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Frontier Doctors

  • Episode aired 1999
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In Search of History (1996)
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On the American frontier the threat of wounds, epidemics, and death was everywhere. There were no hospitals, no emergency care. To survive in the 18th and 19th centuries, you had to find a d... Read allOn the American frontier the threat of wounds, epidemics, and death was everywhere. There were no hospitals, no emergency care. To survive in the 18th and 19th centuries, you had to find a doctor, or you became one with what you had available. Frontier Doctors tells the remarkabl... Read allOn the American frontier the threat of wounds, epidemics, and death was everywhere. There were no hospitals, no emergency care. To survive in the 18th and 19th centuries, you had to find a doctor, or you became one with what you had available. Frontier Doctors tells the remarkable story of pioneer medicine, with surprising breakthroughs made in these harsh conditions.

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