School of Nursing, University of Southern Mississippi, 1973.  Call Number:  RT81 M7 S66 1973.  

E. Christa Stern.  "An Analysis of a Rural Community Health Service Project:  Factors which Affected the Development and Decline of the Tufts-Delta Project in Mound Bayour, Mississippi, A Descriptive Case Study."  Thesis, Tulane University, 1975.  Call Number:  RA425 S69.

Dallas Stewart.  "Development of Public Health in Mississippi."  M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1932.  

John L. Suter Sr.  "An Alternative to the Present Mississippi Medicaid Plan for Reimbursing Intermediate Nursing Home Care."  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1987.

Charles Patrick Tharp.  "Taxation in the Pharmaceutical Industry in Mississippi."  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1971. 

Charles B. Thompson.  "A Study of Environmental Sanitation in Mississippi with Implications for Viral Infection."  Thesis, University of Southern Mississippi, 1968.  Call Number:  RA565 T36.

Samuel J. Touchstone.  Herbal and Folk Medicine of Louisiana and Adjacent States, Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas.  Princeton, LA:  Folk-Life Books, 1983.  Call Number:  RS164 T68 1983.

Dick Turner.  Once upon a Country Doctor.  San Francisco:  R.B. Turner, 1994.  Biography of a Mississippi doctor.  Call Number:  R260 T87 1994.

Carey Eugene Watkins.  "A Feasibility Study for Pharmaceutical Processing Industries in Mississippi."  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1964.   

Sallye Montgomery Wilcox.  "The Effect of PSRO on Utilization of Services in Mississippi Hospitals."  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1984.

William R. Wright.  An Account of Early Dentistry in Mississippi and a Limited History of the Mississippi Dental Association.  [195-].  Call Number:  RK1 W75 1958.

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