Frontier Medicine at Fort Davis Bags & Packs followed by individual illustrations of

followed by individual illustrations of the animals and plants that make their homes there

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the roadrunner is a symbol of desert resilience

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Frontier Medicine at Fort Davis Bags & Packs followed by individual illustrations ofFrom 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 century, when dying young was a fact of life, a routine bout of diarrhea could be fatal. No one had heard of viruses or bacteria, but they killed more soldiers on the frontier than raids. Physicians dispensed whiskey for TB, mercury for VD, and arsenic for indigestion. Baseball injuries were