VAN STEENWYK, Elizabeth

Frontier Fever: The Scary, Superstitious- And Sometimes Sensible- Medicine of the Pioneers

New York: Walker and Company, 1995.

Illustrated with black and white photographs. 144 pages. 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper. Page edges foxed, else a very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.

In this new twist on American frontier life. Elizabeth Van Steenwyk shows us how the pioneers who settled the vast American West managed to survive. Whether using chicken blood to treat appendicitis, blood letting to relieve fever, or firing guns into the air to stop yellow fever epidemics, pioneers and their doctors would try anything for their health.

Binding: Hardcover
Dust Wrapper: Yes
Condition: Very Good / Very Good
Language: English
ISBN: 0802784038

Price: $17.50

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