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

By Gene Fowler

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941270955
• ISBN13: 9780941270953
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Ancient City Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"