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That Cowboy Stench
I concluded that "sweat is fine," "Stench" is another matter.
What's In the Bag?
Fictional frontier doctor Elijah Baines sat quietly at the bedside of his 64-year-old female patient Sarah, who had just fallen on the ice the day before and hit her head.
Hang 'Em High and Fast
Thanks to an inquiry from my electrician friend Rob Brown of Montrose, Colorado, I am treating you to a medical discussion of Old West hangings.
The Great Race of Mercy
The place was Nome, Alaska. Dr. Curtis Welch waited anxiously for his prayers to be answered...
Food Poisoning in the Old West
Not gone, and not forgotten.
Diabetes in the Old West
And why tasting urine helped frontier docs diagnose the disease.
TB or Not TB?
How realistic was Val Kilmer's portrayal of the consumption stricken gunfighter Doc Holliday in 1993's Tombstone?
Not Just a Sea Plague
"Before the railroad, in the days of stage-coaching, the Western traveler subsisted principally on fried bacon and canned tomatoes."