Contents
Foreword by Eva L. Frazer, MD
Preface
Introduction. Climbing the Ladder, Chasing the Dream: Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Chapter One. The Mysterious Life and Death of Homer Garland Phillips, 1878–1931
Chapter Two. “Old and Combustible and Altogether Unsafe”: City Hospital #2, 1919–1937
Chapter Three. “A Notable Advance in Negro Hospitalization”: Homer G. Phillips Hospital, 1937–1940
Chapter Four. The Diaspora: Coming to Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Chapter Five. “A Special Time and Place”: The Ville
Chapter Six. “A First-Class Place”: The War and Washington University, 1940–1950
Chapter Seven. Cheating the Grim Reaper: Surgery at Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Chapter Eight. “Killer Phillips”: The Hectic Emergency Department
Chapter Nine. “First Rate... in Every Respect”: 1950–1960
Chapter Ten. Loving the Children: Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Pediatrics
Chapter Eleven. “Future Nurses Club”: Nursing Life at Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Chapter Twelve. The Final Era: The Long Path to Closing, 1960–1979
Chapter Thirteen. “Unbelievable”: August 17, 1979
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index