Powder papers, booty balls, and sugar tits—Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs has a cure for whatever ails! These quaint names were given to medicines during America's frontier era. Grandmas, mommas, and even certified physicians treated the sick, lame, and unlucky with what was available. Here, a practicing pharmacist takes a light-hearted look at the popular medicines.
Powder papers, booty balls, and sugar tits—Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs has a cure for whatever ails! These quaint names were given to medicines during America's frontier era. Grandmas, mommas, and even certified physicians treated the sick, lame, and unlucky with what was available. Here, a practicing pharmacist takes a light-hearted look at the popular medicines.
A pharmacist by trade and author by design, Wayne Bethard is the truest of drugstore cowboys. For three years he served as contributing editor for The Texas Outdoors Journal and authored his own monthly section titled “At Full Draw.” He lives in Longview, Texas.
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Foreword by Henry Chappell Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Frontier Dosage Forms Chapter 2: Treatments: The Good, the Sad, and the Ungodly Chapter 3: Frontier and Pioneer Drugs: A Folk MateriaMedica Frontier Medical Dates and Other “Worth of Note” Facts Old and Near-Forgotten Medical Terms References Index About the Author
Foreword by Henry Chappell Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Frontier Dosage Forms Chapter 2: Treatments: The Good, the Sad, and the Ungodly Chapter 3: Frontier and Pioneer Drugs: A Folk MateriaMedica Frontier Medical Dates and Other “Worth of Note” Facts Old and Near-Forgotten Medical Terms References Index About the Author
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