What was life like in the Old West?

Published on 11/20/2024
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Self-healing with sulfur

Self-healing is an issue that has always been present in our lives. Evidence of this can be found as early as in the context of the Wild West, where people consumed an interesting drug….

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Self-healing with sulfur

In the belief that the unpleasant taste of sulfur could cure the most complicated diseases, the people of the Old West consumed it. Today we know that sulfur is dangerous and highly toxic to humans. Moreover, its odor is repulsive.

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Charlatan doctors

As we have already mentioned, in the Old West, dentists were blacksmiths and barbers.c There were still no experts in fields such as dentistry and medicine. Similarly, it was impossible to verify whether doctors were actually trained physicians.

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Charlatan doctors

Anyone could simply claim to be a professional in the field and no one would ever know. Perhaps because of ignorance, people didn’t think to check the qualifications of supposed doctors operating in the Old West.

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