{"product_id":"lotions-potions-and-deadly-elixirs-paperback","title":"Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWayne Bethard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowder papers, booty balls, and sugar tits-- \u003ci\u003eLotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs \u003c\/i\u003ehas a cure for whatever ails! These quaint names were given to popular medicinal forms during America's frontier era that were said to cure everything from fallen arches to a broken windmill. Grandmas, mommas, and even certified physicians treated the sick, lame, and unlucky with what was available: barbed wire and horseshoe nails, cactus, pokeweed, buckeyes, you name it. Ironically, a lot of these homespun treatments actually worked. In \u003ci\u003eLotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs\u003c\/i\u003e, a practicing pharmacist takes a light-hearted look at the most popular medicines from the frontier days and how they were intended to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pharmacist by trade and author by design, \u003cb\u003eWayne Bethard i\u003c\/b\u003es the truest of drugstore cowboys. For three years he served as contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Outdoors Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and authored his own monthly section titled \"At Full Draw.\" He lives in Longview, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.98 x 6.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45364566982707,"sku":"9781570984549","price":54.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/W7UUOxNKOz9781570984549.webp?v=1794678672","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/lotions-potions-and-deadly-elixirs-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}