{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"66. Sharon Cures: One Small Town of Medical Marvels ","description":"Recently, US News and World Report ranked Connecticut 4th best among the 50 states in the quality of our healthcare. We have great research universities and teaching hospitals, and pharma, biotech, and medical engineering companies most states envy. That\u2019s what makes this podcast so surprising. This is the story of how the little Litchfield County hill town of Sharon \u2013 with a population of 2700 people \u2013 has produced some of our state\u2019s leading medical innovators. And it\u2019s been doing so for centuries.            Join State Historian Walt Woodward on a visit to the Sharon Historical Society where co-curators Susan Shepard and Marge Smith tell us about the breakthroughs in innoculation, immunotherapy, and gender equity in the medical field pioneered by Sharon residents. It\u2019s part of their exhibit \u201cSharon Cures: Centuries of Medicine in One Small Town\u201d. It\u2019s three stories in one, that will surprise, inform, and make you want to learn more about this town of medical marvels. While you're listening, view an album of photos from the exhibit on the Connecticut State Historian's Facebook Page  ","author_name":"Grating the Nutmeg","author_url":"http:\/\/gratingthenutmeg.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"