No One Ailing Except a Physician: Medicine in the Mining West, 1848-1919

by Duane A. Smith and Ronald C. Brown

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Co-Winner of the 2004 Colorado Endowment for the Humanities Publication Prize

From burying scurvy victims up to their necks in the earth to drinking kerosene mixed with sugar to treat influenza, mid-nineteenth century medicine in the mining communities of the West usually consisted of home remedies that were often remarkable for their inventiveness but tragically random in their effectiveness. Only as a desperate last resort would people turn to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607323524
• ISBN13: 9781607323525
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"