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From: Bob Bamford/Essex <>
Subject: [GM] REVOLUTIONAY WAR MEDICINE H1 -
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 16:04:53

Among the genealogy and history books at http://www.hertge.com/essex

REVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE
1700 - 1800

>From hair-raising frontier surgery and liquid "spirit" tranquilizers to
"chew-a-bullet" anesthetics, here is the eye opening beginnings of modern
American medicine.
Learn the how and whys behind old fashioned bloodletting, (a wide-spread,
commonly practiced procedure that killed Geo. Washington), the do's and
don'ts of treating epidemics, procedures for on-the-spot amputations and
many other procedures.
In 1775, when the staggering medical crisis known as the Revoultionary War
exploded, less than 12 percent of the colonies' practicing physicians held
a medical degree! Here are the struggles, the strategies, the odd
treatments and the theories behind them. "Cookbook" doctoring, herbal drugs
and other odd practices are described and shown in countless hand drawn
illustrations.
If you had an ancestor in the war or living at the time of the war... this
was the medical arsenal available to them. An insight into their treatment
may explain some early deaths in your lineage.

CODE H1 80 pages soft cover $14.00 + $3.00 S&H
Master Charge/Visa or Check US funds.
Inquire re shipment outside USA.

TO ORDER:
E-mail us your intention to purchase. We will reserve a copy for you
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and send you an order form.

ON-LINE CATALOG:
See our on-line catalog - http://www.hertge.com/essex for a full
description of
other genealogy and history books.

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