First off, I found the final chapters of this book extremely hard to focus on because of the 'attitude' (I don't know if that's the best term) that the author seemed to have when talking about Samuel Preston Moore. While comparisons are important in understanding the differences between the medical care systems, I felt that the author did not give the southern system a change to participate in the 'race' for the best system. She constantly compared even the smallest details. I don't know if I was the only one who read it that way, but I felt it was very hard to focus on what she wanted to teach with her personal opinion in the way.
A major fact that stood out to me was the infant mortality rate. It seems like such a waste of life when the methods were there to lower the rate, but each side seemed almost too ignorant and wrapped up in themselves to think of how it affects the people. When I think of healthcare and doctors and nurses, I think of people who always put the needs of others before their pride.
I find it very interesting that the north and the south still participate in this competition for the best. Wether it sports teams, education, city popularity, and being from Boston with a sister in Houston, medicine too. Hospitals in different areas have different specialties, and still today many of those come from what is in demand in that place like the 'Southern illness of malaria'. My sister in Houston was shocked to see the number of obesity, diabetes, and gastric bypass specialist there are in every hospital. This is the new 'Southern Medicine', while places like Boston have major children hospitals and oncology departments.
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