In 1915 the site that was to become Anchorage was a tent city of 2000 people near Ship Creek. On the next edition of Line One Dr. Woodard will discuss the living conditions and health issues of the inhabitants with historian Dr. Steve Haycox and physician Dr Jay Butler.
LINKS:
- Cook Inlet Historical Society: Anchorage History
- Chills and Fever: Health and Disease in the Early History of Alaska by Robert Fortuine
- Anchorage Museum: Early Anchorage
- Anchorage: From Its Humble Origins as a Railroad Construction Camp
HOST : Dr. Thad Woodard, Anchorage pediatrician
GUEST:Â
- Dr. Steve Haycox, PhD, Distinguished Professor of History, UAA
- Dr. Jay Butler, MD, Senior Director of ANTHC’s Division of Community Health Services and the State of Alaska’s former Chief Medical Officer
LIVE BROADCAST: Monday, February 3, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. (Alaska time)
REPEAT BROADCAST:  Monday, February 3, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. (Alaska time)
DR. WOODARD’S FAVORITE HEALTH AND SCIENCE LINKS:
- Cleveland Clinic
- Mayo Clinic
- MedlinePlus
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HealthyChildren.org
- American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
- American College of Allergy,  Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
- Science Based Medicine
- Quackwatch
- Super Smart Health
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