Frontier medicine : from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941 / David Dary.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

viii, 381 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

1st ed.

Indian medicine -- Early American medicine -- Over the Appalachians -- Beyond the Mississippi -- Fur traders and trappers -- On the Oregon trail -- Among the soldiers -- On homestead and ranch -- In western towns -- Going west for your health -- Midwives and women doctors -- Patent medicines -- Quacks -- Into the twentieth century.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-361) and index.