Mystic Healers & Medicine Shows: Blazing Trails to Wellness in

Mystic Healers & Medicine Shows: Blazing Trails to Wellness in the Old West and Beyond

Most of the histories of the West are obsessed with the shoot-em-ups. But what about the patch-em-ups? Who had to deal with all that famous carnage? With all the bloodletting depicted by pop culture historians, it almost seems a miracle anyone survived to settle the West. Prior to World War II regular, or allopathic, physicians trained in mainstream medicine were often outnumbered by alternative practitioners--folk curers, herbalists, faith healers, homeopaths, patent medicine promoters, and medicine showmen. Mystic Healers and Medicine Shows profiles many of the most significant of these healers as well as a few other colorful regular doctors.
Country USA
Manufacturer Ancient City Pr
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780941270953
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Mystic Healers & Medicine Shows: Blazing Trails to Wellness in the Old West and Beyond