You Have Died of Dysentery: Medicine and Science on the Oregon Trail

Thursday May 23, 2019 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

The Bureau of Land Management estimates that as many as 30,000 people died on the Oregon Trail. What killed them, and how did physicians at the time try to treat them?


North 131C

Science




Panelists

Amanda Barnes
Matthew Contursi
Michelle Di Palma
Mary Pardhe

Schedule Tags

Professional Development
RTP
Science
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