Healing a Divided Nation: How the American Civil War Revolutionized Western Medicine (Adrienne MD) abraham lincoln individual liberty A hundred miles of individual liberty Abraham Lincoln spent nearly as much time on the road as an attorney for the Eighth Judicial Circuit as he did in his hometown of Springfield Adrienne illuminates the transformation in American healthcare through primary source texts that document the lives and achievements of the individuals who pioneered these changes in medicine and society illustrating how the advancements made in these four years reverberated throughout the western world for years to come