TO DR TIMOTHY SHORT AND KIM CARTER NP WHO BOTH SPECIALIZE IN DISPLAYING HUMAN KINDNESS
TABLE OF CONTENTS Unsung Heroes Fighting Outbreaks Preventing Diseases Fighting Injustices Standing Up Clearing the Way Timeline Glossary Source Notes Index 4 6 8 12 16 22 28 30 30 31
UNSUNG HEROES Lucas Santomee also referred to as Lucas Pieters a free Black physician was walking through New Amsterdam as Manhattan was called in 1659. He carried his surgeon's box and medicinal plants to treat people at the Dutch West India Company A historic surgeon's box that includes a saw scalpel and other tools
A doctor studies an arm in 1543 Healers like Santomee are often missing from medical history headlines And yet they were there providing preventive care and cures developing surgical techniques and inventing lifesaving devices They did it despite battling racism sexism and ableism They persevered in the face of injustices They kept working to save lives 5
