
Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs: Frontier Medicine in the American West - Paperback
Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs: Frontier Medicine in the American West - Paperback
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by Wayne Bethard (Author)
Powder papers, booty balls, and sugar tits--Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs has a cure for whatever ails! These quaint names were given to medicines during America's frontier era. Grandmas, mommas, and even certified physicians treated the sick, lame, and unlucky with what was available. Here, a practicing pharmacist takes a light-hearted look at the popular medicines.
Author Biography
A pharmacist by trade and author by design, Wayne Bethard is the truest of drugstore cowboys. For three years he served as contributing editor for The Texas Outdoors Journal and authored his own monthly section titled "At Full Draw." He lives in Longview, Texas.



















