Frontier Medicine at Fort Davis Bags & Packs Channel Islands

Channel Islands

Solid metal construction

followed by individual illustrations of the animals and plants that make their homes there

and summarizes ther new archaeological and scientific understanding of this major landmark of the Southwest

Tom Jeffords

Frontier Medicine at Fort Davis Bags & Packs Channel IslandsFrom 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