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The Doctor Wore Petticoats: Women Physicians of the Old West
Women on wagon trains heading west were responsible not only for preparing the food and making it last through the journey but were also in charge of overall healthcare for the others. Armed with herbal medicine kits and journals filled with remedies, women administered doses of juniper berries, garlic, and bitter roots to cure the ailing. Theses “granny remedies,” as they were called, were antidotes for a variety of illnesses from nausea to typhoid. There were a combination of superstition, religious beliefs, and advice passed down from generation to generation. A few samples of these remedies were as follows: The hot blood of chickens cures shingles, gold filings in honey restores energy, the juice of a green walnut cures ringworms, and owl broth cures whooping cough.
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