In this intriguing narrative, David Dary charts how American medicine has evolved since 1492, when New World settlers first began combining European remedies wi

Gives an account of early-day medicines and medical practitioners during the past two to three centuries in America.

Gives an account of early-day medicines and medical practitioners during the past two to three centuries in America.

In 1950, a diagnosis of cancer was all but a death sentence. Mortality rates only got worse, and as late as 1986, an article in the New England Journal of Medic

From 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 cen