This captivating history begins in a time when the "old school" of American medicine over-emphasized bloodletting and purging, usually by means of massive doses of calomel, and use of "mineral" medications such as arsenic and strychnine, methods that eased many a person to a premature death. Is it any wonder that Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and many others on the American frontier preferred faith healing and the botanic medicine of Samuel Thomson? This second edition of the classic "Medicine and the Mormons" provides a wealth of information presented in a readable and usable format on a...