New Book Celebrates 100 Years of Health Care

Feb. 1, 2010 - PRLog -- When Dr. Donald Guthrie arrived in Sayre in 1910, he was fresh from surgical training at the Mayo Clinic. He brought with him the vision, energy and charisma necessary to recreate the Mayo model of patient care in the small town of Sayre.

Through two world wars, the Great Depression, a devastating fire and decades of change in medical care, Dr. Guthrie persevered and his legacy remains. One hundred years later, the Guthrie Clinic and Robert Packer Hospital continue to serve as premier destinations for health care.

Through 200 vintage photographs, the Guthrie Archives have compiled the most complete pictorial history available of Guthrie’s growth from one of the country’s first medical group practices and a small town hospital to a large regional health care system.

Highlights of Guthrie: 100 Years of Health Care:
•Reveals never before seen vintage photographs from numerous collections
•Features some of the thousands of physicians and care givers who have been educated through Guthrie’s medical education programs and residencies
•Provides images of the Lehigh Valley rail yard
•Depicts Dr. Guthrie’s vision for how care and treatment should be provided to his patients

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com.

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With more than 6,000 local history titles published to date, Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Widely recognized sepia books feature hundreds of vintage historical images.