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“Doctors say, ‘Go to the mountains!’” Our clean air and water were seen as both curing and protective, which would fit right in with Eclectic philosophy/image from John Conway’s personal collection.

Phoebe Low graduated from medical school in 1872, hung out her shingle in Liberty, NY and started treating the sick. That made her one of about 525 female doctors in the country. And she was regarded … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 11/6/19

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