Frontier fever
Subtitle: the silly, superstitious--and sometimes sensible--medicine of the pioneers
By: Elizabeth Van Steenwyk.
Publisher: Walker
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Medicine -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Medicine -- United States -- History.
Description: "Whether using chicken guts to treat appendicitis, blood-letting to relieve fever, or firing guns into the air to stop epidemics of yellow fever, pioneers and their doctors would try anything to get their health back."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-138) and index.