title: Plantation doctor.
abstract: Plantation medical care played an important and integral part in the development of health care in Hawaii. By the turn of the century about 103,000 individuals, nearly one-third of the entire island population, were being cared for by plantation physicians. Plantation medicine helped to develop excellent medical care throughout Hawaii.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000266:history; D006254:Hawaii; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000266:history*; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000266:history*