Original edition has title: The history of the Negro in medicine.

Introduction -- Chapter One. By Way of Introduction -- Chapter Two. The Long Night of Slavery. Deep are the Roots -- Chapter Three. Up North. Self-Taught Healers ; Trained Physicians ; Doctors in Blue -- Chapter Four. High Hopes and Expectations. Howard and Meharry ; Freedmen's Hospital ; Showdown in the AMA -- Chapter Five. Grim Realities. Schools and Organizations of Their Own ; Four Outstanding Doctors ; Hospital Construction and Health Education -- Chapter Six. Against Great Odds. New Hurdles to Overcome ; Medical Contributions -- Chapter Seven. Fighting Back. Breakthrough at Tuskegee and Harlem ; The Will to Survive ; World War II -- Chapter Eight. Moving Forward. Professional Associations ; Medical Colleges and Nursing Schools ; Hospital Facilities ; The Health Picture -- Chapter Nine. The Integration Battlefront. Freedom Now! ; Civil Rights Acitvities ; Operation Clean-Up -- Chapter Ten. No Time for Delay. Desegregating at a Snail's Pace ; Health Care in the Black Ghettos -- Appendix. A. Cesar;s Cure for Poison -- B. The Memorial of 1844 to the United States Senate -- C. David Ruggles' Water Cure Establishment -- D. Successful Negro Physicians of the Mid-Nineteenth Century -- F. The Struggle for Equal Rights in Medicine in the District of Columbia. An Act to Incorporate the Medical Society of the District of Columbia ; A Plea for Racial Equality, 1970 -- G. The AMA and the Negro Physician. Minutes of the 1870 AMA Convention ; Resolutions on Restrictive Membership Provisions, 1950 ; AMA-NMA Liaison Activities, 1966 -- H. The Colored Man in Medicine -- I. The Flexner Report -- J. The Interracial Committee of Montclair, New Jersey -- K. Care and Treatment of Negro Veterans at Tuskegee -- L. Legal Developments in Medical Civil Rights -- M. A Victory over Racism in Medicine -- N. Are Negro Schools of Nursing Needed Today? -- O. The Medical Committee for Human Rights -- P. The National Medical Association Speaks Out for Medicare -- Q. The Disadvantaged and Health Care -- R. A Congressman Speaks on Medical Civil Rights -- S. Presidents of the NMA and the NACGN -- Bibliography -- Picture credits -- Index.