Medic History and Roles

Facilitator: Scott and Harold
Time: 15 mins; 1830-1845
Actual time:
Learning Objectives: Inspiration, MCHR

  • Not exactly novel idea to care for each other amidst social struggle
  • Medicine in support of and as an act of protest
  • Draw inspiration from many sources:
    • Ben Reitman
    • Spanish Civil War, American Medical Bureau of Abraham Lincoln Battalion
    • JANE collective
    • Freedom House Ambulance
    • MCHR
  • Howard speaks about 60’s-70’s
  • Scott shouts out Dick Reilly and Kevin Clark