'Dr. Julian Buxton Jr. and Dr. Jim Hayes did not want to be recognized on this day, at this meeting. Anywhere else in Charleston, they would have been certain to see someone they knew and word might get back to the hospital that something was afoot.'" Healing All People" reads almost like fiction, with a cast of characters only Charleston and its real-life medical community could create. This is the story of two centuries-old hospitals, Roper and St. Francis. They were neighbors that supported one another, where generations of doctors treated patients from the Civil War era through the civil rights era. Then the 1980s and 1990s changed the landscape in healthcare. National healthcare conglomerates came courting in Charleston, and the two hospitals that once supported each other became rivals in a swirl of lawsuits and distrust. Jane O'Boyle interviewed scores of doctors and hospital staff to unravel a tale that is a touchstone of twentieth-century Lowcountry history. Filled with colorful personalities and anecdotes, as well as black-and-white photographs, "Healing All People" is the heartwarming and entertaining story of community members who went beyond the call to save a cherished tradition.