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English
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Steaming Saints : Mormons and the Thomsonian Movement in Nineteenth-Century America
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Disease and Medical Care in the Mountain West : Essays on Region, History, and Practice
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Reno, Nevada
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University of Nevada Press
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18-28
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This collection of eight essays examines the health, disease, and medical care of the American West--an area flanked by the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and Cascade Mountains. Topics include Mormons and the Thomsonian Movement in the nineteenth century, the silicosis epidemic in hardrock mining, Native American health, frontier nursing, and Chinese medicine.