Prepared for middle school students, this magazine provides a historical overview of 150 years of medicine in Iowa. Focusing on practitioners, early medicinal practices, and common ailments, the articles include: (1) "Health in Iowa"; (2) "Horse and Buggy Doctors"; (3)"Dandy Home Remedies" (P. Stolt); (4) "Doctors Wanted: Women Need Not Apply" (S. Wood); (5) "Read an Advertisement" (E. Miller); (6) "Druggists and Teeth Pullers"; (7) "Nursing in Iowa: The Making of a Profession" (V. Carlson); (8) "The Professionalization of Medicine: Did It Hurt Or Help Women"?; and (9) "The Great Flu" (P. Stolt). "Get Healthy Tips" (C. Annicella) contains advice on fitness, nutrition, and dental hygiene. The state-sponsored "Write Women Back Into History" contest's winning essay, "A Hundred Pounds of Dynamite" by Carrie Spann is also reproduced here. Various student activities are provided throughout the publication. (DJC)