Robert T. Divett

ROBERT T. DIVETT IS Associate Professor of Medical Bibliography at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Medicine and the Mormons: A Historical Perspective

Articles/Essays – Volume 12, No. 3

At the time of the American revolution, most medical care in America was provided either by self-taught practitioners or by those who had apprenticed under other doctors. A few doctors were immigrants from Great Britain…

His Chastening Rod: Cholera Epidemics and the Mormons

Articles/Essays – Volume 12, No. 3

In the spring of 1826 cholera broke out in the delta area of the Ganges River in India and began to spread over the country. Within two years Asiatic Cholera ascended the river with its…