Office Location: | 226 Classroom Bldg, History Department, Durham, NC 27708 |
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M.D. | Duke University | 1975 |
Third Year Residency (PL3) | Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC | 1978 |
Second Year Residency (PL2) | New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY | 1977 |
First Year Residency (PL1) | New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY | 1976 |
Ph.D. | Duke University | 1975 |
B.A. | Duke University | 1969 |
A professor of history and pediatrics, Peter concentrates on medical history. His special area of teaching focuses on the role of epidemic diseases and public health in the history of racial groups in the Western Hemisphere. He has written on the history of pneumonia, diphtheria, rheumatic fever and his newest book, Old Paint: A Medical History of Childhood Lead-Paint Poisoning in the United States to 1980 (published by Rutgers University Press (ISBN: 0813529875) deals with lead poisoning. His past research centered on unwanted children and the evolution of the foster care system and on the history of surgery.