Frontier Medicine at Fort Davis Indigenous Peoples "Tucson tastes like nowhere else

"Tucson tastes like nowhere else

Yosemite NP

Official park mug approved by the National Park Service for Capulin Volcano National Monument

these hardy plants thrive

trusting one's instincts and abilities

Frontier Medicine at Fort Davis Indigenous Peoples "Tucson tastes like nowhere elseFrom a headless burial to cocaine toothache drops, the true stories hidden in the Wild West's medical records are a match for its tallest tales. In the 19th century, when dying young was a fact of life, a routine bout of diarrhea could be fatal. No one had heard of viruses or bacteria, but they killed more soldiers on the frontier than raids. Physicians dispensed whiskey for TB, mercury for VD, and arsenic for indigestion. Baseball injuries were