P. Preston Reynolds. 133 pages. Durham, North Carolina: The Fund for the Advancement of Science and Mathematics Education in North Carolina; 1993. Available from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, 1219 Broad Street, Durham, NC 27705.

This history of a hospital little known outside its region has value beyond that suggested by its title. The birth and growth of Watts are set in its social environment, and the special problems of the dichotomy of medical services for whites and blacks are illuminated through views of how Watts related to Lincoln Hospital, the hospital for blacks, until the amalgamation of services in Durham County General Hospital in 1976. For these reasons, this history will surely serve as a good sample of the evolution of hospital services in urban and rural southeastern United States up to President Johnson's "War on Poverty". Thoroughly documented and generously illustrated.