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Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs: Frontier Medicine in the American West
Lotions Potions and Deadly Elixirs Frontier Medicine in the American West
Author: Wayne Bethard
Powder papers, booty balls, and sugar tits? Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs has a cure for whatever ails! These quaint names were given to popular medicinal forms during America's frontier era that were said to cure everything from fallen arches to a broken windmill. Grandmas, mommas, and even certified physicians treated the sick, lame, an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781570984549
ISBN-10: 1570984549
Publication Date: 1/16/2013
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Roberts Rinehart
Book Type: Paperback
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