Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: Sickness was so common in frontier life that many diseases were not even regarded as such. Many a frontiersman suffering from malaria was so used to it that he did not consider himself sick. An 1837 cookbook, which contained many remedy recipes, advised against calling a doctor except for smallpox, "inflammation of the bowels," nosebleed and "gravel" (kidney stone). The recipe for kidney stone: juice of horse-radish made into thin syrup, mixed with sugar; a spoonful every four hours.1 Other remedies and their recipes included:
Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic
Author: Rita Mitchell
Language: English
Topic: History of Medicine Studies
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4243345105