Dr. W.T.W. Baker's 1847 Thesis on Congestive Fever ~ Walter Bonner

This is Dr. Baker's "Student's Treatise on Congestive Fever", as submitted to the dean and faculty of the Medical College of the State of South Carolina. It was his Doctoral Thesis and the year was 1847. It reveals change in the theory and practice of medicine in that era. Dr. Baker moved his family to a cottage on the South Santee River in the 1850's. Also included is Plantation Medicine in St. James Santee Parish by Walter Bonner An exclusive publication of The Village Museum. Written by Walter Bonner