Frontier Medicine at Fort Davis Gift Guide The giant saguaro is the

The giant saguaro is the universal symbol of the American West

The design supports both short visits and extended trips across multiple parks

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Frontier Medicine at Fort Davis Gift Guide The giant saguaro is theFrom 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