Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives – Episode 20
Abraham B. Hiebert with wife Sara (nee) Loewen in an undated photo. Heritage Posting, No. 38, September 2002, page 10.
In Episode 17 we learned about the actions against Katharina Thiessen by the Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons. Today’s subject was another recipient of those fines. Abraham B. Hiebert was a man who practiced medicine by correspondence. Through letters and packages, Abraham diagnosed, and offered treatments to his patients. In today’s episode, host Dan Dyck explores the life and work of a man that practiced medicine by correspondence.
Read a letter written to Abraham B. Hiebert from Heinrich and Getruda Adrian of Rosthern, Saskatchewan in 1902 here. The letter was transliterated and translated as The Dr. Abraham B. Hiebert Letters: 1877-1924, by Edward Falk of Winkler, MB 2002 – Copy in Mennonite Heritage Archives, Volume 5014 – 4.
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Podcast Series: Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives
Episode 20: Abraham B. Hiebert, Medicine by Correspondence
Date: March 16, 2025
Host: Dan Dyck
Published by The Mennonite Heritage Archives
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