Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 7 p.m
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Dawn Raffel
The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies
What kind of doctor puts his patients on display? This is the spellbinding tale of a mysterious Coney Island doctor who revolutionized neonatal care more than one hundred years ago and saved some seven thousand babies. Dr. Martin Couney's story is a kaleidoscopic ride through the intersection of ebullient entrepreneurship, enlightened pediatric care, and the wild culture of world's fairs at the beginning of the American Century.
A program of Maimonides Society of Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks.
This event has a suggested donation to attend