Browse:More Men or Women (Volume 1, entries 844)
More Men or Women
Volume 1, entries 844. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → THE DOCTORS THEMSELVES: BIRTH TO DEATH: DESCRIBED BY LAYMEN. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 844
Way back there [before Civil War] it was mostly men [who were conjurers] but this day now there is two women to one man. You see, they left it to their wives because a man is not at home; so if somebody came [to be cured] she was always home. He's always around there. Down in Caroline [County Virginia] you will find two women to one man. [Although informant was born before Civil War, his opinion and reason for it I consider personal or local. No one can know. Caroline and King George were noted areas for isolated doctors.]
The conjurers label is supplied by an editorial insertion; the editor also cautions that the reported proportions and explanation are personal or local.