Ethnologist Frank Cushing embraced Zuni culture right down to his Indian name.
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Father of Emergency Medicine
Jonathan Letterman’s Civil War innovations revolutionized military and civilian trauma care.
Tucson’s Medicine Man: Dr. Mark Sublette
The former physician runs an art gallery, hosts a podcast and writes—most recently a biography of painter Maynard Dixon
CWT Review: National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Frederick, MD.
The critical role of medicine in the Civil War has garnered increasing interest in […]
The Best Medicine
Death came slowly to soldiers wounded on the battlefields of antiquity. The muscle-powered weapons […]
American History Book Review: The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek
The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek: A Tragic Clash Between White and Native America […]
Pioneer Housewife Turned Itinerant Physician Made Fortune Dispensing Patent Medicines
Mrs. Dr. Rebecca Keck sold remedies to thousands for nearly 30 years. One day […]
Little Wolf: Sweet Medicine Chief
Although overshadowed by tribesman Dull Knife, this Northern Cheyenne leader brought his people home […]
Fertile Blood: War and Medicine
Medical progress, bought at the enormous cost of human lives, may be the most lasting and vital benefit of war.
Medicine Men Accused of ‘Malpractice’ Sometimes Faced the Ultimate Penalty
Revenge-minded relatives and tribesmen took extreme measures. The Wishram medicine man struggled as men […]