Bleed, Blister, and Purge: A History of Medicine on the American Frontier
Volney Steele
(Author)
Description
Bleed, Blister, and Purge traces the fits and starts of medical progress on the western frontier. With the authority of a scholar and the sparkle of an old-time storyteller, Dr. Volney Steele takes the reader from rotgut whiskey to modern anesthetics, from castor oil to antibiotics, and from barroom surgery to modern hospital operations. Dr. Steele wrote Bleed, Blister, and Purge "to shed light on and celebrate the dedication and humanitarianism of those many physicians, nurses, shamans, and people of sound practical sense who saw their patients--often friends and family--through the adversities that bedeviled them."
Product Details
Price
$18.00
$16.74
Publisher
Mountain Press Publishing Company
Publish Date
June 15, 2005
Pages
367
Dimensions
6.46 X 8.96 X 1.09 inches | 1.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780878425051
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Volney Steele was born in a small town in northwest Arkansas in 1922, the son of the town�s only physician and only schoolteacher. From 1959 to 1986, Dr. Steele practiced pathology in Bozeman, Montana. After retiring he served for several years overseas with Project HOPE and Pathologists Overseas. Since 2000, The Volney Steele Endowment to the Montana State University Foundation has helped support the Medical History of the West Conference in Bozeman.